2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Economics and Politics (International)
Programme code: | BA-ECON&POL9 | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 4 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Eike Rinke | Contact address: | E.M.Rinke@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 485
Entry requirements:
- AAB at A-level. General Studies is not accepted.
- International Baccalaureate: 36 points overall, including 17 at the Higher Level and a minimum of 5 in Matehematics at standard level.
-Successful completion of Level 1 and 2 of the Economics and Politics programme.
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:
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]
Compulsory modules:
You are required to study the following compulsory modules:
LUBS1285 | Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS1295 | Economics and Global History | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS1951 | Economic Theory and Applications | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED1110 | Comparative Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED1601 | Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
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 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery 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 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2610 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
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 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2040 | Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2050 | Industrial Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2230 | Mathematics for Business and Economics 2 Pre-requisite for: LUBS3005; LUBS3505 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2281 | Macroeconomic Policy and Performance | 10 credits | Not running until 202223 | |
LUBS2400 | The International Economic Environment | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2420 | Business Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS2430 | Economics Research Methods Pre-requisite for: LUBS3302 | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2575 | Statistics and Econometrics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS2590 | Labour Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2675 | How to be a Successful Policy Economist | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS2680 | Ethics and Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
TRAN2010 | Transport Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
TRAN2030 | Project Appraisal | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2602 | Justice, Community and Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2126 | The Conservative Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
PIED2139 | The Labour Party Since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2161 | Media and Democracy | 20 credits | Not running until 202223 | |
PIED2250 | Latin American Development Challenges in Global Historical Perspective | 20 credits | Not running until 202324 | |
PIED2301 | Politics and Policy in the EU | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2448 | Politics of Contemporary China | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2455 | State and Politics in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2463 | United States Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2570 | Forced Migration | 20 credits | Not running until 202324 |
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:
PIED2220 | North-South Linkages | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED2501 | Theories of International Relations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2559 | Global Security Challenges | 20 credits | Not running until 202324 | |
PIED2711 | Analysing Data in Politics, Development and International Relations Pre-requisite for: PIED 3702 and PIED 3704 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED2721 | Approaches to Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Either LUBS2575 or PIED2711 are required for Quantitative POLIS third year modules PIED3702 and PIED3704.
Discovery 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]
Students spend year 3 at the partner insitution. Students should expect to pass this element of the programme in order to proceed to the final year.
Optional modules:
You must take one of the following modules:
LUBS9001 | Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED9990 | Politics Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
You must pass the study year abroad in order to be awarded the degree entitled 'International'.
Year4 - 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 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PIED3790 | Dissertation for Joint Honours Economics and Politics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3005 | Advanced Microeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3250 | Transnational Corporations in the World Economy | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3330 | Economic Development | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS3340 | Economics of Famines | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS3365 | Environmental Economics | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3370 | Applied Econometrics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3375 | Behavioural Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3430 | Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3435 | Public Enterprise and Regulation | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3505 | Advanced Macroeconomics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LUBS3590 | International Economics: Integration and Governance | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LUBS3785 | The Economics of Unions | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LUBS3930 | Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3158 | British Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3170 | The End of British Politics? | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
PIED3171 | The Politics of national identity in the UK | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3207 | International Development and Social Policy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3261 | Violence and Reconciliation in Africa | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3305 | The Far Right in Europe and Beyond | 20 credits | Not running until 202324 | |
PIED3325 | Europe in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3342 | Gender and Security in Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3402 | American Foreign Policy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3408 | Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3608 | Philosophy of Human Rights | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3611 | Radical Political Ideas | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED3617 | Reimagining Politics: Gender, Race, and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3650 | Global Political Economy | 20 credits | Not running until 202324 | |
PIED3704 | Advanced Statistical Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED3810 | Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP3995 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery 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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