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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Luton Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
4 Year
A Degree with a Foundation Year gives you guaranteed entry to an Undergraduate course. Whether you’re returning to learning and require additional help and support to up-skill, or if you didn’t quite meet the grades to pursue an Undergraduate course, our Degrees with Foundation Year provide a fantastic entry route for you to work towards a degree level qualification. With our guidance and support you’ll get up to speed within one year, and will be ready to seamlessly progress on to undergraduate study at Bedfordshire. The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. Economics and finance form the structure upon which the modern world is built. This course teaches you to apply economic theory to real-world financial problems, giving you the analytical skills and subject knowledge to discuss your ideas and solutions confidently. This degree provides you with an in-depth knowledge of the main ideas, concepts and principles of modern economics and finance, which guide the way businesses operate; governments exercise policies; and countries cooperate and compete with each other. You learn to apply economic analysis to real-life problems while gaining the technical and analytical skills necessary to understand key developments in the global markets as well as the issues economies face in a world dominated by financial institutions. Your studies may cover economic theory, financial data analysis, business practice, financial markets, globalisation and econometrics. Learn from highly qualified and experienced academics and professionals whose research achievements in the field ensure your studies are dynamic and relevant Be able to use relevant financial software including the leading financial trading platform Develop your entrepreneurial skills in your final-year project on current economic affairs Build your transferable skills and experience in critical thinking, problem solving, presentation and team-working as well as in using information technology
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