BSc Economics and Finance

Programme overview

Entry requirements

• GCSE English Language: minimum grade B/6.
  - GCSE Mathematics: minimum grade A/7.
  - A Level: typically AAA (excluding General Studies, Critical Thinking and Extended Project Qualification).
• When English is not the first language, students will need to provide evidence of English language ability through qualifications such as TOEFL (score of 92 overall, with no less than 21 in listening, 21 in reading, 23 in speaking and 22 in writing) and IELTS (score of 6.5 overall, with no less than 6 in listening, speaking, reading or writing), all in accordance with standard Business School entry requirements and policy.

Programme specification

BSc Economics and Finance covers theories, ideas and tools from economics and finance that are relevant to firms and businesses, and combine this with students will gaining analytical, quantitative, computing, presentation and other transferable skills required by employers in both the private and public sectors. Students will develop an understanding of the factors that influence income, wealth and well-being, how scarce resources are allocated, distributed and utilised today, how financial markets help with the allocation of resources and how businesses generate and use financial information. A range of optional modules will allow students to explore the topics that suit their interests and career plans, including banking, business finance, behavioural economics and environmental economics.

Programme Aims

Graduates of this programme will be able to:

- Critically evaluate a range of economics concepts, theories, ideas and tools and the social and historical contexts of their development.
- demonstrate technical understanding in key areas of economics and finance.
- demonstrate knowledge of the economic and financial environment (including economic and financial institutions, systems and phenomena) and understand changes to this environment.
- Think critically about economic and financial issues.
- Apply and use their understanding of economics and finance to solve emerging theoretical and empirical problems.
- Communicate effectively and be self-confident, independent thinkers and collaborators.
- Demonstrate awareness of wider ethical and cultural issues.

Year 1

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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following 100 credits of compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS1036	Introduction to Finance	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
LUBS1075	Academic, Professional and Research Skills for Studies in Economics	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1235	Introductory Financial Accounting	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
LUBS1245	Introductory Management Accounting	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS1285	Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS1951	Economic Theory and Applications	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional Modules

Students who have only completed GCSE Maths or equivalent will be required to study the following 10 credit module (students who have completed A-Level Maths or equivalent do not require this):

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS1275	Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

In addition, students can select 10- 20 credits of discovery modules, depending on Maths qualification achieved. If students do NOT want to select discovery modules, a further 10-20 credits can be selected from the Optional modules list instead.

Optional

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS1037	Foundations of Banking	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1125	Economic Institutions (Labour)	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1291	Economic Perspectives and Controversies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1585	Economic Institutions (Industry)	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery Modules

Students may study 10-20 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to select discovery modules, a further 10-20 credits can be selected from Optional modules instead, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Students will be required to pass 100 Year 1 credits including all Pass for Progression (PFP) modules in order to progress to Year 2.

Year 2

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Students must study 120 credits in Year 2.

Over Years 2 and 3 combined, students must pass:
ECONOMICS: a minimum of 100 credits (40 credits must be taken in year 2 and 60 credits must be taken in year 3)
FINANCE: a minimum of 80 credits (40 credits must be taken in each year)

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following 80 credits of compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2140	Intermediate Microeconomics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS2206	Corporate Financial Management	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
LUBS2230	Mathematics for Business and Economics 2	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2430	Economics Research Methods	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2575	Statistics and Econometrics	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
LUBS2610	Intermediate Macroeconomics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study ONE the following 20 credit optional modules in FINANCE:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2291	Financial Accounting and Reporting	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2295	Intermediate Management Accounting	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students may select 0-20 credits from the Optional modules list and/or from up to TWO of the Pathways. In addition, students can select a maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to select discovery modules, a further 20 credits can be selected from Optional modules and/or up to TWO of the Pathways instead.

Optional (ECONOMICS)

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2050	Industrial Economics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2281	Macroeconomic Policy and Performance	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2401	International Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2420	Business Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2590	Labour Economics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional (NON-ECONOMICS)

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2020	From Study to Work	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2022	Experiencing the World of Work	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2260	Banks and Banking Systems	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Enterprise and Innovation Pathway

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2045	Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2080	New Enterprise Planning	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Ethics and Sustainability

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
IDEA2000	Leadership Ethics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2060	Contemporary Industrial Relations	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2970	Corporate Social Responsibility	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery Modules

Students may study 0-20 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to select discovery modules, a further 20 credits can be selected from Optional modules and/or from up to TWO of the pathways instead, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Students will be required to pass 100 Year 2 credits including all Pass for Progression (PFP) modules in order to progress to Year 3 made up as follows:
- Pass 40 credits of compulsory PFP ECONOMICS modules (LUBS2140/LUBS2575/LUBS2610)
- Pass 20 credits of compulsory PFP FINANCE modules (LUBS2206)
- Pass 20 credits of additional FINANCE modules (optional or discovery)
- Pass 20 credits of additional optional and/or discovery modules

Year 3

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Students must study 120 credits in Level 3.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined, students must pass:
- ECONOMICS: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 40 credits must be taken at level 2 and 60 credits must be at level 3)
- FINANCE: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be taken at level 2 and 40 credits must be at level 3)

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following 70 credits of compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3005	Advanced Microeconomics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS3303	Economics Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3505	Advanced Macroeconomics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
LUBS3645	Advanced Finance	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP

Optional Modules

Depending on your discovery module choices, students may choose 0-20 credits from the following optional modules in ECONOMICS, in order to make up a total of 120 credits for the year:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3011	Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3330	Economic Development	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3340	Economics of Famines	20	Not running in 202425
LUBS3365	Environmental Economics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3370	Applied Econometrics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3375	Behavioural Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3430	Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3435	Public Enterprise and Regulation	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3590	International Economics: Integration and Governance	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3785	The Economics of Unions	10	Not running in 202425
LUBS3925	The Political Economy of Work	10	Not running in 202425
LUBS3930	Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 30 credits from the following optional modules in FINANCE:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3116	Private Equity	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3140	Behavioural Finance	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3150	International Banking and Finance	10
LUBS3160	Financial Derivatives	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3541	Principles of Auditing	10	Not running in 202425
LUBS3550	Auditing and Assurance Services	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3620	International Business Finance	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3655	Professional Portfolio Management	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3880	Corporate Governance	10	Not running in 202425

Discovery Modules

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits of discovery modules, which may include further choices from the optional modules lists, in order to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Candidates will be required to pass 100 level 3 credits in order to be eligible for the award of an Honours Degree made up as follows:

- Pass 20 credits of compulsory PFP Economic modules
- Pass 40 credits of additional Economic modules (compulsory, optional or discovery)
- Pass 10 credits of compulsory PFP Finance modules
- Pass 30 credits of additional Finance modules (optional or discovery)

Last updated: 07/06/2024 14:52:23

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