Programme structure: Economics and History (BSc) - what's running in 2010/11

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Introduction to Microeconomics ECON10010 20 Mandatory TB-4
Introduction to Macroeconomics ECON10011 20 Mandatory TB-4
Quantitative Methods 1: Mathematics and Computing for Economics and Finance ECON11122 20 Mandatory TB-1
Students choose one Special Topic from the following:
The Sky Falls In: How North America Coped with The Great Depression (Level C Special Topic) HIST14002 20 Optional TB-2
Enlightenment Europe (Level C Special Topic) HIST14005 20 Optional TB-2
Culture and Civilisation of the Renaissance (Level C Special Topic) HIST14006 20 Optional TB-2
Expectations of the End (Level C Special Topic) HIST14007 20 Optional TB-2
The Creation of Modern Africa (Level C Special Topic) HIST14010 20 Optional TB-2
Plague, Politics and Society: England 1348-1400 (Level C Special Topic) HIST14021 20 Optional TB-2
New Kids on the Block': The Rise and Fall of the Phenomenon of Youth in the 20th Century (Level C Special Topic) HIST14022 20 Optional TB-2
Keeping the Red Flag Flying? Labour Party Thought and Practice, 1945-83. (Level C Special Topic) HIST14028 20 Optional TB-2
Communists, Capitalists and Colonialists: Understanding the History of Republican-era Shanghai (Level C Special Topic) HIST14027 20 Optional TB-2
Witchcraft Through the Ages (Level C Special Topic) HIST14024 20 Optional TB-2
Quantitative Methods 2: Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics ECON12122 20 Mandatory TB-2
Students must take one of the following:
Introduction to Medieval History HIST13011 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to the History of the British Empire: Rise, Fall and Legacies HIST13014 20 Optional TB-1
Certificate 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

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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).

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