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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

BA (ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES)

Second Year – Progression Information

A guide on how to select final year course units for

the academic term of 2012/13

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this booklet was correct at the time of

printing, changes in staffing means that it is sometimes necessary for discipline area or the relevant School to

either cancel course units or teach course units within different semesters.

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Contents

Examinations 2

Conventions for the BA Econ Examinations 3

Final Degree Classifications 5

Choice of Third Year Units 7

Pathways on the BA Econ 8

Free Choice Course Units 9

Counsellors, Guidance and Advice 11

Course Unit Selection and University Registration 12

BA Econ Programme Structure 2012/13 13

BA Econ Course Unit selection checklist 21

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We hope you will find the information in this booklet useful in the run-up to examinations as well as using it for

course unit selection for next academic session. You will find it is divided into two main elements:

1. Examination information;

2. Registration information for the next session.

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EXAMINATIONS

The summer examination period will take place from Wednesday 16 May till Wednesday 6 June 2012 inclusive.

Your examination timetable is now available on your Student Portal via: http://portal.manchester.ac.uk

Please note that misreading your examination timetable is not accepted as an excuse for absence from an

examination.

The August resit examination will be take place from Monday 20 August till Friday 31 August 2012 inclusive. All

students must keep this period free.

Details of the Second Year Examination Conventions are on the next page. Please note that your second year

marks will count towards the classification of your Final Examination. The second year is weighted as 25%

towards your final degree classification. It is based on your results after the first attempt: improved performance

in re-sits does NOT count towards your second year average. Other information on examinations and regulations

can also be found in the BA (Econ) Programme Handbook (pages 30-37 and 73-78), available from the School

Undergraduate Office (G001) and from the School Intranet at:

http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/ug/handbooks/documents/BAEconhandbook201112_000.pdf

ILLNESS AND OTHER PROBLEMS

Shau Chan, BA Econ Programme Administrator or Bernadette Julien, BA Econ UG secretary in the School

Undergraduate Office (Arthur Lewis Building, G001) should be notified immediately of any illness or other mitigating

circumstances affecting the May/June examination performance – a mitigating circumstances form must be

completed and in all cases supporting evidence must be produced where appropriate. Mitigating circumstances

form is available from the School UG office and is also downloadable via:

http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/ug/useful/

Please read carefully the Guidance for Students in particular “Nature of mitigating circumstances” points 3.1, 3.2

and 3.3.

It is most important that before the May/June examination period (except for circumstances that arise during this

period), that you notify either Shau or Bernadette in the School Undergraduate Office (Arthur Lewis building

room G001) of any such problems.

Please do not wait until the results have been published before informing us of any such circumstances.

Retrospective evidence cannot be accepted after the examination period and after the publication of results.

Do not hesitate to provide information: this will be treated seriously and in the strictest confidence.

EXAMINATION RESULTS

The confirmed results are expected to be published early July (exact date will be confirmed nearer the time) and you

will be able to view your results on the Campus Solutions/Self Service via the My Manchester Portal at:

https://my.manchester.ac.uk/

If you have any failed marks which are either core units for your pathway(s) or are non compensatable, you will

you be able to access exact details of your resits and/or first sits on the system. Full instructions on how to view

your confirmed grades will be sent to your University email account once the Exam Board has met in early July.

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CONVENTIONS FOR THE BA (ECON) EXAMINATIONS

SECOND HONOURS EXAMINATION

To pass the Second Examination as a whole a student must have:

(i) Passes in course units totalling 100 units (out of 120 units) - the pass mark being 40% or more;

(ii) An aggregate of 480 to compensate for failed course units not exceeding a total unit rating of 20 units (Note:

core units for Accounting, Finance, Business Studies, Economics and Development Studies pathways cannot be

compensated – see below)

(iii) A minimum of 30% in a failed course unit.

Progression relative to students specialising in Accounting, Accounting & Finance, Accounting & Economics,

Economics & Finance or Finance

- A student who fails (that is attains a mark of less than 40%) in a mandatory core unit cannot compensate for

such a failure and will not be allowed to progress to the succeeding year for any of these pathways;

- Core units for progression to the third year are:

Accounting – BMAN21020, BMAN21040, BMAN21061 and BMAN20081;

Finance – BMAN23000, BMAN20072 and BMAN20081.

Progression relative to students specialising in Economics

Single specialisation

- A student who fails (that is attains a mark of less than 40%) in a core unit cannot normally compensate for such

a failure and will not normally be allowed to progress to the succeeding year;

- Core units for progression to the third year are: (ECON20351, ECON20352, ECON20401 and ECON20402) AND

either (ECON20281 & ECON20292) or *ECON20110

* Students who have passed either (ECON10001 & ECON10132) or (ECON10071 & ECON10072) must take

ECON20110 either in Year 2 or in Year 3. Students who have passed ECON10061 & ECON10062 must take

ECON20281 & ECON20292 in Year 2 and take ECON30370 in Year 3.

Joint specialisation with Accounting, Finance or Business Studies



- Core units for progression to the third year are: (ECON20351 & ECON20401) and (an additional 20 units of level

two ECON course units).

