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Keele has been delivering courses in economics for over 50 years: this is a well-established, well-respected programme which will prepare you for a range of rewarding careers.
Course content
This course gives you the opportunity to become experienced in using professional software tools such as Bloomberg and Stata to analyse and interpret real economic data for a range of audiences. To further develop and demonstrate these practical and highly sought after skills you can choose to take a placement year between years two and three of your studies.
You will study the economic behaviour of households, businesses and governments and examine the functioning of markets and the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. The course will help you to understand a range of current issues including austerity and recession, growth and currency fluctuations and why markets may fail to operate efficiently. You will graduate with a range of skills and capabilities, both subject-related and more general, lifelong skills, such as analytical ability, critical thinking and advanced numeracy. Every year, at least one statistical module is compulsory, to prepare you to take advantage of the professional opportunities made possible by the Big Data revolution. All these skills will help you prepare for a graduate career and/or for further study.
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Year 1
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Introductory Microeconomics
The British and Global Economy
Semester two
Quantitative Methods II
Economics of Financial Markets
Introductory Macroeconomics
Optional modules
Semester one
Choose a minimum of one from the following:
Quantitative Methods I
Management in Context
Accounting Principles
Business Law LAW
Academic English for Business Students
Semester two
Financial Accounting
Multinational Enterprise Business Perspectives
Year 2
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Intermediate Microeconomics
Statistics with Bloomberg
Asset Pricing
Semester two
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Introduction to Econometrics
Contemporary Issues in Economics
Optional modules
Semester one
Banking
Professional Development
Cost and Management Accounting
Employee Resourcing
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
Academic English for Business Students
Semester two
Portfolio Choice
Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
Social Enterprise and Alternative Organising
Year 3
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Dynamic Macroeconomics
Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
Semester two
Data Analysis (ISP)
International Finance
Optional modules
Semester one
Choose a minimum of ONE from the following
Applied Econometrics
Corporate Finance
Risk Management with Derivatives
SME Live project
Academic English for Business Students (Part 2)
Advanced Business English Communication
Semester two
Choose a minimum of ONE from the following:
Labour Economics
Industrial Organisation
Options (no minimum required)
Discrimination and Equal Opportunities at Work
96% of Keele graduates were in a job or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE, 2017)
The British Pharmaceutical Industry is at the forefront of global pharmaceutical development and is the UK’s largest manufacturing exporter. Our Medicinal Chemistry graduates have excellent employment prospects, whether at the cutting edge of drug discovery or in a wide range of related fields. For example you might go to work for a pharmaceutical company, either as a research scientist or in a more business related role. Alternatively, you might work as a development chemist taking lead drug compounds through to a manufacturing scale or an analytical chemist profiling the metabolites of a potential drug.
Vision Express
Pharmaron UK Ltd
Macdermid Performance Solutions
Johnson Matthey
GSQ
Endeavour Speciality Chemicals Ltd
Dartex Coatings Ltd
Ashfiel Healthcare Communications
NHS
Education First
Halifax
IBM
United Utilities
Jobs that a graduate of this course could go on to do:
Research Scientist
Clinical Biochemist
Forensic Scientist
Toxicologist
Clinical Research Associate
Analytical Chemist
HE Lecturer
Operational Researcher
Chemical Engineer
Pharmacologist
Regardless of which career you pursue after Keele, employers will want evidence of the range of skills and personal qualities you possess and which are required for the job. Your degree is clearly important in this respect but don’t forget the extra-curricular activities, positions of responsibility, jobs and voluntary work you may have been engaged in while studying at Keele. These activities allow you to demonstrate the skills and personal qualities required by employers and will be vital in your attempts to secure graduate employment.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
