This module introduces you to the core principles of the economic approach to analytical thinking and problem-solving. By examining the fundamental challenges of scarcity, exchange, and trade-offs, you will analyse critical, real-world issues and evaluate how individual consumers, corporate firms, and government policymakers make strategic choices in the modern economy.

You will critically analyse competing economic frameworks, evaluating their respective strengths, weaknesses, and empirical evidence. Finally, you will actively develop key skills in independent research, professional writing, and advanced communication, applying these techniques directly to your academic assessments and future career.

This module provides you with the practical tools to turn raw numbers into business innovations.

You will master essential concepts like probability, predictive analytics, and data modelling. Through hands on exercises in MS Excel, you will learn to clean data, run smart analyses, and build compelling visual stories. By the end of this course, you will gain confidence in working with data and applying statistical methods to real world business scenarios.

This module provides you with the core principles of mainstream macroeconomics from a quantitative perspective. You will develop an understanding of how economists practically approach and analyse societal problems at the national and regional levels. This module covers theoretical content including an overview of macroeconomic fundamentals and context, schools of economic thought, and essential frameworks for fiscal and monetary policy.

This module offers a deep insight into the realm of data science and visualisation, exploring a wide range of tools in MS Excel and complementary software packages.   

This module enables you to integrate data with quantitative models to create economic and business reports, develop solutions to real-world macro and microeconomic problems and help professionals make better and informed decisions and develop meaningful information and knowledge.  

This module develops your ability to use Business Intelligence (BI) tools, teaching you how to extract raw organisational data and transform it into impactful visual dashboards.

You will learn to spot hidden market trends, map operational patterns, and present your findings in intuitive, executive formats. By mastering the art of data storytelling and critical analysis, you’ll develop technical and communication skills that prepare you for future employment.

This module combines advanced econometrics and data analytics to provide a powerful framework for empirical analysis and forecasting. You will master quantitative estimation methods for diverse data structures, building the foundational research skills required for your final-year dissertation.

You’ll apply these techniques to real-world decision-making, expectation formation, and automated forecasting across sectors like environmental economics and capital markets. An introduction to our high-standard trading floor will allow you to contextualise data analytics against live, high-stakes market problems.

In this module, both consumer and producer behaviour will be analysed using fundamental tools of economic analysis. You will be introduced to the programming of economic problems and will help develop your communication skills.

This module focuses on the real-world application of game theory to analyse and understand human interaction in strategic environments. You will examine and apply diverse economic methodologies, critically evaluating competing approaches and their practical relevance to modern economic challenges.

In this module you will develop analytical skills by examining macroeconomic theory in a theoretical and applied context. It will help equip you to think conceptually and holistically about how to approach macroeconomic policy making at an institutional level.

This is an intermediate level module that will further your understanding of macroeconomics derived from your first year.

In the first block of your final year, you will choose a specialist module from one of the below.

Advanced Microeconomics Theory and Application

The module will review recent developments in microeconomic theory and their applications.

Institutions will be examined using recent advances in game theory, contract theory and mechanism design. The digital economy will be analysed from a microeconomic perspective.

This module will also examine methods of collecting and analysing microeconomic data and will form an understanding of the software needed for such analysis.

Advanced Macroeconomics Theory and Application

This module will equip you in understanding how to approach macroeconomic modelling in a critical manner for you to analyse contemporary debates in macroeconomic policy. The emphasis will be on the global economy and critical nature of interactions between the real economy, finance, and economic institutions.

This module aims to develop your ability to apply advanced techniques to economic and business data in the world. You will learn to manipulate complex datasets, build advanced forecasting models, and decode high level economic indicators.

This hands-on module presents you with real world case studies, which you will analyse business performance and track volatile market trends. With a focus on translating sophisticated analytical outputs into clear, actionable insights that support strategic decision making.

Dissertation

The module provides an opportunity for you to undertake an independent research study in an area of special interest within selected subject areas of economics. You will develop communication skills in presenting your ideas visually, verbally and in written format.

You will develop research skills in applying econometric analysis or experimental methods to the solution of economic problems or research questions of interest in economics. You also have the opportunity to complete a dissertation that includes mathematical modelling or computational simulations.

Data Management and AI Tools for Business Analytics

This cutting-edge module provides you with modern AI tools to build high-speed, scalable analytical workflows.

You will get hands experience with real world datasets, mastering the art of data integration, quality control, and governance. You will learn how to deploy AI responsibly evaluating the risks, ethical boundaries, and limitations of automated decision-making. Graduate with the rare, dual expertise of a technical AI strategist and an ethical data leader.