Industrial Economics with Insurance with a Placement Year

How can companies remain competitive in a crowded marketplace? How do regulatory systems impact profit margins, innovation and growth? How do they manage risk?

BSc Industrial Economics with Insurance will help you discover the answers to these questions and more, giving you an understanding of the complex relationships between economics and global business practices. You’ll analyse a company, taking an in-depth look at its structure, markets, competitors and external economic environment.

You can follow your individual interests and career aspirations by selecting from optional modules alongside your core subjects. You could also really enhance your CV by opting for a work placement year at a company where you can be at the front line of business.

Your first year typically includes core modules in microeconomics and macroeconomics, entrepreneurship, corporate strategy, organisational studies, business computing, and quantitative methods.

You will also normally take an additional module in insurance and risk management, including specialist content provided by our Centre for Risk, Banking and Financial Services.

Second-year studies typically include core modules in the economics of innovation, pricing and decision making, organisation, international firms, quantitative methods and econometrics.

Your final year will incorporate industrial economics, corporate restructuring and governance, regulation and more.