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Department of Economics & International Development
Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Economics & International Development in 2006/07. Follow the links to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function.
Academic Year EC10160 Introductory economics 12 Credits
Semester 1 EC10003 Core skills for economists: introduction to statistics 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC10006 Introductory microeconomics 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC10008 The modern world economy 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC10077 Introduction to international development 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC10130 Core skills for economists: mathematics 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC10159 Research and computing skills 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC10004 Core skills for economists: computing and data analysis 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC10007 Introductory macroeconomics 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC10009 Development economics 1 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC10078 Introduction to politics of development 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC10152 Introduction to social analysis of development 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC10153 Core skills for economists: mathematics 2 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC10168 Economic policy in the UK 6 Credits
Academic Year EC20045 Placement 60 Credits
Semester 1 EC20010 Intermediate microeconomics 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC20011
Intermediate macroeconomics 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC20015 Economics of industrial organisation 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC20018 Introduction to econometrics: cross section 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC20023 Researching social change 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC20079 Economics of politics 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC20155 Development economics 2 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC20169 Public finance 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC20012 Economic thought & policy 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC20019 Introduction to econometrics: time series 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC20046 Research & presentation skills for economists 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC20080 International politics of development 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC20147 Intermediate microeconomics 2 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC20154 Development policy and practice 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC20157 International economics 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC20170
Intermediate macroeconomics 2
6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30017 Economics of work 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30020 Econometrics 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30025
Applied development economics
6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30026 Economics of transition 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30028 Economic growth & natural resources 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30030 Advanced microeconomics 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30032 Final year research project 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30034 International trade 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30040 A history of international relations theory 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC30042 The politics of ethnicity, religion, and nationalism 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30021 Econometrics 2 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30027 International monetary economics 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30029 Environmental economics 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30031 Advanced macroeconomics 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30033 Final year research project 2 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30035 Public expenditure & public choice 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30041 Global politics 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30142 Economics of sport 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30145 Economics of incentives 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC30163
Development economics 3
6 Credits
Academic Year EC50073 Introduction to economics 0 Credits
Dissertation period EC50099 International development: Masters dissertation 30 Credits
Dissertation period EC50100
International development: diploma dissertation
12 Credits
Dissertation period EC50129 Economics: Masters dissertation 30 Credits
Semester 1 EC50059 Economics of development 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50061 Sociology & social anthropology of development 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50063 Policy theory & the politics of developing countries 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50105 International development: towards synthesis 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50116 Microeconomic theory 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50118 Econometric & quantitative methods 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50120 Welfare economics and distributive justice 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50122 Public sector economics 1 (finance) 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50124
Development & transition 1 (microeconomic issues)
6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50127 Environmental economics 2 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50161 Financial econometrics 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 EC50164 International development and poverty 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC40148 South Asia regional specialism 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC40149 Africa regional specialism 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC40150 Latin America regional specialism 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC40151 Middle East regional specialism 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC40165 Critical issues in social development 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC40166 South East Asia regional specialism 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50066 Postgraduate dissertation preparation (MID/MGIPA) 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50071 Management of development (MID) 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50098 International development extended essay (MID) 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50117 Macroeconomic theory 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50119 Econometrics & quantitative methods 2 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50121 Growth theory 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50123 Public sector economics 2 (expenditure) 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50125 Development & transition 2 (macroeconomic issues) 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50126 Environmental economics 1 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50128 Language foundation 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50132 International monetary economics 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50143 Globalisation 2: political economy of globalisation 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50144 World politics: conflict, security & development 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50162 Financial econometrics II 6 Credits
Semester 2 EC50167 International policy analysis 2 6 Credits
Certificate level units (e.g. EC1*)