Economics

About this course

Economics is the study of how individuals, firms, and governments make decisions in a world of scarce resources, and how those decisions aggregate into the patterns of production, exchange, and distribution we observe in markets and societies. It is both a social science and a quantitative discipline, combining careful theoretical reasoning with empirical analysis. Understanding how incentives operate, how markets fail, how monetary and fiscal policy works, and how trade and inequality evolve are among the central questions the subject addresses, and the methods it employs range from mathematical modelling to statistical testing of real-world data. At the University of Kent, this three-year full-time BSc builds from foundational economic theory through to more advanced applied topics, with a curriculum designed to challenge and develop you whatever your prior background in the subject.

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 75% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →

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