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All UK bachelor's degrees are first cycle (end of cycle) qualifications in the Bologna Process. Some awards titled bachelor's for historical reasons are actually master's-level degrees, e.g. Oxford's Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil). Conversely, the Scottish MA is actually a bachelor's degree which has retained its historical title.
A bachelor's degree can be an honours degree (bachelor's with honours) or an ordinary degree (bachelor's without honours). Honours degrees are classified, usually based on a weighted average (with higher weight given to marks in the later years of the course, and often zero weight to those in the first year) of the marks gained in exams and other assessments.
A Bachelor of Economics (BEc or BEcon) [1] [2] is an academic degree awarded to students who have completed undergraduate studies in economics.Specialized economics degrees are also offered as a "tagged" BA (Econ), BS (Econ) / BSc (Econ), BCom (Econ), and BSocSc (Econ), or variants such as the "Bachelor of Economic Science".
The bachelor's degree is awarded soon after the end of the degree course (three or four years after matriculation). Contrary to common UK practice, [2] Oxford does not award bachelor's degrees with honours. However, a student whose degree is classified third class or higher is considered "to have achieved honours status". [3]
Philosophy, politics and economics was established as a degree course at the University of Oxford in the 1920s, [20] as a modern alternative to classics (known as "literae humaniores" or "greats" at Oxford) for those entering the civil service. It was thus initially known as "modern greats".
The university gave offers of admission to roughly 12.2% of its undergraduate applicants in 2023, one of the lowest offer rates across the UK. Bsc Economics is the most competitive undergraduate course at the LSE with over 4000 applications for just over 200 places. LLB in Laws comes second with 2600 applications for just over 170 places. [140 ...
The European School of Economics (ESE) awards UK degree courses in its centers in London, Rome, Florence, Milan and Madrid in partnership with a number of UK universities and other legally recognised degree-awarding bodies. [6] Since its founding in 1994, ESE academic partners have been: University of Hertfordshire; The Nottingham Trent ...
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, bachelor's degrees are normally awarded "with honours" after three years of study. [20] The bachelor's degree with honours meets the requirements for a higher education qualification at level 6 of the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in full, [21] and is a first-cycle, end-of-cycle award on the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher ...