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2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Economics and Politics

Programme code:BA-ECON&POLIUCAS code:LL12
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Yoshiharu Kobayashi Contact address:Y.Kobayashi@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

- AAA at A-level, plus Grade A in GCSE Mathematics. General Studies is not accepted.
- International Baccalaureate: 36 points overall, including a minimum of 17 at the Higher Level and a minmum of 5 in Mathematics at Standard Level.

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

School of Politics and International Studies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Politics and International Studies

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.

Joint Honours Programmes
- 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]

Compulsory modules:

You are required to study the following compulsory modules:

LUBS1285Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B10 credits 
LUBS1295Economics and Global History10 credits 
LUBS1951Economic Theory and Applications30 credits 
PIED1110Comparative Politics20 credits 
PIED1601Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas20 credits 

Optional modules:

Students without an A-level in Maths (or equivalent) will be required to study the following LUBS module:

LUBS1275Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A10 credits 

Elective modules:

To bring your total credits up to 120, you may choose 20 or 30 credits of discovery modules, depending on your pathway.

Your total credits should be 120.


Year2 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

You will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

LUBS2140Intermediate Microeconomics10 credits 
LUBS2610Intermediate Macroeconomics10 credits 

Optional modules:

ECONOMICS OPTIONS:
You must choose at least 20 credits and up to 50 credits of modules from the following Economics list:

**Please note that students wishing to take the dissertation module LUBS3302 - Economics Joint Honours Final Year Project in their final year must take LUBS2430 in year two.**

HECN2010Introduction to Health Economics10 credits 
LUBS2040Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution10 credits 
LUBS2050Industrial Economics10 credits 
LUBS2230Mathematics for Business and Economics 2
Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505
10 credits 
LUBS2400The International Economic Environment10 credits 
LUBS2420Business Economics10 credits 
LUBS2430Economics Research Methods
Pre-requisite for: LUBS3302
10 credits 
LUBS2575Statistics and Econometrics20 credits 
LUBS2590Labour Economics10 credits 
LUBS2675How to be a Successful Policy Economist10 credits 
LUBS2680Ethics and Economics10 credits 
TRAN2010Transport Economics10 credits 
TRAN2030Project Appraisal10 credits 

If you are interested in studying Economics at Postgraduate level, we recommend that you choose LUBS2230 and LUBS2575. These cover the material which are pre-requisites for entry to many Postgraduate courses in Economics at leading UK Universities.

POLITICAL THEORY OPTIONS:
You are required to study at least 20 credits from the following Political Theory modules.

PIED2601Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century20 credits 
PIED2602Justice, Community and Conflict20 credits 

You must pass at least 20 credits of modules from this list.

GOVERNMENT AND POLTICAL SYSTEMS OPTIONS
You are required to study at least 20 credits from the following Government and Political Systems modules:

FOSS2001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 credits 
PIED2126The Conservative Party Since 194520 credits 
PIED2139The Labour Party Since 194520 credits 
PIED2161Media and Democracy20 credits 
PIED2301Politics and Policy in the EU20 credits 
PIED2448Politics of Contemporary China20 credits 
PIED2455State and Politics in Africa20 credits 
PIED2463United States Politics20 credits 

You must pass at least 20 credits of modules from this list.

FURTHER OPTIONS
You may choose to study up to 40 additional credits from the following optional modules:

FOSS2001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 credits 
PIED2220North-South Linkages20 credits 
PIED2501Theories of International Relations20 credits 
PIED2558Security Studies20 credits 
PIED2711Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations
Pre-requisite for: PIED 3702 and PIED 3704
20 credits 
PIED2721Approaches to Analysis20 credits 

Either LUBS2575 or PIED2711 are required for Quantitative POLIS third year modules PIED3702 and PIED3704.

Elective modules:

You may choose up to 40 credits of discovery modules. You may choose a maximum of 40 credits of discovery modules over Levels 2 and 3 combined.

Your total number of credits should be 120.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined students must pass:
ECONOMICS: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 40 credits must be level two and 60 credits must be at level 3).
POLITICS: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3).


Year3 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students must choose one of the following Final Year Project/Dissertation modules (you cannot study both):

LUBS3302Economics Joint Honours Final Year Project30 credits 
PIED3790Dissertation for Joint Honours Economics and Politics20 credits 

If you are taking LUBS3302, you are required to study a minimum of 30 credits from the below list. If you are taking PIED3790 then you are required to study a minimum of 60 credits from the below list.

HECN3010Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health10 credits 
LUBS3005Advanced Microeconomics10 credits 
LUBS3250Transnational Corporations in the World Economy10 credits 
LUBS3330Economic Development20 credits 
LUBS3340Economics of Famines20 credits 
LUBS3365Environmental Economics10 credits 
LUBS3370Applied Econometrics10 credits 
LUBS3375Behavioural Economics10 credits 
LUBS3430Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy10 credits 
LUBS3435Public Enterprise and Regulation10 credits 
LUBS3505Advanced Macroeconomics10 credits 
LUBS3590International Economics: Integration and Governance20 credits 
LUBS3785The Economics of Unions10 credits 
LUBS3930Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy20 credits 

If you are taking PIED3790 then you are required to study a minimum of 20 credits. If you are taking LUBS3302 then you are required to study a minimum of 40 credits from the below list.

FOSS3001State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic20 credits 
PIED3158British Foreign Policy20 credits 
PIED3160Prime Ministers and British Politics20 credits 
PIED3170The End of British Politics?20 credits 
PIED3171The Politics of national identity in the UK20 credits 
PIED3205Politics of Rural Transformation in Developing Countries20 credits 
PIED3207International Development and Social Policy20 credits 
PIED3261Violence and Reconciliation in Africa20 credits 
PIED3304Extreme Right Parties20 credits 
PIED3310Britain and the EU20 credits 
PIED3325Europe in the World20 credits 
PIED3342Gender and Security in Global Politics20 credits 
PIED3408Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics20 credits 
PIED3608Philosophy of Human Rights20 credits 
PIED3611Radical Political Ideas20 credits 
PIED3617Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture20 credits 
PIED3704Advanced Statistical Analysis20 credits 
PIED3810Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture20 credits 

Elective modules:

You may choose up to 20 credits of discovery modules. You may choose a maximum of 40 credits of discovery modules over Levels 2 and 3 combined.

Your total number of credits should be 120.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined students must pass:
ECONOMICS: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 40 credits must be level two and 60 credits must be at level 3).
POLITICS: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3).

Last updated: 26/09/2022 14:57:03

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