This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Teaching Block |
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60 credit points should be chosen from the following list, with no more than 40 credits from (a), (b) or (c) | ||||
20 credit points may be chosen from: | ||||
First Extended Essay | PHIL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Second Extended Essay | PHIL30108 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
(a) Philosophy of Science, Mathematics and Logic. Choose no more than 40 credits from: | ||||
Philosophical Issues of Physical Sciences | PHIL30052 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship | PHIL30118 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
(b) Epistemology, Metaphysics, Mind, Language, History of Philosophy. Choose no more more than 40 credits from: | ||||
First Extended Essay | PHIL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship | PHIL30118 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
(c) Value Theory (Ethics, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics). Choose no more than 40 credits from: | ||||
Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Philosophy of Mathematics | PHIL30090 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Philosophy in the Digital Age | PHIL30132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Themes in Ethics | PHIL30137 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Feminist Philosophy | PHIL30123 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
60 credit points from the following. Students may take up to 20 credit points from the list of Year 2 units. Students may choose either Topics in Applied Economics A or Topics in Applied Economics B. | ||||
Economics of Developing Countries | ECON30071 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Labour Economics | ECON30075 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Industrial Economics | ECON30076 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Macroeconomic Theory and Policy | ECON30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Environmental Economics | EFIM30004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Behavioural Economics | EFIM30027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Public Economics | EFIM30034 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Communicating Economics | EFIM30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
International Trade | ECON30009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Open-Economy Macroeconomics | ECON30010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Topics in Applied Economics A | ECON30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Topics in Applied Economics B | ECON30008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Year 2 units: | ||||
History of Economic Thought | ECON20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Growth and Development | ECON20023 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Applied Microeconomics | EFIM20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Philosophy of Economics | ECON20007 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Philosophy and Economics with Study Abroad (BSc) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.