2nd Year Options Booklet - School of Social Sciences

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
BA (ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES)
A guide on how to select final year course units for
2008/9
Contents
Page
1. Introduction 3
2. Second Examination Conventions 4
3. Final Honours Examination Regulations 5
4. Choice of Third Year Units 6
5. Pre-registration information on Economic & Social History units (units bearing
a “HIST” code) 7
6. Free Choice Units 8
7. Counsellors/Discipline Area contact details 9
8. Course Unit Selection and Academic/Financial Registration 10
9. BA Econ Schedule of Courses for 2008/09 11

TO ALL SECOND YEAR STUDENTS
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
BA (ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES)
PLEASE KEEP THIS FOR REFERENCE
We hope you will find the information in this booklet useful in the run-up to examinations as well as using it for
course unit selection for next academic session. You will find it is divided into two main elements:
1. Examination information;
2. Registration information for the next session.
EXAMINATIONS
Your May/June examination timetable is now available from the Student Services Centre website:
http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/ssc/examinations/
Please note that misreading your examination timetable is not accepted as an excuse for absence.
Resit examinations will be held from Monday 18 August to Thursday 28 August 2008 inclusive. Students
must keep this period free.
Details of the examination conventions are attached. Please note that your marks will count towards the
classification of your Final Examination. Your overall average will be counted as 20 out of 140 units in
the final degree classification. It is based on your results after the first attempt: improved performance
in re-sits will not count towards your carry forward average. Other information on examinations can also
be found in the BA (Econ) Programme Handbook (pages 29-33), available from the School Undergraduate
Office.
ILLNESS AND OTHER PROBLEMS
The School Undergraduate Office (Arthur Lewis Building, G001) should be notified immediately of any illness
or other mitigating circumstances affecting either your May/June or August examination performance –
supporting evidence must be produced where appropriate.
Please do not wait until the results have been published before informing us of any such
circumstances. It is most important that before, during, or immediately after the examinations, you
notify Shau Chan, BA Econ Programme Administrator in the School Undergraduate Office of any such
problem. Retrospective evidence cannot be accepted after publication of results. Do not hesitate to
provide information: it will be treated seriously and in the strictest confidence.
EXAMINATION RESULTS
The results are expected to be published early July (exact date will be confirmed nearer the time) and you will
be able to view your results on the Campus Solutions/Self Service at:
http://www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/selfservice/
You should select Student Centre then My Course Unit Summary. You will also receive a letter if you have
any failed marks and outlining your position with regard to resits in August.
To ensure that the letter reaches you quickly it is important that the Undergraduate Office (Arthur
Lewis building, room G001) has a correct forwarding address. It is therefore vital that the home
address we hold for you is correct. It is most important that overseas students leave a forwarding
address. This can be checked and updated by logging onto the self service:
http://www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/selfservice/
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CONVENTIONS FOR THE BA (ECON) EXAMINATIONS
SECOND HONOURS EXAMINATION
To pass the Second Examination as a whole a student must have:
(i) Passes in course units totalling 100 units (out of 120 units) - the pass mark being 40%
(ii) An aggregate of 480 to compensate for failed course units not exceeding a total credit rating of 20
units (Note: core units for Accounting and/or Finance specialists cannot be compensated.)
(iii) A minimum of 30% in a failed course unit.
Progression relative to students specialising in Accounting, Accounting & Finance, Accounting &
Economics, Economics & Finance or Finance
• A student who fails (that is attains a mark of less than 40%) in a mandatory core unit cannot compensate
for such a failure and will not be allowed to progress to the succeeding year for any of these pathways;
• Core units for progression to the third year are:
Accounting – BMAN21020, BMAN21040 and BMAN20081;
Finance – BMAN23000, BMAN20072 and BMAN20081
Progression relative to students taking Economics course units
• Where a student passes the year as a whole, including where appropriate resits, but fails (that is has a
mark of less than 40%) courses which are either area or individual course prerequisites, then progression
to the succeeding year would apply but the failed prerequisite units may have the following consequences:
• Failed area prerequisites would mean that the student would not normally be able to pursue the area of
study relevant to the area prerequisites. Note: this refers specifically to Business Studies, Development
Studies and Economics specialists.
• Failed individual course prerequisites would limit the choice of courses available in the succeeding year
as those courses for which individual course prerequisites are required would not normally be available to
the student.
Candidates may resit in August any paper(s) failed in January or May/June examinations.
Students who pass the second year in May/June with up to 20 units which have been
compensated, may be required to take re-sits in August/September, where the units are prerequisites
for later year units, despite passing the year overall.
If, after the application of compensation rules and/or any resits, students have only “passed” in
course units totalling 110 or 100 units without compensation, they will have to proceed to the
Ordinary Degree in the Third Year. However, in order to regain Honours status, the Board of
Examiners may allow students to carry 10 or 20 units of Second Examination course units into the
Third Year in addition to the full set of units for that year. To complete that year successfully, the
student must satisfy the usual criteria for the year and reach the unit pass mark for the additional
units.
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Students who fail carried units from the first year or fail more than 20 units of second year courses
will proceed to the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor if they meet the following requirements:
• reach the overall pass mark (40%) averaged over second year units totalling 100 units (where a
student has taken 120 units, the 100 units of highest marks will be used for this calculation but not
including any carried units from the previous year);
• reach the pass mark in individual units totalling at least 60 units; and
• reach the compensatable fail mark in all remaining units.
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS STATED ABOVE WILL BE EXCLUDED.
Second Examination results count towards the classification of your Final Degree. The overall mark
(average mark) for the second year will be weighted as 14% towards your final degree classification. This
is based on the results after the first attempt: improved performance in resits will not count towards your
overall mark for the second year. If a student needs to take resits, the original mark is included in this
calculation and not the resit mark. This is to ensure that the resit system is fair on those who have passed
modules at the first attempt. On transcripts, modules passed after a resit will be shown as ‘40R’, while
marks below 40% that have been compensated will be shown as ‘40C’.
FINAL HONOURS EXAMINATION
TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNDERGRADUATE REGULATIONS FROM THE
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES WEBSITE AT:
http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/humnet/tandl/undergraduate/undergraduateregulations/
1. OVERALL MARK
The overall mark for a programme is a weighted average of the overall marks for different years of
the programme.
The weights are:
Year 1: Zero
Year 2: 14% (using the original fail marks where resits were necessary)
Year 3: 86%
2. CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE FINAL CLASS
First, we will look at your average overall mark:
For Class 1:
• an overall mark of not less than 70.0%.
• passes in at least 100 units of the 120 units required for the final year.
For Class 2i:
• an overall mark of less than 70.0% but not less than 60.0%.
• passes in at least 100 units of the 120 units required for the final year.
For Class 2ii:
• an overall mark of less than 60.0% but not less than 50.0%.
• passes in at least 100 units of the 120 units required for the final year.
For Class 3:
• an overall mark of less than 50.0% but not less than 40.0%.
• passes in at least 80 units of the 120 units required for the final year.
If you obtain an overall mark in the range for the class but obtain less than the specified number of
passes for the final year you will be awarded the next lower class, or for Class 3 see 3. (Ordinary
degree) below.
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If you don’t meet the above requirements, we will then look at the following:
For Class 1:
• an overall mark of less than 70.0% but not less than 68.0%.
• passes in at least 100 units of the 120 units required for the final year.
• at least 80 units of the 120 units for the final year in the range required for the Class (not
less than 70.0%).
For Class 2i:
• an overall mark of less than 60.0% but not less than 58.0%.
• passes in at least 100 units of 120 units required for the final year.
• at least 80 units of the 120 units for the final year in or above the range required for the
Class (less than 70.0% but not less than 60.0%).
For Class 2ii:
• an overall mark of less than 50.0% but not less than 48.0%.
• passes in at least 100 units of 120 units required for the final year.
• at least 80 units of the 120 units for the final year in or above the range required for that
Class (less than 60.0% but not less than 50.0%).
For Class 3:
• an overall mark of less than 40.0% but not less than 38.0%.
• passes in at least 80 units of 120 units required for the final year.
• at least 80 units of the 120 units for the final year in or above the range required for that
Class (less than 50.0% but not less than 40.0%).
3. ORDINARY DEGREE
The Ordinary Degree of Bachelor will be awarded to a student who at the end of the honours
programme obtains an overall mark of not less than 40.0%, averaged over final-year units totalling 60
credits, and obtains at least half of those credits with a mark of not less than 40.0%.
The Ordinary Degree of Bachelor will be awarded to a student who at the end of the Ordinary
programme obtains an overall mark of not less than 40.0% averaged over final-year units totalling 100
credits, and obtains at least half of the credits with a mark of not less than 40.0%.
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CHOICE OF THIRD YEAR UNITS
You are required to choose, from Schedule 3, units worth 120 units (Honours degree) or 100 units (Ordinary
Degree) for study and examination in the third year. You can select one or two major areas of study. If you
select one, you will need at least 80 units (Honours) or 50 units (Ordinary) in the area. If you choose two areas
you will need at least 50 units (Honours) or 40 units (Ordinary) in each area. The areas of study in the third
year are:
Accounting
Development Studies
Economic & Social History
Politics
Social Anthropology
Business Studies
Finance
Economics
Criminology
Sociology
Your choice of area will most likely be defined by the choices you made for your second year and the prerequisites
you have therefore completed for areas within Schedule 3.
Students are only permitted to take up to 20 units of level two/second year units which either appears
within the Schedule of Courses or as a free choice unit. Students wishing to seek permission to take
more than 20 units of level two/second year units in their final year should seek the advice from the BA
(Econ) Programme Director or Programme Tutor. Please also refer to regulation 10 under
Undergraduate degree regulations in the current School of Social Sciences Handbook for details.
