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Degree Programme Table: Business Studies and Economics (MA Hons) (UTBSTEC)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside options, please ensure you have made an appointment to meet with your Director of Studies.

    Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST08001 Business Studies 1 Full Year 40
    ACCN08007 Accountancy 1A Semester 1 20
    ACCN08008 Accountancy 1B Semester 2 20
    ECNM08005 Economics 1A Full Year 40
    BUST08014 Computing for Business Full Year 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

    Year 2, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all six subjects taken in the first two years, (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year (not including Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques), and (iii) a mark of 50% or above in Economics 2 at the first attempt.

    Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE08001 Career Development Planning Semester 2 0
    ECNM08006 Economics 2 Full Year 40
    ECNM08012 Issues in Global Economics Semester 1 20
    CMSE08002 Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques Semester 1 20
    Notes: This course was re-named in 2009/10 (formerly called Quantitative Research Methods in Business).




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from schedule H - Business Studies MAs - Level 8' (ROU_H_UTBST_8) , as available.
                              
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST08005    Business Economics   20  
    BUST08008    International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A   20  
    BUST08011    Organisation Studies   20  
    BUST08003    Principles of Finance   20  
    BUST08009    International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B   20  
    BUST08007    Management Science and Information Systems   20  
    BUST08010    Managing Employment Relations   20  
    BUST08004    Marketing   20  
    BUST08015    Innovation and Entrepreneurship   20  

    Notes:Details of non-Honours Business courses are available on the Student intranet MyBiz http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/mybiz/
     

    Year 3, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all six subjects taken in the first two years, (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year (not including Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques), and (iii) a mark of 50% or above in Economics 2 at the first attempt.

    Students in Year 3 must take a minimum of TWO taught courses (40 credits) per semester.

    Students who spend their third year abroad at a partner university must complete and pass a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), the majority of which must be in Business and Economics. All students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses Strategic Management; Topics in Economic Analysis 1; Applications of Economic Analysis; Essentials of Econometrics.



    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE10002 Strategic Management Semester 1 20
    ECNM10050 Topics in Economic Analysis 1 Semester 1 20
    ECNM10053 Applications of Economic Analysis Semester 2 20
    ECNM10052 Essentials of Econometrics Semester 1 20
    CMSE10003 Business Research Methods II: Applications and Analysis Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 0 credits from the following course level 09 , during Semester 2
    BUST09001     Research in Management     (0 credits)

    Notes:This course is compulsory for students who intend to write the Management Honours Dissertation.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following "Business Studies" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Business Studies Level 10' (SUB_BUST_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (BUST10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Business Studies'   (as selected)  
    ECSH10007    British Business History Since 1930   (20 Credits)  

    Notes:Details of Honours courses, as well as pre-requisites and restrictions, are available on the Business School student intranet MyBiz http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/mybiz/
     

    Year 4, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students in Year 4 must take a minimum of ONE taught course (20 credits) per semester.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from Schools of Business and Economics- Multiple UG Courses-Level 10' (ROU_H/W_UGBUSECO1_10) , as available.
         
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10030    Economics Honours Dissertation   40  
    BUST10049    Management Honours Dissertation   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Business Studies" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Business Studies Level 10' (SUB_BUST_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (BUST10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Business Studies'   (as selected)  
    ECSH10007    British Business History Since 1930   (20 Credits)  

    Notes:Details of Honours courses, as well as pre-requisites and restrictions, are available on the Business School student intranet MyBiz http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/mybiz/
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) W-W - UTECNMC2 - Level(s) 10' (ROU_W-W_UTECNMC21_10) , as available.
                                                         
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10026    History of Economic Thought 2   20  
    ECNM10025    History of Economic Thought 1   20  
    ECNM10024    Monetary Theory and Policy   20  
    ECNM10018    History of Economic Thought   40  
    ECNM10032    Economics of Strategic Behaviour 1   20  
    ECNM10006    Capital and Growth Theory   20  
    ECNM10022    Natural Resource and Environmental Economics   20  
    ECNM10033    Economics of Developing Countries   20  
    ECNM10003    Industrial Organisation   20  
    ECNM10008    Economics of Technical Change   20  
    ECNM10035    Development Microeconomics   20  
    ECNM10034    Economic Transformation in East Asia   20  
    ECNM10004    Public Economics   20  
    ECNM10051    Topics in Economic Analysis 2   20  
    ECNM10056    Applications of Econometrics   20  
    ECNM10007    Economics of Self-Management   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   20  
    ECNM10021    Labour Economics   20  

     

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