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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2016/2017

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Degree Programme Table: Economics with Finance (MA Hons) (UTECNFIMAH)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

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


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08013 Economics 1 Full Year 40
    BUST08029 Introduction to Financial Markets Semester 2 20




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


    Select exactly 60 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 2016/17, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM08006 Economics 2 Full Year 40
    ECNM08016 Statistical Methods for Economics Semester 1 20
    BUST08030 Introduction to Corporate Finance Semester 1 20
    BUST08018 Applications of Finance 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 2016/17, 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, (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics, (iv) a mark of 50% or above in Introduction to Corporate Finance at first attempt AND (v) a mark of 50% or above in Applications of Finance at the first attempt.

    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 Finance. Students must complete and pass an equivalent course to the year 3 compulsory courses.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM10070 Topics in Microeconomics Semester 1 20
    ECNM10052 Essentials of Econometrics Semester 1 20
    BUST10032 Investment and Securities Markets Semester 1 20
    ECNM10069 Topics in Macroeconomics Semester 2 20
    ECNM10056 Applications of Econometrics 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 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
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10133    Decision Analytics   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM10026    History of Economic Thought 2   20  
    ECNM10025    History of Economic Thought 1   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   20  
    ECNM10061    Development Economics   20  
    ECNM10020    Economics of Financial Markets   20  
    ECNM10018    History of Economic Thought   40  
    ECNM10066    Behavioural Economics   20  
    ECNM10068    Economics of Sport   20  
    ECNM10074    Economics of the Family   20  
    ECNM10080    The Economics of Crime   20  
    ECNM10079    The Chinese Economy: Past and Present   20  
    ECNM10077    Issues in Climate Change Economics   20  
    ECNM10007    Economics of Self-Management   20  
    ECNM10081    Economics of Inequality   20  
    ECNM10084    Policy Evaluation for Public Economics   20  
    ECNM10086    The Economics of Cities and Regions   20  
    ECNM10087    International Economics   20  
    ECNM10088    Productivity, Growth and Development   20  
    ECNM10089    Economics of Migration   20  
    ECNM10083    Economics of Asymmetric Information   20  
    ECNM10090    Experimental Economics   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, 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.
    For students who entered 3rd year in 2015-16, 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) Investment and Securities Markets 4) Topics in Macroeconomics 5) Topics in Economic Analysis 6) Applications of Econometrics
    From Fourth year: 7) Economics Honours Dissertation 8) Economics Honours Dissertation 9) Corporate Finance 10) Economics Honours option 11) Economics Honours option 12) Futures and Options OR Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency

    For students who are entering 3rd year in 2016-17, 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) Investment and Securities Markets 4) Topics in Economic Analysis 5) Applications of Econometrics 6) Economics or Finance Honours option
    From Fourth year: 7) Economics Honours Dissertation 8) Economics Honours Dissertation 9) Corporate Finance 10) Economics Honours option 11) Economics Honours option 12) Futures and Options OR Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency

    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.
    For students who spent their 3rd year abroad in 2015-16, 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 Honours Dissertation 2) Economics Honours Dissertation 3) Corporate Finance 4) Economics Honours option 5) Economics Honours option 6) Futures and Options OR Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency

    For students who are spending their 3rd year abroad in 2016-17, 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 Honours Dissertation 2) Economics Honours Dissertation 3) Corporate Finance 4) Economics Honours option 5) Economics Honours option 6) Futures and Options OR Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency

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


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ECNM10030 Economics Honours Dissertation Full Year 40
    BUST10012 Corporate Finance Semester 2 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
    ECNM10026    History of Economic Thought 2   20  
    ECNM10025    History of Economic Thought 1   20  
    ECNM10018    History of Economic Thought   40  
    ECNM10032    Economics of Strategic Behaviour 1   20  
    ECNM10036    Economics of Transition   20  
    ECNM10013    Economics of Strategic Behaviour   40  
    ECNM10061    Development Economics   20  
    ECNM10020    Economics of Financial Markets   20  
    ECNM10022    Natural Resource and Environmental Economics   20  
    ECNM10066    Behavioural Economics   20  
    ECNM10068    Economics of Sport   20  
    ECNM10074    Economics of the Family   20  
    ECNM10024    Monetary Theory and Policy   20  
    ECNM10080    The Economics of Crime   20  
    ECNM10079    The Chinese Economy: Past and Present   20  
    ECNM10077    Issues in Climate Change Economics   20  
    ECNM10078    Modelling the Financial Crisis and its Aftermath   20  
    ECNM10007    Economics of Self-Management   20  
    ECNM10081    Economics of Inequality   20  
    ECNM10084    Policy Evaluation for Public Economics   20  
    ECNM10085    Advanced Mathematical Economics   20  
    ECNM10086    The Economics of Cities and Regions   20  
    ECNM10087    International Economics   20  
    ECNM10088    Productivity, Growth and Development   20  
    ECNM10089    Economics of Migration   20  
    ECNM10083    Economics of Asymmetric Information   20  
    ECNM10090    Experimental Economics   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10025    Financial Modelling with Excel   20  

     


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