Business Economics with a Placement Year University of Reading

Overview

Throughout this Business Economics with a Placement Year BSc degree from the University of Reading you will develop a strong understanding of quantitative techniques and the conceptual underpinnings of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory and how they can be applied to the analysis of business behaviour.

Key features

• In the first and second year, you'll take many of the same core modules as our BSc Economics course to ensure you develop the skills and knowledge required to effectively study economics. You'll acquire specialist knowledge of business economics through core modules in your second and final year, which cover the topics of money and banking, industrial organisation and business history.

Career opportunities:

• Employers highly value your analytical skills and specialist knowledge of economics and business. You will gain unique practical skills, as well as knowledge of business and industrial organisation, providing a head start for a career in finance, consultancies, and bodies that regulate markets.
• Your degree will also equip you with valuable transferable skills, from problem-solving to communication and presentation.
• Overall, 92% of graduates from Economics are in work or further study within 15 months of graduation. Many of our graduates are employed as economists with governmental and commercial organisations. Others have entered related careers in accounting, finance, consulting, business, marketing, publishing, public relations, and the media.

Recent graduates from the Department of Economics have started their careers with organisations such as:

• Government Economic Service - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Government Economic Service - HM Treasury
• Government Economic Service - Home Office
• The Financial Conduct Authority | FCA
• Association of British Insurers | ABI
• Nationwide Building Society
• Grant Thornton UK LLP
• University of Oxford
• NHS England
• PwC
• Intel.