If you are in any doubt about which units to choose, you should consult the Counsellors in each discipline (see
page 9). Further information about the syllabus for individual course units can be accessed on the web at:
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/modules/
or
http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/
Please note that course units with a quota (marked Q in the schedules of courses) will be available for
selection on a first come, first served basis from Monday 21 July 2008 (with the exception of
Economic & Social History modules – see next page for details).
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IMPORTANT STUDENT INFORMATION
FOR ALL STUDENTS TAKING ECONOMIC & SOCIAL HISTORY COURSE UNITS IN
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS, HISTORIES AND CULTURES (SAHC)
Course Unit Selection for 2008/09
(Please see email sent to all BA Econ students on Tuesday 29 April 2008)
This information applies to any BA (Econ.) students who wish to take one or more course units in
SAHC (eg, Economic and Social History course units bearing a HIST code).
The SAHC course unit database will be available for viewing via the SAHC UG Intranet
(http://www.currentstudents.arts.manchester.ac.uk/ug/) from Monday, 21 April 2008.
SAHC Course Unit Selection will open at 2pm on Wednesday, 30 April 2008. Some course units have
quotas and these will be available for selection on a first come, first served basis.
SAHC Course Unit Selection will close at 5pm on Wednesday, 7 May 2008, after which time Heads of
Subject Areas will make decisions about whether or not any course units should be withdrawn from the
2008/2009 programme (e.g. if a very low number of students sign up for a course unit).
Courses with low recruitment following this selection period may be withdrawn. It is therefore important
that you register your choices to influence whether or not the courses you want to take run next year. If a
course unit is withdrawn all affected students will be contacted and invited to select alternatives.
All students taking course units outside of SAHC will make course unit selections for non-SAHC course
units in July/August during the Faculty of Humanities Course Unit Selection period (precise date to be
confirmed). Further information about this will be available nearer the date.
SAHC course unit lists, confirming places on course units, will be published by Friday 6 June 2008.
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FREE CHOICE UNITS
Third year students will only be given permission to select a free choice unit in exceptional cases. You
will not be allowed to select free choice unit if you had not taken one in the second year or select any
units offered by the Manchester Leadership Programme. This is due to the equal and considerable
weighting attached to each individual third-year unit in determining the final BA (Econ) Degree
classification.
If you wish to take a free choice unit, you should complete a free choice unit form, which is available from
the School Undergraduate Office, Arthur Lewis G001 or alternatively you can download a free choice form
from the School Undergraduate website at:
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/ug/useful/
Please read the guidelines and return the completed form to the School Undergraduate Office by
Friday 6 June 2008 - make sure that you receive approval from the External School/ Discipline
concerned. It is very important that you find out for yourself the attendance and examination
requirements of the unit concerned.
Once you have received confirmation that you can take a free choice unit of your choice then you can register
for this unit online (with the exception of LEAP units) from Monday 21 July 2008. In the meantime, if you wish
to have more information about particular free choice units, the table below shows the details of
offices/websites where you can obtain this:
School Discipline Location Office
Environment &
Development
Law
Arts, Histories
& Cultures
Languages,
Linguistics &
Cultures
Planning & Landscape
Geography
Law (Other course units
bearing a “LAWS” code
which are not listed
within the BA Econ
schedule).
All
LEAP (language
experience for all
programmes)
2 nd floor Arthur Lewis Building, UG office. Course unit
information can be found at:
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/modul
es/
Williamson building – UG office 3 rd floor. Please contact the
individual course convenor/lecturer for permission. Full details
of all School of Law course units can be found at:
http://www.law.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/modul
es/index.html
Registration will be online via the SAHC intranet website (see
details on the following page). Go to:
http://www.currentstudents.arts.manchester.ac.uk/ug/ and click
on the link to pre-registration. Registration for these courses
with quotas will be on a first come, first served basis from
Wednesday 30 April until Wednesday 7 May 2008. (See
previous page for more information)
Andres Lozoya, Room SG14, Samuel Alexander Building
http://www.langcent.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/leap/
French Studies
German and Russian
Studies
Spanish, Portuguese &
Latin American Studies
Italian Studies and
Linguistics & English
Language
Middle Eastern Studies
Gill Worrall; Room S3.5, Samuel Alexander Building
Rachel Corrigan; Room S3.5, Samuel Alexander Building
Bernadette Cunnane/Wendy Howat; Room S3.5, Samuel
Alexander Building
Gillian Woodward, Room S3.6, Samuel Alexander Building
Louise Graham, Room S3.6, Samuel Alexander Building
All information about course units in LLC available on Faculty of
Humanities Course Unit database:
http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/llc/
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MBS
Education
All Non Specialist
Business &
Management courses
(Other course units
bearing a “BMAN” code
which are not listed
within the BA Econ
schedule)
Management & Leisure
Language, Literacy &
Communication
Please contact Undergraduate Services,
Manchester Business School, Booth Street East, (D Floor).