Joint specialisation with all other areas of study (Criminology, Development Studies, Economic & Social

History, Politics or Sociology)

- A student needs to pass at least 40 units of level two ECON course units.

Progression relative to students taking Economics course units

- Where a student passes the year as a whole, including where appropriate resits, but fails (that is has a mark of

less than 40%) courses which are either area or individual course prerequisites, then progression to the

succeeding year would apply but the failed prerequisite units may have the following consequences:

- Failed area prerequisites would mean that the student would not normally be able to pursue the area of

study relevant to the area prerequisites. Note: this refers specifically to Business Studies, Development

Studies and Economics specialists.

- Failed individual course prerequisites would limit the choice of courses available in the succeeding year

as those courses for which individual course prerequisites are required would not normally be available

to the student.

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Progression relative to students specialising in Business Studies (single or joint)



- Core units for progression to the third year are: BMAN20600, ECON20341 & ECON20342.

Progression relative to students specialising in Development Studies (single or joint)



- Core units for progression to the third year are: ECON20321, ECON20332 & (either POLI20511, SOAN20822 or

SOCY20162).

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Candidates may resit in August any paper(s) failed in January or May/June examinations.

Students who pass the second year in May/June with up to 20 units which have been compensated, may be

required to take re-sits in August/September, where the units are pre-requisites for later year units, despite

passing the year overall.

If, after the application of compensation rules and/or any resits, students have only “passed” in course units

totalling 110 or 100 units without compensation, they will have to proceed to the Ordinary Degree in the Third

Year. However, in order to regain Honours status, the Board of Examiners will allow students to carry 10 or 20

units of Second Examination course units into the Third Year in addition to the full set of course units for that

year. To complete that year successfully, the student must satisfy the usual criteria for the year and reach the

unit pass mark for these additional units.

Students who fail carried units from the first year or fail more than 20 units of second year courses will

proceed to the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor if they meet the following requirements:

• reach the overall pass mark (40%) averaged over second year units totalling 100 units (where a student

has taken 120 units, the 100 units of highest marks will be used for this calculation but not including any

carried units from the previous year);

• reach the pass mark in individual units totalling at least 60 units; and

• reach the compensatable fail mark in all remaining units.

STUDENTS WHO DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS STATED ABOVE WILL BE EXCLUDED.

Second Examination results count towards the classification of your Final Degree. The average mark for the

second year is weighted as 25% towards your final degree classification. This is based on the results after the first

attempt: improved performance in resits will not count towards your overall mark for the second year. If a

student needs to take resits, the original mark is included in this calculation and not the resit mark. This is to

ensure that the resit system is fair on those who have passed modules at the first attempt.

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FINAL HONOURS EXAMINATION

TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNDERGRADUATE REGULATIONS FROM THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

WEBSITE AT:

http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/humnet/tandl/undergraduate/undergraduateregulations/

1. OVERALL MARK

The overall mark for a programme is a weighted average of the overall marks for different years of the

programme.

The weights are:

Year 1: Zero

Year 2: 25% (using the original fail marks where resits were necessary)

Year 3: 75%

2. CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE FINAL CLASS

First, we will look at your average overall mark:

For Class 1:

• an overall mark of not less than 70.0%.

• passes in at least 100 units of the 120 units required for the final year.

For Class 2i:

• an overall mark of less than 70.0% but not less than 60.0%.


For Class 2ii:



For Class 3:



If you obtain an overall mark in the range for the class but obtain less than the specified number of

passes for the final year you will be awarded the next lower class, or for Class 3 see 3. (Ordinary degree)

below.

If you don’t meet the above requirements, we will then look at the following:

For Class 1:



• at least 80 units of the 120 units for the final year in the range required for the Class (not less than

70.0%).

For Class 2i:


• passes in at least 100 units of 120 units required for the final year.

• at least 80 units of the 120 units for the final year in or above the range required for the Class (less

than 70.0% but not less than 60.0%).

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For Class 2ii:



• at least 80 units of the 120 units for the final year in or above the range required for that Class

(less than 60.0% but not less than 50.0%).

For Class 3:



• at least 80 units of the 120 units for the final year in or above the range required for that Class

(less than 50.0% but not less than 40.0%).

3. ORDINARY DEGREE

The Ordinary Degree of Bachelor will be awarded to a student who at the end of the honours programme

obtains an overall mark of not less than 40.0%, averaged over final-year units totalling 60 credits, and obtains

at least half of those credits with a mark of not less than 40.0%.

The Ordinary Degree of Bachelor will be awarded to a student who at the end of the Ordinary programme

obtains an overall mark of not less than 40.0% averaged over final-year units totalling 100 credits, and obtains

at least half of the credits with a mark of not less than 40.0%.

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CHOICE OF THIRD YEAR UNITS

For Honours degree students, you are required to select 120 units from the Level Three Programme Structure for

study and examination in the third year. You can select one or two major pathways of study. If you select one

pathway, you will need at least 80 units. If you choose two pathways you will need at least 50 units in each area.

For Ordinary Degree students, you are required to select any 100 units within the Level Three Programme Structure.

Your choice of pathway will most likely be defined by the choices you made for your second year and the area pre-

requisites you have therefore completed for pathways within the Level Three Programme Structure.

