BA International Economics (Including Foundation Year)

Our BA International Economics (including foundation year) is open to Home and EU students. It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your English language and academic skills.

This four-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study. During your Year Zero, you study four academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory English language and academic skills module.

You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK.

After successful completion of Year Zero in our Essex Pathways Department, you progress to complete your course with our Department of Economics. Our course gives you a solid grounding in economics with a focus on international areas such as world trade, world economy, international monetary relations and the flow of trade and assets between countries

You develop your abilities in economics and gain confidence in applying them to international situations, as well as receiving expert training in quantitative research methods, through study of topics including:

• Models of international trade and the world trading system
• Foreign exchange markets
• The history of European overseas trading
• International financial organisations
• The impact of business decisions on products, prices, and social welfare

We are 4th in UK for research power in economics and econometrics (Times Higher Education research power measure, Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Your education is inspired and informed by this pioneering research, so that you graduate with a strong training in economics.