BA (Hons) Economics with Foundation Year

BA (Hons) Economics prepares you to solve current and future problems that matter to you while developing your future employability. You'll study economics through interdisciplinary lenses, mastering your economic knowledge and analytical skills for professional impact.
Why study this course
BA(Hons) Economics is for you if you're interested in people's and firms' behaviours and their consequences, and keen to learn economic theory to address societal issues such as environmental crisis, unemployment, and financial instability.
Why UWE Bristol
Our course combines deep economic theory with real-world issues such as sustainability and social justice to develop your critical and interdisciplinary thinking, and your ability to gather and interpret economic data. You'll develop your creative thinking and analytical skills as well as your digital and collaborative skills.
You'll be introduced to several schools of thought and disciplines and learn about economic and social issues through interdisciplinary lenses such as using ecological sciences, politics, sociology, and philosophy.
Learn from leading academics with strong national and international research profiles.
Developed in collaboration with industry partners including the Government Economic Services, DEFRA, Office for National Statistics, Marsh Insurance, Hays Recruitment, Arup, and Airbus, you'll learn all the up-to-the minute skills needed by employers. Link theory to practice through our industry partner activities such as guest lectures, live project briefs, and immersion days.
Develop advanced digital skills using digital platforms for analysis, decision making and communication, and advance your digital literacy by applying modern digital technology to study economic problems using data analysis software, programming, and information repositories.
You'll work on a Career Development Portfolio throughout your degree to develop and report your personal and professional identity through curricular and career development activities. Alongside this, you'll prepare an Enquiry Skills Portfolio to develop your research and enquiry skills, shaping you into a professional economist, able to influence policy and societal outcomes. Duration: Four years full-time; five years sandwich.

Tariff points: 48Contextual tariff: See our contextual offers page.GCSE: Grade C/4 in English Literature or Language and Mathematics or Statistics, or equivalent. We do not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificates in Adult Numeracy and Literacy as alternatives to GCSEs.English Language Requirement: International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalentA-level subjects: No specific subjects required.EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: No specific subjects required.For information on required Guided Learning Hours please see our minimum entry requirements page.Access: No specific subjects required.Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required.Irish Highers: No specific subjects required.T Levels: No specific subjects required.TOEFL - Overall score of 80 or above, including a minimum of 17 in Listening and Writing, 18 in Reading and 20 in Speaking, PTE - Overall score of 50 with at least 51 in each component (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking).