During the course of the programme, students are able to apply their developing theoretical and IT skills to the exploration of modern media practices; small group tutorials offer opportunities for rigorous discussion and debate in a familiar, informal and stimulating environment. The extremely international nature of the student body, and the uniquely personalised teaching conditions which Buckingham favours, offer once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to explore new ideas and to develop individual writing skills, always within the framework of a wide-ranging syllabus, permitting students to combine Economics with a range of free choice options.

The Economics Major aims to give students a good foundation in economic theory and its applications to real world situations. The programme combines this with a range of free choice modules, with a view to enabling students’ knowledge base in economics to underwrite their professional development, by familiarising them with a range of key journalistic principles and writing practices, and providing key IT skills.

Economics specific:
• Provide a coherent core of micro-economic and macro-economic principles, embracing both theory and (historical / contemporary) policy
• Give instruction in relevant quantitative methods and computational techniques.
• Instil knowledge and appreciation of economic data, both quantitative and qualitative.
• Enable students to consider how questions of political economy, commercial interest, ideology, representation and group/individual identity affect not just the media but their own major discipline
• Create opportunities for cross-fertilization between the study of economics as a globally-important discipline and the practice of writing analytically about business and financial affairs
• The ability to read, write, and speak the language of effective and thorough communication.
• Opportunities for rigorous discussion and debate, encouraged in a tutorial environment
• Competencies directly relating to employability:
- high-order conceptual, literacy, and communication skills
- intellectual skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation

• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (Link);
• Relevant Subject Benchmark Statement(s) (Link)

Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided. More detailed information on the learning outcomes, content and teaching, learning and assessment methods of each course unit/module can be found in the departmental or programme handbook. The accuracy of the information contained in this document is reviewed annually by the University of Buckingham and may be checked by the Quality Assurance Agency.