BSc (Hons) Economics And Finance

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.

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.

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.

Who You'll Learn From:

• Your team includes experienced academics, researchers and consultants alongside guest lecturers from the industry, many of whom are alumni.
• Economics staff interests include business economics, the economics of organisation and innovation, game theory, social choice theory, behavioural economics and political economy.
• The team has an interest in the power of economics with its fusion of ideas and approaches, to improve lives and societies and meet the challenges of the modern world.
• Your finance experts include experienced lecturers, researchers and consultants. They have undertaken consulting and research projects associated with capital market relative performance measures, investment portfolio management and internal performance audit amongst other topics.
• Research interests include behavioural finance, experimental finance and household finance and there are authors of published research papers in these areas in peer-reviewed ABS ranked journals.

Entry Requirements:

• The University of Hertfordshire is committed to welcoming students with a wide range of qualifications and levels of experience. The entry requirements listed on the course pages provide a guide to the minimum level of qualifications needed to study each course. However, we have a flexible approach to admissions and each application will be considered on an individual basis.
• UK applicants
• Typical offer (UCAS points)    120–128
• Typical A Level offer    BBB–ABB
• Typical IB offer    120–128
• Typical BTEC offer    DDM
• GCSE    Grade 4/C in English Language and Mathematics.
• Access courses    120–128