UFTESML001: BSc (hons): Politics with Economics



Year 1, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ECOI0006 Introductory microeconomics      6 Credits

ESML0417 British politics      6 Credits

SOCP0001 Introduction to social policy & the welfare state 1      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select           6 credits from the following list:

ECOI0003 Core skills for economists: introduction to computing      6 Credits

HASS0006 Core skills for social scientists: information technology methods      3 Credits

SOCP0059 Core skills for social scientists: social research methods      3 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0005 Core skills for economists: Elementary mathematics      6 Credits

ECOI0008 The modern world economy 1      6 Credits

ECOI0077 Introduction to international development      6 Credits

ESML0001 French written & spoken language 1A      6 Credits

ESML0030 German written & spoken language 1A      6 Credits

ESML0062 Italian written & spoken language 1A (post A level)      6 Credits

ESML0081 Russian written & spoken language 1A      6 Credits

ESML0103 Europe 1A: Introduction to European studies      6 Credits

MANG0071 Organisational behaviour      5 Credits

PSYC0001 Psychology 1      6 Credits

SOCP0043 Sociology of industrial societies 1: classical theories      6 Credits

Select between 0 and 1 unit from the following list:

XXXX0012 Single Language Option      3 Credits




Year 1, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ECOI0007 Introductory macroeconomics      6 Credits

ESML0410 Political ideologies      6 Credits

SOCP0002 Introduction to social policy & the welfare state 2      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0004 Core skills for economists: introductory data analysis      6 Credits

SOCP0060 Introduction to data analysis      6 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0009 The modern world economy 2      6 Credits

ECOI0078 Developing countries in world politics      6 Credits

ESML0002 French written & spoken language 1B      6 Credits

ESML0031 German written & spoken language 1B      6 Credits

ESML0063 Italian written & spoken language 1B (post A level)      6 Credits

ESML0084 Russian written & spoken language 1B      6 Credits

ESML0104 Europe 1B: Europe since 1945      6 Credits

MANG0069 Introduction to accounting & finance      5 Credits

PSYC0002 Psychology 2      6 Credits

SOCP0044 Sociology of industrial societies 2: social change & social control      6 Credits

Select between 0 and 1 unit from the following list:

XXXX0012 Single Language Option      3 Credits




Year 2, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ECOI0012 Economic thought & policy 1      6 Credits

ESML0105 Europe 2A: Politics of the European Union      6 Credits

ESML0414 American politics      6 Credits

SOCP0006 Political values & social policy      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0015 Economics of industry      6 Credits

ECOI0016 Economics of social policy      6 Credits

ECOI0042 Politics of developing countries: ethnicity, religion and nationalism      6 Credits

ESML0007 French written & spoken language 2A      6 Credits

ESML0036 German written & spoken language 2A      6 Credits

ESML0068 Italian written & spoken language 2A      6 Credits

ESML0089 Russian written & spoken language 2A      6 Credits

ESML0415 Media politics      6 Credits

PSYC0008 Cognitive psychology      6 Credits

SOCP0004 Family and gender      6 Credits

SOCP0047 Sociology of work & industry      6 Credits

SOCP0069 Social theory & social philosophy      6 Credits

Select between 0 and 1 unit from the following list:

XXXX0012 Single Language Option      3 Credits




Year 2, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ECOI0079 Economics of politics      6 Credits

ESML0385 European political thought      6 Credits

ESML0416 Totalitarian politics      6 Credits

SOCP0005 Politics and the policy process      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select between 0 and 1 unit from the following list:

XXXX0012 Single Language Option      3 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0013 Economic thought & policy 2      6 Credits

ECOI0014 Money & finance      6 Credits

ECOI0023 Social change and development      6 Credits

ECOI0043 Governance and the policy process in developing countries      6 Credits

