BA (Hons) Economics and Finance Bachelor's degree at Leeds Beckett University

Explore the fundamental microeconomic concepts and principles and some of the essential mathematical techniques used in economic analysis. You'll gain knowledge of modern microeconomic theories and methods, the ability to apply those methods to analyse government policies, and be able to understand and apply relevant mathematical methods.

Build the essential accounting and bookkeeping skills that underpin modern financial practice. You'll explore key accounting concepts and terminology, learn how to record financial transactions using double-entry bookkeeping, and produce trial balances. You'll also examine the purpose of control accounts and apply a range of techniques used to maintain accurate, reliable, and effective financial records.

Develop the accounting knowledge and practical skills needed to prepare financial statements and support business decision-making. You'll strengthen your understanding of accounting concepts and learn how to produce income statements and statements of financial position using double-entry bookkeeping. You'll also discover how accounting information supports short- and long-term planning, helping organisations make informed financial decisions.

This module is designed to strengthen your academic scholarship and critical thinking, providing essential support for your work in concurrent subject modules. You'll begin developing the core knowledge, practical skills, and professional behaviours expected of economics practitioners, while also honing your research capabilities for both academic study and real-world application.

Create, manipulate, and interpret business data using the appropriate basic statistical methods. This module covers measures of dispersion, probability, probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression, and time series forecasting. You'll learn how to calculate and interpret measures of central tendency and spread for numerical data. Upon completion, you'll be able to analyse and solve problems involving uncertainty using appropriate probability distributio

Gain an overview of macroeconomics by exploring and debating issues such as unemployment, exchange rates, economic growth and inflation, among others. You'll understand the role of fiscal and monetary policy and the need for a stable macroeconomic environment for business.

Develop the use of double-entry bookkeeping and other techniques to produce company financial statements. This will include the statement of cash flows and the statement of changes in equity. This module also covers the detection and correction of errors in accounting information. You'll start to appreciate how desirable characteristics of accounting information and fundamental accounting concepts are applied in practice.

This module will help you to understand contemporary economic and political debates. You'll explore the origins of these different perspectives / world views / ideologies and what the different views mean when we look at real world issues in economics and finance.

Learn to create, manipulate, and interpret business data using fundamental mathematical methods. Starting with basic concepts, you'll explore elementary matrix theory, differentiation, and integration. As you progress, you'll deepen your understanding of powers, roots, logarithms, and simple algebraic functions. You'll develop the skills to solve linear and quadratic equations, as well as systems of equations. By the end of the module, you'll grasp the concept of integration and its role as the

Gain a rigorous grounding in the essentials of microeconomic analysis and start to explore some of the essential data analysis techniques used in economic analysis. You'll develop a sound knowledge of modern microeconomic theories and methods and how to apply those methods to analyse government policies. You'll also be able to apply relevant quantitative methods.

Study the financing and investment decisions made by corporate managers in pursuit of maximising the wealth of their corporate shareholders.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the main concepts, debates, and theories in the study of contemporary political economy. You'll begin to appreciate the range of perspectives that inform economic theory and policy, providing a foundation for the formal study of economics.

This module will provide an historical introduction to the methodology of economics. You'll study the history of the subject, using examples to show how the practice of economics has developed over time and how changes in the methods and techniques have been used to analyse reality.

Understand recent developments in economics theory and policy through the examination of national economies and the relationships between international economies. You will study topics including economic growth, theoretical models, aggregate supply and demand in the open economy and stabilisation polices.

Understand the structure of business finance and its application to the decision-making processes in organisations.

Develop an understanding of elementary econometric techniques and principles. You'll be able to apply these techniques appropriately in the statistical testing of business and economic theories and models. You'll gain hands-on experience and familiarity with econometric software packages. The module will provide a basis for further work in business and economic forecasting in future employment. It will allow you to explore more advanced areas of econometric theory as you progress through your st