BSc Economics with Integrated Foundation Year

Our Economics BSc with integrated Foundation Course combines the highest standards of one of Britain's leading global universities with a fully integrated student experience.

The Integrated BSc Economics Foundation Course is an exciting chance to explore some of the increasingly prominent economics issues affecting 21st-century political and current affairs. Economics is an intellectually challenging discipline that builds important skills and techniques in using maths and applying statistical data as well as wider transferable skills all of which will make you a highly sought-after graduate with a significant advantage in the employment market. On our integrated economics foundation course you will be taught by leading economists combining first-class theory and practical teaching.

School leavers (Undergraduates)

Designed for international students who require a preparatory year prior to undergraduate study our BSc economics integrated foundation course is equivalent in learning to year 13 of the UK education system.

Successful completion of the foundation year will also guarantee you progression onto the Economics BSc (Hons) programme. We will ensure you're fully prepared for your undergraduate programme immersing you in the university environment and giving you dedicated support in your first year in Dubai. Our Integrated BSc Economics Foundation Course combines the highest standards of one of Britain's leading global universities with a fully integrated student experience. This BSc Economics integrated Foundation Course provides students with an understanding of economic concepts principles and tools and their application. The integrated foundation course aims to stimulate students intellectually through the study of economics and to lead them to appreciate its application to a range of problems and its relevance in a variety of contexts. Students should receive a firm foundation of knowledge about the workings of economic systems and develop the relevant skills for the constructive use of that knowledge in a range of settings.

The initial foundation year of our BSc economics integrated foundation course provides an introduction to the programme. The first year develops the main quantitative tools required through the programme. The second year develops a core of Microeconomics Macroeconomics and Econometrics alongside more specialised policy-based and theoretical modules. In the final year of the four year BSc Economic integrated foundation course students specialise in a number of theoretical and policy-oriented fields. On graduating from our BSc Economics integrated foundation course students will be well prepared to work in a range of graduate careers for example in banking finance or general management careers or to progress to Masters-level study in Economics.

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