BSc (Hons) Economics (Pathway Fintech) With Foundation Year

This extended course is perfect if you want a degree in economics but you don’t meet the standard entry requirements. The future of financial transactions, applications, and management of finances is expected to be impacted heavily by FinTech. We have already started to see the application of FinTech e.g. cryptocurrency, crowdfunding, mobile payment systems in the business world and the economy at large. As such, it is important for future graduates to understand the trends and innovations in the financial industry. Students choosing this pathway will have a good grasp of not only the foundations and applications of FinTech but also on the strategic implementation of FinTech in the business world and the economy at large.

Foundation Year

• Developing Academic Skills for Business (Core)
• Inside Business (Core)
• Developing Academic Literacy (Core)
• The Global Enterprise (Core)
• Connecting to Business & Employment (Core)
• Mental Wealth: Employability in a Changing World (Core)

Year 1

• Fundamentals of Economics (core)
• Business Statistics and Data Analysis (core)
• People and Organisations (core)
• Fundamentals of Business Accounting (core)
• Business Law (core)
• Mental Wealth 1: Academic and Digital Proficiency (core)

Year 2

• Intermediate Microeconomics (core)
• Intermediate Macroeconomics (core)
• Financial Economics (core)
• International Economics (core)
• Introduction to Econometrics (core)
• Mental Wealth 2: Graduate Employment Competencies (core)

This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

• Behavioural Finance and Wealth Management (core)
• Business Analytics (core)
• Foundations and Applications of FinTech (core)
• Applied FinTech Project (core)
• Corporate Finance (core)
• Mental Wealth 3: Global Enterprise/Consultancy Practice (core)

Employability

Some of the career paths you could pursue after this degree are: investment analyst; business analyst/adviser; data analyst; economic adviser (for central or local government and businesses); postgraduate study.