Programme requirements (2022/2023) | Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Geography

Master of Arts (Honours) Economics and Geography

MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): First year ECNECNJJ1A_2223
	Code	Module name	Credits
((		Macroeconomics	20		AND
		Microeconomics	20	)	OR
(	EC1004	Economics Not running in 2022-2023	20		AND
	Hide list View list	20 credits from Level 1000 options		))	AND
		Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600	20
		Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800	20
		The Greeks in a Wider World	20
		Rome and the Mediterranean	20
		Arabic for Beginners 1	20
		Arabic for Beginners 2	20
		Astronomy and Astrophysics 1	20
		Astrophysics (Direct Entry)	5
		Biology 1	20
		Biology 2	20
		Introductory Chemistry for Second Year Direct Entry Students	10
		The Impact of Chemistry	20
		Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry	20
		Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1	20
		Organic and Biological Chemistry 1	20
		Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture	20
		Images of Augustan Rome	20
		Beginners Chinese Language 1	20
		Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1	20
		Beginners Chinese Language 2	20
		Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2	20
		The Nineteenth-Century Novel	20
		Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries	20
		Object-Oriented Programming	20
		Programming with Data	20
		Programming Projects	20
		Computer Systems Fundamentals	20
		God and the World: Introducing Theology	20
		Old Testament: Torah and Prophets	20
		Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language	20
		New Testament Greek 1	20
		Jesus and the Gospels	20
		Introduction to Practical Theology and Theological Ethics	20
		From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture	20
		Macroeconomics	20
		Microeconomics	20
		Mathematics for Economists	20
		Finance	20
		Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature	20
		Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830	20
		Understanding Planet Earth	20
		Earth's Resource Challenges	20
		Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe	20
		Key Concepts in Film Studies	20
		Global Film History and Historiography	20
		French Language and Literature 1	20
		French Language and Literature 2	20
		Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment	20
		A World in Crisis?	20
		Greek Language for Beginners	20
		Greek Literature for Beginners	20
		Greek Language and Literature 1	20
		Greek Pastoral and Passion	20
		First Level German A 1	20
		First Level German A 2	20
		First Level German B 1	20
		First Level German B 2	20
		Great Ideas 1	20
		Academic English and Study Skills 1	20
		Concepts in Global Politics	20
		Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics	20
		Introduction to Italian Language	20
		Italian Language (Elementary)	20
		Italian Language Intermediate 1	10
		Italian Language Intermediate 2	10
		Italian Geographies	10
		Italian Histories	10
		Elementary Latin 1	20
		Elementary Latin 2	20
		World of Latin 1	20
		World of Latin 2	20
		The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000)	20
		Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500	20
		Organisations and Society	20
		Organisations and Analysis	20
		The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770)	20
		Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001)	20
		Introductory Mathematics	20
		Mathematics	20
		Pure and Applied Mathematics	20
		Statistics in Practice	20
		Understanding Music	20
		Making Music 1	20
		Words and Music	20
		An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical	20
		Physics 1A	20
		Physics 1B	20
		Mathematics for Physicists 1A	20
		Physics Skills 1A	20
		Physics Skills 1B	20
		Persian for Beginners 1	20
		Persian for Beginners 2	20
		Fundamentals of Psychology 1	20
		Fundamentals of Psychology 2	20
		Mind and World	20
		Moral and Political Controversies	20
		Reasoning	20
		The Enlightenment	20
		Elementary Russian Language 1	20
		Elementary Russian Language 2	20
		Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1	20
		Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2	20
		Anthropology in the World	20
		Ways of Thinking	20
		What is Sustainable Development?	20
		Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities	20
		Spanish Language and Texts 1	20
		Spanish Language and Texts 2	20
		Spanish for Beginners 1	20
		Spanish for Beginners 2	20
		Vertically Integrated Project	10
		Vertically Integrated Project	15
		Vertically Integrated Project	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
	20 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) Geography (Joint Honours): First year GGYGGYJJ1A_2223
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment	20	AND
		A World in Crisis?	20	AND
	Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Second year ECNECNJJ2A_2223
		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 EC1003 may be taken in first year. Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003. Students who have passed MT2508 are exempt from EC2203. Automatic entry rules to be changed according to University regulations. Automatic entry to Honours requires pass at first sitting and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^

MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Second year GGYGGYJJ2A_2223
		Code	Module name	Credits
	*		Geographies of Global Change	30	AND
	*		(Re)constructing environments, people and places	30
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits Automatic entry to Honours requires pass and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked *

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 ECNECNJJ3A_2223
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4489		AND
		Econometrics	20
		Game Theory	20
		Economic Growth	20
		Mathematical Economics	20
		Incentives, Contracts and Markets	20
		Economic Fluctuations	20
		Computational Economics	20
		Advanced Econometrics	20
		Monetary and Financial History	20
	EC4403	Health and Education Economics	20
		Economics of the Environment	20
	EC4406	Experimental Economics: Methods, Markets, Institutions and Behaviour	20
		Behavioural Economics: Individual Decisions and Welfare	20
		Industrial Organisation and Regulations	20
		International Macroeconomics	20
		International Trade	20
		Labour Economics	20
	EC4413	European Macroeconomics	20
		Macroeconomic Policy	20
		Public Economics	20
		Innovation Economics	20
		Financial Economics: Asset Pricing	20
		Financial Economics: Corporate Finance	20
		Development Economics	20
		Inequality and Redistribution	20
	EC4421	Political Economics	20
	EC4422	Communication and Public Engagement in Economics and Finance	5
		The Economics of Migration	20
		Econometrics of Impact Evaluation	20
		Practical Financial Modelling	20
	EC4427	Philosophy of Economics	20
		Topics in Economic History	20
	EC4429	Health Economics	20
		Financial Economics: Portfolio Management	20
		Economics of Education	20
		Development and Finance	20
		Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions	20
		Personnel Economics	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) Geography (Joint Honours): Third year GGYGGYJJ3A_2223
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Developing a Geography Research Proposal	10	AND
	Hide list View list	20 credits from Module List: GG3206 - GG3212, GG3215		AND
		Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists	10
		Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers	10
		Survey Design	10
		Spatial Analysis with GIS	10
	GG3210	Remote Sensing	10
		Research Design and Methods for Physical Geography	10
		Data Analysis for Physical Geography	10
		Secondary and Archival Data	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
	Hide list View list	Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: GG3100, GG3221-GG3301
	GG3100	Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice	20
	GG3221	Geographies of Identity and Power	20
		HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa	20
	GG3227	Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies	20
	GG3229	Environmental Management in Scotland	20
		Migration and Transnationalism	20
	GG3237	Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border	20
	GG3238	Development: voice, power and identity in global times	20
		European Population Trends	20
	GG3240	Ice and climate	20
	GG3241	Quaternary Palaeoecology	20
		Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course	20
		Glaciers and Glaciation	20
	GG3264	Oceans and Climate	20
		Coastal Processes	20
		Biogeography and the Earth System	20
		Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality	20
	GG3274	Socio-Ecological Systems	20
	GG3275	Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes	20
		Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications	20
		Cultural geographies of climate activism	20
		Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management	20
		Risk Governance In Practice	20
		Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours)	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
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year Students must take GG3205 and 20 credits from GG3206-GG3212 and up to 60 credits from GG3100-GG3301

MA (Hons) Economics (Joint Honours): Fourth year ECNECNJJ4A_2223
	Code	Module name	Credits
	Hide list View list	60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4499, EC5201 - EC5203, ID4002
		Econometrics	20
		Game Theory	20
		Economic Growth	20
		Mathematical Economics	20
		Incentives, Contracts and Markets	20
		Economic Fluctuations	20
		Computational Economics	20
		Advanced Econometrics	20
		Monetary and Financial History	20
	EC4403	Health and Education Economics	20
		Economics of the Environment	20
	EC4406	Experimental Economics: Methods, Markets, Institutions and Behaviour	20
		Behavioural Economics: Individual Decisions and Welfare	20
		Industrial Organisation and Regulations	20
		International Macroeconomics	20
		International Trade	20
		Labour Economics	20
	EC4413	European Macroeconomics	20
		Macroeconomic Policy	20
		Public Economics	20
		Innovation Economics	20
		Financial Economics: Asset Pricing	20
		Financial Economics: Corporate Finance	20
		Development Economics	20
		Inequality and Redistribution	20
	EC4421	Political Economics	20
	EC4422	Communication and Public Engagement in Economics and Finance	5
		The Economics of Migration	20
		Econometrics of Impact Evaluation	20
		Practical Financial Modelling	20
	EC4427	Philosophy of Economics	20
		Topics in Economic History	20
	EC4429	Health Economics	20
		Financial Economics: Portfolio Management	20
		Economics of Education	20
		Development and Finance	20
		Behavioural Economics: Social and Strategic Interactions	20
		Personnel Economics	20
		Research Project in Economics	20
		Dissertation in Economics	40
		Macroeconomics	20
		Microeconomics	20
		Econometric Methods and Applications	20
		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 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

MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Fourth year GGYGGYJJ4A_2223
	Code	Module name	Credits
		Joint Honours Research Dissertation in Geography	30	AND
	Hide list View list	At least 20 credits from Module List: GG3100, GG3221-GG3302, GG4301, GG4222 - GG4229
	GG3100	Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice	20
	GG3221	Geographies of Identity and Power	20
		HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa	20
	GG3227	Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies	20
	GG3229	Environmental Management in Scotland	20
		Migration and Transnationalism	20
	GG3237	Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border	20
	GG3238	Development: voice, power and identity in global times	20
		European Population Trends	20
	GG3240	Ice and climate	20
	GG3241	Quaternary Palaeoecology	20
		Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course	20
		Glaciers and Glaciation	20
	GG3264	Oceans and Climate	20
		Coastal Processes	20
		Biogeography and the Earth System	20
		Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality	20
	GG3274	Socio-Ecological Systems	20
	GG3275	Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes	20
		Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications	20
		Cultural geographies of climate activism	20
		Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management	20
		Risk Governance In Practice	20
		Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours)	10
		Special Topic for Honours in Geography (Senior Honours)	10
	GG4301	Advanced Study for Joint or Major Honours in Geography	10
		Review Essay	20
		Advanced Qualitative Analysis	20
		Advanced Quantitative Analysis	20
		Advanced Topics in Physical Sciences	20
		Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing	20
		Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science (GISci)	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 Students must take between 90 and 150 credits from modules GG3110 - GG3289, GG3302, GG4297, GG4301, GG4220 - GG4229, ID4001 or ID4002 across 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 91果冻视频 School in the Learning Agreement (see ).

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