About the Courses
WHY ECONOMICS AND FINANCE AT SWANSEA?
Economics at Swansea is ranked:
Top 16 in the UK for Teaching Satisfaction (Guardian University Guide 2024)
17th in the UK for Student Voice (NSS 2023*)
Top 20 in the UK for Teaching Quality (Times Good University Guide 2024)
At Swansea you can:
Tailor your course to suit your interests and career goals and choose from a huge selection of optional modules
Get a real-world know-how from our world-leading lecturers with unrivalled experience in both industry and academia
Be part of a diverse student body from over 60 different countries
*Based on the average positivity score across questions 22 to 25 in the NSS 2023 compared against 81 universities as featured in the Times Good University Guide.
WHY ECONOMICS AND FINANCE AT SWANSEA?
Economics at Swansea is ranked:
Top 16 in the UK for Teaching Satisfaction (Guardian University Guide 2024)
17th in the UK for Student Voice (NSS 2023*)
Top 20 in the UK for Teaching Quality (Times Good University Guide 2024)
At Swansea you can:
Tailor your course to suit your interests and career goals and choose from a huge selection of optional modules
Get a real-world know-how from our world-leading lecturers with unrivalled experience in both industry and academia
Be part of a diverse student body from over 60 different countries
*Based on the average positivity score across questions 22 to 25 in the NSS 2023 compared against 81 universities as featured in the Times Good University Guide.
Modules
BSc 3 Year Full-time - September
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Principles of Microeconomics September-January 15 EC-1011
Approaches to Economic Analysis September-January 15 EC-1022
Accounting for Economics September-January 15 MN-1021
Current Issues in Economics January-June 15 EC-1510
Principles of Macroeconomics January-June 15 EC-1512
Exploring Economic Data January-June 15 EC-1523
Finance for Economics January-June 15 MN-1522
Optional Modules
Maths for Economics Compulsory Module
Choose Exactly 15 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students need to select one of the following options, depending on whether they took A Level Maths.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Mathematical Techniques for Economics A September-January 15 EC-1018
Mathematical Techniques for Economics B September-January 15 EC-1019
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Corporate Finance 1 September-January 15 MN-2004
Intermediate Microeconomics September-January 15 MN-2021
Problems and Decision-Making in Economics September-January 15 MN-2065
Financial Markets and Institutions January-June 15 MN-2502
Intermediate Macroeconomics January-June 15 MN-2527
Economic Policy January-June 15 MN-2530
Introductory Econometrics January-June 15 MN-2574
Optional Modules
Semester 1 - Optional Finance Modules
Choose Exactly 15 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students should select 15 credits from the following list. Optional modules will be offered subject to demand, availability and timetable constraints. Students should note and check BEFORE selecting whether modules have any special requirements, such as pre-requisites, co-requisites or incompatibles. NOTE: Pre-reqs need to have been taken in a previous year and co-reqs have to be selected in the current year.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds September-January 15 MN-2066
Principles of Management Accounting September-January 15 MN-2067 Students cannot select this module if they have also selected MN-2051/MN-2557 Management Accounting 1A and 1B
Employability Skills for Social Sciences September-January 0 SS-N100
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Advanced Microeconomics September-January 15 MN-3062
Advanced Macroeconomics January-June 15 EC-3505
Optional Modules
Economics - Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 30 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students should select exactly 30 credits from the following list, and should aim to balance their options over the two semesters. Optional modules will be offered subject to demand, availability and timetable constraints. Students should note and check BEFORE selecting whether modules have any special requirements, such as pre-requisites, co-requisites or incompatibles. NOTE: Pre-reqs need to have been taken in a previous year and co-reqs have to be selected in the current year.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Economics of Culture Based Development September-January 15 EC-3003
Economics of Social Choice September-January 15 EC-3004 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2065 Problems and Decision-Making in Economics, or MN-2530 Economic Policy.
Economics Independent Study Project September-June 30 MN-3001 This module is not available to students undertaking MN-3000 Final Year Project
Financial Market Efficiency September-January 15 MN-3002 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed one of the following modules (applicable from September 2021): Accounting and Finance students: MN-1503 Statistics 1 for Accounting and Finance or MN-1502 Finance or MN-1002 Maths for Accounting and Finance Economics students: MN-1012 /MN-1523 Exploring Economics Data or MN-1522 Finance for Economics or MN-1018 Mathematics Techniques for Economics A or MN-1019 Mathematics Techniques for Economics B Business students: MN-2517 Statistics 2 for Business or MN-1501 Finance for Business or MN-1017 Essential Analytics Skills for Business
Time Series Econometrics September-January 15 MN-3028 Students must have previously completed and passed MN-2057/MN-2574 Introductory Econometrics in order to select this.
Labour Economics September-January 15 MN-3031 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2065 Problems and Decision Making in Economics or MN-2530 Economic Policy.
