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ECN1006 – The Economic Environment
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Joseph Bamidele
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - The Economic Enviroment (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 30% STD - The Economic Enviroment, Coursework: 30% Exam: 70% STDFF - The Economic Enviroment (4 Year Programme), Exam: 70%
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Description: This module will enable students to understand the operation of markets and the economy and apply economic principles to material in their other courses. It considers both microeconomics - the analysis of choices made by individual decision-making units and macroeconomics - the analysis of the economy as a whole.
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ECN1014 – Introduction to Key Economic Thinkers
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Shawky Nasser
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Introduction To Key Economic Thinkers (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100% STD - Introduction To Key Economic Thinkers, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BSc Economics; BSc Economics (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to a range of key economic thinkers from the history of economic thought, especially thinkers that have either played a leading role in shaping economics as we know it today, or whose theories are still discussed today in relation to specific economic phenomena, such as economic crises. It will also introduce a range of different schools of thought, and will assess how economics as a discipline has changed over time. The module is designed to give students a solid theoretical platform on which to develop a critical perspective in the level 5 module ECN2011.
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ECN1019 – Data and Mathematics For Economists
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Joseph Bamidele
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Data And Mathematics For Economists (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100% STD - Data And Mathematics For Economists, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BSc Economics; BSc Economics (4 Year Programme);
Description: This module provides an introduction to the mathematical concepts which are of key importance in economics for single and joint degree programmes. It aims to enable students whose background in mathematics is less rigorous to develop the understanding of essential mathematical techniques used in economics. The module also aims to introduce students to the use of data, descriptive statistics, correlation and simple regression analysis. The objective is to provide sufficient background to allow students to understand more advanced techniques used in Part 2 and Part 3 modules.
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ECN1020 – Introduction to Economics
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Georgia Giordani
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Introduction To Economics, Coursework: 40% Exam: 60%
Designated for: Designated for: BSc Finance;
Description: This module provides students with an overview of key micro and macro economics concepts and how market participants are affected by market forces. This module enables students to understand the operation of markets and the wider economy and apply economic principles to a variety of situations.
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ECN1021 – The Economy 1
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Zia Khan
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - The Economy 1, Coursework: 100% STDFF - The Economy 1 (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BSc Economics; BSc Economics (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the threshold concepts in economics.
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ECN1022 – The Economy 2
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Phil
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - The Economy 2, Coursework: 100% STDFF - The Economy 2 (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BSc Economics; BSc Economics (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of economics that can be used to understand and engage with problem solving in a wide range of contexts.
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ECN1024 – Analysing the Real-World Economic Statistics
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Georgia Giordani
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Analysing The Real-World Economic Statistics, Coursework: 100% STDFF - Analysing The Real-World Economic Statistics (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BSc Economics; BSc Economics (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to equip students with skills needed to develop technical analysis of economics related data, and demonstrate how these are applied in real world examples. It aims to introduce students to the use of Microsoft Excel, R and other statistical software that are essential for data manipulation and analysis.
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ECN1025 – History of Economic Ideas
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Alison Hulme
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - History Of Economic Ideas (With Integrated Foundation Year), Coursework: 100% STD - History Of Economic Ideas, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BSc Economics; BSc Economics (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to key ideas in economics through different historical eras and across different areas of the globe. Students taking this module will develop their understanding of ideas that have shaped the world socially as much as economically ? ideas such as `development?, `growth?, `thrift?, `consumerism?, `mercantilism? and `price?. By the end of the module students will be able to confidently discuss the concepts behind many of today?s economic challenges, understanding them in light of historical contexts.
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IRD1026 – Power and Vision: Introduction to Politics
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Graham McBeath
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Power And Vision: Introduction To Politics (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to some of the key theoretical and conceptual approaches to politics and the organization and interaction of power relations at the levels of the local, the national and the global. In addition, it explores a range of ideological perspectives and their attempts to engage with, and otherwise transform, power relations in the name of alternative political visions of the social order.
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IRD1076 – Unpacking the Political
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Eddie Tembo
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Unpacking The Political (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module examines key events of domestic and international political history, in order to examine both the background factors which led to their occurrence and to the future consequences that they contained. Drawing on a variety of different perspectives, interpretations and sources, students will learn to deconstruct popular political narratives and gain a deeper insight into the way in which academic understanding differs substantially from non-academic thinking about politics. The module will emphasise the importance of evidence-based analysis, enabling students to develop key academic skills necessary for studying at undergraduate level through being able to assess the reliability and validity of different types of sources.
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IRD1078 – Days that Shook the World
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Eddie Tembo
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Days That Shook The World (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100% STD - Days That Shook The World, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA Politics & International Relations;
Description: The purpose of this module is to identify and critically assess key events that have informed the discipline and practice of politics and international relations. Drawing on a variety of interpretations and perspectives, students will develop an academic, evidence-based understanding ? including context and consequences.
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IRD1079 – Political Communications
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Graham McBeath
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Political Communications, Coursework: 100% STDFF - Political Communications (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA Politics & International Relations;
Description: The purpose of this module is to take an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding the nature and character of political communication. It will focus on different levels of the management of opinion from the intra-group/intra-familial level through to large scale political communications such as we find in election campaigns. As such, the module will be concerned centrally with the processes of encoding and decoding of signals which pattern or indeed are one?s political attitudes, choices, and beliefs.
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IRD1080 – Understanding International Relations
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Eddie Tembo
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Understanding International Relations (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100% STD - Understanding International Relations, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA Politics & International Relations;
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to essential concepts and theories of international relations. As such, students will gain an essential understanding of analytical tools that will be useful throughout their degree.
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IRD1081 – Concepts and Ideologies in Politics
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Graham McBeath
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Concepts And Ideologies In Politics (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100% STD - Concepts And Ideologies In Politics, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA Politics & International Relations;
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to some of the key concepts and ideologies in politics. The module will explore different ways of doing political theory, notably historical and contextualist as well as analytical approaches.
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IRD1082 – Introduction to Security
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Eddie Tembo
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Introduction To Security, Coursework: 100% STDFF - Introduction To Security (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA Politics & International Relations;
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the sub-discipline of International Relations; security. On this module students will gain an understanding of key theories and concepts of security and explore contemporary concerns for security.
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IRD1083 – Politics in the United Kingdom
Field: ECONOMICS, INT RELATIONS AND DEV
Co-ordinator: Suzanne McDonald-Walker
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Politics In The United Kingdom, Coursework: 100% STDFF - Politics In The United Kingdom (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA Politics & International Relations;
Description: The module introduces students to the most significant aspects of the British political system. The focus will be on government and politics, not only in terms of its institutions and political parties, but also in relation to its mechanisms for electoral participation.