DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Entry into Year 3 normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in Years 1 and 2; (ii) a pass in Economics 2; (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics; (iv) a pass in Comparative Politics in a Globalized World at the first attempt; and (v) a pass in Political Thinkers at the first attempt.

Entry into Year 3 normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in Years 1 and 2; (ii) a pass in Economics 2; (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics; (iv) a mark of 50% or above in Comparative Politics in a Globalized World at the first attempt.

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 Politics. 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.

PLIT10106 Research Design in Politics and International Relations is a pre-requisite for the Politics Dissertation in Year 4. You can take this course in either Year 3 or Year 4, but you are strongly recommend to take this in Year 3.

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 OR Applications of Econometrics 4) Politics Honours option 5) Politics Honours option 6) Economics OR Politics Honours option

From Fourth year: 7) Economics or Politics Honours Dissertation 8) Economics or Politics Honours Dissertation 9) Economics Honours option 10) Economics Honours option 11) Politics Honours option 12) Politics 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 or Politics Honours Dissertation 2) Economics or Politics Honours Dissertation 3) Economics Honours option 4) Economics Honours option 5) Politics Honours option 6) Politics 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 Politics. 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.

Students who opt to the take the Politics Dissertation MUST take PLIT10106 Research Design in Politics and International Relations if they did not do so in Year 3.