Applied Money and Banking Economics September-January 15 MN-3035 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2530 Economic Policy or MN-2065 Problems and Decision Making in Economics or MN-2527 Intermediate Macroeconomics.
Energy Economics January-June 15 EC-3504 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2065 Problems and Decision-Making in Economics, or MN-2530 Economic Policy.
Applied International Macroeconomics January-June 15 EC-3506 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2065 Problems and Decision-Making in Economics, or MN-2530 Economic Policy.
Financial Economics January-June 15 MN-3501 Requires high level mathematical ability. To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance or MN-2057/MN-2574 Introductory Econometrics.
Behavioural Economics January-June 15 MN-3530 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics.
Microeconometrics and Panel Data Models January-June 15 MN-3532 Students must have previously completed and passed MN-2057/MN-2574 Introductory Econometrics in order to select this.
Monetary Economics January-June 15 MN-3534 To undertake this module students must have passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Micro-economics, MN-2065 Problems and Decision Making in Economics or MN-2530 Economic Policy or MN-2527 Intermediate Macro-economics.
AND
Finance - Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students should select 60 credits from the following list, and should aim to balance their options over the two semesters. Optional modules will be offered subject to demand, availability and timetable constraints. Students should note and check BEFORE selecting whether modules have any special requirements, such as pre-requisites, co-requisites or incompatibles. NOTE: Pre-reqs need to have been taken in a previous year and co-reqs have to be selected in the current year.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Financial Market Efficiency September-January 15 MN-3002 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed one of the following modules (applicable from September 2021): Accounting and Finance students: MN-1503 Statistics 1 for Accounting and Finance or MN-1502 Finance or MN-1002 Maths for Accounting and Finance Economics students: MN-1012 /MN-1523 Exploring Economics Data or MN-1522 Finance for Economics or MN-1018 Mathematics Techniques for Economics A or MN-1019 Mathematics Techniques for Economics B Business students: MN-2517 Statistics 2 for Business or MN-1501 Finance for Business or MN-1017 Essential Analytics Skills for Business
Investment Banking September-January 15 MN-3004 To undertake this module students must have previously completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance OR MN-2502 Financial Markets and Institutions OR MN-2066 Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds (formerly MN-2505). It is strongly recommended that to take this module students should have basic knowledge of accounting (i.e. successfully completed MN-1004 Foundations of Financial Accounting or MN-1003 Accounting for Business or MN-1515/MN-1021 Accounting for Economics)
Financial Services September-January 15 MN-3005 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance OR MN-2502 Financial Markets and Institutions OR MN-2066 Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds (formerly MN-2505).
Corporate Finance 2 September-January 15 MN-3008 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance.
Financial Economics January-June 15 MN-3501
Asset Management January-June 15 MN-3505 To undertake this module students must have previously completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance OR MN-2502 Financial Markets and Institutions OR MN-2066 Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds (previously coded as MN-2505).
Derivatives and Risk Management January-June 15 MN-3506 To undertake this module students must have previously completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance OR MN-2502 Financial Markets and Institutions OR MN-2066 Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds (previously coded as MN-2505).
BSc 3 Year Full-time - January
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Principles of Microeconomics January-June 15 EC-1011J
Mathematical Techniques for Economics B January-June 15 EC-1019J
Approaches to Economic Analysis January-June 15 EC-1516J
Accounting for Economics January-June 15 MN-1021J
Current Issues in Economics June-September 15 EC-1510J
Principles of Macroeconomics June-September 15 EC-1512J
Exploring Economic Data June-September 15 EC-1523J
Finance for Economics June-September 15 MN-1522J
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Corporate Finance 1 September-January 15 MN-2004
Intermediate Microeconomics September-January 15 MN-2021
Problems and Decision-Making in Economics September-January 15 MN-2065
Financial Markets and Institutions January-June 15 MN-2502
Intermediate Macroeconomics January-June 15 MN-2527
Economic Policy January-June 15 MN-2530
Introductory Econometrics January-June 15 MN-2574
Optional Modules
Semester 1 - Optional Finance Modules
Choose Exactly 15 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students should select 15 credits from the following list. Optional modules will be offered subject to demand, availability and timetable constraints. Students should note and check BEFORE selecting whether modules have any special requirements, such as pre-requisites, co-requisites or incompatibles. NOTE: Pre-reqs need to have been taken in a previous year and co-reqs have to be selected in the current year.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds September-January 15 MN-2066
Principles of Management Accounting September-January 15 MN-2067 Students cannot select this module if they have also selected MN-2051/MN-2557 Management Accounting 1A and 1B
Employability Skills for Social Sciences September-January 0 SS-N100
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Advanced Microeconomics September-January 15 MN-3062
Advanced Macroeconomics January-June 15 EC-3505
Optional Modules
Economics - Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 30 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students should select exactly 30 credits from the following list, and should aim to balance their options over the two semesters. Optional modules will be offered subject to demand, availability and timetable constraints. Students should note and check BEFORE selecting whether modules have any special requirements, such as pre-requisites, co-requisites or incompatibles. NOTE: Pre-reqs need to have been taken in a previous year and co-reqs have to be selected in the current year.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Economics of Culture Based Development September-January 15 EC-3003
Economics of Social Choice September-January 15 EC-3004 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2065 Problems and Decision-Making in Economics, or MN-2530 Economic Policy.
