BSc (Hons) Economics and Management with a Year in Business Bachelor's degree at Royal Holloway, University of London

A first-year undergraduate module in how the economy works. The module is suitable for students with or without A-Level economics or equivalent. Covers basic theories of macroeconomics and microeconomics using the CORE approach (Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics).

Understanding data encountered in everyday life and created by social science researchers. Covers where data comes from, harvesting data, extracting useful information, and creating new data. Students learn to analyse and display data using R statistical software package.

Covers basic mathematical and quantitative tools used by economists. Includes linear algebra, functions, integration, differentiation, and optimisation theory. Covers vectors, matrices, and solving systems of linear equations used in microeconomic and macroeconomic planning and forecasting.

Introduction to employability, library resources, team building, and CV making. Includes career services session on self-awareness and decision making, library services presentation, and economics department team building exercises.

Describes key principles of academic integrity, focusing on university assignments. Covers plagiarism, collusion and commissioning and their possible consequences. Includes activities with feedback to reflect on and develop understanding of academic integrity principles.

Develops understanding of information systems and how they form the backbone of contemporary businesses. Considers how information systems are used by business managers for achieving operational excellence, developing new products and services, improving decision making, and achieving competitive advantage.

Develops understanding of external and internal environments of organisations and their relevance to self-awareness. Examines skills and abilities relevant to professional work and communication with academic and business audiences.

Introduction to fundamental aspects of financial accounting, management accounting and finance. Covers underlying framework and concepts of accounting and finance and their role in organisations and society.

Develops grounding in key concepts for critical understanding of how organisations function. Themes include organisational design, social and psychological contract, conflict, power, diversity and equality, emotional labour, space and place, and impact of internal and external forces. Uses organisational theories and tools including case studies, class discussion, presentations, and simulation exercises.

Develops understanding of models of individual optimisation and their applications. Covers key determinants of individual behaviour and firm behaviour in different market environments (perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly). Examines properties of competitive markets and government intervention to correct market failures.

Develops understanding of macroeconomics and macroeconomic policy-making. Covers contemporary and historical macroeconomic events, differences between short, medium and long run, economic growth and prosperity. Examines role of monetary and fiscal policy, taxation, budget deficits, and public debt.

Career services session on readiness to apply for internship at end of second year. Includes preparation for psychometric tests and series of mock interviews to improve interview technique. Students attend at least one Econ@Work talk on professional life and challenges.

Cultivates reflective and pragmatic comprehension for preparing, analysing, and presenting data through visuals in context of rapidly evolving job market influenced by AI solutions. Covers principles of data handling, visual storytelling, advanced concepts in data visualisation and analytics, and hands-on experience in manipulating raw data to create visual narratives.

Builds on knowledge and skills from first year Professional Skills module. Prepares for graduate workplace. Evaluates business functions and processes in interdisciplinary context, develops effective communication skills for business, and demonstrates collaborative leadership and teamwork.

Explores growth and development of international or global economy from late nineteenth century to present. Examines forces shaping the global economy and institutions including World Trade Organisation and multinational enterprise. Introduces relevant theoretical perspectives and role of Foreign Direct Investment.

Reviews and analyzes business responses to sustainability grand challenges. Appraises impact on business strategy, practices and operations. First part examines environmental challenges centred on climate change; second part examines social challenges centred on inequality. Final part examines links between environmental and social challenges and business world.

Work placement year. Students are supported by the Placements Office and Royal Holloway Careers and Employability Service to find suitable placement. Royal Holloway cannot guarantee all students will secure a placement. Year forms integral part of degree programme with assessed work counting towards final degree classification.

Connects learning with real-world business challenges requiring critical thinking, analysis, and strategic solutions. Explores development of impactful business and management research. Students explore business and management topics, identify business problems, collect and analyse relevant data, and develop business, managerial and/or societal impact plan.

Deepens elements covered in Employability 1 and 2. Career services session on readiness for employment at end of year. Includes preparation for psychometric tests, series of mock interviews to improve interview technique, and attendance at least one Econ@Work talk on professional life and challenges.

Develops understanding of methods and models applied by economists in analysis of firms.