Economics and International Development Unit Catalogue

ECOI0003: Core skills for economists: Computing 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: PR80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To familiarise students with University computing facilities and to explore the application of these facilities to economics and to empirical political data. Students should develop the spreadsheet skills to simulate the theoretical models they are learning about in economics and politics. They should also learn how to use CAL resources such as Winecon and also how to use computers for accessing information.
Content:
The Unit reviews University facilities. The main part of the Unit uses a spreadsheet package to develop skills in building small numerical models and in summarising and describing economic and political data.

ECOI0004: Core skills for economists: Computing 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: PR50 CW50
Requisites: Pre ECOI0003
Aims & learning objectives:
To familiarise students with the use of a general statistics package (currently Minitab) as a means to analyse data. Data sources used include CSO data and Family Expenditure Survey. Emphasis is on testing ideas from economic theory.
Content:
Data entry; use of files; interactive and batch operations.graphs; correlation and regression. Interpretation of results including use of t test.

ECOI0005: Core skills for economists: Elementary mathematics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The purpose of the course is to provide students without A-level Mathematics with the knowledge of elementary mathematics that is relevant to economics and to prepare them for taking further courses of Core Skills for Economists. Students should be able to: (i) understand elementary mathematical concepts; (ii) solve simple mathematical problems; (iii) apply mathematics to simple economic problems.
Content:
Topics will include: variables and functions; coordinates and graphs; powers and indices, exponential and logarithmic functions; linear equations; quadratic equations; simultaneous equations; sequences and series; differentiation, maxima and minima; integration.

ECOI0006: Introductory microeconomics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 OT50
Requisites: Ex ECOI0001
Aims & learning objectives:
The course is designed to provide an introduction to the methods of microeconomic analysis, including the use of simple economic models and their application. Students should gain an ability to derive conclusions from simple economic models and evaluate their realism and usefulness.
Content:
An introduction to economic methodology; the concept of market equilibrium; the use of demand and supply curves, and the concept of elasticity; elementary consumer theory, indifference curves and their relationship to market demands; elementary theory of production, production possibilities and their relationship to cost curves; the supply behaviour of competitive firms and its relationship to supply curves; the idea of general competitive equilibrium; the efficiency properties of competitive markets; examples of market failure.

ECOI0007: Introductory macroeconomics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 OT50
Requisites: Ex ECOI0002
Aims & learning objectives:
The course is designed to provide an introduction to the methods of macroeconomic analysis, including the use of simple macroeconomic models and their application in a UK policy context.
Content:
The circular flow of income and expenditure; national income accounting; aggregate demand and supply; the components and determinants of private and public aggregate expenditure in closed and open economies; output and the price level in the short- and long -run; monetary institutions and policy. The analysis of inflation and unemployment policies, the balance of payments and exchange rates, savings and economic growth.

ECOI0008: The modern world economy 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX70 OT30
Requisites:
Aims & Objectives: To equip students with an historical, institutional and descriptive understanding of economic issues and institutions in a global context.
Content:
The structure of the world economy: patterns of international trade and investment; international economic institutions.

ECOI0009: The modern world economy 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX70 OT30
Requisites:
Aims & Objectives: To provide students with an understanding of the economic issues which have affected various regions of the world in the post second world war period.
Content:
Regional Studies: Topics include European integration, transitional economies, East Asia.

ECOI0010: Intermediate microeconomics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 OT50
Requisites: Pre ECOI0006
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to provide students specialising in economics with the analytical foundations for the study of resource allocation within the household, firm, government, or other institutions in a modern economy. It is essential for anyone wishing to undertake further study of the economics of industry, labour, environment and other sectoral economic issues.
Content:
The course will cover the theory of consumer behaviour, the theory of the firm in a competitive situation, industrial organisation and imperfect competition, the theory of factor markets, the economics of information, welfare economics and general equilibrium theory.

ECOI0011: Intermediate macroeconomics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 OT50
Requisites: Pre ECOI0007
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on first year macroeconomics ,a rigorous structure of macro analysis, with a European Union empirical perspective. Students should see this field as an integrated area, rather than a series of isolated, even if interesting, policy orientated topics.
Content:
Topics include intertemporal budget constraints; money and the demand for money; monetary policy, aggregate demand and output; inflation and business cycles; fiscal policy; labour markets; exchange rates and financial markets; the international monetary system.

ECOI0012: Economic thought & policy 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX80 ES20
Requisites: Pre ECOI0001, Pre ECOI0002, Pre ECOI0006, Pre ECOI0007
Aims & Objectives:
*To familiarise students with a range of primary source texts written by major economists from the late eighteenth to late nineteenth century.
*To stimulate an interest and knowledge base in the historical development of economics in Britain.
*To convey the relevance of the economics of earlier writers to an understanding of present day economic thought and debate.
Content:
The historical development of economic thought and policy from the beginning of the industrial revolution in the eighteenth century (Adam Smith) to the emergence of neoclassical economics .

ECOI0013: Economic thought & policy 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre ECOI0012
Aims & Objectives: This course unit extends the aims and objectives of Economic Thought and Policy 1 by considering the influence of late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century economists on the development of economic ideas and policy.
Content:
The main economists considered are Marshall, Edgeworth, Pareto, Pigou, Keynes, Myrdal and Hayek. We will focus on the development of macroeconomic theories of unemployment, the business cycle, and inflation, and microeconomic theories of imperfect competition and welfare. These theories are discussed in the context of methodological debates (Robbins, etc) about the role of economists in making policy recommendations.

ECOI0014: Money & finance
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0001, Pre ECOI0002, Pre ECOI0006, Pre ECOI0007
Aims & learning objectives:
The course is designed to provide an introduction to the analysis of financial behaviour, and to use this analysis to explain and evaluate recent trends in UK financial markets, institutions, and policy.
Content:
Risk and return: financial instruments and their pricing; financial intermediation; money and capital markets; the foreign exchange market; deposit- and non-deposit-taking financial institutions; government borrowing, the regulatory regime, and the role of the central bank.

ECOI0015: Economics of industry
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0006
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to examine industry and the policy context within which it operates, with particular reference to the UK. The emphasis is in part on providing a descriptive account of the key features of industrial structure and in part on providing an account of theoretical models which can be used to explain the behaviour of firms and industries. The aim is to develop an understanding of industrial behaviour which can serve as a basis for understanding business strategy and industrial policy.
Content:
The Unit provides a descriptive review of contemporary industrial structure and of the relationship between industry in the UK, Europe and beyond. It reviews the two main paradigms for analysing industry, namely the Structure-Conduct-Performance model and the New Industrial Economics. It applies microeconomic theory to explain why firms exist and how they select price, output and marketing strategies. It examines the role played by government policy in the operation and regulation of industry.

ECOI0016: Economics of social policy
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0001, Pre ECOI0006
Aims & learning objectives:
This objective is to build on the students knowledge of microeconomic principles and apply and extend them within the context of social policy. Efficiency and equity issues within this important area will be stressed.
Content:
The course introduces some of the main issues which economists highlight when they discuss social policy. The lectures are divided into two groups. In the first we look at some of the basic ideas which economists have used to analyse social policies. We discuss politico-social theories and the role of the state; the concepts of equity and efficiency; the economic justifications for intervention; the economics of insurance, and the measurement of economic welfare and poverty. In the second group we look at some of the main economic issues in six different areas of social policy: financing the welfare state; education; health; housing; poverty, and pensions.

ECOI0017: Labour economics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0006, Pre ECOI0007
Aims & learning objectives:
This course is a sustained application and extension of predominantly intermediate microeconomic theory to the labour market. Students should gain a critical appreciation of the impact of market forces, institutions and regulations within labour markets. The general desirability of government intervention of various types into this area of the economy is a key question students should be able to tackle by the end of the course.
Content:
Labour is the most important single factor of production and the analytical and empirical study of the labour market the content of this course. Topics covered will include: Labour supply and demand; human capital investment; the distribution of earnings; discrimination and segmentation; economic models of trade unions; search, vacancy and unemployment analysis.

