2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Economics and Politics
Programme code: | BA-ECON&POLI | UCAS code: | LL12 |
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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:
LUBS1285 | Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B | 10 credits | ||
LUBS1295 | Economics and Global History | 10 credits | ||
LUBS1951 | Economic Theory and Applications | 30 credits | ||
PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | ||
PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 credits |
Optional modules:
Students without an A-level in Maths (or equivalent) will be required to study the following LUBS module:
LUBS1275 | Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A | 10 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:
LUBS2140 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2610 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 10 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.**
HECN2010 | Introduction to Health Economics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2040 | Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2050 | Industrial Economics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2230 | Mathematics for Business and Economics 2 Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505 | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2400 | The International Economic Environment | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2420 | Business Economics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2430 | Economics Research Methods Pre-requisite for: LUBS3302 | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2575 | Statistics and Econometrics | 20 credits | ||
LUBS2590 | Labour Economics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2675 | How to be a Successful Policy Economist | 10 credits | ||
LUBS2680 | Ethics and Economics | 10 credits | ||
TRAN2010 | Transport Economics | 10 credits | ||
TRAN2030 | Project Appraisal | 10 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.
PIED2601 | Revolution and Reaction: Political Problems in the 20th Century | 20 credits | ||
PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 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:
FOSS2001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | ||
PIED2126 | The Conservative Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | ||
PIED2139 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | ||
PIED2161 | Media and Democracy | 20 credits | ||
PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 credits | ||
PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | ||
PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | ||
PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 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:
FOSS2001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | ||
PIED2220 | North-South Linkages | 20 credits | ||
PIED2501 | Theories of International Relations | 20 credits | ||
PIED2558 | Security Studies | 20 credits | ||
PIED2711 | Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations Pre-requisite for: PIED 3702 and PIED 3704 | 20 credits | ||
PIED2721 | Approaches to Analysis | 20 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):
LUBS3302 | Economics Joint Honours Final Year Project | 30 credits | ||
PIED3790 | Dissertation for Joint Honours Economics and Politics | 20 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.
HECN3010 | Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3005 | Advanced Microeconomics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3250 | Transnational Corporations in the World Economy | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3330 | Economic Development | 20 credits | ||
LUBS3340 | Economics of Famines | 20 credits | ||
LUBS3365 | Environmental Economics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3370 | Applied Econometrics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3375 | Behavioural Economics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3430 | Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3435 | Public Enterprise and Regulation | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3505 | Advanced Macroeconomics | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3590 | International Economics: Integration and Governance | 20 credits | ||
LUBS3785 | The Economics of Unions | 10 credits | ||
LUBS3930 | Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy | 20 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.
FOSS3001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 credits | ||
PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | ||
PIED3160 | Prime Ministers and British Politics | 20 credits | ||
PIED3170 | The End of British Politics? | 20 credits | ||
PIED3171 | The Politics of national identity in the UK | 20 credits | ||
PIED3205 | Politics of Rural Transformation in Developing Countries | 20 credits | ||
PIED3207 | International Development and Social Policy | 20 credits | ||
PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | ||
PIED3304 | Extreme Right Parties | 20 credits | ||
PIED3310 | Britain and the EU | 20 credits | ||
PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | ||
PIED3342 | Gender and Security in Global Politics | 20 credits | ||
PIED3408 | Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics | 20 credits | ||
PIED3608 | Philosophy of Human Rights | 20 credits | ||
PIED3611 | Radical Political Ideas | 20 credits | ||
PIED3617 | Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | 20 credits | ||
PIED3704 | Advanced Statistical Analysis | 20 credits | ||
PIED3810 | Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 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).
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