What jobs are there with a degree in economics and geography?

Pretty much any job that would be open to geographers and economists, except for specialist geography and economics roles (that make up a tiny proportion of the graduate job market - and straight geographers and straight economists will mostly go into generalist roles anyway). Having said this, if you take the right economics modules (sufficient stats, maths, intermediate econometrics), you'll be eligible for economics master's programmes. And if at least 50% of your degree is in economics, a few economics consultancies might take you on as an economist (though they mostly prefer straight economics). You'll also be eligible for the civil service economists fast stream, which is the largest single employer in the UK for economics roles.

All in all though, if you are seriously considering a career as an actual economist, then take economics. It'll give you a wider exposure to the subject and will prevent any headaches further down the line when applying for these specialist roles (and postgraduate economics programmes). Geography is another matter as it's less 'technical' - human geography that is. If you want a job in physical geography then I'd strongly suggest doing a single honours geography degree with a focus on physical geography.

To give you some examples - I'm doing economics and geography at UCL - people in my year have secured jobs/internships in investment banking, management/strategic consultancy, financial/professional services, generalist business roles and so on. Basically your standard graduate schemes. I think people grossly underestimate the "openness" of most graduate schemes - a huge proportion are open to people from ANY discipline.

What a levels would you recommend for an economics degree?
I can take a maximum of five


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Maths, Further Maths, Economics and then any two 'traditional' subjects.

If you're good at a language, then I'd personally recommend taking it to A-level, and beyond into university. I didn't do this and I regret it quite a bit. Working proficiency in a relevant language is highly prized by multinational employers. Not to mention a language opens so many doors socially/culturally in your personal life.

I'm definitely doing maths, but I really don't want to do further maths because it's not actually relevant to trading at all. I know this as my mum used to be a trader and advised me against it. I do German gcse, however I'm definitely not taking German for a levels because I know it will be a step too far for me.
Apart from German and f.maths what other subjects do you recommend apart from maths and Econ?


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I'm definitely doing maths, but I really don't want to do further maths because it's not actually relevant to trading at all. I know this as my mum used to be a trader and advised me against it. I do German gcse, however I'm definitely not taking German for a levels because I know it will be a step too far for me.
Apart from German and f.maths what other subjects do you recommend apart from maths and Econ?


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