ECOI0018: Mathematical economics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites: Pre ECOI0006, Pre ECOI0007
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this course is to equip students with an understanding of, and an ability to use, mathematical methods in economics
Content:
The course covers constrained optimisation for the household and the firm using the Lagrangian method, including duality; linear programming; matrix algebra as applied to input-output analysis and macro-models; the use of first and second order difference and differential equations in economic dynamics; simple non-linear dynamics. Students who have completed the first year of a Mathematics degree programme or have A-level Mathematics may also take this unit.

ECOI0019: Introduction to econometrics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites: Pre UNIV0036, Pre ECOI0004
Aims & learning objectives:
(a) To provide students with a knowledge of the sources and quality of official economic data in the U.K. (b) To provide students with the tools to critically evaluate applied work in Economics (c) To introduce students to the problems found in carrying out applied work in Economics.
Content:
The course concentrates on the single equation Classical Regression Model. Topics covered include: the nature of econometrics; sources and quality of data; statistical inference and hypothesis testing; basic two variable regression; multiple regression - including models non-linear in variables, dummy variables; muticollinearity; heteroskedasticity; autocorrelation; model attributes.

ECOI0020: Econometrics 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to present a rigorous account of econometrics. The language of econometrics is matrix algebra. The emphasis is on both theory and applications in equal measure. Knowledge of econometrics is an essential part of the toolkit of any economist and econometric techniques are used in a wide range of disciplines, including management, statistics and biological sciences.
Content:
The course follows Johnson's classic text to a large extent. Specific topics include, ols, 2sls and lagged variables. There are no formal pre-requisites but a knowledge of basic statistics, economics and computing is essential.

ECOI0021: Econometrics 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0020
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to present a rigorous account of econometrics. It continues from Econometrics I. The emphasis is on both theory and applications in equal measure. Knowledge of econometrics is an essential part of the tool kit of any economist and econometric techniques are used in a wide range of disciplines, including management, statistics and biological sciences.
Content:
The course follows Johnson's classic text to a large extent. Specific topics include, nonlinear least squares, analysis of forecasts, ARIMA modelling, cointegration and error correction models.

ECOI0022: Developing societies 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co ECOI0023
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide an understanding of the major ways in which processes of development and change have been analysed in the social sciences as the basis for critiquing and evaluating policy initiatives towards growth and poverty alleviation in the developing world. Although available to all social science disciplines, it presents a primarily sociological perspective on poor country development issues. Lectures will touch on economics and politics, but not in a way that demands specialist knowledge. Non-sociologists can be reassured that sociological terms will be explained in context.
Content:
An introduction to ways of thinking in sociology and anthropology as they apply to an understanding of social change. A critique of the major paradigms of modernisation and dependency. Reference to the need to acknowledge agency explanations in the context of globalisation. A review of concepts of poverty, given the significance of poverty alleviation in most peoples development agendas. An analysis of peasant production and exchange systems, and the role of women within such systems, drawing on illustrations from South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. An examination of rural values, beliefs and ideologies, especially in relation to wider sets of institutions and markets. Significance of technological developments in agriculture on social structures and opportunities for commercial activity and labour markets.

ECOI0023: Developing societies 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co ECOI0022
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide an understanding of the major ways in which processes of development and change have been analysed in the social sciences as the basis for critiquing and evaluating policy initiatives towards growth and poverty alleviation in the developing world. Although available to all social science disciplines, it presents a primarily sociological perspective on poor country development issues. Lectures will touch on economics and politics, but not in a way that demands specialist knowledge. Non-sociologists can be reassured that sociological terms will be explained in context.
Content:
Following from Developing Societies I, the course opens with a discussion of urbanisation in the developing world, analysing growth trends and regional patterns, and reviewing ethnographical studies on livelihood strategies among the urban poor. This leads into a broader examination of the various forms of social and political action through which inequality and poverty is challenged (revolution, protest movements and social mobilisation in pursuit of development objectives). State-society relations are considered in the context of managing scarcity (involving concepts of labelling, targeting and controlling access). Ethical issues, especially in relation to the rights of minority cultures and local use of natural resources, lead into broader questions about environmental sustainability, managing the commons and common property management as institutional alternatives to state regulation on the one hand, and privatisation on the other. Such questions entail a discussion about participation and social development as practice, drawing upon the original theoretical notions of agency and actor-oriented analysis as a conclusion to the course.

ECOI0024: Economics of development 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES30 CW20
Requisites: Pre ECOI0001, Pre ECOI0002, Pre ECOI0006, Pre ECOI0007
Aims & learning objectives:
To relate economic theory to debates over the determinants of global poverty, and over the prospects for economic development and poverty reduction in low and middle income countries.
Content:
The status of development economics as a sub-discipline. Open and closed dual economy models of industrialization. Industrialization and trade strategies. Definition and measurement of poverty. Models of the farm-household, and theories of agrarian change. Demographic transition and the environment. As well as the stated pre-requisites students must also have taken at least 2 second year economics units.

ECOI0025: Economics of development 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre ECOI0024, Pre ECOI0028
Aims & learning objectives:
To apply general theories of economic development to contemporary issues in selected low and middle income countries, and to understand the relationship between economics and other social science disciplines relevant to the analysis of these issues.
Content:
Development economics is first located within the wider framework of development studies. Contemporary policy issues in selected low and middle income countries are then considered, with a current focus on the origins, components and effects of stabilisation and structural adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

ECOI0026: Economics of transition
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0010, Pre ECOI0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To use economic analysis to understand the changes which are taking place in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, relating them to the creation of market economies.
Content:
Topics covered will include the speed and sequencing of adjustment; privatisation; financial markets; foreign trade; growth and inflation; legal changes; the labour market; public finance issues.

ECOI0027: International monetary economics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0010, Pre ECOI0011
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to present a fairly rigorous account of the material that relates to monetary aspects of an open economy. The emphasis is on theory and analysis rather than policy. Students should gain a critical appreciation of the theoretical tools used in this important area of economics alongside an understanding of the different "economic" worlds they can be used to create.
Content:
The course tries to emphasise debate by generally constrasting a Keynesian real side approach with a more classically inspired monetary approach. Specific topics include: the nature and significance of the balance of payments; parity concepts; the "efficient markets" hypothesis; devaluation; open economy macroeconomics; flexible versus fixed exchange rates; the foreign trade sector, "Europe" and international policy co-ordination.

ECOI0028: Economic growth & natural resources
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0010, Pre ECOI0011
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to provide a fairly sophisticated account of theories of economic growth and of natural resource use, leading on to a discussion of the concept of sustainable development. Though the course draws on some techniques of dynamic optimisation, the emphasis is on economic intuition and empirical relevance rather than rigorous mathematical proof.
Content:
The neo-classical model of growth; endogenous growth; optimal saving; depletion of exhaustible resources; management of renewable resources; intergenerational equity; sustainable development.

ECOI0029: Environmental economics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0010
Aims & learning objectives:
The course provides the economic perspective on environmental regulation and on the management of natural resources. The emphasis is on the use of economic tools to value environmental impacts and the use of natural resources; and to design cost effective methods of controlling pollution and misuse of the natural environment.
Content:
The course will discuss the welfare economic basis of environmental economics and why market systems do not provide adequate environmental protection. It will go on to study different methods of valuing the environment and on regulating it in a national context. Finally it will deal with the theme of environment and development, and the idea of sustainable development.

ECOI0030: Advanced microeconomics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0010, Pre ECOI0018
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this course is to build on second year microeconomics and introduce topics that are the subject of recent academic research. This will provide students with: (i) an understanding of the scope of modern microeconomics and its applications, (ii) an ability to read and understand current literature in microeconomics, (iii) an ability to use advanced microeconomic concepts in analysing specific issues.
Content:
The course covers topics that deal with three inter-related issues: the passage of time, uncertainty about the future, the use of information. These include: the principles of decision making under uncertainty, with applications to insurance, stock-markets and firm behaviour; investment behaviour of firms under certainty and uncertainty; problems of asymmetric information; screening and signalling; strategic behaviour.

