Certificate in Microeconomics Basics
Course Overview
The Certificate in Microeconomics Basics at LSLPE is a UK Level 3 introductory programme running 3 to 6 months across on-campus, online and distance routes. The syllabus is a first-entry route into microeconomic reasoning, covering demand, supply, elasticity, consumer choice and market outcomes, and is mapped against Royal Economic Society reading conventions.
By graduation you will have read a Competition and Markets Authority merger notice, produced a short demand-and-supply case note, worked through a consumer-choice diagram exercise, and delivered a supervised seminar presentation.
Key Features
- Structured introduction aligned with Royal Economic Society (RES) reading conventions.
- Case sessions on Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) merger and market-study reports.
- Guest input from Government Economic Service (GES) analysts.
- Weekly seminar attendance under a named programme tutor.
- Rolling intakes and clear articulation into an LSLPE Diploma in Economics.
- Three parallel study modes so international applicants and mature learners share the same cohort.
What You Will Learn
- Reading demand-and-supply diagrams and equilibrium arguments.
- Applying price and income elasticities to real UK markets.
- Understanding consumer preferences, budgets and utility.
- Analysing simple production and cost decisions.
- Reading a CMA merger notice or market-study release.
- Working through externality and market-failure examples.
- Presenting a microeconomic case study in seminar.
- Building a reading list for further Diploma-level study.
Who This Course Is For
- New entrants exploring microeconomics for the first time.
- Career changers from retail, marketing or product-management roles into economic analysis.
- International applicants preparing for UK Diploma-level economics.
- Mature applicants returning to formal study through open-access admissions.
- Working professionals seeking a first UK credential in economics.
Career Pathways
- Junior market analyst
- Consumer-research assistant
- Pricing-support role
- Regulatory support in a competition authority
- Junior economic policy analyst
- Research assistant at a think tank
- Public-affairs assistant on market files
- Third-sector programme assistant on economics briefs
The LSLPE careers service curates introductions across the CMA and regulator community, City firms and think tanks, and refreshes curriculum alignment annually against Bar Standards Board, Political Studies Association and Royal Economic Society guidance.
Entry Requirements
- GCSE English at grade 4/C or equivalent; open access for mature applicants at admissions review.
- No prior study of microeconomics required; the Certificate is designed as a first-entry route.
- IELTS 5.5 overall (no band below 5.0) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
- A short personal statement of 250 words describing your interest in microeconomics.
- International applicants supported through visa, accommodation and English-language guidance.
Why Study at LSLPE
LSLPE is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. Central London places the Treasury, the Competition and Markets Authority, the regulators clustered near Canary Wharf and the LSE-adjacent think-tank ecosystem within a short tube ride of every seminar room, which matters when the market cases you will study are decided nearby.
Every intake, on-campus or remote, joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support. Seminars are run in the case-room tradition, evidence-led and argued in public, and the careers service connects students with employers across regulators, City firms and think tanks.
Apply for Certificate in Microeconomics Basics
Applications for the Certificate in Microeconomics Basics are open now, with rolling intakes across all study modes. Start with a UK Level 3 Certificate at LSLPE and prepare for Diploma-level study in economics. Enrol Now
