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Degree Programme Table: Business Studies and Law (MA Hons) (UTBSTLA)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, 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 6 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
    LAWS08106 Legal Reasoning and Legal System Full Year 20
    LAWS08094 Contract and Unjustified Enrichment Semester 1 20
    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 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (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) satisfaction of Law honours requirements as specified by the School.

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE08001 Career Development Planning Semester 2 0
    LAWS08098 Delict Ordinary Semester 2 10
    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 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, 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  
    BUST08018    Applications of Finance 2   20  

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

    Select exactly 30 credits from Law Level 8 courses, as available

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W, as available

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (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) satisfaction of Law honours requirements as specified by the School.

    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 Law. All students must complete and pass an equivalent course to the year 3 compulsory course Strategic Management.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE10002 Strategic Management Semester 1 20
    BUST09001 Research in Management Semester 2 0
    CMSE10003 Business Research Methods II: Applications and Analysis Semester 2 20




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10051    Competition Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10109    Evidence: Interpretation and Evaluation   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10071    Information Technology and Law   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  
    LAWS10111    International Private Law   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10070    Medical Jurisprudence   40  
    LAWS10079    Taxation   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10133    Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10072    History of Scots Law   40  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    LAWS10053    Unjustified Enrichment   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10049    International Law B: Interstate Conflict and Dispute Settlement   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10141    International Law of the Global Economy and the Environment   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10092    Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS10060    Jurisprudence of Legal Concepts   40  
    LAWS10069    European Legal History   40  

     

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

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10013    Decision-Making under Uncertainty   20  
    BUST10117    Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation   20  
    BUST10033    Financial Services Marketing   20  
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    BUST10105    Human Resource Management: Current Issues and Controversies   20  
    BUST10112    Information Systems and Organisations   20  
    BUST10067    International Marketing   20  
    BUST10104    International Strategic Management in Practice   20  
    BUST10026    International and Comparative Employment Relations   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10020    Management Science and Operations Planning   20  
    BUST10107    Managing Change   20  
    BUST10028    Managing Employment Law   20  
    BUST10008    Market Structure, Conduct and Performance   20  
    BUST10108    Marketing and Society   20  
    BUST10011    Mathematical Programming   20  
    BUST10092    Operations Strategy   20  
    BUST10024    Quality Management   20  
    BUST10036    Risk Management   20  
    BUST10114    Services Marketing   20  
    BUST10021    The Economics of Corporate Strategy   20  
    BUST10115    The Entrepreneurial Manager   20  
    BUST10034    The Management of Technology   20  
    BUST10047    Theoretical Foundations of International Business: Course B   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10051    Competition Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10109    Evidence: Interpretation and Evaluation   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10071    Information Technology and Law   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  
    LAWS10111    International Private Law   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10070    Medical Jurisprudence   40  
    LAWS10079    Taxation   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10133    Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10072    History of Scots Law   40  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    LAWS10053    Unjustified Enrichment   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10049    International Law B: Interstate Conflict and Dispute Settlement   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10141    International Law of the Global Economy and the Environment   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10092    Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS10060    Jurisprudence of Legal Concepts   40  
    LAWS10069    European Legal History   40  

     


    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, 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 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST10049 Management Honours Dissertation 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 list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10103    A Global Problem? Climate Change and a Low Carbon World   20  
    BUST10014    Advertising: Theories and Practice   20  
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10004    Business Ethics   20  
    BUST10007    Consumer Behaviour   20  
    BUST10012    Corporate Finance   20  
    BUST10117    Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation   20  
    BUST10033    Financial Services Marketing   20  
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    BUST10105    Human Resource Management: Current Issues and Controversies   20  
    BUST10112    Information Systems and Organisations   20  
    BUST10104    International Strategic Management in Practice   20  
    BUST10026    International and Comparative Employment Relations   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10020    Management Science and Operations Planning   20  
    BUST10113    Managing Across Borders and Cultures   20  
    BUST10107    Managing Change   20  
    BUST10028    Managing Employment Law   20  
    BUST10008    Market Structure, Conduct and Performance   20  
    BUST10013    Decision-Making under Uncertainty   20  
    BUST10108    Marketing and Society   20  
    BUST10011    Mathematical Programming   20  
    BUST10039    Negotiation   20  
    BUST10092    Operations Strategy   20  
    BUST10024    Quality Management   20  
    BUST10021    The Economics of Corporate Strategy   20  
    BUST10115    The Entrepreneurial Manager   20  
    BUST10034    The Management of Technology   20  
    BUST10047    Theoretical Foundations of International Business: Course B   20  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10051    Competition Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10109    Evidence: Interpretation and Evaluation   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10071    Information Technology and Law   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  
    LAWS10111    International Private Law   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10070    Medical Jurisprudence   40  
    LAWS10079    Taxation   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10133    Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10072    History of Scots Law   40  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    LAWS10053    Unjustified Enrichment   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10049    International Law B: Interstate Conflict and Dispute Settlement   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10141    International Law of the Global Economy and the Environment   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10092    Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS10060    Jurisprudence of Legal Concepts   40  
    LAWS10069    European Legal History   40  

     

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