Economics with Placement Year BA (Hons)

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¿Qué aprenderé?

Explore how economic theory can be applied to the major domestic and global issues of today – and gain valuable skills in the workplace – with our BA Economics with Placement Year degree.This four-year course focuses on how economic tools can be applied to different markets and situations. You will acquire the skills, knowledge and understanding that will enable you to solve the problems that are challenging policy makers and businesses all over the world.We also offer a BSc Economics with Placement Year degree at the University of Reading, which covers a narrower range of economic markets and social policy issues but focuses more on techniques for working with data.**Choose economics at the University of Reading**- Established for more than 50 years.- 100% of our research impact has been classed ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ (REF 2021, combining 4* and 3* submissions – Business and Management Studies, and Anthropology and Development Studies).- In 2022, 93% of BA Economics with Placement Year students agreed their course has provided them with opportunities to explore ideas or concepts in depth and to apply what they have learnt (National Student Survey 2022).The Reading BA will allow you to understand what’s happening in the world and how policy makers can respond to it: how do economies grow, how can policy makers manage business cycles, is inflation a problem, how can unemployment be reduced, is a five-day week really necessary and so on. You will analyse these issues using a range of economic theories and methods including the theory of games and strategic interactions, natural and behavioural experiments. Your degree will help you to understand the levers of policy and provide policy advice in response to economic problems.You’ll study practical economic issues and examine the relationship between economics and society more widely, including:- Macroeconomics- Microeconomics- Economic Institutions- Economics of Social Policy.You will also be trained in empirical methods used by professional economists to identify economic relationships and make predictions using different types of data.Optional modules will bring your studies to life and relate to what is happening outside of the classroom, with interactive modules.- Development Economics - understanding of the causes and consequences of underdevelopment and the policies that help to bring people out of poverty.- Economics of Banking - exploring the weaknesses in the banking sector, the strategies adopted by banks to address risks, and the rationale for government intervention in the financial sector and banking regulation.- Economics of Sport and Games - studying how the competitive and controlled environments within sport can provide laboratories to study human behaviour, to test theories, and to observe the impacts of policy.- Public Economics - offering you the chance to assume the role of a government adviser and write policy briefs that address public policy issues.**The integrated placement year**Enhance your employability by doing a year-long work placement, in an industrial setting, between your second and final year. A placement is a valuable way to develop your skills, experience the workplace, and build your network.We have a dedicated placement coordinator who can provide advice and support in your search for a placement.Our students have undertaken placements with:- 3M- Airbus- Bank of England- Crowe- Deloitte- Disney- Emperor- HP Enterprise- IBM- Johnson & Johnson- NHS England- Nissan- Oracle- the Government Economic Service (including the Treasury, the Office for National Statistics, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office).

¿En cuál departamento estoy?

Economics

Opciones de estudio

a tiempo completo (4 )

Costos de estudio
£22.350,00 (US$ 28.147) por año
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Fecha de inicio

Octubre 2024

Lugar

Main Site

Room 208,

Pepper Lane,

Reading,

Wokingham,

RG6 6AH, England

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