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Programme structure: Economics and Politics (BSc) - what's running in 2016/17

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The following units are must pass: Intermediate Economics 1 (EFIM20008), Applied Quantitative Research Methods (EFIM20010). For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Intermediate Economics 1 EFIM20008 20 Mandatory TB-1
Applied Quantitative Research Methods EFIM20010 20 Mandatory TB-2
Normally 20 credit points from the following. You may take either Introduction to Accounting OR Management, but not both:
History of Economic Thought ECON20021 20 Optional TB-2
Growth and Development ECON20023 20 Optional TB-1
Applied Microeconomics EFIM20002 20 Optional TB-2
International Business Management EFIM20003 20 Optional TB-1
Management Science EFIM20005 20 Optional TB-2
Marketing EFIM20013 20 Optional TB-1
Management EFIM10011 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to Accounting ACCG10052 20 Optional TB-2
Project Management EFIM20015 20 Optional TB-2
Public Management EFIM20019 20 Optional TB-1
Plus:
Theories of International Relations POLI10003 20 Mandatory TB-1
40 credit points from:
Rational Choice POLI21203 20 Optional TB-1
Development Studies POLI21213 20 Optional TB-2
Co-operation and Integration In Europe POLI21214 20 Optional TB-1
Politics and Policy-Making in the UK POLI21222 20 Optional TB-1
Democracy and US Government POLI21226 20 Optional TB-2
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa POLI21231 20 Optional TB-1
Politics of South Asia POLI29003 20 Optional TB-2
International Organisations and Global Governance POLI20003 20 Optional TB-2
Principles of Quantitative Social Science SOCI20069 20 Optional TB-1
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data POLI20001 20 Optional TB-2
Contemporary Political Theory POLI22202 20 Optional TB-1
Contemporary International Relations POLI20002 20 Optional TB-2
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia POLI29008 20 Optional TB-2
NGO Development & Practice POLI20004 20 Optional TB-2
Understanding Genocide POLI20005 20 Optional TB-1
The History of Western Political Thought POLI20007 20 Optional TB-2
Apocalypse or Ecotopia? Green Political Thought POLI20008 20 Optional TB-2
Diploma of Higher Education   120    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular optional or open unit or units provided this meets the conditions of the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
For further information and a definition of must pass units and conditional progression please see the Glossary of Terms.

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