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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 and (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics.

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: 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 and (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics.

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. 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

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Economics Course Options Year 3 (single and with programmes)

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Outside Course Options Year 3 MA Economics

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
ONLY ONE Business Studies or Politics option from the following list may be taken in place of an Economics Honours option across years 3 and 4.

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 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 4) Applications of Econometrics 5) Economics Honours option 6) Economics Honours option
From Fourth year: 7) Economics Honours Dissertation 8) Economics Honours Dissertation 9) Economics Honours option 10) Economics Honours option 11) Economics Honours option 12) Economics 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 Honours Dissertation 2) Economics Honours Dissertation 3) Economics Honours option 4) Economics Honours option 5) Economics Honours option 6) Economics 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. 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 Study Abroad Information, available on Learn.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Economics Course Options Year 4 (single and with programmes)

Select between 60 and 80 credits of the following courses
AND

Outside Course Options Year 4 MA Economics

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
ONLY ONE Business or Politics option may be taken in place of an Economics Honours option across years 3 and 4.

Students who spent Year 3 abroad on an International Exchange/ERASMUS scheme are not permitted to select a Business Studies or Politics option in place of an Economics Honours option in Year 4.

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