ECOI0031: Advanced macroeconomics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0011
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this course is to build on second year macroeconomics and introduce topics that are the subject of recent academic research, this will provide students with: (I) anunderstanding of the scope of modern macroeconomics and its applications, (ii) an ability to read and understand current literature in macroeconomics, (iii) an ability to use advanced macroeconomic concepts in analysing specific issues.
Content:
The course covers in depth two inter-related issues: the causes of business cycles and of unemployment. Topics covered include modern real business cycle theory; endogenous business cycles, simple non-linear models, wage and price rigidity, insider and outsider behaviour, efficiency wages and unemployment hysteresis.

ECOI0032: Final year research project 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics & Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW90 OR10
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
This objective is for students to learn how to design and carry out research on a specific economic question. Students on the degree Programme in Economics and Politics may select a topic which relates to political science, but will be encouraged to demonstrate skills of economic and political analysis. Students should gain insights into the development of sustained analysis, hypothesis formation and testing. The work will involve independent study alongside presentations to other students, and will help develop skills valuable in the labour market.
Content:
The topic will be chosen by the student . The option will involve two presentations by each student: the first covering the rationale for the topic chosen and a critical appraisal of the existing literature relating to it (weeks 8 and 9) and the second a presentation of the finished project and its conclusions (weeks 11 and 12).

ECOI0033: Final year research project 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics & Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The objective is for students to learn how to extend and elaborate research from an initial project. Students should gain insight into the use of economic analysis under the guidance of a supervisor.
Content:
The topic will be an approved extension of the one chosen by the student on the Project 1 course.

ECOI0034: International trade
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0010
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of the course is to provide an understanding of the way in which economic theory can be applied to issues such as why countries engage in international trade and why they adopt trade restraints. The emphasis of the course is on theory and analysis rather than description. Students will become more skilled in understanding and applying economic analysis and more aware of economic debates concerning current issues in international trade.
Content:
After an introduction to basic concepts, the topics discussed will include: comparative advantage; the gains from trade; adjustment costs; the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model; the Specific Factors Model; theories of intra-industry trade; the costs of protection, smuggling, trade taxes as a revenue source; the optimum tariff; export subsidies; international cartels, quotas and voluntary export restraint,; international integration; multinational enterprises and the welfare effects of the international movement of factors of production.

ECOI0035: Public expenditure & public choice
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0010
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of the course is to examine alternative ways by which the allocation of resources within the public sector can be evaluated. Criteria for evaluation of public expenditure are discussed and techniques, such as cost benefit analysis, are appraised. An important learning objective is to develop an understanding of how different perspectives can be applied. In particular, the standard public finance approach is contrasted with the more recent public choice approach. The course is theoretical and analytical rather than descriptive.
Content:
The course begins with a review of welfare economics (- as public expenditure analysis is applied welfare economics). Market failure and the rationale for government intervention is assessed. The impact of alleged failings in the political process is also assessed. The behaviour of voters, political parties, bureaucrats and pressure groups is analysed using microeconomic theory. The growth of the public sector is considered in terms of both market and government failure. Techniques for public sector appraisal are discussed.

ECOI0036: Economics of taxation
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0010, Pre ECOI0011
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to provide criteria which can be used to assess different taxes. The student will learn how to appraise tax reform against a set of criteria which include efficiency, equity, etc. The learning objective is to develop skills associated with the application of economic theory. The course is theoretical and analytical rather than descriptive.
Content:
The course begins with an analysis of the welfare costs of taxation. Tax incidence is discussed. The effect of tax on work effort, saving and risk taking is explored (and, in particular, the claims of supply-side economists are assessed). Tax expenditures (e.g. tax relief for charitable giving) are appraised. Tax evasion and policy to deter tax evasion is discussed International taxation is considered. The choice between taxation and government borrowing is examined.

ECOI0037: Macroeconomic modelling
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to provide a thorough grounding in the practice, techniques and limitations of macroeconomic modelling.
Content:
Building a macroeconomic model, optimisation subject to the constraints of a model, comparison of UK macroeconomic models and industry forecasting models.

ECOI0038: Advanced econometrics 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0021, Pre ECOI0020
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to extend the knowledge of econometrics to a very high and rigorous level. The language is a combination of matrix algebra and maximum likelihood. The emphasis is on both theory and applications in equal measure. The course concentrates on both time series analysis and cross section analysis.
Content:
The course builds on the econometrics course and includes 3sls, fiml, probit, logit and other limited dependent variable techniques and sure.

ECOI0039: Advanced econometrics 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ECOI0038
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to extend the knowledge of econometrics to a very high and rigorous level. The language is a combination of matrix algebra and maximum likelihood. The emphasis is on both theory and applications in equal measure. The course concentrates on both time series analysis.
Content:
The course builds on the Advanced Econometrics I course and includes splines, vars, Granger causality, Box and Cox methods and spectral analysis.

ECOI0040: International relations 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide students with the necessary background on the main concepts, theories and methods used to study international relations, and to introduce them to the historical development of international relations theory.
Content:
An historical survey of the main theories of international relations and the main historical state-systems in which they arose: the Greek-state system, the middle ages, the Renaissance and the emergence of the modern state system.

ECOI0041: International relations 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre ECOI0040
Aims & learning objectives:
To apply the main concepts, theories and methods introduced in International Relations 1 to the contemporary issues in international politics.
Content:
Topics include how International Relations has changed since the end of the Cold War, the State, and non-state actors, the balance of power, problems of diplomacy, international organisation, war and international conflict, nationalism, religion and international stability and international political economy.

ECOI0042: Politics of developing countries 1: the politics of democratic transition
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide students with a background on the concepts and methods used to examine the politics of developing countries, and to apply them to some of the problems these countries face.
Content:
The course examines the nature of developing countries, the historical background of colonisation and imperialism, the main theories (modernisation, dependency) that have been used to explain the problems of developing countries, the nature of the state in the Third World.

ECOI0043: Politics of developing countries 2: religion & politics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre ECOI0042
Aims & learning objectives:
The purpose of this course is to examine some of the central problems confronting Third World states by applying the concepts and ideas introduced in the first term.
Content:
Problems of democracy, the relationship between political culture and stability, political legitimacy and authority, the problems of military role, politics, ethnicity and religion.

ECOI0045: Placement
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The placement period enables the student to gain valuable practical experience.
Content:
Please see the Director or Studies or course tutor for details about individual placements.

ECOI0046: Research & presentation skills for economists
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES50 OR50
Requisites: Pre ECOI0006, Pre ECOI0007
Aims & Objectives: To develop skills of individual and collaborative research, report preparation, and group presentation of an economic topic.
Content:
Topics will be assigned to students; they will be policy focused topics, related to one or more of the other units being studied, for example, in monetary, fiscal, industrial, or environmental economics.

ESML0030: German written & spoken language 1A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit pursues a dual aim. (1) To refresh and consolidate students knowledge and understanding of grammatical structures; to enable them to apply the acquired skills to the production of coherent and fluent written composition; to introduce them to a variety of German texts dealing with appropriate contemporary issues. (2) To improve students communicative and listening skills (oral/aural) and to expand their vocabulary so that they are able to express themselves clearly in everyday as well as in academic contexts as appropriate; to enable students to formulate their own ideas and to interact effectively in German and to adjust flexibly to various situations by using a suitable register.
Content:
(1) In respect of i. the consolidation of German language structures: this unit focuses on the various classes of words, their declension and their function within the phrase/ sentence; ii. written communication: a variety of linguistic skills are developed by means of translation into and from German and essay writing in German (2) Spoken language classes may consist of free discussions with the entire group, interactive exercises (e.g. role play, small-group discussions, one-to-one exchange of ideas). Austrian and German video material and newspaper articles form the basis for discussion and assessment, whilst improving awareness of contemporary life in the German-speaking world.

ESML0031: German written & spoken language 1B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0030
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit builds on ESML0030, pursuing the same dual aim. (1) To refresh and consolidate students knowledge and understanding of grammatical structures; enable them to apply the acquired skills to the production of coherent and fluent written composition; to introduce them to a variety of German texts dealing with appropriate contemporary issues. (2) To improve students communicative and listening skills (oral/aural) and to expand their vocabulary so that they are able to express themselves clearly in everyday as well as in academic contexts as appropriate; to enable students to formulate their own ideas and to interact effectively in German and to adjust flexibly to various situations by using a suitable register.
Content:
(1) In respect of i. the consolidation of German language structures: this unit focuses on complex grammar points and German syntax; ii. written communication: a variety of linguistic skills are developed by means of translation into and from German and essay writing in German. (2) Spoken language classes may consist of free discussions with the entire group, interactive exercises (e.g. role play, small-group discussions, one-to-one exchange of ideas). Austrian and German video material and newspaper articles form the basis for discussion and assessment, whilst improving awareness of contemporary life in the German-speaking world.

ESML0036: German written & spoken language 2A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0031, Co ESML0037
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on knowledge (grammatical accuracy and range of vocabulary) and writing skills acquired in Year 1. Having successfully completed this unit, students should be able, at the appropriate level, to: translate texts (German to English); summarize English texts into German and write short essays expressing a personal opinion on a given topic.
Content:
German to English translation, English to German summarisation, German essay-writing in response to text-based questions.

ESML0037: German written & spoken language 2B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX54 CW20 OR26
Requisites: Co ESML0036
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on knowledge (grammatical accuracy and range of vocabulary) and writing skills acquired in Year 2 semester 1. Having successfully completed this unit, students should be able, at the appropriate level, to: translate texts (German to English) with an increased awareness of nuance of meaning; summarize English texts (as wide-ranging in topic and style as time and circumstances permit) into German and write short essays with good grammatical awareness and fluency of style, and to translate a dictated English text into German.
Content:
German to English translation, English to German summarisation, German essay-writing in response to text-based questions; extempore German-to-English translation.

ESML0048: German written & spoken language 4A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0037, Co ESML0049
Aims & learning objectives:
To refine students' ability to translate competently from German into English in a variety of contemporary registers. To develop their summarisation skills so that they are able to produce a précis in sophisticated German of a complex English text on a subject of broad contemporary interest. To enable students to write coherent, well-argued and grammatically correct essays in German in response to issues raised in complex German texts. To enhance students' knowledge of the spoken language acquired during their year abroad so that they are able to converse fluently on contemporary issues and deliver sophisticated oral presentations on topics of their choice.
Content:
Written language: (a) Translation from German into English is the focus of one of the two weekly hours. The main emphasis in this semester will be placed on dealing with texts written in more colloquial registers. (b) The second weekly hour is devoted to the production of German in summarisation and essay-writing exercises. In this semester particular attention will be devoted to developing essay-writing skills. Spoken language: The emphasis is on project work carried out both on a group and an individual basis, with the chosen topics of an appropriately complex and controversial nature.

ESML0049: German written & spoken language 4B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX38 CW17 OR27 OT18
Requisites: Co ESML0048
Aims & learning objectives:
To refine students' ability to translate competently from German into English in a variety of contemporary registers. To develop their summarisation skills so that they are able to produce a précis in sophisticated German of a complex English text on a subject of broad contemporary interest. To enable students to write coherent, well-argued and grammatically correct essays in German in response to issues raised in complex German texts. To enhance students' knowledge of the spoken language acquired during their year abroad so that they are able to converse fluently on contemporary issues and deliver sophisticated oral presentations on topics of their choice.
Content:
Written language: (a) Translation from German into English is the focus of one of the two weekly hours. The main emphasis in this semester will be placed on translating texts written in more formal registers. (b) The second weekly hour is devoted to the production of German in summarisation and essay-writing exercises. In this semester particular attention will be paid to developing summarisation skills. Spoken language: As before, project work will be carried out both on a group and an individual basis. Additional emphasis will now be placed on developing students' presentational skills in preparation for their oral examination.

ESML0081: Russian written & spoken language 1A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To consolidate knowledge of basic grammar, broaden vocabulary and improve aural comprehension. To develop fluency in spoken Russian at the level of everyday conversation.
Content:
Prose and essay composition; translation into English; grammar revision; conversation. Students must be qualified in Russian to approximately A-level standard.

ESML0084: Russian written & spoken language 1B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0081
Aims & learning objectives:
To further consolidate knowledge of basic grammar, broaden vocabulary and improve aural comprehension. To further develop fluency in spoken Russian at the level of everyday conversation.
Content:
Prose and essay composition; translation into English; grammar revision; conversation.

ESML0089: Russian written & spoken language 2A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0084, Pre ESML0085
Students must have taken either ESML0084, or ESML0085. Aims & learning objectives:
To deepen knowledge of Russian grammar, expand lexis and develop translation skills in several registers. To give students practice in expressing themselves in writing. To improve aural comprehension and to begin to develop fluency in spoken Russian at the level of everyday conversation.
Content:
Written Language: systematic review of Russian grammar with exercises and drills drawn from a variety of sources; translations into Russian and English with discussion of grammatical points, lexis etc. Essay writing in Russian with discussion of stylistic points and vocabulary. Spoken Language: small group conversation on a range of themes; role-playing; task-based use of audio-visual material. To assist vocabulary acquisition, work in written and spoken language will be organised around themes of geography & peoples and culture & recreation.

ESML0092: Russian written & spoken language 2B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX54 CW20 OR26
Requisites: Pre ESML0089
Aims & learning objectives:
To deepen knowledge of Russian grammar, expand lexis and develop translation skills in several registers. To give students practice in expressing themselves in writing. To improve aural comprehension to the point at which the gist of a TV news item can be understood and to develop fluency in spoken Russian at the level of everyday conversation.
Content:
Written Language: systematic review of Russian grammar with exercises and drills drawn from a variety of sources; translations into Russian and English with discussion of grammatical points, lexis etc. Essay writing in Russian with discussion of stylistic points and vocabulary. Spoken Language: small group conversation on a range of themes; role-playing; task-based use of audio-visual material. To assist vocabulary acquisition, work in written and spoken language will be organised around themes of social issues, history and politics.

ESML0095: Russian written & spoken language 4A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0092, Co ESML0096
Aims & learning objectives:
To consolidate knowledge of Russian grammar, further expand lexis and further develop translation skills. To enable students to translate modern literary Russian and non-technical academic and journalistic Russian, into English. To enable students to translate selected English passages into Russian, and to express ideas and arguments in writing. To improve fluency in spoken Russian.
Content:
Written Language: translation into and from Russian and discussion of grammatical points, lexis etc. Conversation and audio-visual classes. Spoken Language: discussion of selected topics on a range of themes (ecology, social issues, feminism etc).

ESML0096: Russian written & spoken language 4B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX56 CW17 OR27
Requisites: Co ESML0095
Aims & learning objectives:
To consolidate knowledge of Russian grammar, further expand lexis and further develop translation skills. To enable students to translate modern literary Russian and non-technical academic and journalistic Russian, into English with minimal use of a dictionary. To enable students to translate selected English passages into idiomatic Russian, and to express complex ideas and arguments in writing. To develop fluency in spoken Russian.
Content:
Written Language: translation into and from Russian and discussion of grammatical points, lexis etc. Conversation and audio-visual classes. Spoken Language: discussion of selected topics on a range of themes (culture, politics in Russia etc).

ESML0101: Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0094, Pre HASS0005
Students must have taken either ESML0094, or HASS0005. Aims & learning objectives:
To investigate political and social developments in the years 1985-1991 in greater depth than in ESML0094.
Content:
Origins of perestroika; glasnost and democratization; independent politics, social activity and the emergence of a multi-party system; nationalities issues and conflicts; the collapse of communism and the August coup.

ESML0102: Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Russian
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0094, Pre HASS0005
Students must have taken either ESML0094, or HASS0005. Aims & learning objectives:
To examine the dilemmas of economic and political reconstruction and of external relations posed by the collapse of the communist political order in Russia, and efforts to resolve these problems since August 1991. To develop skills in political analysis and seminar techniques.
Content:
Political institutions and actors in Russia in August 1991; dimensions of the crisis surrounding the collapse of Soviet communism; theoretical approaches to transition; first steps of the political leadership; reform and political conflict; dilemmas of foreign policy; political elites; civil society; political culture; 1993 Constitution; elections and party formation; legal order and corruption; local government; federalism and ethnic politics; the experience of other former republics of the USSR; prospects.

