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Degree Programme Table: Economics with Environmental Studies (MA Hons) (UTECNES)


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

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08005 Economics 1A Full Year 40




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses Level 8' (SUB_ENVI_8) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA08004    Archaeology 1A   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08005    Archaeology 1B   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08010    Archaeology 2A: Ancient Europe   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08011    Archaeology 2B: The Ancient Near East   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08001    Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08002    Architectural History 2A   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08003    Architectural History 2B   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08004    Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08005    Architectural History 1   (40 Credits)  
    BILG08005    Evolution in Action 2   (20 Credits)  
    BILG08006    Biometrics 2   (20 Credits)  
    BILG08007    Environmental and Community Biology 1   (20 Credits)  
    CHEM08020    Environmental Chemistry 2   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08001    Earth Dynamics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08007    Global Environmental Processes   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08011    Natural Hazards   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08012    History of Life   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08014    Earth Materials   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08015    Stratigraphy and Sedimentology   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08016    Physics of the Earth   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC08003    Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC08006    Principles of Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    (ENVI08*)   All Level 08 courses with a primary subject of 'Environmental Courses'   (as selected)  
    ENVI08001    Sustainability, Society and Environment   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08007    Human Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GESC08001    Earth Surface Systems   (20 Credits)  
    GESC08002    Earth Modelling and Prediction   (20 Credits)  
    METE08001    Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment   (20 Credits)  
    METE08002    Meteorology: Weather and Climate   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08001    Science and Society 1A   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08003    History of Medicine 1   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08004    Science and Society 1b: Nature and Environment   (20 Credits)  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 7 or 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_7/8) , as available.

     

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


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08006 Economics 2 Full Year 40
    ECNM08012 Issues in Global Economics Semester 1 20




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses Level 8' (SUB_ENVI_8) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA08004    Archaeology 1A   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08005    Archaeology 1B   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08010    Archaeology 2A: Ancient Europe   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08011    Archaeology 2B: The Ancient Near East   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08001    Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08002    Architectural History 2A   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08003    Architectural History 2B   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08004    Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08005    Architectural History 1   (40 Credits)  
    BILG08005    Evolution in Action 2   (20 Credits)  
    BILG08006    Biometrics 2   (20 Credits)  
    BILG08007    Environmental and Community Biology 1   (20 Credits)  
    CHEM08020    Environmental Chemistry 2   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08001    Earth Dynamics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08007    Global Environmental Processes   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08011    Natural Hazards   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08012    History of Life   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08014    Earth Materials   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08015    Stratigraphy and Sedimentology   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08016    Physics of the Earth   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC08003    Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC08006    Principles of Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    (ENVI08*)   All Level 08 courses with a primary subject of 'Environmental Courses'   (as selected)  
    ENVI08001    Sustainability, Society and Environment   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08007    Human Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GESC08001    Earth Surface Systems   (20 Credits)  
    GESC08002    Earth Modelling and Prediction   (20 Credits)  
    METE08001    Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment   (20 Credits)  
    METE08002    Meteorology: Weather and Climate   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08001    Science and Society 1A   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08003    History of Medicine 1   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08004    Science and Society 1b: Nature and Environment   (20 Credits)  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_8) , as available.

     

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

  • Notes: Entry into third year normally requires (i) passes in all subjects taken in the first two years, (ii) a mark of 50% or above in Economics 2 at the first attempt, and (iii) satisfaction of Environmental Studies Honours requirements as specified by the School.

    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 Economics and Environmental Studies. All students must complete and pass an equivalent course to the year 3 compulsory courses.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM10050 Topics in Economic Analysis 1 Semester 1 20
    ECNM10053 Applications of Economic Analysis Semester 2 20
    ECNM10052 Essentials of Econometrics Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses level 9 or 10' (SUB_ENVI_9/10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10032    Quaternary Environmental History   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09029    Geology 3rd Year Field Courses   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09030    Fundamentals of Geophysics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09031    Field Skills for Geologists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09032    Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09033    Fields and Waves   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09036    Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09039    Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10058    Geoscience Outreach   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10059    Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination   (20 Credits)  
    EASC10060    Carbonates   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10061    Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10062    Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10063    Texas Exchange Fieldtrip   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10065    Geophysics Project   (40 Credits)  
    EASC10070    Frontiers in Geophysics   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   (10 Credits)  
    ECLG10003    Herbivory   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC09001    Applied Ecology and Environmental Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09002    Natural Resource Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09005    Environmental Pollution   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC10007    Ecological and Environmental Modelling   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10014    Land-Atmosphere Interactions   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10021    Woodland Management   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10022    Conservation Management   (10 Credits)  
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10040    Principles of Remote Sensing   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10041    Tephra, Environment and People   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10101    Political Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    PLIT10007    Green Political Thought   (20 Credits)  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   (20 Credits)  
    THET10021    Ecology, Ethics and Religion   (20 Credits)  
    ZLGY10017    Biodiversity   (10 Credits)  

