2025/26 UBPHEC BSc in Philosophy and Economics

Paper 1

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• EC1A3 Microeconomics I (0.5)
• EC1B3 Macroeconomics I (0.5)

Paper 2

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
If you select MA100 at Paper 2 you will need to select ST102 at Paper 3. If you select PH111 and ST107 at Paper 2 you will need select one from MA107 or MA108 and one from PH105 or PH112 at Paper 3

• MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0)
• PH111 Introduction to Logic (0.5)
  (Only if ST102 NOT taken)
• ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5)
  (Only if ST102 NOT taken)

Paper 3

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

Note:
If you select MA100 at Paper 2 you will need to select ST102 at Paper 3. If you select PH111 and ST107 at Paper 2 you will need select one from MA107 or MA108 and one from PH105 or PH112 at Paper 3

• ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0)
  (Only if PH111 NOT taken or ST107 NOT taken)

You must take 1.0 units(s) should be taken from this section.

You must take 0.5 units(s) should be taken from this section.


• MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5)
• MA108 Methods in Calculus and Linear Algebra (0.5)

You must take 0.5 units(s) should be taken from this section.


• PH105 Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy (0.5)
• PH112 Intermediate Logic and Probability (0.5)

Paper 4

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0)

Paper 5

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0)
• LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0)
• PH105 Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy (0.5)
• PH112 Intermediate Logic and Probability (0.5)
• PH201 Philosophy of Science (1.0)
• PH214 Philosophy, Morals and Politics (1.0)
• PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0)
• PH223 Mind and Metaphysics (0.5)
• PH224 Epistemology (0.5)
• PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5)
• PH226 Philosophy of Society (0.5)
• PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH230 Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe (0.5)
• PH232 Physics and Uncertainty: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (0.5)
• PH236 Set Theory (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH237 Advanced Logic (0.5)
• PH238 Philosophy of Language (0.5)
• PH239 Anarchy, Authority and Evidence: Topics in Philosophy of Law (0.5)
• PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)
• PH241 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (0.5)
• PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)

Paper 6

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH105 Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH111 Introduction to Logic (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 NOT taken)
• PH112 Intermediate Logic and Probability (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 NOT taken)
• PH201 Philosophy of Science (1.0)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH214 Philosophy, Morals and Politics (1.0)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH223 Mind and Metaphysics (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH224 Epistemology (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH230 Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH232 Physics and Uncertainty: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH236 Set Theory (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH237 Advanced Logic (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH238 Philosophy of Language (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH239 Anarchy, Authority and Evidence: Topics in Philosophy of Law (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH241 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)
• PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)
  (Only if PH111 taken)

Paper 7

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5)
• EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5)

Paper 8

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5)
• EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5)

Paper 9

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• LL306 Theories of Law (0.5)
• LL307 Justifying Political Authority (0.5)
• LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0)
• LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0)
• PH112 Intermediate Logic and Probability (0.5)
• PH201 Philosophy of Science (1.0)
• PH214 Philosophy, Morals and Politics (1.0)
• PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0)
• PH223 Mind and Metaphysics (0.5)
• PH224 Epistemology (0.5)
• PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5)
• PH226 Philosophy of Society (0.5)
• PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH230 Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe (0.5)
• PH232 Physics and Uncertainty: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (0.5)
• PH236 Set Theory (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH237 Advanced Logic (0.5)
• PH238 Philosophy of Language (0.5)
• PH239 Anarchy, Authority and Evidence: Topics in Philosophy of Law (0.5)
• PH239 Anarchy, Authority and Evidence: Topics in Philosophy of Law (0.5)
• PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)
• PH241 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (0.5)
• PH311 Philosophy of Economics (1.0)
• PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)
• PH399 Dissertation in Philosophy (1.0)

Paper 10

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• EC302 Political Economy (1.0)
• EC307 Development Economics (1.0)
• EC310 Behavioural Economics (1.0)
• EC311 History of Economics: How Theories Change (1.0)
• EC317 Labour Economics (1.0)
• EC319 Games and Economic Behaviour (1.0)
• EC321 Monetary Economics and Aggregate Fluctuations (1.0)
• EC325 Public Economics (1.0)
• EC328 Economics of Diversity and Discrimination (0.5)
• EC330 Environmental Economics (1.0)
• EC334 Advanced Macroeconomics (0.5)
• EC335 Economic Policy in the Global Economy (0.5)
• EC338 International Trade 1 (0.5)
• EC339 International Macroeconomics (0.5)
• LL306 Theories of Law (0.5)
• LL307 Justifying Political Authority (0.5)
• LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0)
• LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0)
• PH112 Intermediate Logic and Probability (0.5)
• PH201 Philosophy of Science (1.0)
• PH214 Philosophy, Morals and Politics (1.0)
• PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0)
• PH223 Mind and Metaphysics (0.5)
• PH224 Epistemology (0.5)
• PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5)
• PH226 Philosophy of Society (0.5)
• PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH230 Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe (0.5)
• PH232 Physics and Uncertainty: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (0.5)
• PH236 Set Theory (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH237 Advanced Logic (0.5)
• PH238 Philosophy of Language (0.5)
• PH239 Anarchy, Authority and Evidence: Topics in Philosophy of Law (0.5)
• PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)
• PH241 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (0.5)
• PH311 Philosophy of Economics (1.0)
• PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)
• PH399 Dissertation in Philosophy (1.0)