Course unit information can be found at:
http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/#mb
s
Ellen Wilkinson Building, Devas Street. Course unit information
can be found at:
http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/educ
ation/
Education
Mathematics Mathematics Alan Turing Building, Ground Floor, UG Office. Full details of all
School of Mathematics course units can be found at:
http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/ugstudies/u
nits/index.html
COUNSELLING
Members of staff in each discipline area will be responsible for advising students on second year courses.
Their names and contact details are listed below in case you wish to seek advice during the options week or
during the summer vacation.
Area of Study Counsellor(s) Email
Accounting Prof. Judy Day judy.day@mbs.ac.uk
Business Studies Dr. Simon Peters simon.peters@manchester.ac.uk
Criminology Dr. Graham Smith graham.r.smith@manchester.ac.uk
Development Studies Mr. Nick Weaver nick.weaver@manchester.ac.uk
Economics Dr. Ralf Becker ralf.becker@manchester.ac.uk
Economic & Social History Dr. Colin Phillips
colin.b.phillips@manchester.ac.uk
Finance Prof. Judy Day judy.day@mbs.ac.uk
Politics Dr. Jill Lovecy jill.lovecy@manchester.ac.uk
Social Anthropology Dr. Soumhya Venkatesan soumhya.venkatesan@manchester.ac.uk
Sociology Dr. Peter McMylor peter.mcmylor@manchester.ac.uk
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COURSE UNIT SELECTION
To assist in preparing next session's timetable and in planning teaching loads, you are required to complete
course unit selection from Monday 21 July 2008 online via the Campus Solutions/Self Service website at:
http://www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/selfservice/
This enables you to select your course units, check you are taking a legitimate combination of courses and view
your provisional timetable.
Please note – if you have compulsory/optional resits in August 2008 you will not be able to select any
course units in which you have not met the pre-requisites for. When you have successfully passed the
resit exams you can finalise your remaining course unit selection in September 2008.
When choosing your options you should consult the timetabling information held on the course unit
database at:
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/modules/
or
http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/
Your co-operation is crucial in enabling us to predict demand for units and book lecture theatres and seminar
rooms with enough capacity.
DON’T FORGET that for course units with a quota (marked Q in the schedules) will be available for selection
on a first come, first served basis (with the exception of Economic & Social History modules – see page 7).
If you wish to change your area of study/pathway on the BA Econ degree, please contact Shau Chan,
BA Econ Programme Administrator at: shau.y.chan@manchester.ac.uk. This request is subject to
successfully passing the required area pre-requisite(s) for the pathway(s) concerned.
ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL REGISTRATION
This facility will be available online from beginning of September 2008 (exact date will be confirmed nearer the
time) and will be split into two sections:
• Academic Registration – this enables you to confirm all your personal details;
• Financial Registration – this enables you to pay your tuition fees;
Full details of this process will be published on the Student Services Centre website at:
http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/ssc/registration/
May 2008
Dr. John Salter
Senior BA (Econ) Programme Tutor
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BA (Economic & Social Studies)
Schedule of Courses
2008-09
The following courses are offered subject to availability, timetabling constraints and, in certain cases, limits on the
number of students accepted. Courses available in the first semester are designated by the suffix digit ‘1’, those in
the second semester by the digit ‘2’ and those covering both semesters by the digit ‘0’. Any pre–requisite is indicated
by the letter ‘P’ and any co-requisite by the letter ‘C’.
A course with a quota is indicated by the letter ‘Q’; students should register directly on the self service website at:
http://www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/selfservice/ on a first come, first served basis from Monday 21 July 2008.
Honours candidates are required to complete courses totalling 120 units, including at least 50 units, and not more
than 70 units in any one semester.
SCHEDULE 3 – Third Year Courses.
(Courses are listed according to areas of specialisation)
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Students are only permitted to take up to 20 units of level two/second year units which
either appears within Schedule 3 or as a free choice unit. Please refer to regulation 10
under Undergraduate degree regulations (please consult the School Handbook for details).
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SCHEDULE 3 – Third Year Courses
Honours candidates are required to complete courses totalling 120 units. Candidates undertaking a single area of study are
required to take at least 80 units in that area. Candidates undertaking joint areas of study are required to take at least 50 units in
each area.
1. Accounting
Area pre-requisites: BMAN21020, BMAN21040 and BMAN20081 (7). Also BMAN21061 and BMAN23000: if either deferred to the Final
year then they must be selected.
Basic courses: BMAN31000 (1) and either BMAN21061 or BMAN23000 if not taken in the Second Year.
