Economics and Politics (with Foundation Year)

ECONOMICS BA (HONS)

Studying economics is more relevant now than ever. Our economics degree explores major global challenges - from globalisation and trade wars to inequality, climate change, migration, and financial crises.

This economics course gives you a strong foundation in economic theory and policy, helping you analyse how national and global issues impact society. You will develop key skills in analysis, research, and quantitative methods, while learning to apply economic concepts to business and public policy decisions. The course also focuses on transferable employability skills, preparing you for a wide range of careers.

Topics covered in this economics degree include:

- Quantitative and Research Methods

- Econometrics

- Intermediate Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

- Banking and Finance

- International Economics and Finance

- Environmental and Sustainable Economic Development

- Labour Markets, Poverty, and Inequality

- Public, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics

Each subject offers a unique perspective on economics, equipping you to understand and respond to the complex challenges facing today’s world.

POLITICS

Politics affects all of us. It is central to human life and human affairs. It is fundamental to how we organise and govern ourselves and to how we resolve conflicts. The decisions we make as political communities, who makes them and how, have consequences for how we live, from questions of war and peace, the distribution of wealth, our rights, freedoms, responsibilities, our access to education, transport and health care.

In this rapidly changing world, new challenges are constantly arising – from climate change to new technologies, from identity politics to Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic – and the study of politics needs to respond. At Liverpool Hope, therefore, we seek to engage with politics and political issues in the real world as they evolve and change over time. In doing so, we actively encourage free and open debate and discussion amongst our students, encouraging a stronger awareness and appreciation of different points of view.

On this programme of study, you will explore key ideas, institutions and politics in an international, national and local context. You will be taught by staff who are experts in their fields, who will teach you to engage with political research and develop the capacity to be an independent, critically-minded scholar. The course also aims to equip you with transferable skills to take into the world of work.

Liverpool Hope can also offer work placement opportunities. In Politics we’ve also organised a Practitioners in Politics series of events, in conjunction with our Careers Office, where individuals including MPs, the Mayor of Liverpool and the Merseyside Commissioner for Crime and Policing have come to advise students on pathways into political careers and the skills needed to get there.