Course overview

Learn about the constantly evolving financial sector, within the wider, more philosophical, context of economics. Discover how financial markets work, the psychology behind finance, and how companies get funding.

Explore modern and traditional economics and their application to organisations, as you learn about financial markets and economic theory. Look at how economists think, analyse, and solve problems.

Discover how to predict personal finances, organisational and national budgets. You'll also discover how every decision matters, from political problems to business operations and our lifestyle choices.

As you work on solving problems and thinking critically, improve your quantitative and data analysis skills. Practise how to explain your findings and conclusions clearly, which is an important skill to have in business.

Explore ways of addressing real-world problems from a financial, ethical and economic perspective. Learn to be an independent thinker, communicate well and solve problems effectively.

Prepare yourself for a career in banking, insurance, pension funds, investment and unit trusts, stock brokerage, or financial advisory.

Improve your CV by participating in industry placements, studying abroad, or doing internships. Try out the latest online bite-sized digital experiences to gain more experience.

These activities will all support you in your career preparation.

*based on an average of questions 1-25 of the NSS survey 2023.

Why choose this course?

Go beyond theory, with stimulating discussions on traditional and non-conventional economic approaches, and how finance affects the health of an economy.

Learn how to analyse, evaluate, and predict economic and financial situations. This will help you develop important skills that will be useful in your future career.

Gain highly desirable transferable skills, including problem-solving, communication and critical thinking. These will all help you find work in a variety of fields.

In the finance group, we all have similar values and goals. This is really important for both your success and ours. It helps us support you in reaching your full potential.

Enjoy co-curricular opportunities to further enhance your career prospects. Participate in the national University Business Challenge or become a member of our Enactus society, working on projects that make a positive impact on society.

We are a business school that focuses on careers. We have good relationships with professional groups and businesses and invite them to networking events or as guest speakers.

Students feel supported; a previous graduate comments: “Overall, without the support from lecturers and the programme leader I would not have had such a positive university experience nor gone onto a masters. The staff made me realise my potential which I then unlocked “ (Urvish Patel, 2019).

If you have a keen interest in financial markets, you may also like our BA (Hons) Finance. For those interested in the corporate sector, our BA (Hons) Business and Finance may also appeal to you.

Professional accreditations

We don’t deliver a finance program tailored to any one professional body, because we offer a course with flexible pathways providing you with greater versatility in your professional choices.

What you'll study

Your first year builds a solid foundation of knowledge in financial principles and economic theory helping you to build a general understanding of finance in the context of society and introducing macroeconomics and microeconomics.

In your second year, develop the necessary analytical and professional skills to prepare you for work, improving your productivity and ability to contribute to organisations. Explore essential elements such as business ethics, econometrics, consumers and firms.

In your final year, take on real-world challenges as you put your knowledge to the test. There are also a wide number of optional modules so you can tailor the course to areas of interest with topics such as behavioural finance, public finance or modern econometrics.

Throughout, we promote team working skills, instilling in people and organisational skills alongside your analytical and financial expertise.

There are also opportunities to further enrich your personal development through our GoHerts program, placements, internships, study-abroad and Future Success team events.