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Programme code | 9ECON006T |
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Programme type | Postgraduate Taught Degree |
Programme director(s) |
David Pacini (TB1)
Toman Barsbai (TB2) |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
School/department | School of Economics |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 1 years (full time) |
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Content will be delivered by a combination of lectures, exercise/practise lectures and small group tutorials. Unit director determines whether exercise/practise lectures or tutorials or a mixture of them are pedagogically appropriate for achieving the intended learning outcomes of the unit. Exercise/practise lectures are given for the whole cohort and may include solving mathematical exercises or analysing data using STATA, R and MATLAB. |
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The assessment of intellectual skills and attributes relates more to how a student engages with the content of a unit rather than the content of the unit itself. This can take a range of forms and may include the following.
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Student acquisition of practical and transferable skills is dependent on how students are required to engage with the content of a unit rather than with the academic content itself. Depending on the requirements of individual units a range of strategies will be employed across the programme to ensure students acquire transferable skills. They include (but are not limited to) group work in classes and group assignments, written assignments, presentations and participation in class discussion. |
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Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level M/7 - Postgraduate Certificate |
For a Postgraduate Certificate, students are required to complete the first term taught units in the programme (60 credit points). In the TB1 units in the students acquire the core concepts and theories in Economics and the core methods in the analysis of economic data. |
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Level M/7 - Postgraduate Diploma |
For a Postgraduate Diploma, students are required to complete all the taught units in the programme (120 credit points). Depending on the students’ choice of pathway, they will acquire the analytical skills to understand the behaviour of individual entities such as markets, firms, or households; the approaches to understand the overall performance of the economy and how economic policies can affect this performance; the skills needed to transform data into answers for questions about measuring and predicting economic quantities of interest; knowledge on the techniques available to measure the impact of policies on households and firms; or knowledge on the role of psychological and social factors on the economic decisions of individuals. |
Level M/7 - Postgraduate Masters |
The dissertation acts as the culmination of the student’s progress through the degree programme, as s/he applied the appropriate approach, skills, and perspectives that have been applied to a piece of research devised in consultation and supervised by a staff advisor. The successful completion of the dissertation requires to acquire conceptual understanding of Economic theories and methods enabling the student to evaluate critically current Economic research and to implement methodologies to create new insight towards the solution of an economic problem. This will be demonstrated by gaining a minimum mark of 50 in the dissertation and a total of 180 credit points. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the postgraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/postgraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
The MSc programmes are closely linked. Each provides a rigorous training to a level appropriate for someone starting to do research for a PhD or starting a job in a relevant area. The MSc programme lasts 12 months, from October to September. It consists of taught units examined in May/June, followed by a dissertation, which has to be completed by the end of September.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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All students must take the following mandatory units: | ||||
Microeconomics | ECONM1010 | 15 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Macroeconomics | ECONM1011 | 15 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Econometrics | ECONM1022 | 15 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Applied Economics | ECONM1008 | 15 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Dissertation (MSc Economics + Economics Pathways) | EFIMM0080 | 60 | Mandatory | AYEAR |
Students then select 60 credit points from one of the following pathways: | ||||
Students choosing the Economics (Macroeconomics) pathway must take: | ||||
Public Finance and Monetary Policy | EFIMM0099 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
International Economics and Finance | EFIMM0098 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Plus 30 credit points from: | ||||
Banking | EFIMM0006 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Derivatives | ECONM3017 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Behavioural Finance | EFIMM0016 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Students choosing the Economics (Economic Policy) pathway must take: | ||||
Policy Experiments | EFIMM0037 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Programme Evaluation | ECONM0002 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Plus 30 credit points from: | ||||
Labour Economics | EFIMM0041 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Health Economics | EFIMM0038 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Economics of Education | EFIMM0042 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Development Economics | ECONM0003 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Empirical Industrial Organisation | EFIMM0097 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Students choosing the Economics (Data Science) pathway must take: | ||||
Econometrics beyond the mean | EFIMM0096 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Data science for economics | EFIMM0095 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Empirical Industrial Organisation | EFIMM0097 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Plus 15 credit points from: | ||||
Programme Evaluation | ECONM0002 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Labour Economics | EFIMM0041 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Health Economics | EFIMM0038 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Development Economics | ECONM0003 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Applied Financial Econometrics | EFIMM0127 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Students choosing the Economics pathway must take 60 credit points from: | ||||
Banking | EFIMM0006 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Derivatives | ECONM3017 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Behavioural Finance | EFIMM0016 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Labour Economics | EFIMM0041 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Health Economics | EFIMM0038 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Economics of Education | EFIMM0042 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Development Economics | ECONM0003 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Policy Experiments | EFIMM0037 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Programme Evaluation | ECONM0002 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Data science for economics | EFIMM0095 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Econometrics beyond the mean | EFIMM0096 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Empirical Industrial Organisation | EFIMM0097 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
International Economics and Finance | EFIMM0098 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
Public Finance and Monetary Policy | EFIMM0099 | 15 | Optional | TB-2 |
MSc Economics | 180 |
The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.
An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.
The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:
Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.
* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.
** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.
All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.
To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.
To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.
Students who choose one of the specialist pathways will graduate with the pathway reflected on their certificate.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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