Taking Level Two Course Units

Students are only permitted to take up to 20 units of level two/second year units which either appears within

Level Two Programme Structure or as Free Choice Course Unit. Students wishing to seek permission to take

more than 20 units of level two/second year units in their final year should seek advice from the BA (Econ)

Programme Director or Programme Tutors. Please also refer to regulation 10 of the Undergraduate degree

regulations in the current BA Econ Programme Handbook for details and via the School Intranet at:

http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/ug/handbooks/documents/BAEconhandbook201112_000.

pdf (page 30).

If you are in any doubt about which units to choose, you should consult the Counsellors in each discipline (see page

11). Further information about the syllabus for individual course units can be accessed on the web at:

http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/

Please note that course units with a quota (marked Q in the schedules of courses). There are a limited number of

spaces available on these units and you are strongly advised to register for these courses as early as possible to

avoid disappointment.

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PATHWAYS ON THE BA ECON

Single Honours pathways available are:

- Accounting#

- Business Studies#

- Criminology

- Development Studies

- Economics

- Economic and Social History

- Finance#

- Politics

- Social Anthropology

- Sociology

Joint Honours pathways available are:

-Accounting & Economics#

-Accounting & Finance#

-Business Studies & Economics#

-Business Studies & Politics#

-Business Studies & Sociology#

-Development Studies & Economics

-Development Studies & Politics

-Development Studies & Sociology

-Economics & Criminology

-Economics & Finance#

-Economics & Politics

-Economics & Economic and Social History

-Economics & Sociology

-Politics & Criminology

-Politics & Economic and Social History

-Politics & Sociology

-Social Anthropology & Criminology

-Social Anthropology & Sociology

-Sociology & Criminology

# BA Econ students who are not on the Accounting, Finance or Business Studies pathways will not be allowed to

change to this pathway after the second year of the programme.

You CANNOT study for any combination of the following pathways:

• Accounting & Business Studies

• Business Studies & Finance.

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FREE CHOICE COURSE UNITS

Final year students will only be permitted to select a free choice course unit if it is a continuation of a course

unit taken in the second year. You will not be allowed to select free choice course unit if you had not taken

one in the second year or select any units offered by the Manchester Leadership Programme. This is due to

the equal and considerable weighting attached to each individual third-year unit in determining the final BA

Econ Degree classification. Third year students who did not take a free choice in the second year, will only be

given permission to select a free choice unit in their final year in exceptional circumstances and by permission

from the BA Econ Programme Director.

If you wish to take a free choice course unit, you should complete a free choice course unit form*, which is

available from the School Undergraduate Office, Arthur Lewis G001 or alternatively you can download this form

from the BA Econ Blackboard Page and from the School Undergraduate Student Intranet at:


Please read the guidelines and return the completed form to the School Undergraduate Office by Friday 29 June

2012 - make sure that you receive approval from the External School/ Discipline concerned and by asking them to

sign the bottom of the form. It is very important that you find out for yourself the attendance and examination

requirements of the unit concerned.

Once you have received confirmation that you can take a free choice course unit of your choice then you can

register for this unit online (with the exception of LEAP and BMAP* units) from mid July. In the meantime, if you

wish to have more information about particular free choice units, the table below shows the details of

offices/websites where you can obtain this:

School Discipline Location/Office

Environment

&

Development

Planning & Landscape,

Geography

2nd

floor Arthur Lewis Building, UG office. Course unit information

can be found at:

http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/modul

es/

Law Law (Other course units

bearing a “LAWS” code

which are not listed

within the BA Econ

Programme Structure).

Williamson building – UG office 3rd

floor. Full details of all School

of Law course units can be found at:

http://www.law.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/modul

es/index.html

Arts, Histories

& Cultures

All Samuel Alexander Building A19. All information about other

course units available in AHC available on Faculty of Humanities

Course Unit database:

http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/ahc

Languages,

Linguistics &

Cultures

LEAP (language

experience for all

programmes)

All other courses related

to linguistics and

language studies

LEAP - Andres Lozoya, Room SG14, Samuel Alexander Building

http://www.langcent.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/leap/

Language studies related courses – full information is available in

LLC available on Faculty of Humanities Course Unit database:

http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/llc/

MBS Manchester Enterprise

Centre – course units

related to business

theory and practical

entrepreneurial skills

Harold Hankins Building, 8.32. Course unit information can be

found at:

https://mec.portals.mbs.ac.uk/UGEnterprise/UGEnterpriseunits.as

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Manchester

Business

School

All Non Specialist

Business & Management

courses. BMAP –

Business and

Management for All

Programmes*

The procedure for students who wishes to take a BMAP course – a

BMAP application form must be completed and are available from

the MBS UG Office, Room D20, MBS East Building in mid July.

Please take the completed BMAP form and ask Shau Chan, the BA

Econ Programme Administrator to complete the authorisation

section. Full list of BMAP courses are available at:

http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/mod

ulelist.html?department=56

Education Management & Leisure

Language, Literacy &

Communication

Education

Ellen Wilkinson Building, Devas Street. Course unit information

can be found at:

http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/educ

ation/

Mathematics Mathematics Alan Turing Building, Ground Floor, UG Office. Full details of all

School of Mathematics course units can be found at:

http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/ugstudies/u

nits/index.html

*If you wish to take up a BMAP free choice unit, you do not need to complete a BA Econ free choice form.

