BSc Economics and Business Management
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Management, an economics and business management degree focusing on the intersection of economic systems and commercial administration. Core topics include Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, Project Management, Accounting, Legal Analysis, and Policy Analysis. Students use dedicated facilities including a behavioural economics laboratory and a financial trading room environment. The first year establishes fundamentals through modules such as Introduction to Accounting and Finance, Introduction to Management, Principles of Macroeconomics, and Statistics for Economics. The second year advances core knowledge with Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, and Critical Perspectives on Organisation and Management, alongside preliminary dissertation preparation. Optional modules across the degree span topics like commercial law, human resource management, game theory, and econometrics. Students can also pursue independent research through an applied research project or a final-year dissertation.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB including Mathematics IB: Pass, with 34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level, including 5 points from Higher Level Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation)
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What students say
Based on about 12 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 84%
- Assessment and feedback: 82%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 93%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 92%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 200 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 4%
What graduates do next
Based on about 38 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 78%
- Working and studying: 12%
- Further study: 2%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Finance Professionals: 50%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Elementary occupations: 5%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 200 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 36%
- South East: 43%
- South West: 8%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 35 students who started
- A levels: 70%
- Foundation course: 10%
- A degree: 10%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- No formal qualifications: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Economics Skills and Employability 1
- Introduction to Accounting and Finance
- Introduction to Management
- Management Accounting 1
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Statistics for Economics
- Business in Society
- Commercial Law
- Financial Accounting 1
- Foundations of Microeconomics
- Introduction to Mathematics for Economics
- Mathematics for Economics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Critical Perspectives on Organisation and Management
- ECON Dissertation: Prelim Info
- Economics Skills and Employability 2
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Applied Econometrics
- Development Economics
- Games
- Human Resource Management
- Industrial Economics
- Introduction to Econometrics
- Making Successful Decisions
- Management Accounting 2
- Management Ethics
- Operations Management
- Prescriptive Analytics II: Simulation Business
- Economics Skills and Employability 3
- Analytics Implementation III: Knowledge Management, Methods and Ethics
- Applied Economics
- Applied Research Project
- Behavioural Economics
- Choice and Decision
- Dissertation: Literature Review
- Dissertation: Research Project
- Dissertation: Research Topics
- Environmental Economics
- Information, Organisation and Accountability from a Historical Perspective
- International Macroeconomics
- International Trade
- Labour Economics
- Management Accounting 3
- Principles of Finance
- Project Management
- Public Economics
- Risk Management
- Strategic Operations Management
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Economics and Business Management at University of Southampton earn?
The median salary is £32,000 after 15 months, £31,500 after 3 years, £43,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £33,000 and £56,500. The £43,000 median after five years is £5,500 less than the UK median for Economics.
What do graduates of BSc Economics and Business Management at University of Southampton do next?
92% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Economics and Business Management at University of Southampton?
89% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Economics and Business Management at University of Southampton?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 129 UCAS points.
Does BSc Economics and Business Management at University of Southampton include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year.
How many students continue on BSc Economics and Business Management at University of Southampton?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 4% left higher education.