Department of Economics Course Catalogue 2025/26
UHES-AAB03: BSc(Hons) Economics with Study Year Abroad
Route: BSc(Hons) Economics with Study year abroad
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS
Mode of Attendance: Full-time with Study Year Abroad
Normal course duration: 4 Years
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
This course is for students who will be in Year 4 or later in 2025/26
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | No |
DACS and exit awards: | BSc(Hons) Economics
Diploma of Higher Education [exit award]
Certificate of Higher Education [exit award]
Transfer to DAP possible from study years as follows: Year 1: No; Year 2: No; Year 3: Yes; Year 4: No; |
Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 32%
Stage 3: 0%
Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
| This course is being replaced. Years 1 to 3 of this version are not available in 2025/6. |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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Students must choose at least 30 credits worth of Economics units during this course year, at least one of which must be a 20 credit all year unit (other than the final year project). Students may take no more than 35 credits in either semester (option choices must total 60 credits between the two).
Students may take no more than 10 credits of units at FHEQ level 5 (e.g. units with codes beginning MN2 or SP2). |
Academic Year: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES32033 | Final year project | 20 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES32029 | Advanced econometrics and data analytics | 20 Credits |
| ES32038 | Short and long-run macroeconomics | 20 Credits |
| ES32039 | Strategic decision making and incentives | 20 Credits |
Semester 1: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES32036 | Labour economics | 10 Credits |
| ES32037 | Political economy | 10 Credits |
| ES32078 | Economics of banking | 5 Credits |
| ES32079 | Financial derivatives | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 2 units from the following list:
| SP22026 can only be taken if it wasn't already taken as an option in Year 2. |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MN22162 | Intermediate accounting | 5 Credits |
| SP22026 | Development economics: micro perspectives | 10 Credits |
| SP32068 | Development finance | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES32017 | History of economic thought | 10 Credits |
| ES32030 | Analytical development economics | 10 Credits |
| ES32035 | Industrial organisation | 10 Credits |
| ES32040 | Technological change and sustainability | 10 Credits |
| ES32080 | Financial derivatives | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the following list:
| SP22028 can only be taken if it wasn't already taken as an option in Year 2. |
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MN22165 | Intermediate corporate finance for managers | 5 Credits |
| MN32179 | Advanced accounting | 5 Credits |
| SP22028 | Development economics: macro perspectives | 10 Credits |
Notes: - 好色tv and units may be changed in accordance with normal University procedures.
- This course catalogue is applicable for all years of study for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this programme, or its component units, will be delivered in future years in the format displayed here.
- Assessment regulations are subject to review and update. Links given here will provide access to the latest versions of documentation. The regulations described in this documentation may not necessarily be those which applied in previous academic years. For detailed information on how assessment regulations were applied to this course in previous academic years, please contact the relevant Director of Studies.
- Availability of units is subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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