BA Economics with Psychology
Colchester, United Kingdom
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English
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Full time
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Introduction
BA Economics with Psychology
Economics at Essex explores how economics relates to the real world and asks the difficult questions. How do people get in debt? Why do people choose to get a mortgage rather than rent? Why did the economic crisis affect the UK more than the US? Explore the driving forces behind human behaviour. Discover how human psychology can guide people to make economic decisions.
On BA Economics with Psychology you study the global economy, economic drivers behind human behaviour and the human mind; developing parallel methods of analysing decision making and cognition. The BA allows for further flexibility on optional modules, allowing you to tailor your degree to suit your interests. Through combining economics with psychology you gain a deepened knowledge as to why individuals are not always behaving in their own best interests. Understanding this and the frameworks of behavioural economics can help policymakers create environments that nudge people towards making wiser decisions and healthier lives.
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Curriculum
Year 1
- Introduction to Economics
- Introduction to Quantitative Economics
- Applied Psychology
- Methods of Economic Analysis
- Career Skills in Economics
Year 2
- Macroeconomics (Intermediate)
- Microeconomics (Intermediate)
- Memory Attention and Language
- Seeing and Hearing
- Career Skills in Economics
Final Year
- Project: Economics
- Experimental Methods in Economics
- Introduction to Behavioural Economics
- Career Skills in Economics
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Career Opportunities
Many employers want economists with critical thinking skills who can tackle large data sets and practical problems. Our course helps you to become more employable and takes you closer to that dream job or postgraduate course when you graduate.
Our students are in demand from a wide range of employers in a host of occupations, including financial analysis, management, public administration and accountancy.
Our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:
- Bank of England
- Barclays Capital
- Accenture
- Deloitte
- Ernst and Young
- The Crown Prosecution Service
- Bank of New York
- Santander
Program delivery
BA Economics with Psychology: 3 years
BA Economics with Psychology (Including Year Abroad): 4 years
BA Economics with Psychology (Including Placement Year): 4 years
- Teaching is arranged to allow freedom in how you organise your learning experiences
- After receiving a general overview of a topic in your two-hour weekly lecture, you discuss and solve the issues it raises in a class with 15 to 20 fellow students
- Optional support classes