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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

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Degree Programme Table: Economics and Economic History (MA Hons) (UTECNEH)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: September

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08013 Economics 1 Full Year 40
    ECSH08029 British Society, 1650 - c.1880 (Social History 1.1) Semester 1 20
    ECSH08036 British Economic and Environmental History since 1900 Semester 2 20




    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

    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 2015/16, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08006 Economics 2 Full Year 40
    ECSH08040 Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy Part 1 Semester 1 20
    ECNM08016 Statistical Methods for Economics Semester 1 20
    ECSH08039 Economic History 2.2: The Global Economy Part 2 Semester 2 20




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


    Select exactly 20 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 2015/16, 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),(iii) a pass in Issues in Global Economics and (iv) satisfaction of Economic History Honours requirements as specified by the School.

    For candidates entering the third year of the programme from 2016-2017, entry into third year will require (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 and (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics and (iv) satisfaction of Economic History Honours requirements as specified by the School.

    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 and Economic History. All students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 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




    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
    ECSH10088    Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949   20  
    CHCA10001    History in Practice   20  
    CHCA10003    History in Theory   20  
    ECSH10008    Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713   20  
    SCHI10072    Death and Taxes: Finance and Politics in Early Modern Scotland   20  
    ECSH10087    Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy, 1842-1949   20  
    ECSH10062    Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States 1945-1974   20  
    ECSH10093    Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment   20  

    Notes:History in Practice is recommended if intending to take an Economic History dissertation in fourth year.
     
    AND   

    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
    ECNM10056    Applications of Econometrics   20  
    ECNM10066    Behavioural Economics   20  
    ECNM10061    Development Economics   20  
    ECNM10020    Economics of Financial Markets   20  
    ECNM10068    Economics of Sport   20  
    ECNM10008    Economics of Technical Change   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   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  
    ECNM10071    Topics in Economic Analysis   20  
    ECNM10073    Innovation and Catch-up in East Asia: the ICT Sector   20  
    ECNM10074    Economics of the Family   20  
    ECNM10080    The Economics of Crime   20  
    ECNM10081    Economics of Inequality   20  
    ECNM10079    The Chinese Economy: Past and Present   20  
    ECNM10082    Health Economics   20  
    ECNM10077    Issues in Climate Change Economics   20  

    Notes:Economics of Financial Markets: this 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
    ECSH10088    Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949   20  
    CHCA10001    History in Practice   20  
    CHCA10003    History in Theory   20  
    ECSH10008    Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713   20  
    SCHI10072    Death and Taxes: Finance and Politics in Early Modern Scotland   20  
    ECSH10087    Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy, 1842-1949   20  
    ECSH10062    Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States 1945-1974   20  
    ECSH10093    Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Degree Classification Weighting is based on 240 credits: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based (papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice).
    From third year: 1) Topics in Microeconomics 2) Essentials of Econometrics 3) Topics in Macroeconomics 4) Economic History Honours option 5) Economic History Honours option 6) Economics or Economic History Honours option
    From Fourth year: 7) Economics or History Honours Dissertation 8) Economics or History Honours Dissertation 9) Economics Honours option 10) Economics Honours option 11) Economic History Honours option 12) Economic History Honours option

    Degree Classification Weighting for students who spent their third year abroad is based on 120 credits: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the six 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based (papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
    From Fourth year: 1) Economics or History Honours Dissertation 2) Economics or History Honours Dissertation 3) Economics Honours option 4) Economics Honours option 5) Economic History Honours option 6) Economic History Honours option

    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 and Economic History. Students must take third year courses for which they did not take suitable substitutes on their year abroad.


  • 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
    ECNM10030    Economics Honours Dissertation   40  
    HIST10309    History Dissertation   40  

    Notes:If the dissertation in History is chosen, the topic must be in Economic History.
     
    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  
    ECNM10068    Economics of Sport   20  
    ECNM10008    Economics of Technical Change   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   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  
    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  
    ECNM10024    Monetary Theory and Policy   20  
    ECNM10080    The Economics of Crime   20  
    ECNM10081    Economics of Inequality   20  
    ECNM10079    The Chinese Economy: Past and Present   20  
    ECNM10082    Health Economics   20  
    ECNM10077    Issues in Climate Change Economics   20  
    ECNM10078    Modelling the Financial Crisis and its Aftermath   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH10088    Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy since 1949   20  
    CHCA10001    History in Practice   20  
    CHCA10003    History in Theory   20  
    ECSH10008    Trade, Plunder and Planters in Jamaica, 1655-1713   20  
    SCHI10072    Death and Taxes: Finance and Politics in Early Modern Scotland   20  
    ECSH10087    Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Economy, 1842-1949   20  
    ECSH10062    Energy, environment and security: energy policy in Britain, France and the United States 1945-1974   20  
    ECSH10093    Earning a Living in the Scottish Town, 1400 to 1800: Occupational History and the Urban Environment   20  

    Notes:History in Practice and History in Theory are third year courses and should not be taken in fourth year.
     


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