Our BSc Economics equips you with the right skills to tackle the different challenges you’ll face in the ever-changing business world. This professionally recognised course (CISI), ensures that you graduate with the skills that employers need, delivered by leading experts in the field that care passionately about their subject. You will gain an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the methods, theory and applications of economic science and finance, as well as their functions in the contemporary business world. Alongside essential academic theory, this course will develop your problem-solving, technical and analytical skills as you apply economic analysis to real-life issues, based on case studies from our major business links.The course has a strong emphasis on the world of work, so you'll benefit from skills and enterprise workshops, and we’ll help you to find work experience through our network of connections in busy Stratford, iconic Canary Wharf and beyond. Through your understanding of key developments in the global business environment, you will be prepared for a career as an economist as well as a skilled manager, researcher, analyst or strategist working in finance, banking, business management, consulting, commerce, the public sector and voluntary organisations.We'll give you a good introduction to the science of economics, and the business environment in which economic decisions are made.You will learn about key economic theory, develop a growing appreciation for how business decisions are made, and look at the complex world of economic policymaking.Our programme allows you to study specialist subjects where you explore some of the key questions in the world around us. You might ask why some countries are rich and some countries remain poor and how poorer countries can get out of poverty.