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 To be a business leader you need to understand how to run a business and how to make financial decisions that will keep your business profitable. Our BA (Hons) Economics and Management degree will give you the skills and knowledge to do both. You'll have the edge in the employment market when you graduate with a broad understanding of the core elements of business such as managing people, accounting, and operations management, as well as a deep understanding of how economic issues impact management practices and how data shapes decision making. If you choose to take a paid placement, you’ll have the chance to apply your new economic management knowledge in the workplace and graduate with a year of industry experience. Past students have worked at companies like the Office for National Statistics, Amazon, or the Department for Energy and Climate Change. Course highlights
- Learn about key economic topics that impact society and drive behaviour, such as the environment, the gender pay gap, productivity and poverty
- Personalise your studies to the areas of economics and business you're most interested in, whether that's sustainability, global business, financial markets or business development
- Develop your confidence and ability to analyse numerical data to drive decision making
- Benefit from expert teaching, 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
- See economics and business 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
- Commercial analyst
- Product manager
- Claims handler
- Sales consultant
- Financial analyst
- Account manager
- Trader in financial assets
- Purchasing and acquisitions officer
- National Grid
- Cummins (power solutions)
- Prospect Legal
- H & M
- Toyota
- Total Gas and Power
- Majestic Wine
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Business Accounting (20 credits)
- Business Operations and Systems Management (20 credits)
- Economics for Business (20 credits)
- Introduction to Data Analytics (20 credits)
- Issues in Economics (20 credits)
- Managing People in Organisations (20 credits)
- Corporate Financial Management (20 credits)
- Data and Research Methods for Economics (20 credits)
- Intermediate Economics (20 credits)
- Managerial and Decision Economics (20 credits)
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics (20 credits)
- Business Strategy and Economic Policy for Sustainable Development (20 credits)
- Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship (20 credits)
- Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets (20 credits)
- International Business (20 credits)
- International Economics (20 credits)
- Leadership, Ethics, Governance and Sustainability (20 credits)
- Psychology and Altruism in Economics and Finance (20 credits)
- Risk Management and Supply Chain Vulnerability (20 credits)
- Study Abroad 120 Credits (Year Long) (120 credits)
- Market Economics and Business Strategy (20 credits)
- Strategic and International Management (20 credits)
- Advanced Corporate Financial Management (20 credits)
- Behavioural Finance and the Psychology of Investment (20 credits)
- Business Forecasting and Data Analysis (20 credits)
- Business Improvement & Creativity (20 credits)
- Crime, Conflict and Terrorism (20 credits)
- Critical Leadership: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives (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 Investment Project (20 credits)
- Independent Study Project (20 credits)
- International Banking and Financial Instruments (20 credits)
- Operations Strategy and the Supply Chain (20 credits)
- Project Management for Enterprise (20 credits)
- Public Policies and Labour Markets (20 credits)
- Responsible and Sustainable Business (20 credits)
Assessment method
How you're assessed You’ll be assessed through:
- analysis of topical case studies
- written reports
- essays
- presentations
- self-led independent study project
- Year one students: 58% by written exams and 42% by coursework
- Year two students: 45% by written exams 4% by practical exams and 51% 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
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
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.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 - 120 points
A level - BBB - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 29 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
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. |
PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
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. | |
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 | £9250 | Year 1 |
England | £9250 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9250 | 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