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2016/17 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Economics and German

Programme code:BA-ECON&GERMUCAS code:RL21
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Ingo Cornils Contact address:i.cornils@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 485

Entry requirements:

For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Programme specification:

The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.

General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In level 1 students must study 125 credits. Students are required to take 40 credits in Economics and 40 credits in German, a 20 credit cornerstone module and 20 credits of elective modules. The elective credits may take the form of either further modules in one or both main subjects or of one or more modules chosen from other subject areas.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

GERM1030German Core Language 120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1295Economics and Global History10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1950Economic Theory and Applications 120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1010IT for LCS Students5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1090Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students who have completed GCSE Maths will be required to study the following modules

LUBS1260Mathematics for Economics and Business 110 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1270Statistics for Economics and Business 110 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1280Mathematical Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students who have completed A Level Maths (with mechanics) will be required to study the following modules

LUBS1270Statistics for Economics and Business 110 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1280Mathematical Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students who have completed A Level Maths (with statistics) will be required to study the following modules

LUBS1280Mathematical Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

GERM1060Introduction to Modern Germany20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM1070Approaching German Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM1110Skills in German Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study upto 10 credits of discovery modules.


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In level 2 students must study 120 credits.

Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:

subject X - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
subject Y - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
plus a further 40 credits taken in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken,
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in one or both of the named subjects or of one or more modules chosen in other subject areas. No more than 20 level 1 elective credits may be taken in level 2.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).


NOTE:

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

GERM2030German Core Language 220 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2140Intermediate Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2570Introduction to Econometrics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2610Intermediate Macroeconomics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:

HECN2010Introduction to Health Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2040Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2050Industrial Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2230Mathematics for Business and Economics 2
Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505; LUBS3525
10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2280Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Britain10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2300Explanation in Economics10 creditsNot running in 201617
LUBS2400The International Economic Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2420Business Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2500Applied Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2590Labour Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2665Economics of Innovation10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2670Statistics for Business and Economics 2
Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505; LUBS3525
10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2675How to be a Successful Policy Economist10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2680Ethics and Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2010Transport Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2030Project Appraisal10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

If students are interested in studying Economics at postgraduate level, BA students are recommended to choose LUBS2230, LUBS2570 and LUBS2670 which are often seen as pre-requisites for entry to postgraduate courses in Economics at leading UK Universities.

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:

FOAR2000Research Placement20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2040Applied German Language20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2050From Caligari to Hitler: Introduction to German Cinema20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2310Politics, Society and Culture in the 'Berlin Republic'20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2400Gender, Culture and Representation in German History 1871-200020 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2600The Shock of the New: Culture and Power in Germany from the Second to the Third Reich20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM2700Freedom and Control: Identities in Crisis in German Literature and Film20 creditsNot running in 201617
MODL2001Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their German options must take a minimum of 60 credits in German in level 2 including GERM2030.

Discovery modules:

Over levels 2 and 3 candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates will spend the third year of the programme in Germany or a German-speaking country.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

GERM9001German Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Over levels 2 and 3 taken together students must take:

subject X - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
subject Y - a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
plus a further 40 credits taken in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken,
plus 40 credits of electives. These may take the form of additional modules in one or both of the named subjects or of one or more modules chosen in other subject areas. No more than 20 credits of either level 2 electives or level 1 special skills electives may be taken in level 3.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).

NOTE:

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

GERM3030German Core Language 320 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 60 credits from the following optional modules:

HECN3010Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3005Advanced Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3010International Trade10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3011Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3150International Banking and Finance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3250Transnational Corporations in the World Economy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3330Economic Development20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3340Economics of Famines20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3365Environmental Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3370Applied Econometrics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3430Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3435Public Enterprise and Regulation10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3505Advanced Macroeconomics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3560Global Economic Coordination and Governance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3570Current Topics in European Integration10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3785The Economics of Unions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3925The Political Economy of Work10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3930Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 60 credits from the following optional modules:

GERM3040Borders and Border-Crossings in Contemporary German Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3060German for Professional Purposes20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3080Contemporary German Cinema20 creditsNot running in 201617
GERM3092Advanced Translation from German into English20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3100W. G. Sebald and the Politics of Literature20 creditsNot running in 201617
GERM3140War Imagined: Cultural Representations of War and Conflict in Germany20 creditsNot running in 201617
GERM3170German Utopian Thought in Fiction and Film20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3180Screening Terrorism20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
GERM3190Christa Wolf's Stadt der Engel20 creditsNot running in 201617
GERM3200Untranslatable? German Literature as an Object of Cultural Exchange20 creditsNot running in 201617
GERM3250Perpetrators and/or Victims? Remembering the Second World War in Germany20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
GERM3750The German Student Movement20 creditsNot running in 201617
MODL3310Final Year Project: Extended Essay20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3800Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Over levels 2 and 3 candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Last updated: 19/09/2016

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