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COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE

In the first instance, you should refer to the Humanities course unit database for more information about the

course content and by contacting the relevant course convenor. You may also contact your Academic Advisor to

discuss your course unit selection.

Members of staff in each discipline area will be also responsible for advising students on second year course units.

Their names and contact details are listed below in case you wish to seek further advice:

Pathways Counsellor(s) Email

Accounting Dr. Anne Stafford [email protected]

Business Studies Dr. Mario Pezzino [email protected]

Criminology Dr. Toby Seddon [email protected]

Development Studies Mr. Nick Weaver [email protected]

Economic and Social History Dr. Chris Godden [email protected]

Finance Dr. Anne Stafford [email protected]

Politics Prof. Inderjeet Parmar [email protected]

Dr. Piers Robinson [email protected]

Social Anthropology Prof. Sharon MacDonald [email protected]

Sociology Dr. Vanessa May [email protected]

Economics:

If your query relates to specific Economic courses within these areas please contact:

(Econometrics) Dr. Len Gill [email protected]

(Microeconomic Theory) Dr. Leonidas Koutsougeras [email protected]

(Macroeconomic Theory) Dr. Michele Berardi [email protected]

(Environmental Economics) Dr. Noel Russell [email protected]

(Development Economics) Dr. Indranil Dutta [email protected]

Any other BA Econ course units and degree programme enquiries:

Contact Shau Chan or Bernadette Julien in the School Undergraduate Office, Arthur Lewis building room G001

Shau Chan (BA Econ Programme Administrator): Tel: 01612752500 or Email: [email protected] ;

Bernadette Julien (BA Econ UG Secretary): Tel: 01612754822 or Email: [email protected]

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COURSE UNIT SELECTION

You are required to complete course unit selection from mid-August and we recommend that you complete this

process as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Please complete this process as soon as possible as this will

assist in preparing next session's timetable and in planning teaching loads.

You should go to www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/selfservice to make your course unit selection.

This enables you to select your course units, check you are taking a legitimate combination of courses and view your

provisional timetable.

Please note – if you have compulsory/optional resits in August 2012 you will not be able to select any course units

in which you have not met the pre-requisites but you will be able to select other units available to you with the

programme structure. When you have successfully passed your resit exams you can finalise your remaining course

unit selection in September 2012.

When choosing your options you should consult the timetabling information held on the Faculty of Humanities

course unit database at:

http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/ and


Your co-operation is crucial in enabling us to predict demand for units and book lecture theatres and seminar rooms

with enough capacity.

DON’T FORGET that for course units with a quota (marked Q in the schedules of courses). There are a limited

number of spaces available on these units and you are strongly advised to register for these courses as early as

possible to avoid disappointment.

If you wish to change your pathway on the BA Econ degree, please contact Shau Chan, Programme Administrator

at: [email protected]. This request is subject to you successfully passing the required area pre-

requisite(s) for the pathway(s) concerned.

BA (Econ) students who are not the Accounting, Finance or Business Studies pathways will not be allowed to

change to this pathway(s) after the second year of the programme.

UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION

This facility will be available online from beginning of September 2012. This enables you to confirm all your personal

details and pay your tuition fees. Full details of this process will be published on the Student Services Centre website

and is also available from the School Intranet at:

http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/ug/registration/

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BA (Economic & Social Studies)

Programme Structure

2012-13

The following course units are offered subject to availability, timetabling constraints and, in certain cases, limits on the

number of students accepted. Course units available in the first semester are designated by the suffix digit ‘1’, those in the

second semester by the digit ‘2’ and those covering both semesters by the digit ‘0’. Any pre–requisite is indicated by the

letter ‘P’ and any co-requisite by the letter ‘C’.

A course unit with a quota is indicated by the letter ‘(Q)’ next to the course unit title; students should register directly on the

self service website at: http://www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/selfservice/ on a first come, first served basis from mid

August.

Honours candidates are required to complete course units totalling 120 units, including at least 50 units, and not more than

70 units in any one semester.

LEVEL THREE – Third Year Courses. (Course units are listed according to the pathway of study) Page 14

Students are only permitted to take up to 20 units of level two/second year units which either appear within the Level

Three Programme Structure or as Free Choice Course Units. Please refer to regulation 10 under Undergraduate degree

regulations (please consult the Programme Handbook for details).

Course Subjects & Codes

Codes Course Subject

BMAN Business and Management (Accounting, Finance and Business Studies)

ECON Economics

HIST History (Economic & Social History)

LAWS Law (Law and Criminology)

PHIL Philosophy

POLI Politics

SOAN Social Anthropology

SOCS Social Sciences

SOCY Sociology

SOST Social Statistics

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Level Three Courses Units

Honours candidates are required to complete course units totalling 120 units. Candidates undertaking a single Honours pathway are

required to take at least 80 units from one pathway. Candidates undertaking Joint Honours pathway are required to take at least 50 units

from each pathway.

Students are only permitted to take up to 20 units of level two course units, which either appear within the Level Two Programme

Structure or as Free Choice Course Units. Please refer to regulation 10 under Undergraduate degree regulations (please consult the

Programme Handbook for details).

1. Accounting

Area pre-requisites: BMAN21020, BMAN21040, BMAN20081, BMAN21061 and BMAN23000A.

Compulsory Course Units: BMAN31000 and BMAN23000A if not taken in the Second

Year.

Course Code Course Unit Title Units Pre/Co-requisites, Notes

BMAN31000 Financial Analysis of Corporate Performance 30

P: BMAN21020, BMAN21040, BMAN20081 &

BMAN21061; P or C: BMAN23000A. Only

available for the Accounting pathway. Students

on the joint Accounting & Finance pathway must

take only one of BMAN31000 & BMAN30190

BMAN30030 Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting & Regulation 20 P: BMAN21020

BMAN31040 Advanced Management Accounting 20 P: BMAN21040

BMAN30071 Share Prices & Accounting Information 10 P: BMAN23000A

BMAN30131 Accountability & Auditing 10 P: BMAN21020

BMAN30151 Advanced Business Information Systems 10 P: BMAN21061

BMAN30171 Public Finance & Public Policy 10

BMAN30202 Case Studies in Business Information Systems 10 P: BMAN21061

BMAN30211 Corporate Governance in Context 10 P: BMAN21020

In addition, not more than 20 units of the following Level Two courses may be selected for the Final Examination:

BMAN23000A Foundations of Finance 20

P: BMAN10522 or BMAN10552. Pass mark of

60% or more in BMAN10552 is required to take

this unit

2. Business Studies

Area pre-requisites: BMAN20600, ECON20341 and ECON20342;

Single Honours Compulsory Course Units: (BMAN33000) AND either (ECON30820 or ECON31000);

Joint Honours Compulsory Course Units: BMAN33000

BMAN30021 Marketing 10 Only available for the Business Studies pathway

BMAN30042 Human Resource Management 10 Only available for the Business Studies pathway

BMAN30060 International Finance 20 P: BMAN23000A

BMAN30111 Advanced Corporate Finance 10 P: BMAN23000A

BMAN30211 Corporate Governance in Context 10 P: BMAN21020

BMAN30991 International Management of Knowledge & Technology 20 Only available for the Business Studies pathway

BMAN31040 Advanced Management Accounting 20 P: BMAN21040

BMAN33000 International Business Analysis Project 20 P: BMAN20002 or BMAN20600. Only available

for the Business Studies pathway

ECON30311 Operational Research IA 10 P: ECON20281 & ECON20292

ECON30312 Operational Research IB 10 P: ECON20281 & ECON20292

ECON30352 Business Forecasting 10 P: ECON20110

ECON30820 Business Economics II 20 P: 20 units of Level Two ECON courses

ECON30852 Money, Banking & Financial Markets 10 P: ECON20401 & ECON20402

ECON31000 Managerial Economics II (Q) 20 P: ECON20000

POLI30101 International Organisation & Global Governance 20

SOST30012 Theory and Methods in Demography 20

ECON32122 Applied Industrial Organisation 10 P: ECON20110 & ECON20351


ECON20091 Operational Research IA 10 P: (ECON10001 & ECON10132) or (ECON10071 &

ECON10072)

ECON20092 Operational Research IB 10 P: (ECON10001 & ECON10132) or (ECON10071 &

ECON10072)

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3. Finance

Area pre-requisites: BMAN23000(A), BMAN20072 and BMAN20081

Compulsory Course Units: BMAN30190


BMAN30060 International Finance 20 P:BMAN23000A

BMAN30071 Share Prices & Accounting Information 10 P:BMAN23000A

BMAN30091 Financial Derivatives 10 P:BMAN23000A. Preferable to have a minimum pass

mark of 50% or more in BMAN23000A to take this unit

BMAN30111 Advanced Corporate Finance 10 P:BMAN23000A

BMAN30190 Empirical Finance 30

P:BMAN23000A, BMAN20072 & BMAN20081.

Only available for the Finance pathway. Students on the

joint Accounting & Finance pathway must take only one

of BMAN31000 & BMAN30190

BMAN30242 Financial Engineering 10

P:BMAN23000A. Students wishing to take BMAN30242

are strongly recommended to take BMAN30091 in

semester one

BMAN30702 Corporate Contracting and Managerial Behaviour 10 P:BMAN23000A

4. Development Studies

Area pre-requisites: ECON20321 & ECON20332 (& 20 units from either POLI20511, SOAN20822 or SOCY20161/2)

Single Honours Compulsory Course Units: ECON30910 or POLI30380 or SOCY30920;

Joint Honours Compulsory Course Units: None

ECON30101 The Chinese Economy 10 P: (ECON10041 & ECON10042) or (ECON10081 &

ECON10082) or equivalent

ECON30232 Natural Resource Economics 10 P: ECON20351 AND one of either (ECON20352,

ECON20120, ECON10071, ECON10001 or ECON20281)

ECON30451 Development Economics III 20 P: 10 units of Level Two ECON courses

ECON30910 Development Studies Dissertation - Economics 20

Only available for the Development Studies pathway.