ECOI0081 Economic organisation of the European Community      6 Credits

ESML0008 French written & spoken language 2B      6 Credits

ESML0037 German written & spoken language 2B      6 Credits

ESML0069 Italian written & spoken language 2B      6 Credits

ESML0092 Russian written & spoken language 2B      6 Credits

PSYC0009 Social psychology      6 Credits

SOCP0003 'Race' & racism      6 Credits

SOCP0042 Comparative political economy      6 Credits

SOCP0048 Understanding industrial behaviour      6 Credits

SOCP0051 Social structure & languages of class      6 Credits

SOCP0055 Comparative industrial relations      6 Credits

SOCP0070 Social issues in contemporary Europe      6 Credits




Year 3, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ECOI0040 International relations 1: A history of international relations theory      6 Credits

ESML0411 Politics Dissertation 1      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 3 units from the following lists:
List A1 - only available at Part 2

ECOI0024 Economics of development 1      6 Credits

ESML0013 French written & spoken language 4A      6 Credits

ESML0048 German written & spoken language 4A      6 Credits

ESML0074 Italian written & spoken language 4A      6 Credits

ESML0095 Russian written & spoken language 4A      6 Credits

ESML0101 Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika      6 Credits

ESML0107 European option E1: Intellectuals & identity in contemporary Europe      6 Credits

ESML0294 European option E5: In search of Europe (1) - Europe divided      6 Credits

MANG0040 European integration studies 1      5 Credits

PSYC0015 Economic & political psychology      6 Credits

SOCP0011 Health policies & politics      6 Credits

SOCP0013 Social security policy and welfare reform      6 Credits

SOCP0069 Social theory & social philosophy      6 Credits

SOCP0072 The social dialectics of business sovereignty      6 Credits

List A2 - if not taken at Part 1:

ECOI0015 Economics of industry      6 Credits

ECOI0016 Economics of social policy      6 Credits

ECOI0042 Politics of developing countries: ethnicity, religion and nationalism      6 Credits

ESML0415 Media politics      6 Credits

SOCP0004 Family and gender      6 Credits

SOCP0047 Sociology of work & industry      6 Credits

SOCP0069 Social theory & social philosophy      6 Credits

Select between 0 and 1 unit from the following list:

XXXX0012 Single Language Option      3 Credits




Year 3, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ECOI0041 International relations 2: contemporary international relations      6 Credits

ESML0412 Politics dissertation 2      12 Credits


Optional Units

Select 2 units from the following lists:
List A1 - only available at Part 2

ECOI0025 Economics of development 2      6 Credits

ECOI0026 Economics of transition      6 Credits

ESML0014 French written & spoken language 4B      6 Credits

ESML0049 German written & spoken language 4B      6 Credits

ESML0075 Italian written & spoken language 4B      6 Credits

ESML0096 Russian written & spoken language 4B      6 Credits

ESML0102 Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia      6 Credits

ESML0108 European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era?      6 Credits

ESML0295 European option E6: In search of Europe (2) - Europe in the 1990s: towards unification?      6 Credits

MANG0059 European integration studies 2      5 Credits

PSYC0017 Controversies in cognition      6 Credits

SOCP0012 European social policy: a comparative approach      6 Credits

SOCP0056 Environmental policy & the countryside      6 Credits

SOCP0070 Social issues in contemporary Europe      6 Credits

SOCP0084 The politics of the welfare state      6 Credits

List A2 - if not taken at Part 1

ECOI0013 Economic thought & policy 2      6 Credits

ECOI0014 Money & finance      6 Credits

ECOI0023 Social change and development      6 Credits

ECOI0043 Governance and the policy process in developing countries      6 Credits

ECOI0081 Economic organisation of the European Community      6 Credits

SOCP0003 'Race' & racism      6 Credits

SOCP0042 Comparative political economy      6 Credits

SOCP0048 Understanding industrial behaviour      6 Credits

SOCP0051 Social structure & languages of class      6 Credits

SOCP0055 Comparative industrial relations      6 Credits

SOCP0070 Social issues in contemporary Europe      6 Credits

Select between 0 and 1 unit from the following list:

XXXX0012 Single Language Option      3 Credits



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