Business Economics (Hons)

Overview

You will also gain the analytical and critical evaluation skills to recognise how national and global issues affect the performance of a business.

You will have an opportunity to build real skills for future employability. This includes state of the art knowledge in digital software and applications, as well as core skills in writing, presenting and teamwork.

Economics explains the problem of scarcity and human behaviour that shapes the world we live in, and that businesses operate in. From standards of living to the causes of market crashes, the impact of economics plays a critical role in all our lives.

In this Business Economics (Hons) course from De Montfort University you will develop proficiency in a variety of quantitative techniques as well as learn how to apply economic reasoning and tools to analyse real world problems and policy. You will also gain the analytical and critical evaluation skills to recognise how national and global issues affect the performance of a business.

You will have an opportunity to build real skills for future employability. This includes state of the art knowledge in digital software and applications, as well as core skills in writing, presenting and teamwork.

You will study a range of modules, including Macroeconomics for Business, Data Modelling and Analytics and International Economics, Sustainability and Emerging Markets which are all taught by leading experts in their fields.

Your study will be supported by our modern facilities including our Trading Room, which will give you a simulated experience on the same information platform used by leading decision-makers in finance, business and government.

Key features

• The Data Modelling and Analytics module will help you develop real-life data science and visualisation skills for future employability, while exploring a wide range of tools in MS Excel.

• Our award-winning careers service DMU Works will help you gain employment experience and put your skills and knowledge into practice. Students have gone on to do placements with global companies such as PwC and Caterpillar.

• Benefit from doing own research and developing ideas under the supervision of our expert academic community.

• Learn to understand and evaluate the policies of various organisations and how these shape the wider business environment through modules such as Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy and Microeconomics: Ethics, Policy and Practice.

• Learn through a variety of assessment methods including reports, portfolios, presentations, data visualisations, tests, reflective work and exams.

• Our Trading Room will provide you with access to financial information software that is widely used in the industry to make decisions in areas of macro-economic policy-making.

• Benefit from Education 2030, where a simplified ‘block learning’ timetable means you will study one subject at a time and have more time to engage with your learning, receive faster feedback and enjoy a better study-life balance.