Code Title Units Pre/Co-requisites Notes
BMAN31000
Financial Analysis of Corporate Performance (only available
to Accounting specialists)
30 1
BMAN30030 Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting & Regulation 20 P: BMAN21020
BMAN31040 Advanced Management Accounting 20 P: BMAN21040
BMAN30071 Share Prices & Accounting Information 10 P: BMAN23000
BMAN30131 Accountability & Auditing 10 P: BMAN21020
BMAN30151 Computerised Accounting Systems 10 P or C: BMAN21061
BMAN30171 Financial Analysis of Public Policy 10 P: BMAN10501 or BMAN10621 2
BMAN30202 Case Studies in Information Systems 10 P: BMAN21061
BMAN30211 Corporate Governance in Context 10 P: BMAN10501 or BMAN10621 2
BMAN30232 Systems Implementation & Change 10
In addition, not more than 20 units of the following Schedule 2 courses may be selected for the Final Examination:
BMAN23000 Foundations of Finance 20 P: BMAN10522 3
BMAN21061 Introduction to Management Information Systems 10
BMAN20102 Information Systems Development Approaches 10 P: BMAN21061
BMAN20112 Strategy in Financial Context 10
P: BMAN10501 or BMAN10621
& BMAN10512 or BMAN10632 5
or BMAN10540
Note: Selection of Schedule 2 courses from above and other areas of study is subject overall to regulation 10 under UG
degree regulations (please consult the School Handbook for details).
2. Business Studies
Area pre-requisites: ECON20341, ECON20342 & BMAN20002;
Basic Courses: Honours (Single Area) BMAN33000 & ECON30820 or ECON31002; Honours (Combined) BMAN33000
BMAN30021 Marketing (only available to Business Studies specialists) 10
BMAN30042
Human Resource Management (only available to Business
Studies specialists)
10
BMAN30060 International Finance 20 P: BMAN23000
BMAN30111 Advanced Corporate Finance 10 P: BMAN23000
BMAN30211 Corporate Governance in Context 10 P: BMAN10501 or BMAN10621 2
BMAN30232 Systems Implementation & Change 10
BMAN30991
International Management of Knowledge & Technology (only
available to Business Studies specialists)
20
BMAN31040 Advanced Management Accounting 20 P: BMAN21040
BMAN33000
International Business Analysis Project (only available to
Business Studies specialists)
20 P: BMAN20002
ECON30261 Operational Research IIA 10 P: ECON20090
ECON30352 Business Forecasting 10
P: ECON20110 or (ECON20000
& ECON10072)
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ECON30820 Business Economics II (Q) 20
P: 20 units of Schedule 2
Economics courses
ECON31002
Managerial Economics II
(Q) 20 P: ECON20000
The Rules of Game: Law, Economics and Risk-
HIST30191
(Q) 20
Taking in Historical Perspective 1850-1960
POLI30102 International Organisation & Global Governance 20 4
After Utopia: Anthropology of the Knowledge Society & 20
SOAN30102
Economy
SOAN30132 The Anthropology of Modern Knowledge 20
1 Available only to single or joint honours Accounting specialists. Students specialising jointly in Accounting & Finance must take
only one of BMAN31000 & BMAN30190;
2 Students with a pass of 60% or more in BMAN10540 may be permitted to take this unit
3 Students with a pass of 60% or more in BMAN10552 may be permitted to take this unit
4
Not available in 2008/09
5 BMAN20112 is not available to those students who have taken or will take BMAN20002
6
Students with a pass of 50% or more in ECON10072 may be permitted to take this unit
7
For 2007/8 entrants the area pre-requisite will be BMAN21020, BMAN21040, BMAN20081 and BMAN21061. Plus BMAN23000
but this course may be deferred to the final year.
