Course Overview
Taught in the world-class Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), our three-year joint honours Finance and Economics degree provides an excellent academic foundation for anyone interested in a career in management and finance.
Your Finance studies cover capital markets, investment decision-making and option pricing. Your degree will also introduce you to financial and management accounting. In Economics, you'll study micro-economics at an individual and market level and focus on national economies at the macro-economic level. You will also look at contemporary economic issues, such as globalisation.
You'll begin your degree with courses including an Introduction to Accounting and Finance and Principles of Economics. In your second year, you'll study subjects such as Advanced Principles of Finance; Managerial Economics, and Financial Statement of Analysis. You'll complete your degree with modules including Corporate Finance; International Financial Management, and Investments.
For a list of compulsory modules, please see the tab above.
My Economics degree provided a wide range of skills including team-working, problem solving, analytical ability, time management and commercial awareness.
Career opportunities
The skills gained from the two areas of your degree are highly desirable to employers, both within the finance industry and elsewhere.
Lancaster's Economics graduates are able to capitalise on the analytical skills developed during their degree and many find themselves in a good position to win training contracts with major professional accounting firms; find employment within financial institutions and banks, or take up a variety of other posts within various industries.
Modules
Here are some of the current modules which are available during your studies at Lancaster:
PartI
- Introduction to Accounting and Finance
- Mathematics (Part I subject)
- Principles of Economics
- Quantitative Methods for Economics
PartII (Year 2)
- Accounting Information Systems and Auditing
- Advanced Principles of Finance
- Business and International Macroeconomics
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Introduction to Econometrics
- Management Accounting for Business Decisions
- Management Accounting for Business Decisions
- Managerial Economics
- Mathematics for Economics
- Principles of Financial Accounting
PartII (Year 3)
- Bond Markets
- Corporate Finance
- International Financial Management
- Investments
- Quantitative Finance
For more detailed module information please visit the Economics department website.
Entry Requirements
A-level: AAA-AAB.
General Studies: Accepted as one of 3 A-levels
Preference: Three A-levels
Key skills: Not included in offer
GCSE: Maths and English Language, min grade B in both
Scottish Highers: AAABB-ABBBB
Irish Leaving Cert: Offers will be made on the basis of 5 or 6 Higher level subjects. Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office (01524 592028) for further information
International Bacc: 36-35 pts overall with 16 pts from the best 3 HL subjects
BTEC: DDD-DDD/DDM grades overall
Mature students: Applications welcome; interview if favourably considered. Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office (01524 592028) for further information
IELTS: 6.5
For details of how we evaluate international qualifications, please click here.
Financial Support
Lancaster University's priority is to support every student to make the most of their life and education. In addition to government maintenance loans, grants and national scholarships, Lancaster University offers a range of financial support for full time UK Undergraduate students from lower-income backgrounds. Many students each year will be entitled to bursaries or scholarships to help them with the cost of fees and/or living expenses.
The Lancaster Scholarship package is designed to reward the hard work and natural ability of full-time UK students applying to study with us regardless of their household income. Students achieving A*, A, A in their A-level examinations (or equivalent academic qualifications) will receive a £1,000 per year Lancaster Scholarship during their undergraduate studies if they place us as their firm choice institution. Continuation of the Lancaster Scholarship is subject to satisfactory academic progression.
Our combined £5,000 bursary package will help students from England whose household incomes are less than £25,000 per year with fees and living costs.
Students from England eligible for our £5,000 bursary package will also be awarded a £3,000 Lancaster Scholarship if they achieve A*, A, A in their A-level examinations (or equivalent academic qualifications). This totals £8,000 of support for students during their studies.
For full details of the University's financial support packages including eligibility criteria, please visit our
fees and funding page.
