DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

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Entry into Year 3 normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in Years 1 and 2; (ii) a pass in Economics 2; (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics; (iv) a mark of 50% or above in Introduction to Corporate Finance at first attempt; and (v) a mark of 50% or above in Applications of Finance at the first attempt.

Entry into Year 3 normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in Years 1 and 2; (ii) a pass in Economics 2; (iii) a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics; (iv) a mark of 50% or above in Introduction to Corporate Finance at first attempt; and (v) a mark of 50% or above in Applications of Finance at the first attempt.

Students who spend their third year abroad at a partner university must complete and pass a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), all of which must be in Economics and Finance. Students must complete and pass equivalent courses to the Year 3 compulsory courses, but subject to additional requirements as described in the Study Abroad Information, available on Learn.

Degree Classification Weighting is based on 240 credits: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based (papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice).
From third year: 1) Topics in Microeconomics 2) Essentials of Econometrics 3) Investment and Securities Markets 4) Topics in Economic Analysis 5) Applications of Econometrics 6) Economics or Finance Honours option
From Fourth year: 7) Economics Honours Dissertation 8) Economics Honours Dissertation 9) Corporate Finance 10) Economics Honours option 11) Economics Honours option 12) Finance Honours option

Degree Classification Weighting for students who spent their third year abroad is based on 120 credits: One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the six 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based (papers that for the purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
From Fourth year: 1) Economics Honours Dissertation 2) Economics Honours Dissertation 3) Corporate Finance 4) Economics Honours option 5) Economics Honours option 6) Finance Honours option

Students who spent their third year abroad at a partner university must have completed and passed a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), all of which must have been in Economics and Finance. Students must take third year compulsory courses for which they did not take suitable substitutes on their year abroad. Additional requirements are described in the Degree Programme Handbook available on Learn.