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3. Finance
Area pre-requisite: BMAN23000, BMAN20072 and BMAN20081
Basic courses: BMAN30190 (1)
Code Title Units Pre/Co-requisites Notes
BMAN30060 International Finance 20 P:BMAN23000
BMAN30071 Share Prices & Accounting Information 10 P:BMAN23000
BMAN30091 Financial Derivatives 10 P:BMAN23000
BMAN30111 Advanced Corporate Finance 10 P:BMAN23000
P:BMAN23000, BMAN20072 &
BMAN30190 Empirical Finance (only available to Finance specialists) 30
1
BMAN20081
BMAN30242 Financial Engineering 10 P:BMAN23000
BMAN30251 Behavioural Finance 10 P:BMAN23000
BMAN30702 Corporate Control and Governance 10 P:BMAN23000
4. Development Studies
Area pre-requisites: ECON20321 & POLI20872
Basic courses: Honours (Single Area) ECON30711 & ECON30722 & 20 units from the POLI courses listed below and one of the
dissertations - ECON30910, POLI30380, SOCY30920;
Honours (Combined) ECON30711 & ECON30722 & 20 units from the POLI courses listed below
Dissertation - Economics (only available to Development
ECON30910
20 3
Studies specialists)
Dissertation – Politics (only available to Development
POLI30380
20 3
SOCY30920
Studies specialists)
Dissertation – Sociology (only available to Development
Studies specialists)
ECON30021 Climate Change Economics (Q) 10
ECON30101 The Chinese Economy (Q) 10
ECON30112 Applied Environmental Economics & Policy Analysis Q)
ECON30232 Natural Resource Economics 10
ECON30711 The Global Economy & Third World Industrialisation (Q) 10
ECON30722 Globalisation & Economic Development (Q) 10
20 3
10
P: (ECON10041) or
ECON10081) AND either
(ECON10061 & ECON10062) or
(ECON10001 & ECON10132) or
(ECON10071 & ECON10072) &
ECON20351
(ECON10041 & ECON10042) or
(ECON10081 & ECON10082) or
equivalent
P: (ECON10041 or ECON10081)
AND either (ECON10061 &
ECON10062) or (ECON10001 &
ECON10132) or (ECON10071 &
ECON10072) & ECON20351
P: ECON20351 & (ECON20352
or ECON20402 or ECON20120
or ECON20281)
P: 10 units of Schedule 2
Economics courses
P: 10 units of Schedule 2
Economics courses
ECON32002 Property & Distributive Justice (Q) 20
POLI30082 Latin America 20 4
POLI30102 International Organisation & Global Governance 20 2
POLI30322 Ethical Issues in World Politics 20
POLI30432 Cultural Governance & Resistance in Pacific Asia 20 2
POLI30692 News Media & International Crisis 20 4
POLI30712 Politics of the Global Environment 20 5
POLI30721 Introduction to International Political Economy 20 2
POLI30792 Gender & International Politics 20 4
POLI30822 War & the Politics of Ethics 20 4
POLI30862 Africa & Global Politics 20 5
Continues…
1
Available only to single or joint honours Finance specialists. Students specialising jointly in Accounting & Finance must take only
one of BMAN31000 or BMAN30190
2
Not available in 2008/09
3 Only available to Single or Combined Development Studies specialists and may not be taken in conjunction with one another.
4
Only available to Single or Combined Development Studies specialists
5 May not be available on 2008/09
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Continued…
Code Title Units Pre/Co-requisites Notes
SOAN30052 Anthropology of Science, Magic and Expertise 20 1
SOAN30112
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals: The
20
Anthropology of International Development
SOAN30122
Contemporary Issues in the Social Anthropology of the
Middle East
20
SOAN30691 Anthropology, Globalisation & Development 20
SOCY30301 State, Society & Culture in South Asia 20 1
SOCY30472 Theory and Method in Demography 20
SOCY30401 Technology & Society 20
SOCY30841 Ethnomethodology 20
SOCY30972 Empire: Images of Race & British Society 20
5. Economic & Social History
Area pre-requisites: Any Economic & Social History courses totalling 40 units from Schedules 1 & 2.
Basic courses: None
HIST30171
Living Together: Family Gender and House in Pre-
Industrial England
(Q) 20
HIST30202 The Consolidation of Democracy in Spain 1975-1986 (Q) 20
HIST30271
Early-Modern Imperialism: The European Empire in
America 1500-1800
(Q) 20
HIST30472
From Silver to Cocaine: The History of Commodities in
Latin America
(Q) 20
HIST30492 Child Labour in British Society, 1700-1870 (Q) 20
HIST30942 Refugees in the Modern World History (Q) 20
HIST31071 The Origins of Spanish Civil War (Q) 20
HIST31141 Rule Britannia? Britain and the Global Economy (Q) 20
HIST31161 America, Europe and the Cold War, 1944-1966 (Q) 20
HIST31171
Going Down to the Sea in Boats: Mediterranean Port
Life in the Long Nineteenth Century
(Q) 20
6. Economics
Area pre-requisites: (Single Area) ECON20351, ECON20352, ECON20401 & ECON20402 (& ECON20281 for students who took
ECON10061 in year one); (Combined Economics/Accounting & Finance or Combined Economics/Business Studies) ECON20351,
ECON20401 plus 20 additional units from Schedule 2 ECON courses; (Combined Area other than with Accounting & Finance or
Business Studies) 40 units from Schedule 2 ECON courses.