Cannot be taken in conjunction with POLI30380 or

SOCY30920

ECON32111 Climate Change Economics 10

P: (ECON20101 or ECON20352) AND either (ECON10001

or ECON10071 or ECON20281). Not available to

students who have taken ECON20392 in 2011/12


POLI30321 Ethical Issues in World Politics 20

POLI30380 Development Studies Dissertation – Politics 20

Only available for the Development Studies pathway.

Cannot be taken in conjunction with ECON30910 or

SOCY30920

POLI30432 Identity and Security in China and East Asia 20 Only available for the Development Studies pathway

POLI30691 News Media & International Crisis 20 Only available for the Development Studies pathway

POLI30722 International Political Economy 20

POLI30751 Global Justice 20

POLI30792 Gender & International Politics 20 Only available for the Development Studies pathway

POLI30822 War & the Politics of Ethics 20 Only available for the Development Studies pathway

POLI30862 Africa and Global Politics 20

POLI31021 Border, Identities, Citizenship 20

SOAN30111 Meeting the Millennium Development Goals: The

Anthropology of International Development

20

SOAN30162 Cities and Migration 20

SOCY30061 Urban Sociology 20

SOCY30401 Technology & Society 20

SOCY30920 Development Studies Dissertation – Sociology 20

P: Either (SOCY20091 or SOST20021) OR (SOCY20111 if

taken in 2011/12). Only available for the Sociology

pathway. Cannot be taken in conjunction with

ECON30910 or POLI30380

SOCY30972 Empire: Images of ‘Race’ & British Society 20

SOST30012 Theory and Method in Demography 20


ECON20101 Economics of Environmental Management 10 P:(ECON10041 or ECON10081) AND either (ECON10061

or ECON10001 or ECON10071)

POLI20612 Chinese Politics Today 10

POLI20881 Freedom & Equality: Contemporary Debates 20 P: POLI10702

SOAN20822 Political & Economic Anthropology 20

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5. Economic & Social History

Area pre-requisites: Any Economic & Social History course units totalling 40 units from Level One & Two. Single Honours ESH pathway specialists

are only permitted to take a maximum of 80 units of level 3 HIST courses

Compulsory Course Units: None


ECON30780 History of Economic Thought 20

HIST31162 America, Europe, and the Cold War, 1944 – 1960 (Q) 20 Only available for the Economic & Social History

pathway.

HIST31262 The People's Continent: Protest and Politics in Europe (Q) 20 Only available for the Economic & Social History

pathway.

HIST31281 Crisis and Recovery: Britain, 1919-1939 (Q) 20 Only available for the Economic & Social History

pathway.

HIST31351 From Gutenberg to Google: A History of Knowledge

Management from the Middle Ages to the Present Day (Q) 20

Only available for the Economic & Social History

pathway.

HIST31381

First Modern Economy and First Industrial Nation: The

Netherlands, England and the Growth of the Modern

Economy c: 1660-1850 (Q)

20 Only available for the Economic & Social History

pathway.

HIST31401 A Nation of Shopkeepers: Commerce, Corporations and

Capitalism in Britain between 1750 and 1900 (Q) 20


pathway.

HIST31352 Conflict and Commerce: War and Trade in Northern Europe,

1618-1763 (Q) 20


pathway.

SOCY30972 Empire: Images of ‘Race’ & British Society 20

6. Economics

Single Honours Area pre-requisites: ECON20351, ECON20352, ECON20401 and ECON20402 AND either (ECON20281 & ECON20292 (P: ECON10061

& ECON10062) or ECON20110 (P: ECON10001 & ECON10132 or ECON10071 & ECON10072)); ECON20110 can be taken in either the second or

third year;

Joint Honours Area pre-requisites: (Economics with either Accounting, Business Studies or Finance): ECON20351, ECON20401 AND 20 additional units

from Level Two ECON course units; (Economics with either Criminology, Development Studies, Economic & Social History, Politics or Sociology): any

40 units from Level Two ECON courses units.

Single Honours Compulsory Course Units: (ECON30611 and ECON30612) AND either (ECON30600 or ECON30290 or ECON30320); In addition,

either (ECON20110 (if not taken in the second year)) OR (ECON30370 (P:ECON20281 and ECON20292)) must also be taken in the third year;


ECON30002 Advanced Macroeconomics 10 C: ECON30611 & ECON30612

ECON30101 The Chinese Economy 10 P: (ECON10041 & ECON10042) or (ECON10081 &

ECON10082) or equivalent

ECON30232 Natural Resource Economics 10

P: ECON20351 AND one of either (ECON20352,

ECON20120, ECON10071, ECON10001 or

ECON20281)

ECON30381 Mathematical Finance 10 P: ECON20120 or (ECON20090 or ECON20091 and

ECON20092)

ECON30432 Financial Economics 10 P: ECON20120

ECON30451 Development Economics III 20 P: 10 units of Level Two ECON courses

ECON30600 Microeconomics III 20

P: (ECON20351 & ECON20352)