2nd & 3rd Year Outside Options -Ex PHEC

• AC102 Elements of Financial Accounting (0.5)
• AC103 Elements of Management Accounting, Financial Management and Financial Institutions (0.5)
• AC341 Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Financial Audit (0.5)
• AN100 Being Human: Contemporary Themes in Social Anthropology (1.0)
• AN101 A History of Anthropological Theory (1.0)
• AN253 Politics and Power: Debates in Anthropology (0.5)
• AN256 Economic Anthropology (0.5)
• AN279 Anthropology of Law and Human Rights (0.5)
• AN288 Gender, Sexuality and Kinship (0.5)
• AN290 Anthropology and Religion (0.5)
• AN319 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)
• AN320 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• AN336 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)
• AN350 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• AN358 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• AN363 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)
• AN369 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• AN379 Anthropology of Law and Human Rights (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• DS101A Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)
• DS101W Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• DS105A Data for Data Science (0.5)
• DS105W Data for Data Science (0.5)
• DS202A Machine Learning for Social Scientists (0.5)
• DS202W Machine Learning for Social Scientists (0.5)
• EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)
• EH204 Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• EH207 China since 1800: Culture, institutions and economic growth (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• EH209 The Family Economy in History: 1260 to the present day (1.0)
• EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• EH214 Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• EH215 Money and Finance: From the Eighteenth Century to Modernity (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• EH217 Chinese Economic History since 1800: A Chronology (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• EH218 Chinese Economic History since 1800: Economic Growth in a Historical Perspective (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• EH221 Boom and Bust: Macroeconomic History of the Modern World (1.0)
• EH222 Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (1.0)
• EH225 Latin America and the International Economy (1.0)
• EH238 The Origins of Growth (1.0)
• EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0)
• GV225 Analytical Politics (1.0)
• GV245 Democracy and Democratisation (1.0)
• GV251 Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union (1.0)
• GV262 Contemporary Political Theory (1.0)
• GV264 Politics and Institutions in Europe (1.0)
• GV267 Global Political Thought (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• GY100 Introduction to Geography (1.0)
• GY103 Contemporary Europe (1.0)
• GY120 Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future (1.0)
• GY121 Sustainable Development (1.0)
• GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research (1.0)
• GY204 Political Geography (0.5)
• GY206 Urban Geography and Globalisation (0.5)
• GY207 Economy, Society and Place (0.5)
• GY209 The Economic Geography of Trade, Production and Development (0.5)
• GY210 The Economics of Cities (0.5)
• GY211 Introduction to Global Development (0.5)
• GY212 Pathways in Human Geography (0.5)
• GY220 Environment: Science and Society (1.0)
• GY222 Applied Environmental Economics (1.0)
• GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• GY310 Urban Politics (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• GY316 Gender, Space and Power (0.5)
• GY327 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)
• GY328 Political Ecology of Development (0.5)
• GY329 Applied Economics of Environment and Development (0.5)
• HY113 Empires and Resistance in Global History (1.0)
• HY116 International Politics since 1914: Peace and War (1.0)
• HY206 The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 (1.0)
• HY221 The History of the Russian Empire, 1676-1825 (1.0)
• HY226 The Greater War c. 1912-1923 (1.0)
• HY235 Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 (1.0)
• HY239 People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day (1.0)
• HY240 From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (1.0)
• HY241 What is History? Methods and Debates (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• HY242 The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History (1.0)
• HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• HY315 The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799 (1.0)
• HY320 The Cold War Endgame (1.0)
• HY322 Nazi Germany's War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 (1.0)
• HY323 Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825 (1.0)
• HY330 From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century (1.0)
• HY334 Communication Revolutions in Latin America, c.1539 to the Present (1.0)
• HY335 History of Foreign Relations of the People?s Republic of China, 1949-2008 (1.0)
• LL106 Public Law (1.0)
• LL108 Criminal Law (1.0)
• LL143 Tort Law (1.0)
• LL201 Law and State Power (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• LL241 European Legal History (1.0)
• LL250 Law and The Environment (1.0)
• LL251 Intellectual Property Law (1.0)
• LL293 Tax and Tax Avoidance (1.0)
• LL295 Media Law (1.0)
• LL300 Competition Law (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• LN100 Russian Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0)
• LN101 Russian Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0)
• LN102 Russian Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0)