Basic courses: Honours (Single Area): ECON30610 & either ECON30600 or ECON30290 (P:ECON20120 students) or ECON30320
(P:ECON20281/ECON20292 students); Honours (Combined): None
ECON31002 Managerial Economics II (Q) 20 P: ECON20000
ECON30232 Natural Resource Economics 10
P: ECON20351 & (ECON20352
or ECON20402 or ECON20120
or ECON20281)
ECON30381 Mathematical Finance 10 P: ECON20120 or ECON20090
ECON30600 Microeconomics III 20
P: (ECON20351 &
ECON20352)
AND either ECON10001 or
ECON10071 or ECON20281
ECON30610 Macroeconomics III 20
P: (ECON20401 &
ECON20402)
AND either ECON10001 or
ECON10071 or ECON20281
ECON30620 International Trade & Monetary Economics 20
P: (ECON20351 &
ECON20352) AND
(ECON20401 & ECON20402)
ECON30711 The Global Economy & Third World Industrialisation (Q) 10
P: 10 units of Schedule 2
Economics courses
ECON30722 Globalisation & Economic Development (Q) 10
P: 10 units of Schedule 2
Economics courses
ECON30761 Public Economics 10
P: ECON20351 & ECON20352 2
AND either ECON10001 or
ECON10071 or ECON20281
ECON30780 History of Economic Thought 20
P: 20 units of Schedule 2
ECON30820 Business Economics II (Q) 20
Economics courses
ECON30852 Money, Banking & Financial Markets 10 P: ECON20401 & ECON20402
Continues…
1
Not available in 2008/09
2
Students with a pass of 60% or more in ECON20352 may be permitted to take this unit
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1

…Continued
Code Title Units Pre/Co-requisites Notes
ECON30881 Comparative Economic Theory 10
P:ECON20351 &
ECON20401
ECON30941 Economics of Monetary Integration in Europe 10
P: ECON20401 &
ECON20402
ECON32002 Property and Distributive Justice (Q) 20
ECON30002 Advanced Macroeconomics (Q) 10
C: ECON30610;
P: (ECON20401 &
ECON20402) &
(ECON10071 or
ECON10001 or
ECON20281)
ECON30012 The Macroeconomics of Labour Markets 10
P: ECON20401 &
ECON20402
1
ECON30631 Labour Economics 10 P: ECON20351
P: (ECON10041 or
ECON10081) AND either
(ECON10061 &
ECON10062) or
(ECON10001 &
ECON30112 Applied Environmental Economics & Policy Analysis (Q) 10 ECON10132) or
(ECON10071 &
ECON10072) &
ECON20351
ECON30021 Climate Change Economics (Q) 10
P: (ECON10041) or
ECON10081) AND either
(ECON10061 &
ECON10062) or
(ECON10001 &
ECON10132) or
(ECON10071 &
ECON10072) &
ECON20351
ECON30101 The Chinese Economy (Q) 10
(ECON10041 &
ECON10042) or
(ECON10081 &
ECON10082) or equivalent
SOCY30472 Theory and Method in Demography 20
Students who have passed ECON10061 & ECON10062 may also select the following courses:
ECON30310 Operational Research I 20
P: ECON20281 &
ECON20292
ECON30320 Mathematical Economics I 20
P: ECON20281 &
ECON20292
ECON30370 Basic Econometrics 20 P: ECON20292
Students who have passed ECON10001 & ECON10132 or ECON10071 & ECON10072 may also select the following
courses:
ECON30261 Operational Research IIA 10 P: ECON20090
ECON30290 Mathematical Economics II 20 P: ECON20120
ECON30341 Cross Section Econometrics 10 P: ECON20110
ECON30352 Business Forecasting 10
P: ECON20110 or
(ECON20000
& ECON10072)
ECON30402 Time Series Econometrics 10 P: ECON20110
2
Students who have passed ECON10001 & ECON10132 or ECON10071 & ECON10072 but not taken ES2110/ECON20110 in
their second year may also select:
ECON20110 Basic Econometrics 20
Note: Selection of Schedule 2 courses from above and other areas of study is subject overall to regulation 10 under UG
degree regulations (please consult the School Handbook for details).
1
Not available in 2008/09
2
Students with a pass of 50% or more in ECON10072 may be permitted to take this unit
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7. Politics
Area pre-requisites: POLI10200 or POLI10601 & POLI10702 & 20 units from either POLI20911, POLI20921, POLI20932, POLI20941
or POLI20952
Basic courses: Honours (Single Area) – POLI20881 & POLI30300 or POLI30380. Honours (Combined) – None
Code Title Units Pre/Co-requisites Notes
POLI20881 Freedom & Equality: Contemporary Debates 20 P: POLI10702
POLI30001 Contemporary Political Analysis 20
POLI30032 Politics of The European Union 20
POLI30052 Pluralism, Democracy & Citizenship 20
POLI30061 Crime and Punishment 20 1
POLI30072 Russian Politics 20
POLI30082 Latin America 20 3
POLI30102 International Organisation & Global Governance 20 1
POLI30142 Security Studies 20
POLI30151 The French Left & The Fifth Republic since 1968 20
P: POLI20921 or
FREN20250
3
POLI30232 Gender, Sexuality & Politics 20 1
POLI30271 Political Morality and ‘Dirty Hands’ 20
POLI30300 Dissertation A 40 P: POLI10702 2
POLI30311 Group Rights 20
POLI30322 Ethical Issues in World Politics 20
POLI30362 Political Ideologies In Modern Britain 20 3
POLI30380 Dissertation B 20 P: POLI10702 2
POLI30432 Cultural Governance & Resistance in Asia 20 1
POLI30451 The Politics of Hate 20 3
POLI30671 Business & Politics in Britain 20 1
POLI30692 News Media & International Crisis 20 3
POLI30712 Politics of the Global Environment 20 6
POLI30721 Introduction to International Political Economy 20 1
POLI30741 Dissent & Disobedience 20 1
POLI30752 Global Justice 20
POLI30781 US Power in the Contemporary World Order 20
POLI30792 Gender & International Politics 20 3
POLI30811 Parents, Children & the State 20 3
POLI30822 War & the Politics of Ethics 20 3
POLI30841 Politics of Social Policy 20 3
POLI30851 Public Choice Theory 20 1
POLI30862 Africa & Global Politics 20 6
8. Criminology
Area pre-requisites: POLI20801 or LAWS10412 and a further 20 units from Schedule 2 Criminology courses (5) .
