Economics with Finance BSc (Hons)

This course will engage you in the specialized study of finance, as well as the economic theory that underpins the financial world and business success. Awarded Accountancy College of the Year 2017 by PQ Magazine, you can expect a versatile and fruitious education. Recent graduates have found work in leading corporate, advertising, IT, and educational organizations. Career paths include: economic research bodies, economic consultancy practices (including the consulting segments of some of the large chartered accountancy/financial services firms), broader management and strategic consultancies, the Government Economic Service (GES), commercial banks, investment banks, private equity and other specialist investment services, the International Monetary Fund (and other international bodies), NGOs, local authorities and Learning and Skills Council offices. The majority of employers has a small number of staff devoted to economic consultancy work, or alternatively are relatively small organizations focused purely on economic consultancy. LSBU is committed to supporting you develop your employability and succeed in getting a job after you have graduated. Your qualification will certainly help, but in a competitive market you also need to work on your employability, and on your career search. Our Employability Service will support you in developing your skills, finding a job, interview techniques, work experience or an internship, and will help you assess what you need to do to get the job you want at the end of your course. LSBU offers a comprehensive Employability Service, with a range of initiatives to complement your studies, including: direct engagement from employers who come in to interview and talk to students; Job Shop and on-campus recruitment agencies to help your job search; mentoring and work shadowing schemes.