2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Economics and Geography

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

- Grades AAA at A Level preferably including Geography, excluding General Studies.

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

Leeds University Business School for students entering up to and including September 2015. School of Geography for students entering from September 2016.

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

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]

Students must study 125 credits.

Students must pass 100 credits and all 'pass for progression' modules as identified in the programme.

In level 1, students are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in Economics and 40 credits in Geography. The further 40 credits should be used to take further modules in one or both main subjects; and/or up to 20 credits in discovery modules.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students may choose to additionally register for:

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

Students who have completed A Level Maths without statistics modules one and two will be required to study the following module.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject.

Year2 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits in Level 2.
Over levels 2 and 3 combined students must pass:
- Economics: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits at both Level 2 & Level 3) - Geography: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits at both Level 2 & Level 3)
- The remaining 80 credits must be used to ensure that a sufficient total of credits at the appropriate level for award are taken; by taking further modules in the named subjects, or by taking up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
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). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 2 and all ‘pass for progression’ modules to proceed to the next level of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates must study at least 10C from the following modules (GEOG2561, GEOG2761 and GEOG2762 are mutually exclusive):

Depending on the research training modules selected candidates will normally study between 10 and 30 credits from the following optional modules:

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

Depending on the research training modules selected candidates will normally study between 30 and 60 credits from the following lists of optional Geography modules:

-GEOG2041, GEOG2042 & GEOG2043 are mutually exclusive

NOTE 10-credit variants of some of the above Geography modules are available to students as discovery modules (GEOG2038 is mutually exclusive with GEOG2035, GEOG2051 and GEOG2052 are mutually exclusive with GEOG2046, GEOG2140 is mutually exclusive with GEOG2020):

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 30 credits of discovery modules at Level 2.

Year3 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits in Level 3.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined students must pass:

- Economics: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)
- Geography: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)

- Plus 20 credits in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken.
- Plus 40 credits in elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

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). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 3 and all 'pass for progression' modules to proceed to gain the degree.

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following final year project modules

NB GEOG3520 and GEOG3530 are mutually exclusive

Candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional Economics modules:

Candidates will normally study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules, with the exception of those who undertake a 40 credit Geography dissertation (GEOG3615) who will normally study at least 20 credits:

NOTE: students who wish to take GEOG3600 (above) and either GEOG3042, GEOG3046 or GEOG3550 as their only L3 Geography modules must secure the permission of the Geography JH Tutor or the Geography Director of Student Education before confirming their module choices.

-GEOG3042, GEOG3046 and GEOG3550 are mutually exclusive

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Last updated: 05/09/2018

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