BSc (Hons) Economics and Mathematics with Placement Year

Why Economics and Mathematics?

Our Economics courses achieved an overall satisfaction score of 91% in the National Student Survey 2022.

In today’s globalised world, the need to understand economic principles and how they affect business is more important than ever before. We’ll give you the chance to gain a valuable grounding in economics with a deep knowledge of pure and applied mathematics, probability and statistical techniques. This will give you the opportunity to develop technical aptitude and skills, enabling a career within areas such as finance, economics and related fields.

Economics looks at how people and organisations utilise the resources they have to meet their needs. You can look at economics at a national level, or from the perspective of a household or even a single person. Social problems like poverty and inequality, high unemployment and rising pollution can all be tackled through a knowledge of economics.

How will you learn?

You will learn through practical application and delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions.

• Here at Huddersfield, you’ll be taught by an academic team with a diverse range of academic and professional experience. This ensures that what you’re taught, and how you’re taught, reflects what you need to know now, as well as giving you the resources to understand future trends and practices.
• This course will enable you to develop your skills as a mathematician whilst gaining a strong grounding in the conceptual underpinnings of economics.
• This course aims to give you an in-depth study of microeconomic theories and applications, which include sector specific practices such as competition, regulation and government intervention.
• You'll also study macroeconomics, which focuses on the importance of aggregate consumption, investment, and what fuels the economic growth.
• In mathematics you will study areas such as calculus, analysis, linear algebra, differential equations and numerical analysis.
• Throughout the course you'll have the opportunity to study mathematics, statistics, and econometrics.
• During your studies you'll have the opportunity to learn how to use Industry standard databases (such as Datastream), alongside sector leading software packages such as Stata, R and Eviews.

We don’t expect you to be fully versed in economics before your course begins, as we aim to build up your understanding from first principles. We’ll also be looking at how mathematic tools can be used to analyse economic decisions.

What subjects will you cover?

• You’ll explore subjects such as an Introduction to Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Calculus and Linear Algebra, Probability Theory and Statistical Methods, Econometrics and Big Data Analytics.
• This course aims to give you an in-depth study of microeconomic theories and applications, which include sector specific practices such as competition, regulation and government intervention.
• You'll also study macroeconomics, which focuses on the importance of aggregate consumption, investment, and what fuels the economic growth.
• In mathematics you will study areas such as calculus, analysis, linear algebra, differential equations and numerical analysis.