AND either (ECON10001 or ECON10071 or

ECON20281)

ECON30611 Macroeconomics IIIA 10

P: (ECON20401 & ECON20402)

AND either (ECON10001 or ECON10071 or

ECON20281) & C: ECON30612

ECON30612 Macroeconomics IIIB 10 C: ECON30611

ECON30621 International Monetary Economics 10 P: ECON20401 & ECON20402

ECON30780 History of Economic Thought 20

ECON30820 Business Economics II 20 P: 20 units of Level Two ECON courses

ECON30852 Money, Banking & Financial Markets 10 P: ECON20401 & ECON20402

ECON30941 Economics of Monetary Integration in Europe 10 P: ECON20401 & ECON20402

ECON31000 Managerial Economics II (Q) 20 P: ECON20000

ECON31011 Financial Econometrics 10 P: ECON20110

ECON32002 Property and Justice: From Grotius to Rawls 20

ECON32012 Economic Policy Analysis 10 P: ECON20110 & ECON20351

ECON32111 Climate Change Economics 10

P: (ECON20101 or ECON20352) AND either

(ECON10001 or ECON10071 or ECON20281). Not

available to students who have taken ECON20392

in 2011/12


ECON32122 Applied Industrial Organisation 10 P: ECON20110 & ECON20351

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Students who have passed ECON10061 & ECON10062 in their first year may also select the following courses:


ECON30311 Operational Research IA 10 P: ECON20281 & ECON20292

ECON30312 Operational Research IB 10 P: ECON20281 & ECON20292

ECON30320 Mathematical Economics I 20 P: ECON20281

ECON30370 Econometrics 20 P: ECON20281 & ECON20292. Compulsory for

the single Honours Economics pathway

Students who have passed either (ECON10001 & ECON10132) or (ECON10071 & ECON10072) in their first year may also select the

following courses:

ECON30290 Mathematical Economics II 20 P: ECON20120

ECON30341 Cross Section Econometrics 10 P: ECON20110

ECON30352 Business Forecasting 10 P: ECON20110

ECON30402 Time Series Econometrics 10 P: ECON20110

Students who have passed either (ECON10001 & ECON10132) or (ECON10071 & ECON10072) in their first year but not taken either

(ECON20110, or ECON20091 or ECON20092) in their second year may select no more than 20 units of these course units for the Final

Examination:

ECON20110 Econometrics 20 Compulsory for the single Honours Economics

pathway, if not taken in the second year

ECON20091 Operational Research IA 10

ECON20092 Operational Research IB 10

7. Politics

Area pre-requisites: (POLI10702) & (POLI10201/2 or POLI10601) AND (20 units from either POLI20511, POLI20522, POLI20911, POLI20922,

POLI20931, POLI20941 or POLI20952). In addition, POLI20881 must be taken by single area specialists in either the second or third year.

Single Honours Compulsory Course Units: (POLI20881 (if not taken in the second year)) AND either (POLI30300 or POLI30380).


POLI20881 Freedom & Equality: Contemporary Debates 20 P: POLI10702

POLI30032 Politics of The European Union 20

POLI30051 Pluralism, Democracy & Citizenship 20


POLI30141 Security Studies 20

POLI30242 Election and Voters 20

POLI30272 Political Morality and ‘Dirty Hands’ 20

POLI30300 Dissertation A 40

Only available for the single Honours Politics


POLI30380

POLI30321 Ethical Issues in World Politics 20

POLI30361 Political Ideologies In Modern Britain 20

POLI30380 Dissertation B 20

Only available for single or joint Honours Politics


POL30300

POLI30432 Identity and Security in China and East Asia 20 Only available for the Politics pathway

POLI30452 The Politics of Hate 20

POLI30691 News Media & International Crisis 20 Only available for the Politics pathway

POLI30722 International Political Economy 20

POLI30751 Global Justice 20

POLI30792 Gender & International Politics 20 Only available for the Politics pathway

POLI30822 War & the Politics of Ethics 20 Only available for the Politics pathway

POLI30841 Politics of Social Policy 20 Only available for the Politics pathway

POLI30862 Africa and Global Politics 20

POLI30891 Terrorism and Political Violence in Europe 20

POLI31021 Border, Identities, Citizenship 20

POLI32011 Democracy in the European Union 20

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8. Criminology

Area pre-requisites: LAWS10421 and a further 40 units of Level Two Criminology course units



LAWS30602 Drugs and Society 20

LAWS30620 Short Dissertation 20 P: 20 units of Level One Criminology courses.

