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Undergraduate BA (Hons)
Business Economics
Be the change that employers seek - learn how social and economic environments affect organisations and how to make positive changes.
Course Overview
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4T5B -
L27 -
City Campus -
Full-Time -
3 Years -
18 Sep 2023
Develop key skills in economics, accounting and management with a strong vocational focus.
As part of your course you’ll:
- Explore the principles of economics and how they apply to business
- Gain both a theoretical and practical understanding of the economic decisions faced by business managers
- Develop the ability to analyse the economic and social environments in which those decisions are taken
If you take a paid work placement in your third year you’ll develop and enhance your employability skills. Past students have completed placements with companies including Mercedes Benz, Price Waterhouse Cooper and high street retail banks.
We will encourage you to enhance your entrepreneurial skills through a range of national student competitions such as the IBM University Business Challenge.
Our guest lecture series will help support your development. Past speakers include the CEO of the London Stock Exchange, the Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association and the Chief Economist of Yorkshire Bank. To view and register for any upcoming guest lectures, visit our university events webpage.
Why study Business Economics at Leeds Beckett University...
- 91.7% of students from BA (Hons) Business Economics were in work or further study 15 months after graduating*
- Explore the principles of economics and how they apply to business
- Gain a greater understanding of how financial markets work through our Virtual Investment Club
- Meet representatives from organisations such as Deloitte to gain an understanding of how economics work in business
- Utilise the university's local, national and international connections to seek a year's paid work placement
- Take the opportunity to study abroad for a semester in year two at venues around the world
* 2018/19 graduating students, Graduate Outcomes
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