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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Economics (MA Hons) (UTGGPEC)

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

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

    Students are advised to take a maximum of 60 credits of courses per semester.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR08007 Human Geography Semester 1 20
    ECNM08013 Economics 1 Full Year 40
    GEGR08010 Physical Geography 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 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST07003    Introductory Chinese Language   20  
    ASST07006    Introductory Chinese Language 2   20  
    IMES07001    Introductory Arabic Language   20  
    ELCF07008    Foundation French Language 2   20  
    ELCG07009    Foundation German Language 1   20  
    ELCG07008    Foundation German Language 2   20  
    ELCG07007    Foundation German Language 3   20  
    ELCH07010    Foundation Spanish Language 2   20  
    ELCH07017    Foundation Spanish Language 3   20  
    ELCI07007    Foundation Italian Language 1   20  
    ELCI07006    Foundation Italian Language 2   20  
    ELCR07004    Foundation Russian Language 1   20  
    ELCR07003    Foundation Russian Language 2   20  
    ELCS07009    Foundation Danish Language 1   20  
    ELCS07008    Foundation Danish Language 2   20  
    ELCS07007    Foundation Swedish Language 1   20  
    ELCS07006    Foundation Swedish Language 2   20  
    ELCH07013    Foundation Catalan Language 2   20  
    ELCH07012    Foundation Portuguese Language 1   20  
    ASST07008    Foundation Japanese Language 1   20  
    ASST07016    Foundation Japanese Language 2   20  
    ASST07017    Foundation Japanese Language 3   20  
    ELCF07012    Foundation French Language 1   20  
    ELCF07007    Foundation French Language 3   20  
    ELCH07018    Foundation Portuguese Language 2   20  
    ELCH07011    Foundation Spanish Language 1   20  
    IMES07003    Introductory Arabic language 2   20  

    Notes:Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

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

    Students are advised to take a maximum of 60 credits of courses per semester.

    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.


    • 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 a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   20  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   20  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   20  
    GEGR08009    Fundamental Methods in Geography   20  

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: 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.

    Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must take Research Design in Geography AND EITHER Qualitative Methods in Geography or Quantitative Methods in Geography.

    Students MUST take 3 all of Essentials of Econometrics, Topics in Microeconomics and Topics in Macroeconomics, but may defer a maximum of 1 course until year 4. Students who intend to take the Economics dissertation are strongly recommended to take all 3 courses in their Junior Honours year. Several Economics level 10 option courses have one or more of Essentials of Econometrics, Topics in Microeconomics and Topics in Macroeconomics as pre-requisites.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR09012 The Nature of Geographical Knowledge Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


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

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09011    Research Design in Geography   10  
    GEGR09005    Qualitative Methods in Geography   10  
    GEGR09004    Quantitative Methods in Geography   10  

    Notes:Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must take Research Design in Geography AND EITHER Qualitative Methods in Geography or Quantitative Methods in Geography
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     


    AND   

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

    Select exactly 20 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10052    Essentials of Econometrics   20  
    ECNM10070    Topics in Microeconomics   20  
    ECNM10069    Topics in Macroeconomics   20  

    Notes:Students MUST take 3 all of Essentials of Econometrics, Topics in Microeconomics and Topics in Macroeconomics, but may defer a maximum of 1 course until year 4. Students who intend to take the Economics dissertation are strongly recommended to take all 3 courses in their Junior Honours year. Several Economics level 10 option courses have one or more of Essentials of Econometrics, Topics in Microeconomics and Topics in Macroeconomics as pre-requisites.
     
    AND   

    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  
    ECNM10007    Economics of Self-Management   20  
    ECNM10008    Economics of Technical Change   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   20  
    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  
    ECNM10071    Topics in Economic Analysis   20  
    ECNM10073    Innovation and Catch-up in East Asia: the ICT Sector   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, 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
    GEGR10053    Geography Dissertation   40  
    ECNM10030    Economics Honours Dissertation   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Geography Level 10 courses, as available

     
    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  

     


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