Economics and Finance
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Economics and Finance Summer Courses
Explore how economies, markets and financial decisions shape the world with Atlas Summer Courses. Designed for students aged 16–17, our two-week Economics and Finance summer course gives you the opportunity to examine how individuals, businesses, governments and financial markets make decisions.
Through seminars, tutorials and independent study, you'll explore economic and financial ideas in greater depth while developing your ability to analyse information, evaluate arguments and approach complex problems with confidence.
What's Included?
Your residential Economics and Finance summer course includes academic teaching, accommodation, meals, a certificate on completion, airport transfer from Heathrow and insurance.
Choose from Plus, Superior and Premier packages, with accommodation and additional benefits varying by package.
Why Study Economics and Finance Together?
Economics and finance offer complementary ways of understanding how resources, money and decisions shape individuals, organisations and societies.
Economics examines how people, businesses and governments make choices when resources are limited, as well as how markets and economies respond to those choices. Finance focuses more closely on money, investment, risk and the decisions made by individuals and organisations about how capital is used.
Studying the subjects together allows you to connect broader economic forces with financial decision-making. Changes in inflation or interest rates, for example, can influence governments and economies while also affecting businesses, investors and financial markets.
An Economics and Finance summer course gives you the opportunity to explore these connections and develop a stronger understanding of the forces behind economic and financial decisions.
What Will You Study on an Economics and Finance Summer Course?
There is no prescribed syllabus that every student follows. Atlas Summer Courses tutors create their own syllabi, drawing on their expertise while taking the interests, abilities and learning needs of their students into account.
Depending on your course, you could explore areas such as markets, supply and demand, economic policy, inflation, interest rates, investment, financial decision-making and risk.
You might consider questions such as:
- Why do markets and prices change?
- What causes inflation, and why does it matter?
- How do interest rates affect economic and financial decisions?
- How do investors think about risk and potential returns?
- What role do governments and central banks play in the economy?
- How can economic conditions influence businesses and financial markets?
This flexible approach allows tutors to explore their specialist areas while responding to the interests and progress of the group. Any syllabus shown on our website is therefore an example from a previous course rather than a guarantee of the exact topics you'll study.
How You'll Learn on an Economics and Finance Summer Course
The Atlas Summer Courses Economics and Finance summer course combines small-group seminars, tutorials and private study across the two-week programme.
18 hours of small-group seminars
You'll take part in six three-hour seminars, exploring economic and financial ideas through discussion, case studies and activities. You'll be encouraged to analyse information, question assumptions and develop your own responses to the problems you encounter.
2 hours of tutorials
You'll have one tutorial each week, providing a focused environment in which to discuss the essay or problem sheet you've been working on and receive detailed feedback.
Around 20 hours of private study
You'll complete reading in preparation for seminars and work independently on an essay or problem sheet for each tutorial.
Together, these give you experience of a more independent approach to academic learning, where preparation, analysis and your own ideas all play an important role.
Who Is the Economics and Finance Summer Course For?
Our Economics and Finance summer course for 16–17-year-olds is designed for students who are curious about how economies and financial markets work and want to understand the decisions behind them.
You don't need to have studied both subjects before. The course may particularly appeal to you if you follow economic or financial news, enjoy working with ideas and data, or are considering economics, finance, business or a related subject at university.
You'll develop transferable skills including critical thinking, analytical reasoning, problem-solving, interpreting information, independent study and communicating your ideas clearly.
If one area particularly interests you, you can also explore our economics summer courses.
Learn from Expert Tutors
Atlas Summer Courses tutors are experienced educators and subject specialists active across academia, industry and education.
They bring their own academic expertise and interests into their teaching and have the freedom to shape their syllabus around both their specialism and the students in their group. This means your course can explore economic and financial ideas through perspectives and examples that go beyond a standardised curriculum.
Tutors are confirmed closer to the summer, so profiles on our website are examples of tutors who have previously taught with us rather than confirmation of who will teach your course.
Where Can Economics and Finance Take You?
Economics and finance provide foundations for a wide range of subjects at university and beyond.
Students interested in these areas may go on to study economics, finance or related subjects such as business, management, accounting, mathematics, political economy or international relations.
The analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills associated with Economics and Finance can also be valuable across careers in banking, investment, consulting, business, government, public policy, research and financial services.
An Economics and Finance summer course gives you the opportunity to explore these interests before making longer-term academic decisions and discover which areas you might want to pursue further.
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FAQs about Our Summer Courses
No. You don't usually need to have studied your chosen subject before joining an Atlas Summer Courses summer course. Courses are designed for the relevant age group, and tutors can adapt their approach to the abilities, interests and experience of the students in their group.
There is no fixed curriculum that every student follows. Our tutors create their own syllabi based on their academic expertise and the interests and learning needs of their students.
This means the exact topics can vary between courses and years. Any syllabus or topics shown on our website are examples from previous courses and shouldn't be taken as a guarantee of exactly what you'll study.
Teaching depends on your age group. Students aged 9–12 and Scholars aged 12–14 learn through structured, interactive small-group classes. Students aged 13–15 combine small-group seminars with private study, while students aged 16–17 and 18–24 experience seminars, tutorials and independent study.
Across our programmes, teaching is designed to encourage active participation, questioning and independent thinking rather than simply listening to lectures.
Your course includes your academic programme, accommodation, meals and a certificate on completion, alongside the activities and experiences included within your programme.
What's included can vary depending on the programme, age group and package you choose, so we recommend checking the individual course details for the full inclusions before applying.
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