DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2017/2018

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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 Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations (iv) a pass in Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics (v) a pass in Statistics (Year 2) and (vi) a pass in Probability.

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 Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations (iv) a pass in Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics (v) a pass in Statistics (Year 2) and (vi) a pass in Probability.

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 Statistics. All students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses.

Degree Classification Weighting is based on 240 credits: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 10 credits and constitutes one 10-credit paper. The following are the twenty four 10-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based (papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 20 credits are, therefore, listed twice and papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed four times) as follows:
From third year: 1) Topics in Microeconomics 2) Topics in Microeconomics 3) Essentials of Econometrics 4) Essentials of Econometrics 5) Topics in Macroeconomics OR Applications of Econometrics 6) Topics in Macroeconomics OR Applications of Econometrics 7) Linear Statistical Modelling 8) Stochastic Modelling 9) Statistical Communication Skills 10) Likelihood 11) Economics or Statistics option 12) Economics or Statistics option
From fourth year: 13) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 14) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 15) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 16) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 17) Economics Honours option 18) Economics Honours option 19) Economics Honours option 20) Economics Honours option 21) Statistics Honours option 22) Statistics Honours option 23) Statistics Honours option 24) Statistics 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 10 credits and constitutes one 10-credit paper. The following are the twelve 10-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based (papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 20 credits are, therefore, listed twice and papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed four times) as follows:
From fourth year: 1) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 2) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 3) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 4) Economics Honours Dissertation or Project in Mathematics 5) Economics Honours option 6) Economics Honours option 7) Economics Honours option 8) Economics Honours option 9) Statistics Honours option 10) Statistics Honours option 11) Statistics Honours option 12) Statistics Honours option.

Students who spent their 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 Statistics. Students must take third year core courses for which they did not take a suitable substitute on their year abroad.