Business with Strategic Economics Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)

Combine the study of business with strategic economics to prepare for the social, political, environmental and cultural challenges facing contemporary businesses, governments and not-for-profit organisations.

Taught by world-leading industry professionals and researchers, you will develop a range of skills.

This will enable you to work across a range of roles in contemporary business, including:

* finance

* strategy

* innovation

* marketing

* human resource management

* data analytics

* entrepreneurship

Strategic Economics

Strategic Economics can be thought of as the application of economic principles to strategic decisions that managers make. Most business decisions involve a comparison of marginal benefits with margin cost and implicitly or explicitly involve economic principles.

Studies in strategic economics will focus your learning on developing a strong knowledge base in economics. The honours years cover topics such as:

* finance

* corporate governance

* debt policy

* dividend policy

* corporate restructuring

* market efficiency

* behavioural biases in corporate decision-making

* the major strategic behaviours and decisions of the modern corporation

Programme benefits

* We actively engage with industry, policy makers and wider society, on our courses and through guest speakers and local, regional, national and international treks.

* Across a range of courses, including bespoke student consultancy projects, you will have exciting opportunities to work closely with for-profit, public and third sector organisations, developing professional experience before you graduate.

* The structure of our programmes means that during the early years of study, there is often the flexibility to change from one subject pathway to another.

* You can also participate in a large number of business societies, business events and peer-support schemes.

* This degree offers the opportunity to study abroad in Year 3.