ESML0103: Europe 1A: Introduction to European studies
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To begin an exploration of the historical and cultural identity of Europe; to introduce basic political concepts (nationalism, imperialism, communism and fascism) in a European historical context; to introduce cultural studies as a discipline in the context of European culture in the first half of the twentieth century.
Content:
Defining Europe - history, languages and culture; nations and empires in 19th Century Europe; the First World War; communism and fascism in interwar Europe; the Second World War; studying European culture; images of war in 20th Century Europe.

ESML0104: Europe 1B: Europe since 1945
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0103
Aims & learning objectives:
To compare the experience of Eastern and Western Europe since 1945; to introduce students, in this context, to analysis of the political structure and culture of liberal democracies and to analysis of the structures and problems of modern economies; to examine the interaction of culture and politics in post-war Europe.
Content:
Europe in the Cold War era; politics and culture in post-war Europe; economic and social change in Western Europe; liberal democratic politics in Europe - elections and party systems; political culture; the rise and fall of European communist states and command economies; economic and political problems in the age of globalisation; postmodernism in European culture.

ESML0105: Europe 2A: Politics of the European Union
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To introduce students to key theories of European integration; to trace the development of the E.C. from the 1950s to the present; to examine issues of contemporary relevance to European integration. Students will develop an awareness and understanding of European integration issues and be able to discuss them on the basis of background knowledge attained during lectures and readings.
Content:
Theories of European integration; the origins of the E.C.; the Rome Treaty and the Single Act; Britain and the E.C; the road to Maastricht; the institutions of the E.C. and E.U.; the democratic deficit; the 1996 Inter Governmental Conference; the E.U. as a world actor; the future of the E.U.

ESML0294: European option E5: In search of Europe (1) - Europe divided
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To explore the concept of Europe 1945-1989. To discuss the implications for both Western and Eastern Europe of Soviet-American rivalries during the Cold War.
Content:
The Cold War; strengths and weaknesses of the Soviet bloc before 1989; Cold War and détente in Western Europe (1960s-1980s); 1989 and the collapse of Cold War era political systems

ESML0295: European option E6: In search of Europe (2) - Europe in the 1990s: towards unification?
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: European Studies
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To explore the concept of Europe since 1989, examining the nature of European, national and regional identities.
Content:
Immediate consequences of 1989; the resurgence of particularism; forces for integration.

ESML0385: European political thought
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
Students should acquire a solid understanding of the history and development of political theory in Europe. Furthermore the unit aims to provide a foundation for the 'Ideologies' unit (SOCP0037) taught in semester 2.
Content:
The course provides a survey of the major European politcal thinkers from Niccolo Machiavelli to Antonio Gramsci.

HASS0002: British politics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide a grounding in the study of the British political system, including wider aspects of Britain's relations with the EU.
Content:
The lectures will focus on a wide range of specific topics central to beginning to study politics (parties, institutions, etc.). Lectures will include: conservatism; social democracy; voting behaviour; the media; electoral systems; parliament; executive; pressure groups; Britain and the European Union.

HASS0003: European politics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
This course is more thematic than the British Politics course (SOCS0102), as it focuses on the relative strengths of the twin forces of diversity, including a revived nationalism and integration within Europe.
Content:
The lectures will primarily adopt a 'political culture' approach to national systems and to the question of whether a wider European culture is emerging; lectures will include: the political culture approach; how to explain the relative success of the Greens in Germany?; the politics of race and immigration in France; explaining political violence - the case of Northern Ireland; the decline of extremism in Italy; Poland, Russia and where does Europe end?; theories of European integration and nationalism; towards a European political culture?

HASS0004: Policy & politics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Ex SOCP0005
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide an understanding of the concepts and methods which can be employed in the analysis of policy.
Content:
The course is concerned with the analysis of the policy process; from policy formulation to implementation. It provides students with an understanding of what policy analysis is and what its relation is to other key social science disciplines, and particularly to political science. Following a conceptual introduction the course then focuses on tools which can be used to analyse and understand how policies are made (or not) and implemented (or not). Seminars use the analysis of particular policy issues to illuminate conceptual debates.

HASS0005: Totalitarian politics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The course is to provide students with an understanding of the debates and literature relating to totalitarianism, a controversial twentieth century political idea, and form of government.
Content:
The main historical focus of the course will be on Soviet communism and Nazism, although other forms of communism and fascism will be considered. Cases to be examined include the Origins of Fascist ideology, theories of Fascist support, the Fascist state, Soviet Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism, the Gorbachev Revolution and the collapse of the USSR, and the Neo-Fascist Revival.

HASS0011: Ideologies
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
Students should develop an understanding of the origins, development and content of the main modern political ideologies, and of the debates relating to the nature of ideology itself.
Content:
The course covers socialism, conservatism, liberalism, anarchism, fascism, feminism, ecologism, nationalism and fundamentalism.

MANG0009: Company finance
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites: Pre MANG0008
Aims & learning objectives:
Students will develop a knowledge of the different forms of finance that a company may use, how to compare their costs, and consider issues such a desirable capital structure, dividend policy, working capital management and approaches to acquisitions and mergers.
Content:
General principles of valuation for businesses and securities Source of finance and their costs Managing working capital and liquidity The corporate group cost of capital (WACC and the dividend growth, CAPM, and Arbitrage pricing models) The required rates of return for non-quoted companies, corporate divisions and individual projects The theory of capital structure and its relation to the cost of capital Dividend policy Short, intermediate and long term financing Mergers, acquisitions and corporate growth

MANG0018: Processing, reporting & auditing financial information
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre MANG0008
Aims & learning objectives:
Students will gain a thorough grounding in processing financial data and preparing final accounts and a general understanding of what is involved in the audit of those accounts. This is an essential course for those contemplating a possible career in some dimension of accountancy.
Content:
The nature of financial data, purposes of financial information systems - manual and computerised systems Single and double entry recording systems and basic ledgers kept by businesses The accruals principle applied to the treatment of various types of costs, revenues, assets and liabilities The depreciation concept Trial balancing Preparation of Manufacturing Accounts, Profit and Loss Accounts, Balance Sheets, Funds and Cash Flow Statements Direct experience of using an established financial accounting package including inputting data, types of outputs available and the production of accounting statements Basic distinctions between the accounts of sole traders, partnerships and companies Preparation of final accounts from incomplete records Introduction to published accounts The purpose and basis of the audit process; the audit trail and types of audit evidence Developing audit evidence; consideration of the concepts of materiality and audit risk Evaluation of internal controls

MANG0019: Product costing & cost analysis
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites: Pre MANG0008
Aims & learning objectives:
Students will gain a thorough understanding and practical experience in constructing cost accounting statements and interpreting them. This is a fundamental course for anyone wishing to understand how costs are constructed for decision purposes
Content:
Review of the nature of product costs and process costs Costing terminology and identifying cost behaviour Historical based cost accounting systems for Job and Process costing (FIFO, LIFO and weighted average) Job and process costing - establishing standard cost systems Absorption and variable costing systems (including differential income effects) Overhead allocation including activity based allocations Costing for joint products, by-products, wastage, rework and scrap Cost-volume-profit analysis and relevant costs for decision purposes Relevant costs where resources are constrained: single and multiple constraints and mathematical programming solutions by graph and computer package Stock control models and the influence of JIT in supply and manufacturing Costing for JIT systems Costing for service industries Costing for major projects and project financial control

MANG0025: Company accounts & reports
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre MANG0018
Aims & learning objectives:
This course will build upon financial accounting elements of previous courses to provide a knowledge of the special requirements for financial accounting for companies. The course will have a heavy emphasis on legal aspects of company reporting.
Content:
Forms of business organisation and types of companies Liabilities and responsibilities of directors, company secretaries, auditors and rules about insolvent trading The influence of law and standards on accounts. The concept of a true and fair view. The financial and legal distinction between loan and share capital The issue and redemption of shares and debentures Share capital and reserves: Capital and revenue reserves including the share premium account, capital redemption reserve, retained profits and payment of dividends. The form and content of published Profit and Loss Accounts , Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements Introduction to Group Accounts Treatment of taxation in published accounts: corporation tax, taxation of dividends, overseas tax and VAT accounts. Statute law, case law and their impact upon auditing