• LN104 Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner) (1.0)
• LN110 German Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0)
• LN112 German Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0)
• LN120 Spanish Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0)
• LN121 Spanish Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0)
• LN122 Spanish Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0)
• LN130 French Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0)
• LN131 French Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0)
• LN132 French Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0)
• LN140 Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced) (1.0)
• LN142 Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0)
• LN200 Russian Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0)
• LN210 German Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0)
• LN220 Spanish Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0)
• LN230 French Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0)
• LN240 Mandarin Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) (1.0)
• LN250 English Literature and Society (1.0)
• LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0)
• LN252 Contemporary Literature and Global Society (1.0)
• LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0)
• LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0)
• LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0)
• LN320 Spanish Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0)
• LN330 French Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0)
• LN340 Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0)
• MA102 Mathematical Proof and Analysis (0.5)
• MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0)
• MA203 Real Analysis (0.5)
• MA207 Further Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5)
• MA208 Optimisation Theory (0.5)
• MA209 Differential Equations (0.5)
• MA210 Discrete Mathematics (0.5)
• MA213 Operations Research Techniques (0.5)
• MA214 Algorithms and Data Structures (0.5)
• MA221 Further Mathematical Methods (Calculus) (0.5)
• MA222 Further Mathematical Methods (Linear Algebra) (0.5)
• MA301 Mathematical Game Theory (0.5)
• MA316 Graph Theory (0.5)
• MA317 Complex Analysis (0.5)
• MA318 History and Culture of Mathematics (0.5)
• MA321 Measure Theoretic Probability (0.5)
• MA322 Mathematics of Finance and Valuation (0.5)
• MA330 Game Theory for Collective Decisions (0.5)
• MG205 Econometrics: Theory and Applications (1.0)
• MG206 Firms, Management and Competitive Advantage (0.5)
• MG207 Managerial Economics (1.0)
• MG209 E-business (0.5)
• MG210 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (0.5)
• MG212 Marketing (0.5)
• MG213 Information Systems (0.5)
• MG301 Strategy (1.0)
• MG302 Topics in Management Research (0.5)
• MG305 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5)
• MG307 International Context of Management (0.5)
• MG308 Simulations for Managerial Decisions (0.5)
• MG311 Behavioural Science and Group Processes (0.5)
• MG312 Science of People in Workplaces (0.5)
• MY360 Quantitative Text Analysis (0.5)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• MY361 Social Network Analysis (0.5)
• PB101 Foundations of Psychological Science (1.0)
• PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)
  (NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)
• PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)
• SP112 Politics of Social Policy Making (1.0)
• SP210 Development and Social Change (1.0)
• SP230 Education Policy (1.0)
• SP231 Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy (1.0)
• SP232 Health and Social Care Policy (1.0)
• SP314 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5)
• SP333 NGOs, Social Policy and Development (0.5)
• SP335 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)
• ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0)
• ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5)
• ST109 Elementary Statistical Theory I (0.5)
• ST110 Elementary Statistical Theory II (0.5)
• ST201 Statistical Models and Data Analysis (0.5)
• ST202 Probability, Distribution Theory and Inference (1.0)
• ST205 Sample Surveys and Experiments (0.5)
• ST206 Probability and Distribution Theory (0.5)
• ST207 Databases (0.5)
• ST211 Applied Regression (0.5)
• ST213 Introduction to Pricing, Hedging and Optimization (0.5)
• ST226 Mathematics for Finance and Investment (0.5)
• ST227 Survival Models (0.5)
• ST300 Regression and Generalised Linear Models (0.5)
• ST301 Actuarial Mathematics (Life) (0.5)
• ST302 Stochastic Processes (0.5)
• ST304 Time Series and Forecasting (0.5)
• ST306 Actuarial Mathematics (General) (0.5)
• ST307 Aspects of Market Research (0.5)
• ST308 Bayesian Inference (0.5)
• ST309 Elementary Data Analytics (0.5)
• ST310 Machine Learning (0.5)
• ST327 Market Research: An Integrated Approach (1.0)
• ST330 Stochastic and Actuarial Methods in Finance (1.0)

Paper 11

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• EC302 Political Economy (1.0)
• EC307 Development Economics (1.0)
• EC310 Behavioural Economics (1.0)
• EC311 History of Economics: How Theories Change (1.0)
• EC317 Labour Economics (1.0)
• EC319 Games and Economic Behaviour (1.0)
• EC321 Monetary Economics and Aggregate Fluctuations (1.0)
• EC325 Public Economics (1.0)
• EC328 Economics of Diversity and Discrimination (0.5)
• EC330 Environmental Economics (1.0)
• EC334 Advanced Macroeconomics (0.5)
• EC335 Economic Policy in the Global Economy (0.5)
• EC338 International Trade 1 (0.5)
• EC339 International Macroeconomics (0.5)

Paper 12

This paper is examined at level III
This paper may be taken in year 3

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

• PH311 Philosophy of Economics (1.0)