Our BSc Economics equips you with the right skills to tackle the different challenges you’ll face in the ever-changing business world. This professionally recognised course (CISI), ensures that you graduate with the skills that employers need, delivered by leading experts in the field that care passionately about their subject. You will gain an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the methods, theory and applications of economic science and finance, as well their functions in the contemporary business world. Alongside essential academic theory, this course will develop your problem-solving, technical and analytical skills as you apply economic analysis to real-life issues, based on case studies from our major business links. The course has a strong emphasis on the world of work, so you’ll benefit from skills and enterprise workshops, and we’ll help you to find work experience through our network of connections in busy Stratford, iconic Canary Wharf and beyond. Through your understanding of key developments in the global business environment, you will be prepared for a career as an economist as well as a skilled manager, researcher, analyst or strategist working in finance, banking, business management, consulting, commerce, the public sector and voluntary organisations. Our extended Foundation course is perfect if you want a degree in Economics but you don’t have the standard entry requirements. We prepare you for your degree during the Foundation year, bringing you up to speed with academic skills and a firm grounding in the subject. You can then go on to study the full undergraduate degree.<br><br>According to the higher Education Statistical Agency (2015), graduates of economics-related courses enjoy starting salaries that are 21 per cent higher than the average starting salary of university graduates. <br>This course provides an excellent pathway for a career as an economist in financial institutions and banking, business management, consulting, commerce, the public sector and voluntary organisations. Economists are in high demand in both the private and public sectors. They can become skilled managers, researchers, analysts and strategists. Graduates may also choose to progress on to postgraduate study.