Economics courses
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Why study Economics
Our courses will provide you with an in-depth understanding of how economics underpins and influences many aspects of our everyday decisions and lives. From interest rates and inflation to employment rates and economic growth, we’re all affected by the economy throughout our lives, which makes it an interesting and important subject area.
In these courses, you’ll get to explore complex economic theories, often depicted diagrammatically or mathematically and learn to understand statistical economic models and how they affect the real world. You’ll learn about macroeconomics by studying the interactions of income, inflation, exchange rates and consumption alongside microeconomics, where you’ll study competition, regulation and intervention. As you progress through your degree, you’ll get to choose modules to tailor your degree to your interests and needs.
You’ll get to have an in-depth understanding of economics while also developing some highly desirable transferable skills. An Economics degree offers so many exciting, varied career opportunities across a wide range of industries such as banking, finance, economics and management, consultancy, government, journalism and accountancy.
Where you can go on placement
Our courses allow you to undertake a work placement, which gives you the opportunity to put your learning into practice and understand how theory works in the real world. Our students go on a wide range of placements across the private, public and third sectors. Previous students have gained experience at places like Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Lloyds Banking Group, NHS England, PwC and Thornton and Ross. Cummins Turbo Technologies and the Government Economic Service.
Our final-year Business Economics student, Amandeep Flora, recently completed a placement at Enterprise-Rent-A-Car as a Management Trainee. You can hear what Amandeep had to say about his placement experience in this video.
Our facilities
We provide a professional, modern environment that offers top-class facilities and resources. Our economics and finance students benefit from a fully equipped stock exchange-style trading room. The trading room enables you to use advanced technology to analyse economic, business and financial data in real time.
The trading room. 
AACSB Accredited
Huddersfield Business School is an accredited member of the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
AACSB accreditation ensures continuous improvement and provides focus for schools to deliver on their mission, innovate, and drive impact. AACSB-accredited schools have successfully undergone a rigorous review process conducted by their peers in the business education community, ensuring that they have the resources, credentials, and commitment needed to provide students with a first-rate, future-focused business education.
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