Business Economics

The University of Buckingham is:

• Home of the two-year degree, the University of Buckingham, based in the South East of England, is ranked 6th for Student Satisfaction in the UK (National Student Survey, 2020).

• We are proudly independent and not-for-profit, and offer courses in Allied Health, Business, Computing, Education, Humanities, Law, Medicine, Psychology and Security and Intelligence. We are one of the few universities in the UK that offer September and January start dates for almost all of our courses.

• Based in Buckingham on a riverside campus, we are only 20 minutes’ from Milton Keynes central station and a short drive from Bicester, Aylesbury, Banbury and Northampton. There is free parking on-site and we are within easy reach of London and Oxford.

• Our award-winning small class tutorials ensure every student is known by name and supported throughout their studies, including by dedicated personal tutors.

• As pioneers of the two-year degree, we offer a condensed version of the traditional three-year degree, meaning you can gain a full honours degree and complete your studies a whole year earlier. Alternatively, you can complete both your undergraduate and master’s degree with us in just three years: saving you time and money.

BSc Business Economics if a perfect programme for you to pursue a business career, or if you want to work as a consultant or as a specialist business economist in the private sector. This programme offers the spread of subjects that are likely to be most useful. It enables you to supplement the basic economics modules with modules from the Department of Management thus providing a rounded view of business activities.

Course Modules

Accounting for Business,
Behaviour in Organisations,
Business Simulation,
Business Success through Service Excellence,
Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethical Behaviour,
Corporate Strategy and Strategic Management,
Creativity, Innovation and Enterprise,
Cross-culture Management,
Digital Economy and E Business,
Econometrics,
The Economics of Europe,
The Economics of the Labour Market,
Finance for Managers,
Game Theory in Business,
Globalisation and International Business,
History of Economic Thought,
Industrial Organisation and Strategy,
International Economics,
Issues in Developing Economies and the MENA Region,
Macroeconomic Policy,
Macroeconomic Theory,
Managing People and Change,
Marketing Fundamentals,
Marketing Management,
Mathematics for Economists,
Microeconomic Policy,
Microeconomic Theory,
Money, Banking and Financial Markets,
Operations Strategy,
Principles of Macroeconomics,
Principles of Microeconomics,
Process and Operations Management,
Psychology at Work,
Public Sector Economics,
Quantitative Methods 1,
Quantitative Methods 2,
Regulation and Privatisation,
Statistics for Business and Economics,
Supply Chain Management,
Understanding Business and Management,
Welfare Economics.