Basic courses: None
LAWS30620 Short Dissertation 20 4
LAWS30622 Drugs and Society 20
LAWS30632 Crime Prevention & Community Safety 20
LAWS30642 Comparative Studies in Crime & Criminal Justice 20
LAWS30661 Managing Offenders in the Community 20
LAWS30681 Sociology of Law 20
LAWS30711 Counter Terrorism 20
LAWS30721 Crimes By And Against Women 20
LAWS30792 Victims of Crime 20
In addition, not more than 20 units of the following Schedule 2 courses may be selected for the Final Examination:
LAWS20041 Psychology, Crime & Criminal Justice II 20 P: LAWS10432
LAWS20072 Youth Justice & Juvenile Delinquency 20
LAWS20131 Criminal Justice 20
LAWS20692 Sentencing & Penal Policy 20
Note: Selection of Schedule 2 courses from above and other areas of study is subject overall to regulation 10 under UG
degree regulations (please consult the School Handbook for details).
1
Not available in 2008/09
2
POLI30300 & POLI30380 may not be taken in conjunction. POLI30380 is only available to Honours students who are either Single
or Combined Politics specialists. POLI30300 is only available to Honours students who are Single specialists in Politics.
3 Only available to Single or Combined Politics specialists.
4
Only available to Criminology specialists
5
For 2007/8 entrants the area pre-requisites will be LAWS10421 and a further 40 units of Schedule 2 Criminology courses
6 May not be available on 2008/09
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9. Social Anthropology
Area pre-requisites: 20 Social Anthropology units from Schedule 2
Basic courses: None
Code Title Units Pre/Co-requisites Notes
SOAN30022 Another Europe: War, Nation, Transformation 20
SOAN30042 Objects of Analysis 20 2
SOAN30052 An Anthropology of Science, Magic and Expertise 20 2
SOAN30062 Medical Anthropology 20
SOAN30072 Anthropology of Education and Learning 20 2
SOAN30081 Anthropology of Museums 20
SOAN30102
After Utopia: Anthropology of the Knowledge Society and
20
Economy
SOAN30112
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals: The
20
Anthropology of International Development
SOAN30122
Contemporary Issues in the Social Anthropology of the Middle 20
East
SOAN30132 The Anthropology of Modern Knowledge 20
SOAN30571 Technologies of Reproduction 20
SOAN30600 Dissertation Seminar 20
SOAN30691 Anthropology, Globalisation & Development 20
SOAN30791 Screening Culture 20
SOAN30811 Visual Culture & Media I 20
C: 80 further units in
Social Anthropology
10. Sociology
Single Area pre-requisites: SOCY10421& SOCY10432 and one further Level 2 Sociology course
Combined Area pre-requisites: Either SOCY10421or SOCY10432 and one further Sociology course
Basic courses: None
SOCY30172 Identity, Power & Modernity 20
SOCY30301 State, Society & Culture in South Asia 20 2
SOCY30401 Technology & Society 20
SOCY30412 Conversation Analysis 20
SOCY30441 A Sociology of Family Life & Intimacy 20
SOCY30452
Comparative Inequalities: Class, Race and Gender in the US
and UK
20
SOCY30462 Power and Protest 20
SOCY30472 Theory and Method in Demography 20
SOCY30772 Body & Society 20
SOCY30822 Mind & Society 20
SOCY30841 Ethnomethodology 20
SOCY30882 Culture, Modernity & Media 20
SOCY30892 The Sociology of the Counter-Culture 20
SOCY30920 Dissertation A 20 1
SOCY30930 Dissertation B 40 1
SOCY30962 Religion & Social Thought 20
SOCY30971 Empire: Images of Race & British Society 20
SOCY30981 Gender, Time & Change 20 2
11. Other Courses
LAWS20301 Business Law II 10 P: LAWS10302
12. Free Choice Courses
In addition to the above you may take up to 20 units of other courses as approved by the BA Econ Programme Director/Tutor
1
SOCY30920 & SOCY30930 may not be taken in conjunction
2
Not available in 2008/09
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