Enhance your degree with a placement year and gain invaluable skills.If you want to understand how the economy works with an emphasis on the financial sector, this is the degree for you. You’ll become an expert in economic and financial modelling techniques and statistical analysis, developing the ability to analyse and understand the economy and financial sector – skills that are highly valued by employers. Core modules in economic analysis, quantitative methods, corporate finance and financial markets provide a solid base of subject knowledge, while the option to choose modules covering key areas of economics and finance, including the global and domestic economy and the financial sector, enable specialisation in specific areas. **Course Structure** This four-year course is made up of modules that explore diverse areas of economics and finance. A varied choice of modules throughout the degree programme enable you to direct your own learning. **Year 1** Engage with key concepts of macroeconomics and microeconomics in the year-long modules ‘Introductory Macroeconomics’ and ‘Introductory Microeconomics’. Modules such as ‘Introductory Mathematics for Economists’ and ‘Introductory Statistics for Economists’ introduce basic economic modelling and statistical techniques. **Year 2** Tailor your degree programme to your own interests and explore areas relevant to your future career or further study. Continue to develop your understanding of macro and microeconomics, as well as skills in the collection and analysis of data in the module ‘Introductory Econometrics’. The financial foundations established during your degree so far are formalised in the compulsory module, ‘Economics of Corporate Finance’. You’ll have the option to apply your statistical training in the form of a practical project designed to answer a research question in the module ‘Econometrics Research Project’. This module is specifically designed to enhance your employability. **Year 3** In your third year, you will have the opportunity to spend 9-12 months in a full-time placement. This placement will allow you to gain invaluable working experience and employability skills in a relevant area of your choice.**Year 4**In the final year, study of the financial sector will continue with the compulsory module, ‘Economics of Financial Markets’, alongside optional modules looking at derivatives and risk management, and alternative investing. Choose further optional modules in economics, covering areas such as labour, public policy, history of economic thought, economics and business of sport, and environmental economics. You will also have the opportunity to further your study of macroeconomics, microeconomics and econometrics, and/or take a dissertation. **Disclaimer** Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: **www.uea.ac.uk**