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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2018/2019

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Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, 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: 2018/19, 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 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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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

Notes:
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: 2018/19, 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 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 year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), all of which must be in Economics and Mathematics. Students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses, but subject to additional requirements as described in the Study Abroad Information, available on Learn.

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

Econ and Maths Core Course Options Year 3 (B)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Maths Course Options for Econ and Maths Year 3 (A)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

2018-19 : UTMATHB : Y3 options : SEMESTER 1

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

2018-19 : UTMATHB : Y3 options : SEMESTER 2

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Economics Course Options Year 3 (joint programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
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) Honours Differential Equations 8) Honours Differential Equations 9) Honours Complex Variables OR Honours Algebra 10) Honours Complex Variables OR Honours Algebra 11) Economics or Maths Honours Option 12) Economics or Maths Honours 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) Maths Honours option 22) Maths Honours option 23) Maths Honours option 24) Maths 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) Maths Honours option 10) Maths Honours option 11) Maths Honours option 12) Maths Honours option.

Students who spent their third year abroad at a partner university must have completed and passed a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), all of which must have been in Economics and Mathematics. Students must take third year compulsory courses for which they did not take suitable substitutes on their year abroad. Additional requirements are described in the Degree Programme Handbook available on Learn.

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

Course options

Economics and Maths Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (joint programmes)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

2018-19 : UTMATHB : Y4/5 options : FULL YEAR

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

2018-19 : UTMATHB : Y4/5 options : SEMESTER 1

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

2018-19: UTMATHB : Y4/5 options : Semester 2

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses

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