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Degree Programme Table: Business Studies and Law (MA Hons) (UTBSTLA)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: This programme is closed to new entrants from 2014/15.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has set(s) of course options with the following rules.




    Year 2, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year (not including Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques), and (iii) satisfaction of Law honours requirements as specified by the School.

    Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE08001 Career Development Planning Semester 2 0
    CMSE08002 Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST08005    Business Economics   20  
    BUST08008    International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A   20  
    BUST08003    Principles of Finance   20  
    BUST08009    International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B   20  
    BUST08007    Management Science and Information Systems   20  
    BUST08004    Marketing   20  
    BUST08015    Innovation and Entrepreneurship   20  
    BUST08018    Applications of Finance   20  
    BUST08027    Human Resource Management 2   20  
    BUST08028    Organisational Behaviour 2   20  

    Notes:Details of non-Honours Business courses are available on the Student intranet MyBiz http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/mybiz/
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS08129    Jurisprudence   10  
    LAWS08132    Public Law and Individual Rights   10  
    LAWS08122    Evidence and Criminal Law   20  
    LAWS08133    Property Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08130    Succession and Trust Law   10  
    LAWS08119    International Private Law Ordinary   10  
    LAWS08118    Revenue Law   10  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year (not including Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques), and (iii) satisfaction of Law honours requirements as specified by the School.

    Students in Year 3 must take a minimum of TWO taught courses (40 credits) per semester.

    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), the majority of which must be in Business and Law. All students must complete and pass an equivalent course to the year 3 compulsory course Strategic Management.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE10002 Strategic Management Semester 1 20
    BUST09001 Research in Management Semester 2 0
    CMSE10003 Business Research Methods II: Applications and Analysis Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10013    Decision-Making under Uncertainty   20  
    BUST10117    Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation   20  
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    BUST10067    International Marketing   20  
    BUST10104    International Strategic Management in Practice   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10020    Management Science and Operations Planning   20  
    BUST10028    Managing Employment Law   20  
    BUST10011    Mathematical Programming   20  
    BUST10092    Operations Strategy   20  
    BUST10024    Quality Management   20  
    BUST10036    Risk Management   20  
    BUST10115    The Entrepreneurial Manager   20  
    BUST10034    The Management of Technology   20  
    BUST10021    The Economics of Corporate Strategy   20  
    BUST10118    Marketing Strategy   20  
    BUST10116    Critical Thinking in Marketing   20  
    BUST10114    Services Marketing   20  
    BUST10121    International HRM and Comparative Employment Relations   20  
    BUST10123    Strategic Leadership Development   20  
    BUST10124    Economic Aspects of Competition Policy   20  
    BUST10125    New Product Development   20  
    BUST10127    Brand Culture   20  
    BUST10129    Applications of Human Resource Management   20  
    BUST10018    International Business in Emerging Markets   20  
    BUST10004    Business Ethics   20  

     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select a minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10146    International Private Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  

     
    AND   


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10154    Taxation of transactions   20  
    LAWS10153    Economic analysis of corporate finance law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10150    Contemporary issues in Competition Law and the Single Market   20  
    LAWS10149    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10168    Global Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10158    The Law of Promise   20  
    LAWS10181    The Origins of Modern Commerce   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10178    Legal Issues in Adult Relationships   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10174    Trade, Commerce and Society in the Roman Empire   20  
    LAWS10173    Rulers and Subjects - the Medieval Origins of the Nation State   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students in Year 4 must take a minimum of ONE taught course (20 credits) per semester.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST10049 Management Honours Dissertation Full Year 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10014    Advertising: Theories and Practice   20  
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10004    Business Ethics   20  
    BUST10007    Consumer Behaviour   20  
    BUST10012    Corporate Finance   20  
    BUST10117    Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation   20  
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    BUST10104    International Strategic Management in Practice   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10020    Management Science and Operations Planning   20  
    BUST10113    Managing Across Borders and Cultures   20  
    BUST10028    Managing Employment Law   20  
    BUST10013    Decision-Making under Uncertainty   20  
    BUST10011    Mathematical Programming   20  
    BUST10039    Negotiation   20  
    BUST10092    Operations Strategy   20  
    BUST10024    Quality Management   20  
    BUST10115    The Entrepreneurial Manager   20  
    BUST10034    The Management of Technology   20  
    BUST10021    The Economics of Corporate Strategy   20  
    BUST10116    Critical Thinking in Marketing   20  
    BUST10036    Risk Management   20  
    BUST10121    International HRM and Comparative Employment Relations   20  
    BUST10119    Green and Sustainable Entrepreneurship   20  
    BUST10120    Enterprise Consultancy Project   20  
    BUST10025    Financial Modelling with Excel   20  
    BUST10123    Strategic Leadership Development   20  
    BUST10124    Economic Aspects of Competition Policy   20  
    BUST10126    The Business Response to Climate Change   20  
    BUST10125    New Product Development   20  
    BUST10127    Brand Culture   20  
    BUST10128    Management Consulting   20  
    BUST10129    Applications of Human Resource Management   20  
    BUST10018    International Business in Emerging Markets   20  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10123    Criminal Law A: Harm, Offence and Criminalisation   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10146    International Private Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10171    International Law and Global Affairs   40  
    LAWS10122    Criminal Law B: Doctrine and Theory   40  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10156    Fundamentals of Competition Law   20  
    LAWS10154    Taxation of transactions   20  
    LAWS10153    Economic analysis of corporate finance law   20  
    LAWS10151    EU and UK Equality Law   20  
    LAWS10150    Contemporary issues in Competition Law and the Single Market   20  
    LAWS10149    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
    LAWS10163    Principles of Taxation   20  
    LAWS10162    The Law of Fiduciary Duties   20  
    LAWS10160    Issues in Child Law   20  
    LAWS10166    Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10165    Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS10168    Global Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS10169    WTO Law   20  
    LAWS10158    The Law of Promise   20  
    LAWS10181    The Origins of Modern Commerce   20  
    LAWS10179    The Practice of Legal Argument   20  
    LAWS10178    Legal Issues in Adult Relationships   20  
    LAWS10177    Commercial Leases   20  
    LAWS10176    Neuroscience and the Law   20  
    LAWS10175    Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy   20  
    LAWS10174    Trade, Commerce and Society in the Roman Empire   20  
    LAWS10173    Rulers and Subjects - the Medieval Origins of the Nation State   20  
    LAWS10172    Private Law Theory   20  

     


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