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Degree Programme Table: Economics (MA Hons) (UTECNMC)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08013 Economics 1 Full Year 40




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


    Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes: Level 7 courses may be taken with the permission of your Personal Tutor subject to a maximum of 40 credits over years 1 and 2.
     


    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Candidates entering the second year of the programme from 2015-16 onwards will take the following required courses, ECNM08006 Economics 2 and ECNM08016 Statistical Methods for Economics and 60 credits from level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available (EXCLUDING CMSE08002 Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques)


  • 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 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:EXCLUDING: CMSE08002 Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques.

    Level 7 courses may be taken with the permission of your Personal Tutor subject to a maximum of 40 credits over years 1 and 2.


     


    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years,(ii) a mark of 50% or above in Economics 2 at the first attempt, including a mark of 40% or above in specific components of the course (as detailed in the Economics 2 Handbook), and (iii) a pass in Issues in Global Economics.

    Students who spend their third year abroad at a partner university must complete and pass a full years diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), all of which must be in Economics. Students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM10070 Topics in Microeconomics Semester 1 20
    ECNM10052 Essentials of Econometrics Semester 1 20
    ECNM10069 Topics in Macroeconomics Semester 2 20
    ECNM10071 Topics in Economic Analysis Semester 2 20
    ECNM10056 Applications of Econometrics Semester 2 20




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10026    History of Economic Thought 2   20  
    ECNM10025    History of Economic Thought 1   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   20  
    ECNM10021    Labour Economics   20  
    ECNM10062    Globalisation, Trade and Development   20  
    ECNM10061    Development Economics   20  
    ECNM10060    Political Economy   20  
    ECNM10020    Economics of Financial Markets   20  
    ECNM10007    Economics of Self-Management   20  
    ECNM10008    Economics of Technical Change   20  
    ECNM10065    Policy for Economic Development   20  
    ECNM10018    History of Economic Thought   40  
    ECNM10066    Behavioural Economics   20  
    ECNM10067    Social Economics   20  
    ECNM10068    Economics of Sport   20  
    ECNM10073    Innovation and Catch-up in East Asia: the ICT Sector   20  
    ECNM10074    Economics of the Family   20  

    Notes:Economics of Financial Markets is primarily a fourth year course but is open to third year students who have strengths in Maths and Statistics with the permission of the course organiser.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    ECSH10021    The U.S. Economy since 1918   20  
    ECSH10063    Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1974   20  

    Notes:ONLY ONE Business Studies or Economic History option may be taken in place of an Economics Honours option across years 3 and 4.
     



    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students who spent their third year abroad at a partner university must have completed and passed a full years diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), all of which must have been in Economics. Students must take third year core courses for which they did not take suitable substitutes on their year abroad.



  • 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 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 60 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10026    History of Economic Thought 2   20  
    ECNM10025    History of Economic Thought 1   20  
    ECNM10018    History of Economic Thought   40  
    ECNM10032    Economics of Strategic Behaviour 1   20  
    ECNM10006    Capital and Growth Theory   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   20  
    ECNM10021    Labour Economics   20  
    ECNM10013    Economics of Strategic Behaviour   40  
    ECNM10060    Political Economy   20  
    ECNM10061    Development Economics   20  
    ECNM10062    Globalisation, Trade and Development   20  
    ECNM10020    Economics of Financial Markets   20  
    ECNM10022    Natural Resource and Environmental Economics   20  
    ECNM10004    Public Economics   20  
    ECNM10007    Economics of Self-Management   20  
    ECNM10008    Economics of Technical Change   20  
    ECNM10065    Policy for Economic Development   20  
    ECNM10066    Behavioural Economics   20  
    ECNM10067    Social Economics   20  
    ECNM10068    Economics of Sport   20  
    ECNM10073    Innovation and Catch-up in East Asia: the ICT Sector   20  
    ECNM10074    Economics of the Family   20  
    ECNM10063    Advanced Topics in Applied Econometrics   20  
    ECNM10003    Industrial Organisation   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10039    Negotiation   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10012    Corporate Finance   20  
    ECSH10021    The U.S. Economy since 1918   20  
    ECSH10063    Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1974   20  

    Notes:ONLY ONE Business Studies or Economic History option may be taken in place of an Economics Honours option across years 3 and 4.

    Students who spent Year 3 abroad on an International Exchange/ERASMUS scheme are not permitted to select a Business Studies or Economic History option in place of an Economics Honours option in Year 4.

     



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