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2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Economics and History

Programme code:BA-ECON&HISTUCAS code:VL11
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Sara Barker Contact address:s.k.barker@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

- AAA at A-level, including A in History, plus Grade A in GCSE Mathematics. General Studies is not accepted.
- International Baccalaureate: 34 points overall, including a minimum of 16 at Higher Level and a minimum of 6 in History at Higher Level and a minimum of 5 in Mathematics at Standard Level.

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

School of History

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Joint Honours

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 120 credits in total.
These 120 credits will comprise any compulsory modules stated as well as a mix of Optional and/or Discovery modules as required by the rules of the programme.

Students must pass 100 credits and all core modules as identified in the programme.

At level 1, students are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in each of their two main subjects. The further 40 credits may consist of elective modules in a third subject or further modules in one or both main subjects.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

HIST1000Exploring History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1285Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1295Economics and Global History10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1951Economic Theory and Applications30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students without an A-level Maths (Statistics) qualification will have to take the following module:

LUBS1275Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

In addition to studying HIST1000, students will study at least 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

HIST1060Faith, Knowledge and Power, 1500-175020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1310The Medieval World in Ten Objects20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1320Medieval Lives: Identities, Cultures and Beliefs20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1510Global Empires20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1520Global Decolonization20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1530The Making of the Twentieth Century20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Depending on the pathway, candidates may have up to 30 remaining credits to use in Discovery modules, which they may wish to choose in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.


Year2 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits in total.
These 120 credits will comprise any compulsory modules stated as well as a mix of Optional and/or Discovery modules as required by the rules of the programme.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined, students must pass:

Economics: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 40 at level 2 and 60 at level 3)
History: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 40 at level 2 and 60 at 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). Students must pass at least 100 credits at level 2 and all core modules to proceed to the next level of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

LUBS2140Intermediate Microeconomics10 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)
LUBS2281Macroeconomic Policy and Performance10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2400The International Economic Environment10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2401International Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2420Business Economics10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2430Economics Research Methods10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2575Statistics and Econometrics20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2590Labour Economics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2665Economics of Innovation10 credits 
LUBS2675How to be a Successful Policy Economist10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
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 and LUBS2670 which are often seen as pre-requisites for entry to postgraduate courses in Economics at leading UK Universities.

Students wishing to enrol on LUBS3302 Economics Joint Honours Final Year Project at Level 3 must choose LUBS2430.

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following History option modules, including at least one module from each group. These MUST be taken in different semesters.

GROUP A

Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the list below:

HIST2030The Crusades and the Crusader States in the 12th Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2045Transformations of the Roman World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2065The Tudors: Princes, Politics, and Piety, 1485-160320 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2073Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-171520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2080Voices of the People: Speech, Language and Oral Culture in Early Modern Europe20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2090Sin in Spanish America, 1571-170020 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2105Medieval Romans and the shape of Afro-Eurasia today20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2112Jewish Communities in Medieval Europe20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2115Charles the Great to Alfred the Great: Franks, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in the Ninth Century20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2117Conquerors and Conquered: England, 1000-113520 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2135Britain and the Industrial Revolution20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2170Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2220The Body, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500-175020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDV2085Medieval Narratives in the Modern World: Nationalism, Terrorism, Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

GROUP B

Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the list below:

HIST2015Australia and the World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2050Material Legacies: Objects and British Cultural Heritage, c. 1783-185120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2103Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2140Imperial Germany 1871-191820 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST229120th Century Britain: Progress and Uncertainty 1945-199020 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2301The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1921-199320 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2309Communist Eastern Europe, 1945-8920 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2360Bass Culture in Modern Britain20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2420Nationalism, Colonialism and 'Religious Violence' in India, 1857-194720 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2432Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-193920 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2435The Popular Caribbean: A History20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2441Race, Gender and Cultural Protest in the US since 186520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2442Black Politics from Emancipation to Obama20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2645The Rise of Modern Japan: From the Meiji Restoration to the Present Day20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2653American Business History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2654Global Business History20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2658Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

The following modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University:

FOAH2020Towards the Future: Skills in Context20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2240Hands on Heritage20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2260Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2505Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2557Thinking about History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2560History on the High Street20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2565Histories of Black Britain20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2710Public Historians: Applied History, People’s History and the Uses of the Past20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students cannot take level 3 modules at level 2. Students are only permitted to take a maximum of 20 credits below their year of study at levels 2 and 3, with the exception of skills discovery modules.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules over level 2 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.


