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Degree Programme Table: Business and Economics MA (Hons) (UTMAHBUSEC1F)

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


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


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
BUST08025 Foundations of Business Full Year 40
ACCN08007 Accountancy 1A Semester 1 20
ACCN08008 Accountancy 1B Semester 2 20
BUST08021 Study Skills for Business Full Year 0
ECNM08013 Economics 1 Full Year 40




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




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

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business courses in second year, (iii) a mark of 50% or above in Economics 2 at the first attempt, and (iv) a mark of 50% or above in Statistical Methods for Economics.

    Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE08001 Career Development Planning Semester 2 0
    ECNM08006 Economics 2 Full Year 40
    BUST08005 Business Economics Semester 1 20
    ECNM08016 Statistical Methods for Economics Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 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
    BUST08008    International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A   20  
    BUST08009    International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B   20  
    BUST08003    Principles of Finance   20  
    BUST08015    Innovation and Entrepreneurship   20  
    BUST08007    Management Science and Information Systems   20  
    BUST08004    Marketing   20  
    BUST08018    Applications of Finance   20  
    BUST08028    Organisational Behaviour 2   20  
    BUST08027    Human Resource Management 2   20  
    BUST08031    Business Simulation   20  

    Notes:Details of non-Honours Business courses are available on the Business School UG tab on Learn.
     


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

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business courses in second year, (iii) a mark of 50% or above in Economics 2 at the first attempt, and (iv) a mark of 50% or above in Statistical Methods for Economics.

    Students in Year 3 must take a minimum of TWO taught courses (40 credits) per semester.

    Students who spend their third year abroad at a partner university must complete and pass a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), the majority of which must be in Business and Economics. All students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses Strategic Management; Topics in Microeconomics; Topics in Macroeconomics; Essentials of Econometrics.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE10002 Strategic Management Semester 1 20
    ECNM10052 Essentials of Econometrics Semester 1 20
    CMSE10003 Business Research Methods II: Applications and Analysis Semester 2 20
    ECNM10070 Topics in Microeconomics 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 0 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
    BUST09001     Research in Management     (0 credits)

    Notes:This course is compulsory for students who intend to write the Management Honours Dissertation.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10013    Decision-Making under Uncertainty   20  
    BUST10117    Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation   20  
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    BUST10067    International Marketing   20  
    BUST10104    International Strategic Management in Practice   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10020    Management Science and Operations Planning   20  
    BUST10028    Managing Employment Law   20  
    BUST10011    Mathematical Programming   20  
    BUST10092    Operations Strategy   20  
    BUST10024    Quality Management   20  
    BUST10036    Risk Management   20  
    BUST10115    The Entrepreneurial Manager   20  
    BUST10034    The Management of Technology   20  
    BUST10021    The Economics of Corporate Strategy   20  
    BUST10118    Marketing Strategy   20  
    BUST10114    Services Marketing   20  
    BUST10124    Economic Aspects of Competition Policy   20  
    BUST10127    Brand Culture   20  
    BUST10129    Applications of Human Resource Management   20  
    BUST10130    Digital Marketing   20  
    BUST10107    Managing Change   20  
    BUST10128    Management Consulting   20  

     


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

  • Notes: Students in Year 4 must take a minimum of ONE taught course (20 credits) per semester.


    • 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.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10030    Economics Honours Dissertation   40  
    BUST10049    Management Honours Dissertation   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10004    Business Ethics   20  
    BUST10007    Consumer Behaviour   20  
    BUST10012    Corporate Finance   20  
    BUST10117    Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation   20  
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    BUST10104    International Strategic Management in Practice   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10020    Management Science and Operations Planning   20  
    BUST10113    Managing Across Borders and Cultures   20  
    BUST10028    Managing Employment Law   20  
    BUST10013    Decision-Making under Uncertainty   20  
    BUST10011    Mathematical Programming   20  
    BUST10039    Negotiation   20  
    BUST10092    Operations Strategy   20  
    BUST10024    Quality Management   20  
    BUST10115    The Entrepreneurial Manager   20  
    BUST10034    The Management of Technology   20  
    BUST10021    The Economics of Corporate Strategy   20  
    BUST10036    Risk Management   20  
    BUST10119    Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurship   20  
    BUST10120    Enterprise Consultancy Project   20  
    BUST10025    Financial Modelling with Excel   20  
    BUST10124    Economic Aspects of Competition Policy   20  
    BUST10127    Brand Culture   20  
    BUST10128    Management Consulting   20  
    BUST10129    Applications of Human Resource Management   20  
    BUST10130    Digital Marketing   20  
    BUST10107    Managing Change   20  
    BUST10131    Creativity in Theory and Practice   20  

     


    AND   

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

    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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