Economics Independent Study Project September-June 30 MN-3001 This module is not available to students undertaking MN-3000 Final Year Project
Financial Market Efficiency September-January 15 MN-3002 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed one of the following modules (applicable from September 2021): Accounting and Finance students: MN-1503 Statistics 1 for Accounting and Finance or MN-1502 Finance or MN-1002 Maths for Accounting and Finance Economics students: MN-1012 /MN-1523 Exploring Economics Data or MN-1522 Finance for Economics or MN-1018 Mathematics Techniques for Economics A or MN-1019 Mathematics Techniques for Economics B Business students: MN-2517 Statistics 2 for Business or MN-1501 Finance for Business or MN-1017 Essential Analytics Skills for Business
Time Series Econometrics September-January 15 MN-3028 Students must have previously completed and passed MN-2057/MN-2574 Introductory Econometrics in order to select this.
Labour Economics September-January 15 MN-3031 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2065 Problems and Decision Making in Economics or MN-2530 Economic Policy.
Applied Money and Banking Economics September-January 15 MN-3035 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2530 Economic Policy or MN-2065 Problems and Decision Making in Economics or MN-2527 Intermediate Macroeconomics.
Energy Economics January-June 15 EC-3504 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2065 Problems and Decision-Making in Economics, or MN-2530 Economic Policy.
Applied International Macroeconomics January-June 15 EC-3506 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics or MN-2065 Problems and Decision-Making in Economics, or MN-2530 Economic Policy.
Financial Economics January-June 15 MN-3501 Requires high level mathematical ability. To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance or MN-2057/MN-2574 Introductory Econometrics.
Behavioural Economics January-June 15 MN-3530 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed MN-2021 Intermediate Microeconomics.
Microeconometrics and Panel Data Models January-June 15 MN-3532 Students must have previously completed and passed MN-2057/MN-2574 Introductory Econometrics in order to select this.
Monetary Economics January-June 15 MN-3534 To undertake this module students must have passed either MN-2021 Intermediate Micro-economics, MN-2065 Problems and Decision Making in Economics or MN-2530 Economic Policy or MN-2527 Intermediate Macro-economics.
AND
Finance - Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students should select 60 credits from the following list, and should aim to balance their options over the two semesters. Optional modules will be offered subject to demand, availability and timetable constraints. Students should note and check BEFORE selecting whether modules have any special requirements, such as pre-requisites, co-requisites or incompatibles. NOTE: Pre-reqs need to have been taken in a previous year and co-reqs have to be selected in the current year.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Financial Market Efficiency September-January 15 MN-3002 To undertake this module, students must have completed and passed one of the following modules (applicable from September 2021): Accounting and Finance students: MN-1503 Statistics 1 for Accounting and Finance or MN-1502 Finance or MN-1002 Maths for Accounting and Finance Economics students: MN-1012 /MN-1523 Exploring Economics Data or MN-1522 Finance for Economics or MN-1018 Mathematics Techniques for Economics A or MN-1019 Mathematics Techniques for Economics B Business students: MN-2517 Statistics 2 for Business or MN-1501 Finance for Business or MN-1017 Essential Analytics Skills for Business
Investment Banking September-January 15 MN-3004 To undertake this module students must have previously completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance OR MN-2502 Financial Markets and Institutions OR MN-2066 Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds (formerly MN-2505). It is strongly recommended that to take this module students should have basic knowledge of accounting (i.e. successfully completed MN-1004 Foundations of Financial Accounting or MN-1003 Accounting for Business or MN-1515/MN-1021 Accounting for Economics)
Financial Services September-January 15 MN-3005 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance OR MN-2502 Financial Markets and Institutions OR MN-2066 Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds (formerly MN-2505).
Corporate Finance 2 September-January 15 MN-3008 To undertake this module students must have completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance.
Financial Economics January-June 15 MN-3501
Asset Management January-June 15 MN-3505 To undertake this module students must have previously completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance OR MN-2502 Financial Markets and Institutions OR MN-2066 Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds (previously coded as MN-2505).
Derivatives and Risk Management January-June 15 MN-3506 To undertake this module students must have previously completed and passed MN-2004 Corporate Finance OR MN-2502 Financial Markets and Institutions OR MN-2066 Investments: Assets; Equities and Bonds (previously coded as MN-2505).