Year3 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits in total.
These 120 credits will comprise any compulsory modules stated as well as a mix of Optional and/or Discovery modules as required by the rules of the programme.


Over levels 2 and 3 combined, students must pass:

- Economics: a minimum of 100 credits (60 credits must be taken at level 3)
- History: a minimum of 100 credits (60 credits must be taken at level 3)

It is not possible for students to take discovery modules at 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). Students must pass at least 100 credits at level 3 and all core modules to proceed to gain the degree.

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study one of the following project modules:

HIST3430History Long Essay20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3302Economics Joint Honours Final Year Project30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study between 40 and 60 credits from the following optional modules, depending on the choice of final year project. (Students are required to study 60 credits of Economics modules in level 3.)

HECN3010Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3005Advanced Microeconomics10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3011Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth10 creditsNot running in 202223
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)
LUBS3375Behavioural Economics10 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)
LUBS3590International Economics: Integration and Governance20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3785The Economics of Unions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3930Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following Special Subject modules:

HIST3001Conquest, Convivencia and Conflict: Christian and Muslim Spain, 711-121240 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3002Back to School in the Middle Ages: Schools, Teachers and Pupils in north-western Europe 700-120040 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3235Dividing India: The Road to Democracy in South Asia, 1939-195240 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3240The Harlem Renaissance: Black Culture and Politics 1919-194040 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3270The Third Reich, 1933-194540 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3330Europe in an Age of Total Warfare40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3332The Spanish Civil War, 1936-193940 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3360Body, Mind and Senses: The Social and Cultural History of Disability in Britain, 1833-199840 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3362American Consumer Society in Historical Perspective40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3370Black British Culture and Black British Cultural Studies40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3382The Cultural History of Venice, 1509-179740 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3390The Soviet Sixties: Politics and Society in the USSR, 1953-196840 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3395The Troubles: The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968-Present40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3440The Photographic Age: Photography, Society and Culture in Britain, 1839-194540 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3498Early Modern Media: Printing and the People in Europe c.1500-c.180040 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3590White Africans: Intimacy, Race and Power40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3650Stalin and Stalinism40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3685Georgians at War40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3687The Later Elizabethan Age: Politics and Empire40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3695The Korean War40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3743From Byron to Bin Laden: Transnational War Volunteers40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3747The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 197940 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3760A Revolutionary Century: Resistance, Reform, and Repression in Central America, 1900- present40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3785Europe on the Move: Refugees and Resettlement, 1919-5940 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3888The Global Vietnam War40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3930The First World War: A Global Conflict40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates may be required to study to 20 credits from the following optional modules, depending on their choice of Final Year Project (candidates must study 60 credits of History at level 3). Candidates who have NOT chosen to do a History Final Year Project MUST choose 20 credits from this list:

HIST3251Twentieth Century Southeast Asia: From Empire to Independence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3453The Body in Australian History, 1788-200720 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3455Consumer Society in Historical Perspective20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3493War, Regicide and Republic: England, 1642-166020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3530Mapping the Middle Ages: space and representation from the Pacific to the Atlantic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3710Nazism, Stalinism and the Rise of the Total State20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3723Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3724Caribbean Identity, Society and Decolonisation20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3726In the Shadow of Franco: Terror and its Legacy in Spain, 1936-Present Day20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3728The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3790Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-188820 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3880'Parasites' and 'Cockroaches': Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Modern World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3999Doomed to Failure? European Great Power Politics from Bismarck to the Outbreak of World War I20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV3411Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MEDV3610The Age of Chivalry: The Idea of Knighthood in Medieval Europe, 1050-145020 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students are only permitted to take a maximum of 20 credits below their year of study at levels 2 and 3, with the exception of skills discovery modules.

Discovery modules:

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