The financial sector provides banking, insurance and other services. Government takes decisions affecting interest rates, inflation, spending and unemployment. Economics aims to understand the activities of these different groups and how they fit together. Economics is a major subject in the BA degrees of the Strathclyde Business School and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and also in the BSc degrees in Technology and Business Studies, Mathematics with Economics, and International Business and Modern Languages. Coursework assessments offer the possibility of exemption from the degree examination.
Classes cater for different interests and aptitudes.
Optional classes cover areas such as International Business, International Finance, Economics of the Law, Econometrics and Development Economics. A wide range of options includes Economics of Business Organisation, International Finance, Selected Topics in the History of Economic Thought, Development Economics, Health Economics, Economics of European Integration, Economies in Transition and Business Finance. Prospective employers are found in both public and private sectors, manufacturing and service industries, amongst UK companies and foreign-owned multinationals.