Course summary
This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview Economics is about more than maths. When you study economics you get a set of tools that allows you to understand how the world works. And when you understand how something works, you can change it. You'll learn all the core economic theory you need to be an economist using real, topical data from organisations such as HSBC, Barclays, the Bank of England and the UK Government's annual budget. You'll also learn a set of skills that you can use in roles beyond finance. You'll learn:
- how to use data to communicate a variety of challenging financial, ethical and social issues
- how to present an argument
- how economics influences decision making in a wide range of scenarios, from people's behaviour, to environmental sustainability, to investments and government policy making
- Benefit from expert teaching that's informed by our academics' close relationships with organisations such as the Bank of England and the Office for National Statistics
- Gain a Bloomberg Certificate (a trading platform that's used by 250,000 financial service professionals) in our dedicated Bloomberg Suite
- Be employment-ready by using the same software as professional economists, including Eviews, Datastream and STATA
- Understand how economics affects society through our research expertise in behavioural economics and environmental resource economics
- See economics from a different angle by spending a year abroad at a partner university in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe or the Far East
- Get support to set up your own business from our Entrepreneurs in Residence Programme
- Learn a foreign language as part of your degree
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Introduction to Finance, Accounting and Banking (20 credits)
- Issues in Economics (20 credits)
- Macroeconomics (20 credits)
- Mathematics for Economics (20 credits)
- Microeconomics (20 credits)
- Statistics for Economics (20 credits)
- Data and Research Methods for Economics (20 credits)
- Econometric Methods (20 credits)
- Intermediate Macroeconomics (20 credits)
- Intermediate Microeconomics (20 credits)
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics (20 credits)
- Business Strategy and Economic Policy for Sustainable Development (20 credits)
- Corporate Financial Management (20 credits)
- Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets (20 credits)
- International Economics (20 credits)
- Investment Analysis (20 credits)
- Managerial and Decision Economics (20 credits)
- Psychology and Altruism in Economics and Finance (20 credits)
- Study Abroad 120 Credits (Year Long) (120 credits)
- Advanced Economics (20 credits)
- Econometric Analysis (20 credits)
- Advanced Corporate Financial Management (20 credits)
- Behavioural Finance and the Psychology of Investment (20 credits)
- Crime, Conflict and Terrorism (20 credits)
- Economics and Finance of Sport (20 credits)
- Economics Consultancy Project (20 credits)
- Economics Research Project (40 credits)
- Energy and Environmental Economics (20 credits)
- Financial Economics (20 credits)
- Financial Investment Project (20 credits)
- Independent Study Project (20 credits)
- International Banking and Financial Instruments (20 credits)
- Market Economics and Business Strategy (20 credits)
- Public Policies and Labour Markets (20 credits)
Assessment method
You’ll be assessed through: analysis of topical case studies exams written reports essays presentations self-led independent study project You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future. The way you’re assessed may depend on the modules you select. As a guide, students on this course last year were typically assessed as follows: Year 1 students: 62% by written exams, 4% by practical exams and 34% by coursework Year 2 students: 62% by written exams and 38% by coursework Year 3 students: 33% by written exams, 5% by practical exams and 62% by coursework
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- L100
- Institution code:
- P80
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 120 - 128 points
A level - ABB - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - Not accepted
Access to HE Diploma - Not accepted
Scottish Higher - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016) - Not accepted
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 29 - 30 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3 - H2, H2, H3, H3, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - Not accepted
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
PTE Academic | 62 | An overall score of 62 with a minimum of 59 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components. |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9535 | Year 1 |
England | £9535 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
International | £17200 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP