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Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Italian


MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
(( Macroeconomics 20 AND
Microeconomics 20 ) OR
Economics 20 ) AND
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: EC1003, EC1008 AND
Mathematics for Economists 20
Finance 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003.
EC1003 may be taken in second year
MA (Hons) Italian (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Introduction to Italian Language 20 AND
Italian Language (Elementary) 20 ) OR
( Italian Language Intermediate 1 10 AND
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10 AND
View list 20 credits from Module List: IT1005 - IT1099 )) AND
IT1005 Contemporary Italian Short Stories 10
IT1006 Italian Renaissance Books of Manners 10
IT1007 Poverty and Politics in Fascist Italy 10
IT1008 The Italian Short Story from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century 10
IT1012 The Culture of Unified Italy 10
Italian Geographies 10
Italian Histories 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ Intermediate Microeconomics 20 AND
^ Intermediate Macroeconomics 20 AND
Statistics for Economists 20 AND
Mathematics for Economists 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003.
Students who have passed MT2004 or MT2508 are exempt from EC2203.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at first sitting and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Italian (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
Second Level Italian 20 AND
Second Level Italian (Advanced) 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • An average grade of 11 in all Italian modules taken

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4489 AND
Econometrics 20
Decision and Game Theory 20
Economic Growth 20
Mathematical Economics 20
Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
Economic Fluctuations 20
Computational Economics 20
Advanced Econometrics 20
Economic History 20
EC4403 Health and Education 20
Economics of the Environment 20
EC4406 Experimental Economics (20) 20
Behavioural Economics 20
Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
International Macroeconomics 20
International Trade 20
EC4411 Economics of Labour 20
Macroeconomic Policy 20
Public Economics 20
EC4416 Innovation Economics (20) 20
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
EC4419 Economics of Development 20
Inequality and Redistribution 20
EC4421 Political Economy 20
EC4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Economics & Finance 5
The Economics of Migration 20
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
Practical Financial Modelling 20
Philosophy of Economics 20
Portfolio Management 20
Development and Finance 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA (Hons) Italian (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Italian Language 1 15 AND
Italian Language 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: IT3003 - IT3099, IT4006 - IT4089, ML3201
IT3009 History of the Italian Language 15
Fourteenth Century Literature 15
The Language and Literature of Renaissance Italy 15
IT3019 Contemporary Italian Narrative and Poetry 15
IT3022 Nineteenth-Century Literature 15
IT3035 Italian Detective Fiction 15
Venice 15
IT3037 Contemporary Italian Woman Writers 15
IT3038 Primo Levi 15
IT3039 Emigrant Nation 15
IT4010 Early Italian Lyric Poetry 15
Dante Alighieri 15
IT4013 Modern Italy through Cinema 15
IT4014 Female Literary Representations in the Italian Renaissance 15
IT4015 Literary Transvestism in Italian Literature 15
IT4016 Twentieth-Century Italian Canonical and Anti-Canonical Poetry 15
IT4022 Fascist Italy 15
IT4023 Authority and subversion in Renaissance Italy 15
Authority and Subversion in Renaissance Italy 15
IT4025 Foreign Bodies: Migration and Contemporary Italian Culture 15
IT4026 Fascism and Film 15
Migration and Transculturality in New Italian Narratives 15
IT4028 The Twentieth-century Italian Novel 15
Black Italians 15
ML3201 Grammatical Rules and Lexical Exceptions 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students whose degree has a non Modern Language component should ensure that between 120 credits are taken in Italian over Third and Fourth Year.
Students taking two Modern Languages should take between 90 and 150 credits in Italian over Third and Fourth Year.

MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4499, EC5201 - EC5203
Econometrics 20
Decision and Game Theory 20
Economic Growth 20
Mathematical Economics 20
Incentives, Contracts and Markets 20
Economic Fluctuations 20
Computational Economics 20
Advanced Econometrics 20
Economic History 20
EC4403 Health and Education 20
Economics of the Environment 20
EC4406 Experimental Economics (20) 20
Behavioural Economics 20
Industrial Organisation and Regulations 20
International Macroeconomics 20
International Trade 20
EC4411 Economics of Labour 20
Macroeconomic Policy 20
Public Economics 20
EC4416 Innovation Economics (20) 20
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing 20
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance 20
EC4419 Economics of Development 20
Inequality and Redistribution 20
EC4421 Political Economy 20
EC4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Economics & Finance 5
The Economics of Migration 20
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation 20
Practical Financial Modelling 20
Philosophy of Economics 20
Portfolio Management 20
Development and Finance 20
Research Project in Economics 20
Dissertation in Economics 40
Macroeconomics 20
Microeconomics 20
Econometric Methods and Applications 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Access to EC5201 - EC5203 is only available with the permission of the Director of Teaching to students in the Second Year of an Honours Programme who have achieved at least 17.5 in a relevant module, namely, EC3303 or EC3306 for EC5201, EC3302 or EC3505 for EC5202, in EC4401 for EC5203

Final Year students in 2018/9 must ensure they have taken at least 40 credits from EC3301-EC3350, EC4401 over third and fourth year.

MA (Hons) Italian (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Communication Skills 1 15 AND
Communication Skills 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: IT3003 - IT3099, IT4005 - IT4089, IT4098, IT4099, ML3201, ML4794, ID4002
IT3009 History of the Italian Language 15
Fourteenth Century Literature 15
The Language and Literature of Renaissance Italy 15
IT3019 Contemporary Italian Narrative and Poetry 15
IT3022 Nineteenth-Century Literature 15
IT3035 Italian Detective Fiction 15
Venice 15
IT3037 Contemporary Italian Woman Writers 15
IT3038 Primo Levi 15
IT3039 Emigrant Nation 15
IT4005 Translation Methodology 15
IT4010 Early Italian Lyric Poetry 15
Dante Alighieri 15
IT4013 Modern Italy through Cinema 15
IT4014 Female Literary Representations in the Italian Renaissance 15
IT4015 Literary Transvestism in Italian Literature 15
IT4016 Twentieth-Century Italian Canonical and Anti-Canonical Poetry 15
IT4022 Fascist Italy 15
IT4023 Authority and subversion in Renaissance Italy 15
Authority and Subversion in Renaissance Italy 15
IT4025 Foreign Bodies: Migration and Contemporary Italian Culture 15
IT4026 Fascism and Film 15
Migration and Transculturality in New Italian Narratives 15
IT4028 The Twentieth-century Italian Novel 15
Black Italians 15
Dissertation on an Italian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on an Italian Topic 30
ML3201 Grammatical Rules and Lexical Exceptions 15
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students whose degree has a non Modern Language component should ensure that between 120 credits are taken in Italian over Third and Fourth Year.
Students taking two Modern Languages should take between 90 and 150 credits in Italian over Third and Fourth Year.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).