BSc Economics

Learn how to approach the world’s problems as an economist with our BSc Economics degree.

This three-year course will enable you to tackle a diverse range of economic issues and problems. You will acquire the skills, knowledge and understanding that are required to become an economist or use economics as a major aspect of your career. You will also work extensively with data and learn how to apply theory and models to analyse real-world issues.

Choose economics at the University of Reading

Our BSc programme will help you analyse what's happening in the world: how do economies grow, what can be done to manage business cycles, is a 5-day week really necessary and so on. You will analyse these using a range of theories and methods including the theory of games and strategic interactions, natural and behavioural experiments. Your degree will help you to understand and make predictions about individual and collective economic behaviour.

Your core modules will cover a range of topics, including:

In computer lab sessions, you will learn how to work with specialist software that professional economists commonly use in business, government bodies, and research organisations.

Optional modules will bring your studies to life and relate to what is happening outside of the classroom, with interactive modules such as: