Economics

Economics with a foundation year opens a rigorous social science degree to students who need additional academic preparation before engaging with degree-level study. Economics is the discipline that examines how individuals, firms, governments and societies make decisions about the allocation of scarce resources, using both theoretical models and empirical evidence to understand markets, inequality, growth, trade and the macroeconomic forces that shape prosperity and crisis. The subject has been transformed in recent decades by the availability of large datasets and by the growing role of digital technology and artificial intelligence in economic decision-making.

At London South Bank University this four-year programme begins with a foundation year before you progress into the main economics degree. The curriculum has been comprehensively redesigned to reflect the growing importance of digital technologies, data-driven decision-making and AI in professional economics, incorporating industry-standard software and analytical tools alongside core economic theory. You will develop both the macroeconomic understanding needed to navigate complex policy environments and the microeconomic tools for analysing corporate and market-level decisions.

Economics graduates work across finance, banking, consulting, government, central banking, international organisations, think tanks, public policy, data analytics and the private sector more broadly. The combination of analytical rigour, quantitative skill and conceptual understanding that economics develops is valued by a wide range of employers, and economics graduates consistently achieve among the highest graduate earnings of any discipline. Many graduates pursue postgraduate study in economics, financial economics, econometrics, data science or public policy, building on the quantitative foundations the undergraduate degree provides.