Course summary

Develop the skills you need to tackle today’s economic problems with big data. Apply theory to real-world economic situations and exploit big data to guide your economic decisions in finance, government, entertainment, or industry. Data science in economics teaches programming, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Our economists place a particular emphasis on making economics relevant to the real world. Consider the dilemmas facing households, firms, and governments, and develop the skills to analyse and discuss crucial areas such as poverty and economic growth, developing economies, environmental protection, and financial and monetary crises. Shape your degree outside the classroom with our thriving student led societies. Kent Invest focusses on financial markets holding an annual trading competition. The Economics Society explores issues of the moment through the lens of the discipline, culminating in an annual networking conference. Choose to study Economics with Data Science at Kent because: · you’ll satisfy your curiosity at a top 20 subject in The Guardian University Guide 2022 · you’ll study in a supportive learning community, ranked 5th for student satisfaction in The Complete University Guide 2022 · you can increase your career prospects through a year in industry or year abroad to gain real-world experience. Recent graduates have gone on to work at Deloitte, PwC and Goldman Sachs. · you’ll learn from inspiring lecturers who advise UK, European and international organisations · you’ll gain ongoing support through our employability team, regular workshops and alumni talks, as well as our dedicated academic adviser and peer mentoring scheme. · you’ll study in our new Kennedy building, home to our economics community, with excellent facilities, ideal for teaching analytic tools.