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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met with 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:
Attention is drawn to BUST08026 Introduction to Business (40), ACCN08007 Accountancy 1A (20) and ACCN08008 Accountancy 1B (20).

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: 2019/20, 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 at the first attempt in Business Analytics and Information Systems and (v) mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in EITHER Principles of Finance OR Business Economics.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Courses from School of Business and Economics- Economics and Management Science (MA)-Level 8

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The Business Studies courses taken in year 2 affect eligibility for level 10 Business Studies courses in years 3 and 4. Further information on pre-requisites for level 10 courses can be found in course handbooks.
AND

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: 2019/20, 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 at the first attempt in Business Analytics and Information Systems and (v) mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in either Principles of Finance or Business 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 and Management Science. 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 20 credits in this group.

Business Studies Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses
AND

Economics Course Options Year 3 (single and with programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, 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) Management Science and Operations Analytics 6) Economics or Business Honours option
From Fourth year: 7) Economics Honours Dissertation 8) Economics Honours Dissertation 9) Economics Honours option 10) Economics Honours option 11) Business Honours option 12) Business 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) Business Honours option 6) Business 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 Management Science. 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 Honours Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Business Studies Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses
Notes:
Must include either Mathematical Programming in Advanced Analytics or Decision Analytics.

AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (single and with programmes)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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