    Notes:Environmental courses are taken from Schedules A-Q and are listed in the Environmental Courses subject area of Schedule N.
     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 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  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) H-H - Economics (MA) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_H-H_UTECNMC1_10) , as available.
                  
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10025    Financial Modelling with Excel   20  
    BUST10039    Negotiation   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10012    Corporate Finance   20  
    BUST10016    Financial Ethics   20  

    Notes:These Business School courses may be taken in place of Economics courses. Combined Honours students may only take one course from this list in place of an Economics course.
     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses level 9 or 10' (SUB_ENVI_9/10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10032    Quaternary Environmental History   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09029    Geology 3rd Year Field Courses   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09030    Fundamentals of Geophysics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09031    Field Skills for Geologists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09032    Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09033    Fields and Waves   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09036    Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09039    Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10058    Geoscience Outreach   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10059    Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination   (20 Credits)  
    EASC10060    Carbonates   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10061    Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10062    Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10063    Texas Exchange Fieldtrip   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10065    Geophysics Project   (40 Credits)  
    EASC10070    Frontiers in Geophysics   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   (10 Credits)  
    ECLG10003    Herbivory   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC09001    Applied Ecology and Environmental Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09002    Natural Resource Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09005    Environmental Pollution   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC10007    Ecological and Environmental Modelling   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10014    Land-Atmosphere Interactions   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10021    Woodland Management   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10022    Conservation Management   (10 Credits)  
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10040    Principles of Remote Sensing   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10041    Tephra, Environment and People   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10101    Political Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    PLIT10007    Green Political Thought   (20 Credits)  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   (20 Credits)  
    THET10021    Ecology, Ethics and Religion   (20 Credits)  
    ZLGY10017    Biodiversity   (10 Credits)  

     



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


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM10030 Economics Honours Dissertation As available 40




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



    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 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  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) H-H - Economics (MA) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_H-H_UTECNMC1_10) , as available.
                  
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10025    Financial Modelling with Excel   20  
    BUST10039    Negotiation   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10012    Corporate Finance   20  
    BUST10016    Financial Ethics   20  

    Notes:These Business School courses may be taken in place of Economics courses. Combined Honours students may only take one course from this list in place of an Economics course.
     

    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses level 9 or 10' (SUB_ENVI_9/10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10032    Quaternary Environmental History   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09029    Geology 3rd Year Field Courses   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09030    Fundamentals of Geophysics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09031    Field Skills for Geologists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09032    Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09033    Fields and Waves   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09036    Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09039    Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10058    Geoscience Outreach   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10059    Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination   (20 Credits)  
    EASC10060    Carbonates   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10061    Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10062    Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10063    Texas Exchange Fieldtrip   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10065    Geophysics Project   (40 Credits)  
    EASC10070    Frontiers in Geophysics   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   (10 Credits)  
    ECLG10003    Herbivory   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC09001    Applied Ecology and Environmental Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09002    Natural Resource Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09005    Environmental Pollution   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC10007    Ecological and Environmental Modelling   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10014    Land-Atmosphere Interactions   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10021    Woodland Management   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10022    Conservation Management   (10 Credits)  
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10040    Principles of Remote Sensing   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10041    Tephra, Environment and People   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10101    Political Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    PLIT10007    Green Political Thought   (20 Credits)  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   (20 Credits)  
    THET10021    Ecology, Ethics and Religion   (20 Credits)  
    ZLGY10017    Biodiversity   (10 Credits)  

    Notes:Environmental courses are taken from Schedules A-Q and are listed in the Environmental Courses subject area of Schedule N.
     

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