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Degree Programme Table: Social Policy and Economics (MA Hons) (UTSOPEC)

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

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL08004 Social Policy and Society As available 20
    SCPL08005 Politics of the Welfare State As available 20
    SCPL08007 Fundamentals: Social Policy 1 As available 0
    ECNM08013 Economics 1 As available 40




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    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,
    ECNM08016 Statistical Methods for Economics,
    SCPL08006 European Social Policy,
    Social Policy Enquiry
    Fundamentals 2

    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.



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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL08006 European Social Policy As available 20
    ECNM08006 Economics 2 As available 40
    ECNM08012 Issues in Global Economics As available 20
    SCPL08009 Social Policy Enquiry As available 20
    SCPL08008 Fundamentals 2: Social Policy As available 0




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




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

  • Notes: Students who have (i) passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, (ii) achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in Social Policy Enquiry, (iii) achieved 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 (iv) a pass in Issues in Global Economics, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.
    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.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM10052 Essentials of Econometrics As available 20
    SCPL10024 Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy As available 20
    ECNM10070 Topics in Microeconomics As available 20
    ECNM10069 Topics in Macroeconomics As available 20




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  

     

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCPL10029    Population Health and Health Policy   20  
    IPHP10002    Global Politics of Public Health   20  
    SCPL10028    Labour Market Policy in Europe   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCPL10031    Education Policy in the EU   20  

     


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


    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.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCPL10012    Dissertation (MA Social Policy)   40  
    ECNM10030    Economics Honours Dissertation   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10056    Applications of Econometrics   20  
    ECNM10066    Behavioural Economics   20  
    ECNM10061    Development Economics   20  
    ECNM10020    Economics of Financial Markets   20  
    ECNM10007    Economics of Self-Management   20  
    ECNM10068    Economics of Sport   20  
    ECNM10008    Economics of Technical Change   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   20  
    ECNM10062    Globalisation, Trade and Development   20  
    ECNM10018    History of Economic Thought   40  
    ECNM10025    History of Economic Thought 1   20  
    ECNM10026    History of Economic Thought 2   20  
    ECNM10021    Labour Economics   20  
    ECNM10065    Policy for Economic Development   20  
    ECNM10060    Political Economy   20  
    ECNM10067    Social Economics   20  
    ECNM10006    Capital and Growth Theory   20  
    ECNM10013    Economics of Strategic Behaviour   40  
    ECNM10032    Economics of Strategic Behaviour 1   20  
    ECNM10022    Natural Resource and Environmental Economics   20  
    ECNM10004    Public Economics   20  
    ECNM10071    Topics in Economic Analysis   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 exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCPL10024    Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy   20  
    SCPL10010    Children's Rights   20  
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  
    SCPL10029    Population Health and Health Policy   20  
    IPHP10002    Global Politics of Public Health   20  
    SCPL10028    Labour Market Policy in Europe   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    SCPL10031    Education Policy in the EU   20  

     


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