MANG0026: Economic analysis of financial decisions
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre MANG0008
Aims & learning objectives:
The course aims to demonstrate the close links between economic analysis on the one hand and management accounting and financial management on the other. It explores the use of optimisation approaches and considers , in depth, problems faced in investment decision-making. The course will include some computer based analysis of cost functions and investment modelling
Content:
The relationship of accounting cost concepts to those in economics (e.g. by-product analysis and marginal costs) Short-run and long-run cost functions and their relevance to choice of accounting models Cost behaviour analysis and the analysis of cost functions through regression analysis using appropriate software to generate scatter diagrams and graphical presentations Learning curves - theory and practice Optimisation, Opportunity costs and constraints Costs, prices, profits and different rates of return Productivity concepts and measurement The concept of economic value Financial appraisal of investments, including analysis of different appraisal techniques, risk analysis, expected values, decision-trees and simulations Different types of investment decisions Making investment decisions where benefits are difficult to quantify ( e.g intangibles, strategic investments, investments to retain options, investments associated with mergers and acquisitions) Errors often made in investment appraisal

MANG0030: Financial control & performance evaluation
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre MANG0008
Aims & learning objectives:
Students will acquire a understanding of how organisations use financial information to evaluate managers, operatives and business segments
Content:
Different types of budgets and their purposes - feedback and feed-forward controls, flexible budgets, engineered, committed and discretionary costs Short-term and long-term budget construction - with computer simulations Analysis of variances from budgets, variance analysis in standard costing systems Essential concepts in responsibility accounting (controllable and non-controllable costs, etc. ) and performance evaluation of managers and operational units Behavioural issues in budgeting and control by variance analysis Centralised and decentralised organisations and financial control implications Strengths and weaknesses of aggregated financial measures of performance such as ROI and Residual Income and their impact on investment decision- making Shareholder Value Analysis for SBU / divisional performance goal setting and appraisal. Behavioural implications of divisional control and the internal control function in large divisionalised organisations Transfer pricing Operative and manager bonus / incentive schemes Development of balanced scorecards

MANG0040: European integration studies 1
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
IMML students must take MANG0059 in the next semester if they take this unit. They should already have taken MANG0006 or MANG0070. Aims & learning objectives:
To provide a basic grounding in the theory, politics and economics of European integration. Students will complete the course with a sound knowledge of European Union institutions and key economic policies.
Content:
Subjects covered will be: integration theory; EU political institutions, their legitimacy and their accountability; the EU decision-making process; EC finances and funds; the single market and Europe's lost competitiveness; competition policy; the EU, world trade and developing countries; regional policy; economic and monetary union; the enlargement of the EU, the EEA and Central and Eastern Europe. Lectures will be supplemented by case study discussions, tutorial sessions and a revision workshop.

MANG0055: Corporate governance & regulation
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0006 or MANG0070. Aims & learning objectives:
The course will acquaint students with a range of issues which come under the broad heading of governance and regulation of corporate practices. This will include the nature of the company and responsibilities of its principal officers, concerns about the state of corporate governance and the special regulatory issues associated with public control over utilities. The latter part of the course will recognise the growing phenomenon of globalisation and the need for regulation by international accounting standards
Content:
Issues selected each year from: The nature of the corporation and the position of shareholders, chairmen, CEOs, executive directors and non-executive directors; The nature of corporate governance and development of a conceptual framework for governance - including the relationship between governance and management; Examples of crises in governance; Governance as exercised in different countries; Whistle-blowing as a means of governance; The place of top executive compensation schemes in corporate governance considerations; Regulation of MNCs and cross-border transfer pricing; The regulation of public utilities; International standard setting in accounting and relationship to national standards; Financial reporting in the European Union; Comparative accounting practices in selected countries. Financial statement analysis using accounts of different countries

MANG0059: European integration studies 2
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Pre MANG0040
IMML students must take this unit if they have taken MANG0040 in the previous semester. Aims & learning objectives:
To provide an advanced knowledge of the impact of European policies on individuals, managements and work organisations in the European Union. Students will complete the course unit with a detailed knowledge of social, environmental and sectoral impacts of integration and how business interests can influence the EU decision-making process.
Content:
Subjects covered will be: Social and employment policy issues and the firm; EU environment policy and its impact upon business and communities; the harmonisation of company law; sectoral impacts of the single market and business strategies; lobbying the EU; transport policy and trans-European networks; implementation of EC law; the future direction of the EU. Lectures will be supplemented by case study discussions, a decision-making game, and tutorial sessions.

MANG0060: Europe & international business management
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES30 OT10
Requisites: Ex UNIV0007, Ex UNIV0008
Aims & learning objectives:
The course aims to introduce and assess the forms, motivations and processes of establishing and developing a multinational both in manufacturing and service industries. The students should be able: to understand and assess the options available to companies undergoing the internationalisation process; to analyse the different issues that arise and problems that need to be addressed when establishing and operating subsidiaries and affiliates across national boundaries; the impact of technology on the configuration and co-ordination of operations; the impact on host countries and the companies themselves; to identify and explain actual examples using theories introduced in the course.
Content:
The theories of international business, including internalisation, the eclectic theory and other theories of the multinational enterprise. The motivations for multinational operation - economic globalisation, competitive rivalry, resource or market seeking. The different forms of multinational operation, including contractual forms, joint ventures, etc. but with a particular focus on foreign direct investment. An assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of each. The strategic options for establishing a global network of subsidiaries. The course will require students to present industry/company-based case studies of foreign direct investment - from both inside and outside the European Union to illustrate and explain the theories of international business.

MANG0067: Treasury management
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0008 or MANG0070. Aims & learning objectives:
To show how a large company manages sources of capital, relations with financial markets and shareholders and balances needs for finance with internationally spread organisations.
Content:
Issues selected from: Reviewing sources of finance and their costs Special sources of finance: convertibles and warrants and capital structure re-visited, leasing, export finance Balancing financing needs and sources Relations with external parties Bankruptcy prediction and avoidance Mergers and acquisitions International and domestic aspects of cash management Foreign exchange markets and foreign exchange rate risks Exposure management: hedging, swaps, options, interest rate risk, etc. Complications in investment appraisal in undertaking direct investment abroad International financing

MANG0069: Introduction to accounting & finance
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide students undertaking any type of degree study with an introductory knowledge of accounting and finance
Content:
The role of the accountant, corporate treasurer and financial controller Sources and uses of capital funds Understanding the construction and nature of the balance sheet and profit and loss account Principles underlying the requirements for the publication of company accounts Interpretation of accounts - published and internal, including financial ratio analysis Planning for profits, cash flow. Liquidity, capital expenditure and capital finance Developing the business plan and annual budgeting Estimating the cost of products, services and activities and their relationship to price. Analysis of costs and cost behaviour

MANG0071: Organisational behaviour
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop the student's understanding of people's behaviour within work organizations
Content:
Topics of study will be drawn from the following: The meaning of organising and organisation Socialisation, organisational norms and organisational culture Bureaucracy, organisational design and new organisational forms Managing organisational change Power and politics Business ethics Leadership and team work Decision -making Motivation Innovation Gender The future of work

MANG0094: Economics of incentives
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES30 OT20
Requisites:
As well as the pre-requisite units (ECOI0044, MANG0006, or MANG0070), students must have undertaken a placement in order to study this unit. Aims & learning objectives:
This course uses economics to investigate the incentives generated by a range of contractual relationships. Students will link economic ideas to their own experiences in the workplace, and they will develop their written and oral communication skills.
Content:
Incentives are an integral part of many areas in economics, and so the topics examined in the course come from a range of economic disciplines. The course examines the application of principal-agent models to labour markets, capital markets, insurance markets, and corporate governance issues. Some of the topics addressed in the course will be: The use of pay systems to influence the behaviour of managerial and non-managerial employees; transaction costs as the reason for the existence of contracts; the importance of institutional structures as a response to transaction costs; and moral hazard and adverse selection.

