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About the Course
Economics and Management is a Joint Degree course which provides undergraduates with an opportunity to combine the traditional subject areas of Economics with a range of Management disciplines from accounting and finance to marketing and operations management.
Although the Economics & Management degree is taught jointly with the Saïd Business School, it is not a Business Studies degree. It is taught as an academic subject within the Social Sciences Division of the University. This means you will be learning through traditional academic means of working on problem sets, reading, discussing and writing essays on subjects set by your tutors each week.
During the first year there are three compulsory subjects: Introductory Economics, General Management, and Financial Management.
Introductory Economics covers the basic tools of economic analysis in micro- and macroeconomics; there is also an introduction to quantitative methodologies. The General Management paper provides an overview of the historical context of modern business and of major functional areas of management studies such as organisational behaviour; strategic management; technology and operations management; and marketing. Financial Management encompasses, among other topics, financial accounting; sources of finance; firm valuation; and corporate governance.
The first year lays the foundations for more advanced work to be done in the second and third years. There is a Preliminary Examination at the end of the first year. In the following two years students take at least two Economics courses (of which at least one must be Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative economics or Development of the world economy since 1800), and also at least two Management courses.
Additional elective courses (options) increase the total number of courses taken to eight. (Economics options may set pre-requisites drawn from Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Quantitative economics.)
One option may be replaced with a thesis in either Economics or Management. The course caters for those seeking to specialise in Management, or in Economics, or to mix the two.
ECONOMICS OPTIONS (AVAILABILITY MAY VARY):
British Economic History since 1870; Behavioural & Experimental Economics; Econometrics; Economics of Developing Countries; Economics of Industry; Game Theory; International Economics; Labour Economics and Inequality; Microeconomic Analysis; Money and Banking; Public Economics.
MANAGEMENT OPTIONS (AVAILABILITY MAY VARY):
Accounting; Organizational Behaviour and analysis; Finance; Marketing; Strategic Management; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Technology and Operations Management.
