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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2017/2018

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Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into third year normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, (ii) a pass in Economics 2, (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics, (iv) a mark of 50% or above in International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond at the first attempt and (v) a mark of 50% or above in Comparative Politics in a Globalized World at the first attempt.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into third year normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, (ii) a pass in Economics 2, (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics, (iv) a mark of 50% or above in International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond at the first attempt and (v) a mark of 50% or above in Comparative Politics in a Globalized World 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 Politics. Students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses.

If considering taking the Politics dissertation, students are strongly recommended to take PLIT10106 RESEARCH DESIGN IN POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Economics Course Options for Joint Programmes Year 3 (A)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Courses from School of Social and Political Studies- Economics and Politics (MA)-Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Politics Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Economics Course Options Year 3 (joint programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Politics Year 3 Electives

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: 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 OR Applications of Econometrics 4) Global Justice and Citizenship OR Approaches to Politics and International Relations 5) Politics Honours option 6) Economics OR Politics Honours option
From Fourth year: 7) Economics or Politics Honours Dissertation 8) Economics or Politics Honours Dissertation 9) Economics Honours option 10) Economics Honours option 11) Politics Honours option 12) Politics 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 Politics Honours Dissertation 2) Economics or Politics Honours Dissertation 3) Economics Honours option 4) Economics Honours option 5) Politics Honours option 6) Politics 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 Politics. Students must take third year courses for which they did not take suitable substitutes on their year abroad.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Economics and Politics Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Politics Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (joint programmes)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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