Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core and optional module structure may be subject to change. For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.

Our graduates enjoy careers in financial analysis, management, public administration and accountancy, working for high-profile organisations and exciting SMEs, including: PWC EY AVIVA Bank of England John Lewis Partnership WeFarm, a social enterprise helping farmers out of poverty Footprint Digital, a fast-growing digital marketing agency Many have also started their own successful businesses. Recent examples include: ethical fashion range Fikay Fashion, by EBS graduate Aaron Jones BEM the Nordics’ largest entrepreneurial jobs portal, startupmatcher.com crowdfunded Zizzy Bar, a mobile events service with more than 10,000 Instagram followers