Economics

About this course

Economics is the social science concerned with how individuals, organisations, and societies make decisions under conditions of scarcity, and what consequences those decisions have for prices, incomes, employment, inequality, and growth. It offers a rigorous set of tools for understanding markets, incentives, and the forces that drive economic behaviour, from the microeconomic decisions of households and firms to the macroeconomic dynamics that determine whether economies grow or stagnate and whether policy interventions succeed or fail. At the University of Essex, this four-year programme develops your understanding of economic theory and gives you the quantitative and analytical skills to engage with economic data seriously. You will study microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics as core foundations, and develop the capacity to explore how economies function, how people make d

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 63% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 3% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 7% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 17% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 16% of graduatescards →

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