BA Economics and Geography (Joint Honours)(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the programme students should have provided evidence of having:

- an advanced understanding of human social, industrial/commercial, political and cultural systems from spatial, environmental and economic perspectives;

- an understanding of both joint honours subjects’ intellectual development and important theoretical perspectives applied in the study of economics, space, place and environment;

- a critical appreciation of the practical contributions made by economists and geographers to debates and policy on societal and environmental issues, and an understanding of their potential for continuing such contributions;

- the critical skills necessary to engage with ideas in the social sciences and humanities; and to employ these ideas as a basis for their own research;

- skills in the use of geographical information systems, and the application of qualitative and quantitative analysis to geographical study;

- skills in the use of quantitative analysis as applied to economic study;

- skills in teamwork, investigation, presentation and communication.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire:



- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to economics and human geography;

- the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;

- the deployment of decision-making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;

- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;

- the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of economics and human geography;

- work that draws on a wide variety of material;

- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;

- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within economics and human geography;

- work that is typically both evaluative and creative.