Economists study how people make choices in life and the consequences of their decisions. This means that they are concerned with consumers, workers, industry, commerce and government at the level of the individual and the market (micro-economics) and the national economy (macroeconomics).The focus of this degree is to analyse how these and other factors influence the goods and services an economy produces, the resources it uses in production, and the distribution of its output. Economics also focuses on contemporary issues such as the globalisation of world markets, international monetary systems, privatisation of industry and the management of the economy NOTE: Students may opt to spend year 3 studying abroad. Students who avail of this opportunity will complete their degree over a four year period and will be awarded the BSc Accounting & Finance (International) qualification.

Typical graduates go on to work in such areas as investment banking, financial services, money markets, commercial banking, journalism, economic analysis, policy analysis, public/private sector economic research units or continue in academia to research further topics of interest to them. Given the continuing central importance of the Financial Services Sector to the Irish Economy, there is clear demand for high quality graduates with numeracy, analytic and practical skills in Economics and Finance.