Management Economics (Including Foundation Year) BA (Hons)

University of Essex

Our BA Management Economics (including foundation year) is open to Home and EU students. It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your English language and academic skills.This four-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study. During your Year Zero, you study four academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory English language and academic skills module.You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK.After successful completion of Year Zero in our Essex Pathways Department, you progress to complete your course with our Department of Economics. You develop your abilities in economics and gain confidence in applying them to organisational management, as well as receiving expert training in quantitative research methods. You gain a thorough understanding of how businesses function and develop your analytical, modelling and research skills through studying topics including:- Managing people and practices- Marketing- Monopoly power and regulation- Applying economic techniques to managing new technologies- The impact of business decisions on products, prices, and social welfareWe are rated consistently highly for student satisfaction and are top 5 in the UK for research, with over 90% of our research rated as "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" (REF 2014).Your education is inspired and informed by this pioneering research, so that you graduate with a strong training in economics.