On this joint honours course, you'll gain an in-depth understanding of human welfare and social justice, political ideals and economic realities. You'll study economics and philosophy while broadening your degree through a wide range of optional modules. The critical, logical and imaginative skills you'll develop are sought after by a wide range of employers.

Your A level results will determine which core or compulsory modules you'll need to take.

In your BA Economics and Philosophy degree you can:

• develop an understanding of philosophical questions such as ethics, reason and responsibility
• study broad principles in economics and develop knowledge in your own specialist area, for example, principles of finance, labour economics or econometrics
• develop research and presentation skills  
• gain the practical knowledge and skills needed to find employment and build a career as an economist

You can take modules from other disciplines such as anthropology or psychology. You can study a language or choose from a range of cross-disciplinary modules.

You'll graduate as a confident, curious and independent self-starter, equipped with the skills for a successful career.

Our graduates have secured many different roles, such as:

• project manager
• teacher
• human resources (HR) coordinator
• investment analyst
• digital marketing coordinator
• tax consultant
• data analyst