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BSc in Economics and Economic History

Programme Code: UBECEH

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students from the 2018/19 academic year

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Year 1

Paper 1

EC100 Economics A (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2021/22) or

 

EC102 Economics B (1.0) # A  (withdrawn 2021/22)

Paper 2

EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)

Paper 3

MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) # and ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5) #

Paper 4

EH102 Pre-industrial Economic History (1.0)

Year 2

Paper 5

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EC201 Microeconomic Principles I (1.0) # or

 

EC202 Microeconomic Principles II (1.0) #

Paper 6

EC210 Macroeconomic Principles (1.0) #

Paper 7

EH237 Theories and Evidence in Economic History (1.0)

Paper 8

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EH204 Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0)

 

EH207 The Making of an Economic Superpower: China since 1850 (1.0)

 

EH208 Economic History Lab: Cities, Economy and Society, 1550-1750 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

EH209 The Family Economy in History (1.0) #

 

EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (1.0)

 

EH225 Latin America and the International Economy (1.0)

 

EH238 The Origins of Growth (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

 

EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context (1.0)

Year 3

Paper 9

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) #  (not available 2021/22) and EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5) #  (not available 2021/22)

Economics Selection List A

Paper 10

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: B

Economics Selection List A

Third Year Recommended Outside Option List (BSc in Economics and Economic History)

Language Courses

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Paper 11

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EC311 History of Economics: How Theories Change (1.0)

 

EH304 The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War (1.0) #

 

EH306 Monetary and Financial History since 1750 (1.0)

 

EH307 The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000 (1.0)

 

EH308 Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)

 

EH309 Slavery from Ancient Greece to the Gulag (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

EH312 Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0)

 

EH313 Economic History Lab: Cities, Economy and Society, 1550-1750 (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

 

EH314 Political economy and economic policies: Europe from the High Middle Ages to the French Revolution (1.0)

 

EH316 Atlantic World Slavery (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

 

EH325 Issues in Modern Japanese Economic Development: Late Industrialisation, Imperialism and High Speed Growth (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

 

EH326 Innovation and its Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) #

 

EH327 China's Traditional Economy and its Growth in the Very Long-Term (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

Paper 12

EH390 Dissertation in Economic or Social History (1.0)

Economics Selection List A

Language Courses

Third Year Recommended Outside Option List (BSc in Economics and Economic History)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

Footnotes

A : EC102 course allocation dependent on Economics A-level or equivalent background. See course guides for further information.

B : Courses chosen from the undergraduate outside options list would normal be courses that are available to second or third year students.

C : LN250 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

D : LN251 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

E : LN252 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

F : LN253 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

G : LN254 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

H : LN270 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.