BAcc Economics

Entry Requirements

A-levels

• Standard academic entry requirements: AAA or A*AB.
• Minimum academic entry requirements: BBB.
• Other mandatory requirements: Must include A-level Maths and GCSE English at Grade B.

Highers

• Standard academic entry requirements: S5 entry requirement = AAAAB. S6 entry requirement = AAAAAB (S6 entry requirements only apply to applicants who achieved the minimum S5 requirements and have been made a conditional offer.)
• Minimum academic entry requirements: Applicants who achieve less than AAAAB in S5 but have achieved at least ABBB MAY receive an offer based on S6 results. A decision will be made in March 2015 once all applications have been reviewed.
• Other mandatory requirements: Must include Mathematics and English or a humanities subject at Grades A or B.

International Baccalaureate

• Standard academic entry requirements: 38 points.
• Minimum academic entry requirements: 36 points.
• Other mandatory requirements: Offers will specify subjects and grades to be attained at Higher Level.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training):

• overall score 6.5
• no sub-test less than 6.0
• or equivalent scores in another recognised qualification (see below)

Common equivalent English language qualifications:

• ibTOEFL: 92; no sub-test less than 20*
• CAE (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English): B minimum
• CPE (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English): C minimum
• PTE Academic (Person Test of English, Academic test): 60; no sub-test less than 59
• IGCSE: English language: B minimum.

Curriculum

Year 1

• Introduction to the market mechanism
• International trade
• Economic development
• Macroeconomics
• Macroeconomic policy in an open economy.

Year 2

• Intermediate macroeconomics
• Intermediate microeconomics
• Introduction to mathematical economics
• Economic data analysis.

Years 3 and 4

• If you progress to Honours (years 3 and 4) you will take courses in microeconomic analysis and macroeconomic analysis. You will also take courses in econometrics, which involves the statistical techniques of economic analysis. 
• In year 4 the compulsory course on government and the economy puts the skills you have developed in your first three years into action by studying current policy issues. 
• You can also choose from a wide range of other courses, studying topics such as environmental economics, government debt and the macroeconomy, international finance, the economics of housing, and economics of team sport.