BSc (Hons) Economics Bachelor's degree at Westminster

This module provides historical and policy perspectives on a number of key economic debates. The module analyses economic episodes alongside theoretical and policy-based developments that have helped to shape economics as a discipline. An understanding of the evolution of economic ideas is indeed essential to contextualise learning and link to events in the contemporary world economy. This approach also helps you to appreciate that there are often a range of contending explanations for the same

This module develops your understanding of the principles of macroeconomics. The module explores macroeconomic concepts and macroeconomic policies and shows how they can be applied to understand real-world issues. Using graphical analysis and simple algebra you will be able to understand national income accounting, economic growth, inflation, unemployment and the open economy and how government policy can be used to meet macroeconomic objectives.

This is a module designed to enable you to access, present and analyse data using quantitative tools to solve economic and business problems. The module provides you with the opportunity to develop your skills for quantifying economic and business problems using appropriate linear and non-linear relationships and to explain how mathematical and quantitative techniques can be used to formulate and solve these. The module will build on appreciation of the complexities of business and economic prob

This module explores the microeconomic behaviour of consumers and producers. It introduces the basics of supply and demand in order to explain the operation of the price mechanism and how competitive markets adjust to reach equilibrium. It provides real world examples to show the relevance of the microeconomic analysis studied. This module is designed to enable you to appreciate the coherence, rigour and, in some cases, the limitations of microeconomic theory. You'll learn key concepts used by e

This module is designed to enhance the employability and career readiness of learners by helping them discover, understand, and make the most of their personal and professional strengths. Through an evidence-based strengths audit, reflective activities, and insights from organisational behaviour theory, students will develop a deeper self-awareness and recognise the unique value they can offer to employers and wider society. As part of your learning journey throughout the module, you will be enc

The module offers you the opportunity to learn about business organisations, their purposes, structures and governance in a global context. At the same time you'll study the cultural differences within and between business organisations and the ethical constraints facing these organisations. As part of the process of learning about business organisations you'll learn effective group and leadership skills and develop the skills necessary to structure a coherent report with conclusions linked to e

This module is designed to provide an introduction to financial markets, which begins with an understanding of the role of money, payments and financial systems respectively. You will also gain an understanding of risk and return; the role of interest rates in the money markets; explore various financial markets and financial instruments including the stock market, foreign exchange markets and derivatives. This module will also emphasise the application of Bloomberg and Excel in data exploration

Economic research and appraisal skills (and their effective application) make a key contribution to the identification, framing, analysis and appraisal of a range of problems in business, management, consultancy and public policy. This module uses self-managed research and consultancy tasks, with real-world relevance, to develop in students the ability to work independently, collaboratively and professionally. The tasks include an investigation of the graduate labour market and a reflection on t

This module aims to provide you with a deeper understanding of how macroeconomic policy can be used to critically evaluate recent developments in the macroeconomic environment. This module seeks to build on and extend the theoretical foundations introduced in first year macroeconomics and use them to explore a range of real-world macroeconomic experiences.

This module applies microeconomic tools and techniques to business and management decision making. It starts by presenting the microeconomic behaviour of firms under different market structures (monopoly, monopolistic competition, duopoly and oligopoly) and demonstrates how economic forces affect organisations. It describes the economic and social consequences of managerial behaviour, relating this to the ownership and governance of organisations. It introduces instruments to analyse strategic b

The module will provide an overview of probability theory and the theory of statistical inference, and will develop a range of applications derived from this theoretical framework. A particular emphasis will be placed on the development of the single equation regression model, emphasising the applications of the model within a causal modelling context and the manner in which the model can be used for prediction/forecasting purposes.

This module explores the impact of the digital economy. Digital products are unique products in terms of their consumption and also in terms of their cost of production, compared with tangible products. The growing availability of 'Big Data' creates scope for new competitive insights for companies. At a macroeconomic level, too, the growth of the internet and digit