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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Economics (MA Hons) (UTGGPEC)

Jump to: Year 3, Year 4

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students intending to do the Economics Dissertation should take courses from Group A.

Student intending to do the Geography Dissertation should take courses from Group B.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge
GEGR09012 20 credits
Essentials of Econometrics
ECNM10052 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Topics in Global Change
ENVI10001 20 credits
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years
GEGR10107 20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114 20 credits
Space, place and sensory perception
GEGR10116 20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10137 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140 20 credits
Queer Geographies: Spatialising Sexuality and Gender
GEGR10141 20 credits
Problematising Environment and Society
GEGR10142 20 credits
Global Hydrology
GEGR10146 20 credits
Black Geographies
GEGR10147 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
GIS and Spatial Analytics for Health
PGGE11272 20 credits
Social Movements and the Environment
PGGE11276 20 credits
AND

Geography and Economics Third Year Courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
You must choose either Applications of Econometrics OR Topics in Macroeconomics. (20 credits)

You may also choose to take Topics in Microeconimcs (40 Credits total).

If you do not take Topics in Microeconomics in Year 3, you will need to take it in Year 4.
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
AND

Economics Course Options Year 3 (joint programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Development Economics
ECNM10061 20 credits
Behavioural Economics
ECNM10066 20 credits
Economics of Sport
ECNM10068 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Health Economics
ECNM10082 20 credits
Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECNM10085 20 credits
The Economics of Cities and Regions
ECNM10086 20 credits
International Economics
ECNM10087 20 credits
Experimental Economics
ECNM10090 20 credits
Key Developments in Modern Economic Analysis
ECNM10096 20 credits
Economics of Organisations
ECNM10101 20 credits
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Inequality
ECNM10104 20 credits
Firms, Markets, and Competition
ECNM10107 20 credits
Applied Financial Econometrics
ECNM10108 20 credits
Game Theory
ECNM10111 20 credits
Economics of Education
ECNM10113 20 credits
Climate Change and Environmental Economics
ECNM10114 20 credits
Programming and Numerical Methods for Economics
ECNM10115 20 credits
The Economics of Crime
ECNM10116 20 credits
Public Economics
ECNM10117 20 credits
Political Economy
ECNM10118 20 credits
The Economics of Health and Health Care
ECNM10119 20 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Geography and Economics Third Year Courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
You must choose either Applications of Econometrics OR Topics in Macroeconomics. (20 credits)

You may also choose to take Topics in Microeconomics (40 Credits total).

If you do not take Topics in Microeconomics in Year 3, you will need to take it in Year 4.
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 9

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits
AND

Economics Course Options Year 3 (joint programmes)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Development Economics
ECNM10061 20 credits
Behavioural Economics
ECNM10066 20 credits
Economics of Sport
ECNM10068 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Health Economics
ECNM10082 20 credits
Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECNM10085 20 credits
The Economics of Cities and Regions
ECNM10086 20 credits
International Economics
ECNM10087 20 credits
Experimental Economics
ECNM10090 20 credits
Key Developments in Modern Economic Analysis
ECNM10096 20 credits
Economics of Organisations
ECNM10101 20 credits
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Inequality
ECNM10104 20 credits
Firms, Markets, and Competition
ECNM10107 20 credits
Applied Financial Econometrics
ECNM10108 20 credits
Game Theory
ECNM10111 20 credits
Economics of Education
ECNM10113 20 credits
Climate Change and Environmental Economics
ECNM10114 20 credits
Programming and Numerical Methods for Economics
ECNM10115 20 credits
The Economics of Crime
ECNM10116 20 credits
Public Economics
ECNM10117 20 credits
Political Economy
ECNM10118 20 credits
The Economics of Health and Health Care
ECNM10119 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Courses from Schools of Geoscience & Economics- Geography and Economics (MA)- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Economics Honours Dissertation
ECNM10030 40 credits
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
AND

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Topics in Global Change
ENVI10001 20 credits
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years
GEGR10107 20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114 20 credits
Space, place and sensory perception
GEGR10116 20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10137 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140 20 credits
Queer Geographies: Spatialising Sexuality and Gender
GEGR10141 20 credits
Problematising Environment and Society
GEGR10142 20 credits
Global Hydrology
GEGR10146 20 credits
Black Geographies
GEGR10147 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
GIS and Spatial Analytics for Health
PGGE11272 20 credits
Social Movements and the Environment
PGGE11276 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Topics in Microeconomics

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students MUST take Topics in Microeconomics in year 4 if it was not taken in Year 3.
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
AND

Economics Course Options Year 4 (joint programmes)

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Essentials of Econometrics
ECNM10052 20 credits
Applications of Econometrics
ECNM10056 20 credits
Development Economics
ECNM10061 20 credits
Behavioural Economics
ECNM10066 20 credits
Economics of Sport
ECNM10068 20 credits
Topics in Macroeconomics
ECNM10069 20 credits
Topics in Microeconomics
ECNM10070 20 credits
Health Economics
ECNM10082 20 credits
Advanced Mathematical Economics
ECNM10085 20 credits
The Economics of Cities and Regions
ECNM10086 20 credits
International Economics
ECNM10087 20 credits
Experimental Economics
ECNM10090 20 credits
Key Developments in Modern Economic Analysis
ECNM10096 20 credits
Economics of Organisations
ECNM10101 20 credits
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Inequality
ECNM10104 20 credits
Firms, Markets, and Competition
ECNM10107 20 credits
Applied Financial Econometrics
ECNM10108 20 credits
Data Science in Economics
ECNM10109 20 credits
Modelling the Financial Crisis and its Aftermath
ECNM10110 20 credits
Game Theory
ECNM10111 20 credits
Applied Labour Economics
ECNM10112 20 credits
Economics of Education
ECNM10113 20 credits
Climate Change and Environmental Economics
ECNM10114 20 credits
Programming and Numerical Methods for Economics
ECNM10115 20 credits
The Economics of Crime
ECNM10116 20 credits
Public Economics
ECNM10117 20 credits
Political Economy
ECNM10118 20 credits
The Economics of Health and Health Care
ECNM10119 20 credits
Monetary Policy, Unemployment and the Labour Market
ECNM10120 20 credits
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