MATH0088: Data collection
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Statistics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre MATH0035
Aims & learning objectives:
Aims: To illustrate the principles of experimental design in randomised and factorial designs and a variety of sample survey methods. To present components of variance estimation in random effects models and discuss its application in industrial quality improvement. Objectives: On completing the course, students should be able to
* identify the features of a proposed study that affect the choice of experimental design
* choose a suitable, efficient design for a study and explain how the data collected under this design should ultimately be analysed
* design and analyse a components of variance experiment
* design and analyse a sample survey.
Content:
Principles of experimental design: Randomisation and the avoidance of bias. Advantages of orthogonal parameter estimates. Efficiency and optimal designs. Practical considerations. Observational studies: Confounding factors, reduction of bias by matching and regression modelling. The scope of inference from observational data. Randomised designs: Completely randomised and randomised block designs. Factorial designs: Complete factorial designs, confounding and fractional factorials, applications to modern quality improvement. Random effects: Split plot designs, statistical models and analyses. Sample surveys: Simple random sampling, stratified sampling, two-stage sampling, cluster sampling, quota sampling. Inference about the mean of a finite population. Randomised response methods for sensitive questions. THIS UNIT IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ACADEMIC YEARS STARTING IN AN EVEN YEAR.

MATH0089: Applied probability & finance
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Statistics
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre MATH0034
Aims & learning objectives:
Aims: To develop and apply the theory of probability and stochastic processes to examples from finance and economics. Objectives: At the end of the course, students should be able to
* formulate mathematically, and then solve, dynamic programming problems
* describe the Capital Asset Pricing Model and its conclusions
* price an option on a stock modelled by a single step of a random walk
* perform simple calculations involving properties of Brownian motion.
Content:
Dynamic programming: Markov decision processes, Bellman equation; examples including consumption/investment, bid acceptance, optimal stopping. Infinite horizon problems; discounted programming, the Howard Improvement Lemma, negative and positive programming, simple examples and counter-examples. Utility theory: Risk aversion, the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Option pricing for random walks: Arbitrage pricing theory, prices and discounted prices as Martingales, hedging. Brownian motion: Introduction to Brownian motion, definition and simple properties. Exponential Brownian motion as the model for a stock price, the Black-Scholes formula. THIS UNIT IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ACADEMIC YEARS STARTING IN AN EVEN YEAR.

MATH0118: Management statistics
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre MATH0097
Aims & learning objectives:
This unit is designed primarily for DBA Final Year students who have taken the First and Second Year management statistics units but is also available for Final Year Statistics students from the School of Mathematical Sciences. Well qualified students from the IMML course would also be considered. It introduces three statistical topics which are particularly relevant to Management Science, namely quality control, forecasting and decision theory. Aims: To introduce some statistical topics which are particularly relevant to Management Science. Objectives: On completing the unit, students should be able to implement some quality control procedures, and some univariate forecasting procedures. They should also understand the ideas of decision theory.
Content:
Quality Control: Acceptance sampling, single and double schemes, SPRT applied to sequential scheme. Process control, Shewhart charts for mean and range, operating characteristics, ideas of cusum charts. Practical forecasting. Time plot. Trend-and-seasonal models. Exponential smoothing. Holt's linear trend model and Holt-Winters seasonal forecasting. Autoregressive models. Box-Jenkins ARIMA forecasting. Introduction to decision analysis for discrete events: Revision of Bayes' Theorem, admissability, Bayes' decisions, minimax. Decision trees, expected value of perfect information. Utility, subjective probability and its measurement.

PSYC0001: Psychology 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Psychology
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this course is to introduce students to basic concepts and current themes and debates within psychology.
Content:
Lectures will be broadly based on the question - 'WHO AM I'? In order to answer this question, we will consider: drives; hormones and the mind/body question; our animal history and the influence of genetics; learning and socialisation; personality; society and the individual; intelligence and creativity; family relationships; social groups and social interaction attitudes; values, cultural beliefs, gender and social identity; normality and deviance; language and communication. These lectures will provide the student with a grounding in the major domains within psychology, thereby preparing them for a critical understanding of the discipline as a whole.

PSYC0002: Psychology 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Psychology
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre PSYC0001
Aims & learning objectives:
Psychology II builds upon psychology I both conceptually and in terms of course content. This course will focus more heavily, however, on issues in biological psychology, although prior contact with the biological sciences will not be required. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a more critical understanding of the nature of psychology as a discipline and its relation to neighbouring sciences (i.e., biology & psychiatry).
Content:
Lecture topics in this course will include; aggression and violence; altruism and helping; social skills; stress and emotions; fear, anxiety, depression, guilt and happiness; thinking and reasoning; social perceptions; prejudice and attribution; competition and co-operation; the autonomic nervous system; brain specialisation; the eye and brain.

PSYC0008: Cognitive psychology
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Psychology
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre PSYC0001, Pre PSYC0002
Aims & learning objectives:
To equip the student with the basic principles of Cognitive Psychology, including theory, methodology and critiques. The student will be able to undertake more advanced courses relating to Cognitive Psychology, for example on Artificial Intelligence. The student will also be able to appreciate the relationship of Cognitive Psychology to other fields of social and cognitive science.
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Content:
How do we process information
* How do we organise information
* How do we store, and retrieve, information
* How do we solve problems We will consider three main approaches to research in this field; experimental methods: model-building based on case studies, and learning from brain damage.

PSYC0009: Social psychology
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Psychology
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre PSYC0001, Pre PSYC0002
Aims & learning objectives:
To equip students with an understanding of social interaction and social processes in dyads, group and communities.
Content:
This course focuses on the individual in interaction with others, in dyads, small groups and large groups. It examines the reciprocal relationship between the individual and their community, the röle of the individual as a group member, decision-making processes in small and large groups, inter-group relations and crowd behaviour. We will also examine how our impressions of others are formed and what it is that distinguishes human sciences from all others.

PSYC0015: Economic & political psychology
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Psychology
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre PSYC0009
Aims & learning objectives:
The theoretical basis of this course will be on the psychological organisation of social, political, economic and ethical beliefs, and their development and aetiology. The implicit models of psychological processes that underpin expert and common-sense conceptions of rationality and ethics. The problematic nature of links between beliefs and action. The tensions between 'discourse' and 'ideology' models of explanation.
Content:
Topics include: psychological models of ideology in the organisation of beliefs; mainstream and emergent political-social beliefs (feminism, Green politics); lay beliefs, e.g., about unemployment, poverty, ethics; concepts of fairness and equity; moral development; elite beliefs - what constitutes 'legitimation'? Political propaganda and rhetoric. Social movements, social change and intergroup relations. Students must have undertaken one other unit from Cognitive (SOCS0089), Developmental (SOCS0088) and Clinical Psychology (SOCS0091), as well as the necessary pre-requisite (SOCS0090).

PSYC0019: Artificial intelligence 1: Minds, machines & persons
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Psychology
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES80 OT20
Requisites: Pre PSYC0025, Pre PSYC0008
Students must have taken one of the above pre-requisites in order to take this unit. Aims & learning objectives:
This course introduces some recent research in the field of computer-based modelling and simulation of human activities which require the intelligent use of knowledge, otherwise known as Artificial Intelligence. We will approach machine intelligence through two complementary questions: could human intelligence be simulated, equalled or even exceeded by machines? Can the machine-metaphor still help us understand human cognitive and social processes?
Content:
Machine-metaphors for human thinking and reasoning now compete with evolutionary biology and neurology for influence in both psychological and sociological approaches to human behaviour. The course will provide historical background, will introduce some of the main approaches and research projects in the field, and will set out two main areas of debate: criticisms made by AI researchers about rival approaches, and arguments of philosophers, sociologists and psychologists about the attempt to simulate intelligence. Students will become familiar with key authors and texts, and will learn to evaluate claims about computer programs relating to:
* their power, intelligence or other capabilities
* their influence upon psychological and social theory
* their continuing role in psychological and social research
* their influence on our notions of expertise, intelligence, creativity and humanity.

PSYC0020: Artificial intelligence 2: Microsimulation
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Psychology
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES80 CW20
Requisites: Pre PSYC0019
Aims & learning objectives:
This unit allows students to develop their understanding of issues introduced in Artificial Intelligence 1 [PSYC0019] through a more detailed study of recent theoretical developments and of the development and applications of some AI programs. Students will be required to examine the literature relating to two influential developments in AI. No programming or modeling experience is required for this course
Content:
This course explores the application of biological models in AI as well as the more traditional approaches. Students will be expected to understand the applications of computer simulation in the social sciences (especially cognitive psychology), the methods of two major research projects, and the implications of computer simulation for social and psychological theory. Students may also undertake practical projects in the form of experiments with computer models and simulation programs, which can be written up as a project report.