Only available for the Criminology pathway

LAWS30631 Crime Prevention & Community Safety 20

LAWS30642 Comparative Studies in Crime & Criminal Justice (Q) 20

LAWS30661 Managing Offenders in the Community (Q) 20 P: LAWS20412

LAWS30711 Counter Terrorism 20 P: LAWS20131

LAWS30792 Victims, Crime & Justice 20

LAWS30811 Organising Crime: Migration, Trafficking & Smuggling 20 P: 20 units of level one Criminology course is

desirable but not essential

LAWS30871 Psychosocial Controversies in Criminology 20

LAWS31052 Criminology & Mass Violence 20


LAWS20041 Psychology, Crime and Criminal Justice II 20 P: LAWS10432

LAWS20051 Policing & The Police 20

LAWS20131 Contemporary Debates in Criminal Justice 20

LAWS20412 Explaining Crime & Deviance 20

LAWS20692 Understanding Punishment 20

9. Social Anthropology

Area pre-requisites: 20 units of Level Two Social Anthropology course units


SOAN30061 Medical Anthropology 20

SOAN30082 Exhibiting Cultures 20

SOAN30111 Meeting the Millennium Development Goals: The

Anthropology of International Development

20

SOAN30162 Cities and Migration 20

SOAN30172 Borders 20

SOAN30200 Arguing with Anthropology 20

SOAN30342 Anthropology of Sound 20

SOAN30352 The Anthropology of the Modern State 20

SOAN30600 Dissertation B

20 C: 80 level three SOAN units. Only available for

the single Honours Social Anthropology


SOAN30601 and SOAN30612

SOAN30601 Writing a Dissertation Proposal

10 C: SOAN30612 Only available for the single

Honours Social Anthropology pathway. Cannot

be taken in conjunction with SOAN30600

SOAN30612 Dissertation A

30 C: 90 level three SOAN units including

SOAN30601. Only available for the single

Honours Social Anthropology pathway. Cannot

be taken in conjunction with SOAN30600

SOAN30791 Screening Culture 20

SOAN30811 Anthropology of Vision, Senses and Memory 20

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10. Sociology

Single Area pre-requisites: SOCY10421 & SOCY10432 and one further Level Two Sociology course unit

Combined Area pre-requisites: Either SOCY10421 or SOCY10432 and one further Level Two Sociology course unit



SOCY30042 The Sociology of Human-Animal Relations 20

SOCY30061 Urban Sociology 20

SOCY30301 Society & Culture in South Asia 20

SOCY30401 Technology and Society 20

SOCY30412 Ethnomethodology & Conversation Analysis 20

SOCY30461 Power and Protest 20

SOCY30842 Sociology of Family Life and Intimacy 20

SOCY30920 Dissertation A 20

P: Either (SOCY20091 or SOST20021) OR

(SOCY20111 if taken in 2011/12). Only available

for the Sociology pathway. Cannot be taken in

conjunction with SOCY30930

SOCY30930 Dissertation B 40

P: Either (SOCY20091 or SOST20021) OR

(SOCY20111 if taken in 2011/12). Only available

for the Sociology pathway. Cannot be taken in

conjunction with SOCY30920

SOCY30972 Empire: Images of ‘Race’ in British Society 20

SOCY30981 Gender, Time and Change 20


11. Other Course Units

The following course(s) may be selected:

LAWS20301 Business Law II 10 P: LAWS10302

PHIL30011 Special Author: Russell 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30211 Metaphysics 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30311 Philosophy of Language 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30331 Issues in Epistemology 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30551 Philosophy of Action 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30711 Personhood & Freedom of the Will 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30022 Philosophy of Social Science 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30252 Wittgenstein 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30362 Philosophy of Psychology 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

PHIL30632 Philosophy of Music 20 P: 40 units of Level Two PHIL courses

12. Free Choice Course Units(1)

In addition to the above you may take up to 20 units of other course units subject to approval by the BA Econ Programme Director.

Final year students will only be permitted to select Free Choice Course Units if it is a continuation of a course unit taken in their second year.

Manchester Leadership Programme (MLP) course units can only be selected in the second year.

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BA Econ course unit selection checklist

It is your responsibility to choose the correct course units that are within your pathway and programme

structure. Please note the following points when making your final year course unit selection.

• Your choice of course units represents your final proposed decision;

• There are, to the best of your knowledge no timetable lecture and tutorial clashes;

• There should be an appropriate balance between first and second semester course units, a 60-60, 50-70

or 70-50 split. You should count year-long course units as 10 units per semester. If you are taking either

BMAN30190 or BMAN31000 (both 30 units year long courses) you should count this as 15 units per

semester;

• Course units available in the first semester are designated by the suffix digit ‘1’, those in the second

semester by the digit ‘2’ and those covering both semesters by the digit ‘0’.

• Your course unit selection meets your requirements and you have made sure that you have chosen all

the basic core units required for your chosen pathway(s);

• You have the appropriate subject pre-requisite(s) for the course unit you have chosen;

• You have chosen at least 80 units in one area if you are taking a single specialism or at least 50 units in

each area if you are taking a joint specialism. If a course unit appears within two pathways, you should

count this under one pathway only (eg, ECON30451 appears under both Development Studies and

Economics). In this case you should count this course unit within one pathway and not both. You cannot

duplicate or overlap any courses that appears under two pathways;

• If you are taking level two course units which appear either within the Level Three Programme Structure

or as Free Choice Course Units, you should make sure that you select up to 20 units of these course units.

Please refer to regulation 10 under Undergraduate degree regulations in your BA Econ Programme

Handbook for full details.

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Your final year course unit selection:

Pathway of study (1)___________________ Pathway of study (2) (if applicable)________________

First semester Second semester

Course code Units Course code Units

Total units = Total units =

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