THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2023/2024

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

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Jump to: Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 2 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Notes:
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 Sociology 2A at the first attempt; and (v) a mark of 50% or above in Sociology 2B at the first attempt.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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

Notes:
EXCLUDING: CMSE08002 Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques.

Level 7 courses may be taken with the permission of your Student Adviser, subject to a maximum of 40 credits over Years 1 and 2.

Attention is drawn to the following Economics options courses: ECNM08019, Introductory Financial Economics; ECNM08020, Introductory Environmental Economics; ECNM08024, Development, Inequality and Trade; ECNM08025, Global Priorities; ECNM08026, Introductory Behavioural and Experimental Economics.

Year 3 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Notes:
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 Sociology 2A at the first attempt; and (v) a mark of 50% or above in Sociology 2B 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 Sociology. 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

Economics Course Options for Joint Programmes Year 3 (A)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Sociology Project Preparation Course

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students intending to take the Sociology Project in Year 4 MUST enrol on the 0 credit Sociology Project Preparation course.
AND

Sociology Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2023/24, 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 OR Applications of Econometrics 4) Social Theory 5) Designing and Doing Social Research 6) Doing Survey Research

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (joint programmes)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Sociology Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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