(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)
On completion of the year students on this programme will:
- Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate a range of business economic concepts, theories, ideas and analytical tools and the social and historical contexts of their development. (PA1)
- Show knowledge of the business and general economic environment (including economic institutions, systems and phenomena) and understanding of changes in this environment. (PA2)
- Indicate an appreciation of the range of areas to which business economics can and cannot be applied. (PA3)
- Critically evaluate economic, social and business issues. (PA4)
- Demonstrate the ability to apply and use understanding of economics to solve emerging theoretical and empirical problems. (PA5)
- Show evidence of being an effective communicator and self-confident, independent collaborator. (PA6)
- Operate in regard to known ethical and cultural issues. (PA7)
Competence Standards
1. Critically evaluate and apply a range of economic concepts, theories, ideas, and analytical tools in an economic and business context.
2. Effectively communicate key ideas, problems and challenges, and the social and historical contexts of their development.
3. Effectively carry out individual tasks with appropriate support where required.
4. Collaborative effectively with others.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of ethical and cultural issues in economics and business.
6. Effectively demonstrate self-reflection and personal development using appropriate support where required.
If the chosen pathway includes an industrial placement –
7. Demonstrate ability to direct, monitor and evaluate their work, by seeking/accepting feedback, within a workplace context, using appropriate support as necessary.
8. Demonstrate an awareness of own strengths and development needs and the need for ongoing learning and proactive continuing professional development.
If the chosen pathway includes an international placement -
9. Collaborate effectively with other people in a new environment and successfully completes a period of work or study in another country.
10. Demonstrate self-awareness relating to personal and academic/professional development through successfully completing a period of work or study in another country.
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the area(s) studied;
- the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
- the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;
- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences; and
- the skills necessary to support future independent learning.
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the ability top apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline;
- work that draws on a wide variety of material;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline; and
- work that is typically both evaluative and analytical.
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