Economics with a Foundation Year

About this course

Economics provides some of the most powerful analytical tools available for understanding how societies organise themselves and why outcomes differ between people and places. It asks how prices allocate resources, how firms and consumers make decisions, what determines wages and employment, why some countries develop rapidly while others stagnate, and how governments can use fiscal and monetary policy to pursue social goals. It is both a rigorous quantitative discipline and a deeply humanistic one, concerned ultimately with how people live and what conditions allow them to flourish. At Swansea this four-year BSc Economics begins with a foundation year, which broadens access to the degree for students whose prior qualifications need to be developed before university-level economics begins. The foundation year provides the academic preparation you need so that you enter the main programme

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 65% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →

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