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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
First year students on this programme will be asked to complete a pre-course enrolment form online, prior to arriving in Welcome Week. Full details on how to do this will be provided in the email we send to you in late August. Please consider the following courses.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.
Students must pass a minimum of 80 credits, including a pass in both the Historian's Toolkit and Economics 1, to be eligible to progress into Year 2.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

First Year History - Worlds Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Outside courses for joint History degrees Year 1

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.
AND

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

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

A limited number of courses are also available in Schedules S and X.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
All second year students will be asked to complete a course enrolment form online from the selection below. Full details will be provided by email.

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 2. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Outside courses for joint History degrees Year 2

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.
AND

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

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling.

A limited number of courses are also available in Schedules S and X.

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours normally requires
(i) passes in 240 credits of courses taken in the first two years,
(ii) passes at 50% or above, achieved at the first attempt, in Introduction to Historiography and The Global Economy since 1750
(iii) passes in Economics 2 and Statistical Methods for Economics

Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 1. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Topics in Macroeconomics

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
OR

Applications of Econometrics

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

History Honours Electives (including Historical Skills & Methods I and Historical Skills & Methods II)

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Historical Skills & Methods II is strongly recommended if intending to take Dissertation in History.

We encourage students who enrol on HIST10426 Historical Skills and Methods I and/or HIST10247 Historical Skills and Methods II to select pathways in Economic, Social, and/or connected histories

Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.
AND

Economics Course Options Year 3 (joint programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Your attendance will be confirmed at your first cohort meeting of the semester in week 1. Details of these meetings will be sent to you by email. You are expected to attend cohort meetings, and should let your Student Adviser know if you must be absent.

The credits for your courses should total 120 in each year.

We encourage students who enrol on HIST10309 History Dissertation to develop a dissertation in Economic, Social, and/or connected histories.

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

Course options

Economics and Economic History Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

History Year 4 Special Subjects

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (joint programmes)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note that places on the courses are subject to availability and timetabling. Popular courses may fill up quickly.

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