Department of Economics Course Catalogue 2025/26
UHES-AFB11: BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics
Route: BSc(Hons) Economics with Politics
Leading to the award of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS WITH POLITICS
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Normal course duration: 3 Years
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
This course is for students who will be in Years 1, 2 or 3 in 2025/26
Applicable assessment regulations: | Undergraduate assessment regulations - /publications/undergraduate-assessment-regulations/ |
Approved exemptions: | None |
Coexistent Masters course?: | No |
DACS and exit awards: | This course has no designated alternative course (DAC).
Exit awards:
Diploma of Higher Education
Certificate of Higher Education
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Weighting towards final award by stage: | Stage 1: 0%
Stage 2: 32%
Final Stage: 68% |
Please consult your course handbook or contact your Director of Studies for further information on assessment regulations
Academic Year: Stage 1
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES12001 | Microeconomics 1 | 15 Credits |
| ES12002 | Macroeconomics 1 | 15 Credits |
| PL12002 | Politics: key concepts and analysis | 15 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 1
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES12009 | Mathematics for economics | 5 Credits |
| PL12004 | Essential study skills in politics | 5 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 1
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES12010 | Statistics for economics | 5 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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PLEASE NOTE: Students must take a optional units worth 20 credits, taking 10 credits in each semester (10-credit AY units count as 5 credits in each semester) by choosing options in one of the following ways: - Two 10-credit all year units;
- One 10-credit all year unit and one 5-credit unit in each semester;
- One 10-credit or two 5-credit units in each semester
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Academic Year: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES22015 | Introduction to econometrics | 10 Credits |
| PL22025 | Thinking the world politically | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES22018 | Behavioural and experimental economics | 10 Credits |
| ES22024 | Financial economics | 10 Credits |
| ES22026 | International economics | 10 Credits |
Semester 1: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES22013 | Macroeconomics 2 | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES22027 | Monetary economics | 10 Credits |
| ES22028 | Public finance | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL22066 | The politics of international law | 5 Credits |
| PL22067 | The politics of technology: disruption, regulation, misinformation | 5 Credits |
| SP12007 | International development: global perspectives | 5 Credits |
| SP12008 | International development: social and cultural perspectives | 5 Credits |
| SP22026 | Development economics: micro perspectives | 10 Credits |
Semester 2: Stage 2
Compulsory Units:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES22014 | Microeconomics 2 | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES22023 | Environmental and natural resource economics | 10 Credits |
| ES22025 | Health economics | 10 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| MN12150 | Corporate finance for managers | 5 Credits |
| PL22065 | The politics of gender | 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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| Students must choose options as follows: < - Between 30 and 40 credits worth of Economics units, at least one of which must be a 20 credit all year unit.
- Between 10 and 20 credits worth of Politics units.
- Between 25 and 35 credits per semester (totalling 60 credits between the two).
Students may choose a maximum of 10 credits worth of units from level 5.
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Academic Year: Final Stage
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| ES32029 | Advanced econometrics and data analytics | 20 Credits |
| ES32033 | Final year project | 20 Credits |
| ES32038 | Short and long-run macroeconomics | 20 Credits |
| ES32039 | Strategic decision making and incentives | 20 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL32076 | Comparative political behaviour | 10 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 20 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL32084 | Digital politics and governance | 5 Credits |
| PL32088 | Global transitions and retreats from democracy | 10 Credits |
| PL32095 | Organised crime and democracy in Italy | 5 Credits |
| PL32105 | The political economy of environmental breakdown and the green transition | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 15 credits 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 |
| 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 15 credits from the following list:
Unit Code | Title | ECTS Credits |
| PL32074 | Closing global gender gaps | 10 Credits |
| PL32104 | The international trade system: governance, geopolitical challenges and sustainability amidst global shifts | 5 Credits |
Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1 units 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 |
| 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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