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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

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Degree Programme Table: Economics and Law (MA Hons) (UTECNLA)

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 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08013 Economics 1 Full Year 40
    LAWS08127 Contract and Unjustified Enrichment Semester 1 10
    LAWS08128 Scottish Legal System Semester 1 20
    LAWS08139 Critical Legal Thinking Semester 2 10




    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 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08006 Economics 2 Full Year 40
    ECNM08016 Statistical Methods for 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 list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS08129    Jurisprudence   10  
    LAWS08132    Public Law and Individual Rights   10  
    LAWS08134    Business Entities   10  
    LAWS08133    Property Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08131    Commercial Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08130    Succession and Trust Law   10  
    LAWS08119    International Private Law Ordinary   10  
    LAWS08118    Revenue Law   10  
    LAWS08135    Delict   10  
    LAWS08141    Evidence (Ordinary)   10  
    LAWS08142    Criminal Law (Ordinary)   10  

     
    AND   

    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 Law 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 Law 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 Law. 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 
    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 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
    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 exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10146    International Private Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10066    Comparative Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10190    Freedom of Expression Law Clinic   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  

     


    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) Economics Honours option 5) Law Honours option 6) Law Honours option
    From Fourth year: 7) Economics or Law Honours Dissertation 8) Economics or Law Honours Dissertation 9) Economics Honours option 10) Economics Honours option 11) Law Honours option 12) Law 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 Law Honours Dissertation 2) Economics or Law Honours Dissertation 3) Economics Honours option 4) Economics Honours option 5) Law Honours option 6) Law 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 4 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  
    LAWS10097    Dissertation in Law   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  
    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   

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

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10146    International Private Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  
    LAWS10066    Comparative Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10190    Freedom of Expression Law Clinic   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10153    Economic analysis of corporate finance law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10149    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10168    Global Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10158    The Law of Promise   20  
    LAWS10181    The Origins of Modern Commerce   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  
    LAWS10189    Current Issues in EU Law   20  
    LAWS10186    Lords and Vassals in Medieval Scotland   20  
    LAWS10184    Negligence Law (Honours)   20  
    LAWS10183    Personality Rights: Scots Law in a European Context   20  
    LAWS10185    Slavery in Eighteenth-Century Scotland   20  
    LAWS10167    Administrative Law   20  
    LAWS10188    Foundations of Modern Sovereignty   20  

     



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