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FHEQ level

This course is set at Level 6 in the national Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.

Course Aims

The Mathematics with Economics (BSc) degree programme aims to provide:
1. teaching in the mathematical sciences that is broad-based and, where appropriate, informed by a research base of international standard; training that develops their interest in the discipline of economics through a curriculum supported by scholarship, staff development and a research culture that promotes breadth and depth of intellectual enquiry and debate;
2. a programme structure which allows transfer between certain programmes at appropriate stages, and a guided choice of courses to meet students' developing interests;
3. coherent sets of courses in both disciplines, grouped for intellectual and vocational reasons, based on a mathematics and statistics core building progressively on skills and knowledge acquired during the programme; as befits a Minor component, the economics is a coherent part of the core economics programme for a Major in Economics in the first two years. This background will prepare students for the final year courses from the Management studies programme.
4. an admissions policy which gives access to students with special needs and to mature and other prospective students who may have unconventional academic backgrounds;
5. provision for students to develop general personal and intellectual skills, enabling them to think analytically, express themselves clearly, work independently, meet deadlines, and compete successfully on the employment market; subject-specific skills appropriate to the level and extent of their programme that enable them to access, analyse and appraise economic theories and related evidence.
6. a caring and supportive environment for students from a diversity of cultures and backgrounds.

Course learning outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of a core of analysis, algebra, applied mathematics, probability and statistics; demonstrate knowledge and understanding of some advanced topics, depending on his or her own choice.

Knowledge and Understanding: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the core principles of economics; demonstrated a knowledge of quantitative techniques appropriate to the study of economics.

Intellectual Skill: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: demonstrate ability to understand and use mathematical argument and deductive reasoning; demonstrate awareness of the importance of mathematical and statistical assumptions and awareness of their use.

Practical Skills: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: demonstrate competence in the use of mathematical methods and techniques in problem solving and modelling, in particular in economics; explore, and where feasible solve, mathematical problems, by selecting appropriate techniques; demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the process of mathematical or statistical modelling; exhibit developed skills of numeracy, involving use of quantitative concepts and arguments, where appropriate, at all stages of work.

Transferable Skills: By the end of the programme a successful student is expected to be able to: take decisions in complex and unpredictable contexts; apply a selection of mathematical, computational, numerical and statistical skills; communicate scientific information orally and in writing; take responsibility for their own learning, and manage time appropriately.

Full-time course composition