SOCP0001: Introduction to social policy & the welfare state 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCP0002
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide an introduction to social policy as a field of study. To examine the nature and extent of poverty and inequality in Britain today, as a means of developing an understanding of social policy as a field of study.
Content:
Introduction to Social Policy; Concepts and Definitions of Poverty; Social Exclusion; Evidence on the Incidence of Poverty and Inequality; Demographic Factors and their relationship to Poverty; Poverty, Gender and 'Race'; Poverty and Policy.

SOCP0002: Introduction to social policy & the welfare state 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCP0001
Aims & learning objectives:
To further develop an understanding of social policy as a field of study. To examine the historical evolution of social policy and the welfare state in Britain. To introduce and examine the concept of the 'mixed economy of welfare'. To review and analyse recent developments in the major social service areas.
Content:
Services and sectors in Social Policy; 1834 Poor Law; the 1842 'Sanitary Report'; The Liberal Reforms and the Introduction of Pensions; Beveridge and the impact of the 2nd World war; the Post-War Welfare State; Thatcherism and Social Policy; Educational Reform; Housing; Community Care

SOCP0005: The social policy process
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Ex HASS0004
Aims & learning objectives:
This unit introduces students to key concepts for analysing the policy-making process. By the end of the unit students should have a basic understanding of problems and issues in the making and implementation of social policy in Britain. This course has a common lecture programme with the Politics and Policy course, however each course has a separate seminar programme.
Content:
Each lecture covers one conceptual topic, including: Introduction to Policy Analysis; Theories of the State; Power; Models of Decision-making and Policy Formulation; Implementation; Street-Level Decision-Making; Organisational Constraints; Interest Groups and Policy Communities. The seminars apply these to topical issues in social policy.

SOCP0006: Social values & social policy
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
This unit introduces students to a range of values and principles used to justify the role of the state in social policy. By the end of the module students should be familiar with the broad range of principles and should be able to apply some of them to current debates.
Content:
Each lectures will cover one core principle, including: Need, Freedom, Equality, Justice, Citizenship, Community. The seminars will apply each to one issue or problem in contemporary social policy; for example, training schemes and equality of opportunity; citizenship and rights to a basic income.

SOCP0011: Health policies & politics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre SOCP0005, Pre SOCP0006
Aims & learning objectives:
This course aims to develop an understanding of how health policy integrates with wider social policy issues, as well as a detailed understanding of the content and dynamism of health policy processes. As a result , students should
* understand the impact of different welfare models on health care systems in Europe and America
* understand the political forces behind health care reform in the British NHS
* understand the pressures exerted on health care systems and the range of responses that have arisen
* be able to compare and contrast the strengths of the different approaches and their uses in different settings
Content:
1. Health, health care and health policy 2. Comparing health systems: the UK 3. Comparing health systems: the USA and Europe 4. Pressures on health care systems (1) Demographic and economic changes 5. Pressures on health care systems (2) Science and technology 6. Politics of reform: 50 years of the NHS 7. Rationing and priority setting 8. Medicine and the media: the effect on policy 9. Paying for care and the mixed economy 10. Evaluating health care and health policy 11. Informing health policy: the politics of data gathering 12. The New Public Health

SOCP0012: Comparative social policy
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre SOCP0005, Pre SOCP0006
Aims & learning objectives:
This unit introduces students to the social policies of several European countries. By the end of the module students should have a basic knowledge of the patterns and development of welfare policies in these countries and be able to situate them in relation to models of different welfare state regimes.
Content:
The course adopts two approaches to the material. In the first part, it examines in depth the development of social policies in specific countries which represent different 'welfare regimes': Germany, Sweden, Italy and Russia/ Central Europe. Second, it then compares specific policy areas across these countries, such as pensions and health services. The module concludes by considering the impact of the EU and the prospects for converging social policies in Europe.

SOCP0013: Social security policy in comparative perspective
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre SOCP0005, Pre SOCP0006
Aims & learning objectives:
To compare different ways of meeting financial need, including historical and cross-national comparisons. To examine the assumptions and values that structure social security provision. To examine in detail the nature and impact of specific benefits.
Content:
The scope of structure of UK social security; Models of social security policy; Reviews and reforms; Unemployment and work incentives; Families and lone parents, Child Support; Social security, tax and private provision; Poverty and the adequacy of benefits; Benefits for housing and local taxes; The benefit unit; Benefits for sickness and disability; Pensions and social security for elderly people; Benefit fraud and abuse; Non-take-up of benefits; Rights, discretion and the appeals procedure; Meeting special needs

SOCP0014: Advanced social policy analysis
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Social Policy
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre SOCP0005, Pre SOCP0006
Aims & learning objectives:
To equip the student in a variety of techniques for analysing social policy issues.
Content:
The emphasis is on a multi-method approach, including both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Approaches include secondary analysis of household survey data, examination of Government and other official documents and the use of techniques and concepts from other disciplines such as economics. In any given year the methods are illustrated with reference to two social policy issues.

SOCP0038: American politics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of central arguments and debates relating to the American political system, and to equip them to contribute to these debates, citing relevant evidence.
Content:
The course applies the concepts and theories of political science to the United states of America, assessing the role played by formal and informal political entities. Notions of liberal democracy are assessed by reference to debates on the role of political parties, interest groups, elites and political culture on political outcomes in America. A number of case studies consider the political significance from a European perspective of questions of race and poverty, judicial review, and the American foreign policy process.

SOCP0043: Sociology of industrial societies 1: classical theories
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Co SOCP0044
Aims & learning objectives:
To understand the basic sociological questions, theories and evidence of industrial society
Content:
To answer the following questions: 1) How and why is industrial society distinctive? 2) Does industrial society have a logic of social differentiation, based on conflict , control, or social order? Differences in work, authority and decision making, kinship and gender, culture and community. The theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber.

SOCP0044: Sociology of industrial societies 2: social change & social control
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Sociology
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Co SOCP0043
Aims & learning objectives:
To understand the changing nature of industrial societies, modern and post-modern theories and evidence of social stratification, organisation and control
Content:
To answer the following questions: 1) Do industrial societies display common trends, even superseding industrialism? 2) What are the main modes of social regulation and social control in changing societies? Theories and evidence of post-industrialism, convergence, managerialism, ethnic and gender forms of social stratification in relation to social control and citizenship.

SOCP0063: Media politics
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Politics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim is to provide students with a grounding in the theory and practice relating to the political significance of the mass media, with reference to a number of case studies.
Content:
The course examines alternative theories of the political role of the mass media, and applies these to case studies. Topics include the Frankfurt School and mass culture, Marxist and pluralist notions of the media, the 'propaganda model', notions of public broadcasting, cinema and politics, the global role of the media, and the media and war.

UNIV0036: Core skills for economists: mathematics
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The purpose of the course is to provide students with the knowledge of the main parts of mathematics that are relevant to undergraduate economics and to prepare them for taking further economics and econometrics courses. Students should be able to: (i) understand mathematical concepts; (ii) solve mathematical problems; (iii) apply mathematics to economic problems.
Content:
Topics will include: functions of more than one variable; partial differentiation; maxima and minima of multivariate functions; constrained optimisation; solution of sets of linear equations; manipulation of vectors and matrices; differential and difference equations.

UNIV0037: Statistics for economists
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The purpose of the course is to provide students with the knowledge of the main parts of statistics that are relevant to undergraduate economics and to prepare them for taking further economics and econometrics courses. Students should be able to: (i) understand statistical concepts; (ii) solve statistical problems; (iii) apply statistics to economic problems.
Content:
Topics will include: Definition of probability, conditional probability, rules for addition and multiplication; Bayes theorem; Discrete and continuous distributions; Binomial and normal distributions; Sampling theory; Point estimation, standard errors and confidence intervals; Hypothesis testing; Type I and Type II errors.