Detail of award: BSc (Hons) Economics including Foundation Study Framework 2020 entry
Name of award: BSc (Hons) Economics

In order to achieve the named award, students must meet all requirements of this award map.

STAGE 1a

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
FDN018	Transition to University – Learning to Learn	40	Compulsory	None
FDN020	Investigating Your Subject	20	Compulsory	None
FDN023	Foundations in Business, Marketing and Management	20	Compulsory	None
FDN021	Negotiated Learning Project	40	Compulsory	None
Students must take all compulsory modules

STAGE 1b

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
ECN1014	Introduction to Key Economic Thinkers	20	Compulsory	None
ECN1019	Data and Mathematics for Economists	20	Compulsory	None
DEV1003	Ideas and Actors in International Development	20	Compulsory	None
IRD1009	Communication, Freedom and Democracy	20	Compulsory	None
ECN1021	The Economy 1	20	Compulsory	None
ECN1022	The Economy 2	20	Compulsory	None

Students must take the compulsory modules

STAGE 2

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
ECN2023#	Economic Perspectives	20	Compulsory	ECN1014
ECN2018	Intermediate Macroeconomics	20	Compulsory	ECN1022 ≠
ECN2013	Intermediate Microeconomics	20	Compulsory	ECN1021≠
ECN2019	Research Methods for Economists	20	Compulsory	ECN1019
ECN2024±	Careers in Economics	10	Compulsory	None
ECN2026*	Behavioural Economics	10	Compulsory	None
ECN2022	Game Theory	20	Designated	None
ECN2025*	Economic Growth and Inequality	20	Designated	None
HRM2042	Learning Through Work (WBL)₁	20	Designated	None

Students must take all compulsory modules plus one designated module

OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
HRM2053	The Placement Year Experience: Organisations in Context	40	Compulsory	None

Students must have successfully completed 100 credits at Level 5 in order to undertake placement

STAGE 3

Code	Title	Credits	Status	Pre-Requisites
ECN4001	Economics Dissertation	40	Compulsory	None ≠
ECN3013	Econometrics	20	Compulsory	ECN2019 ≠
ECN3021*	Advanced Applied Macroeconomics	20	Compulsory	ECN2018
ECN3022*	Advanced Applied Microeconomics	20	Compulsory	ECN2013
ECN3020#	International Trade, Cooperation and Bargaining	20	Designated	None
DEV3002	The Political Economy of Development	20	Designated	None
ACC3007	International Money and Finance	20	Designated	None

Students must take all compulsory modules plus one designated module



FDN and Level 4 modules are split across Stage 1a and Stage1b – 80 FDN credits/40 L4 credits at Stage 1a and 40 FDN credits/80 L4 credits at Stage 1b.  The University’s Supplementary Regulations govern how FDN modules are regulated and how progression from Stage 1a and Stage 1b and from Stage 1a and Stage 1b to Stage 2 is managed

Students who do not complete the Honours Degree will be eligible for an Ordinary Degree in the named subject upon successful completion of a minimum of 60 Level 6 credits. These can be from any Level 6 modules, whether identified as compulsory or designated.

¹Work-based Learning Module (WBL) student must be in part or full time work and register with NBS Centre for Work-based Learning

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± Module recoded due to credit change
# Module recoded due to module title and content changes

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09/02/2022