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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Economics (MA Hons) (UTGGPEC)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have consulted our course options information for first years (delivered in Welcome Week).

Students are advised to take a maximum of 60 credits of courses per semester.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Human Geography

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

GEGR08007 20 credits
Economics 1

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

ECNM08013 40 credits
Physical Geography

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

GEGR08010 20 credits
Fundamental Methods in Geography

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

GEGR08009 20 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

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

Students are advised to take a maximum of 60 credits of courses per semester.

Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad in Y3 must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their exchange. It is compulsory to have passed 240 credits by the June progression board.




Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Economics 2

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

ECNM08006 40 credits
Statistical Methods for Economics

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

ECNM08016 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Geography and Economics (MA Hons)-School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Geomorphology
GEGR08002 20 credits
Economic and Political Geography
GEGR08003 20 credits
Social and Cultural Geography
GEGR08004 20 credits
Global Change
GEGR08011 20 credits
AND

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

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students intending to do the Economics Dissertation should take courses from Group A.

Student intending to do the Geography Dissertation should take courses from Group B.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012 20 credits
Essentials of Econometrics
ECNM10052 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10039 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106 20 credits
People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years
GEGR10107 20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114 20 credits
Space, place and sensory perception
GEGR10116 20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126 20 credits
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 20 credits
Geographies of Mobility
GEGR10129 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Disasters and Development
PGGE11244 20 credits
AND

Geography and Economics Third Year Courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
You must choose either Applications of Econometrics OR Topics in Macroeconomics. (20 credits)

You may also choose to take Topics in Microeconimcs (40 Credits total).

If you do not take Topics in Microeconomics in Year 3, you will need to take it in Year 4.
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
AND

Economics Course Options Year 3 (joint programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Development Economics
ECNM10061 20 credits
Behavioural Economics
ECNM10066 20 credits
Economics of Sport
ECNM10068 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Economics of Inequality
ECNM10081 20 credits
Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECNM10085 20 credits
The Economics of Cities and Regions
ECNM10086 20 credits
International Economics
ECNM10087 20 credits
Experimental Economics
ECNM10090 20 credits
Key Developments in Modern Economic Analysis
ECNM10096 20 credits
History of Monetary, Capital and Interest Theories
ECNM10098 20 credits
Structural Transformation in the Labour Market
ECNM10102 20 credits
The Economics of Sorting
ECNM10103 20 credits
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Inequality
ECNM10104 20 credits
Programming for Economics
ECNM10106 20 credits
Firms, Markets, and Competition
ECNM10107 20 credits
Applied Financial Econometrics
ECNM10108 20 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Geography and Economics Third Year Courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
You must choose either Applications of Econometrics OR Topics in Macroeconomics. (20 credits)

You may also choose to take Topics in Microeconomics (40 Credits total).

If you do not take Topics in Microeconomics in Year 3, you will need to take it in Year 4.
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 9

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits
AND

Economics Course Options Year 3 (joint programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Development Economics
ECNM10061 20 credits
Behavioural Economics
ECNM10066 20 credits
Economics of Sport
ECNM10068 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Economics of Inequality
ECNM10081 20 credits
Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECNM10085 20 credits
The Economics of Cities and Regions
ECNM10086 20 credits
International Economics
ECNM10087 20 credits
Experimental Economics
ECNM10090 20 credits
Key Developments in Modern Economic Analysis
ECNM10096 20 credits
History of Monetary, Capital and Interest Theories
ECNM10098 20 credits
Structural Transformation in the Labour Market
ECNM10102 20 credits
The Economics of Sorting
ECNM10103 20 credits
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Inequality
ECNM10104 20 credits
Programming for Economics
ECNM10106 20 credits
Firms, Markets, and Competition
ECNM10107 20 credits
Applied Financial Econometrics
ECNM10108 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

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

Course options

Courses from Schools of Geoscience & Economics- Geography and Economics (MA)- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Economics Honours Dissertation
ECNM10030 40 credits
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
AND

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10039 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106 20 credits
People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years
GEGR10107 20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114 20 credits
Space, place and sensory perception
GEGR10116 20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126 20 credits
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 20 credits
Geographies of Mobility
GEGR10129 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Disasters and Development
PGGE11244 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Topics in Microeconomics

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students MUST take Topics in Microeconomics in year 4 if it was not taken in Year 3.
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (joint programmes)

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Development Economics
ECNM10061 20 credits
Behavioural Economics
ECNM10066 20 credits
Economics of Sport
ECNM10068 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Economics of Inequality
ECNM10081 20 credits
Economics of Asymmetric Information
ECNM10083 20 credits
Policy Evaluation for Public Economics
ECNM10084 20 credits
Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECNM10085 20 credits
The Economics of Cities and Regions
ECNM10086 20 credits
International Economics
ECNM10087 20 credits
Experimental Economics
ECNM10090 20 credits
Key Developments in Modern Economic Analysis
ECNM10096 20 credits
History of Monetary, Capital and Interest Theories
ECNM10098 20 credits
Unemployment and Labour Market Dynamics
ECNM10100 20 credits
Economics of Organisations
ECNM10101 20 credits
Structural Transformation in the Labour Market
ECNM10102 20 credits
The Economics of Sorting
ECNM10103 20 credits
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Inequality
ECNM10104 20 credits
Programming for Economics
ECNM10106 20 credits
Firms, Markets, and Competition
ECNM10107 20 credits
Applied Financial Econometrics
ECNM10108 20 credits
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