Economics (Study Abroad)

Amongst many other specialisations. This leads to a degree unique to you, where you have played a major part in building the degree you want.

Your third year is spent in industry. You’ll be supported in securing a placement, and all placement roles offer valuable experience of working at a graduate level and gaining a range of professional skills.

Key facts What separates Lancaster from the crowd is the flexible nature of our Economics degree. Not only can you choose more and more of your modules as you progress through your degree, but economics can also be combined with:

Many of these subjects are great complements to Economics.

You do not need an A level in Economics to enrol in this course.

BSc Economics is also offered as a three-year degree. If you are unsuccessful in securing a suitable placement for your third year, you will transfer to the equivalent non-placement degree scheme, finishing your degree after your third year.

Programme outcomes BSc Economics offers a grounding in the fundamentals of economics. The most powerful aspect of economics is that it teaches a way of thinking which can then be applied to a specific field. You need specific knowledge and skills if you want to be a government economist advising on tax or social/welfare costs. The same is true for a career in finance. You need specific finance models – how much to invest here, or advise clients to invest there. But the mode of thinking is the same for both: it is the critical, disciplined way of thinking that you will get from an Economics degree at Lancaster University. Economics opens up the world because the critical and analytical thinking skills that it inculcates are applicable to whatever your passion: politics, finance, the trading floor, or working for a Non-governmental organisation; all use the same skills.