BSc (Hons) Economics

Entry Requirements

• 2 A Levels (A-E, 80 UCAS points);
• GSM London’s Foundation Year programme;
• Equivalent qualifications (subject to Plymouth University approval) including: BTEC National Certificate/Diploma, Advanced Level Diploma, HNC/D, Access to HE, IB.
• IELTS minimum score 6.0 or another accepted system, is required.

Curriculum

Semester 1

• Academic Skills: This module serves as an introduction to the core academic skills required of students embarking on undergraduate studies.
• Principles of Economics 1: This module covers the foundation principles of microeconomics and equips students with the foundation knowledge and understanding of economic concepts and principles.
• Principles of Economics 2: This module provides an introduction to the basic concepts and techniques of macroeconomic analysis.
• Interpreting Economic Data: This module considers basic conceptual and practical issues related to the analysis and interpretation of economic data.

Semester 2

• Professional Skills: This module serves as an introduction to the professional skills required of students embarking on undergraduate studies.
• Quantitative Methods: This module develops the mathematical and statistical knowledge and skills needed to understand and solve analytical problems arising in economics.
• Current Economic Issues: This module aims to introduce students to a number of important economic issues that present challenges in the world today.

Semester 3

• Econometrics: This module is a central element in the study of Economics as it introduces the research methods underlying the discipline.
• Employability Skills: This module enables students to develop the knowledge and apply professional skills to achieve employability outcomes.
• Macroeconomic Theory: This module develops the basic concepts and theories of macroeconomic analysis and applies them to the analysis of real world issues in the economy.
• Microeconomic Theory: This module examines the theories and concepts of modern microeconomics and applies them to a range of contemporary issues.

Semester 4

• Public Policy Evaluation: This module covers current and relevant topics in public policy and their theoretical underpinning.
• Economic Applications in Professional Practice: This module focuses on the application of economic theory to research in a practical and professional setting.

Semester 5

• Economics in the International Environment: This module explores the basic concepts and theories in international economics and finance.
• Industrial Organisation: This module develops and explores ideas, past and present on how industry structure formulates decision-making in contemporary firms.
• Research Methods with Economic Modelling: This module introduces essential concepts that are needed for systematic research and applies a range of empirical modelling methods used in economics.

Semester 6

• Emerging Themes and History of Economic Thought: This model identifies and analyses the major contributions in the history of economic thought, starting with the classical economists until the current days.
• Research Economics Project: This module allows students to undertake supervised economic research in an area of significance