Education and Economics - BA (Hons)

Combining education with other subjects provides opportunities for those who wish to work in professions associated with education, but who don't wish necessarily to become teachers. This course will develop your knowledge and understanding of the education systems of Scotland and beyond. You'll have the opportunity to put theory into practice in a community placement, enhancing your employability.

Please note that this course doesn't allow you to qualify as a teacher, though joint honours Education graduates will be able to explore postgraduate routes into teaching careers (via the PGDE).

Following the recent global economic crisis, economics is more important and relevant than ever. Decisions on money, banking, interest rates, taxation and government spending affect us all, with global consequences. Economics aims to understand the activities of the different agents in the economy - consumers, producers and the government - and how they all fit together.

Our degree will give you the ability to explain complex data in simple terms to different audiences. You'll also develop excellent mathematical, statistical and problem-solving skills.

Ranked Top 10 in the UK for Education (Complete University Guide 2025)

This course is part of our flexible BA Humanities and Social Science Degree programme. With our BA (Honours) degree you can choose from subjects in Humanities, Social Sciences and Business, with two of your three subject choices taught by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.

The BA degree is a three year course and the Honours degree is normally a four year course. This allows you to try new subjects, develop your own ideas, develop a broad range of knowledge and enhance your employability.

You should only enter one of the UCAS codes on your application form. Acceptance on one of these subject codes will enable you to study any combination of subjects. Only one application will be considered. This is lifted from page 50 of the prospectus.

https:www.strath.ac.ukhumanitiesundergraduateflexiblebadegree

Every one of our flexible BA options gives students the chance to gain valuable professional experience as part of a credit-bearing work placement class in their third or fourth year. Learn more about placements- https:www.strath.ac.ukhumanitiesundergraduateplacements