Economics and Philosophy (with Year Abroad) BA (Hons)

University of Southampton

About this course

This joint honours course examines far-reaching questions that have puzzled great thinkers for centuries, but are still relevant today. You'll explore human welfare and social justice, political ideals and economic realities. You'll study economics and philosophy abroad for a year to broaden your knowledge and experience, and graduate as a confident and independent self-starter equipped with the skills for a successful career.

In your economics and philosophy degree with year abroad you can:

• develop an understanding of philosophical questions such as ethics, reason and responsibility

• study broad principles in economics as well as develop knowledge in your own specialist area, such as principles of finance, labour economics or econometrics

• learn how to use your new skills to find employment and build a career as an economist

• study abroad at one of our partner institutions

• develop research and presentation skills

Learning and assessment

The learning activities for this course include the following:

• lectures
• classes and tutorials
• coursework
• individual and group projects
• independent learning (studying on your own)

Careers

You'll graduate with a wide range of transferable skills such as research, critical thinking, analysis and team working, making you ready for a wide range of careers in economics and philosophy. Career skills are embedded at every stage of our courses and certain modules offer specific teaching in reasoning and communication.

You'll be able to apply for the Business Innovation Programme, where you'll gain experience of working on a real-life business issue put forward by local businesses or not-for-profit organisations.

Your year abroad will also give you valuable experience and in some cases an opportunity to enhance your languages skills.

Our graduates have secured roles as diverse as:

• project manager

• teacher

• human resources (HR) coordinator

• investment analyst

• digital marketing coordinator

• tax consultant

• data analyst

Our economics and philosophy degrees are also a good foundation for further study at master's or PhD level.