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Annex A - Individual courses

Notes on different types of course

H indicates half courses. Two half courses are equivalent to one full course.

P indicates courses designed to be taken after one year of undergraduate study. Minimum entrance requirements are the same as for other courses, but applications are considered on an individual basis (see the entrance requirements in the Programme Summary)

M indicates courses where competence in Mathematics at least equivalent to a pass at GCSE / GCE O level in a Mathematical subject at Grade C or above is an entrance requirement (see the entrance requirements in the Programme Summary)

C indicates courses where coursework (or a project) forms all or a part of the assessment. For IS1060 Introduction to information systems and IS3139 Software engineering: theory and application coursework or a project counts towards the assessment in addition to a written exam. Courses GY3157 Independent geographical study and IS3159 Research project in information systems are assessed by coursework or a project only. Coursework must be submitted by 1 May in the year of examination.

Courses available as individual courses

Course code Course title H P M C
AC1025 Principles of accounting M
AC3059 Financial management P M
AC3091 Financial reporting P M
AC3093 Auditing and assurance P M
AC3097 Management accounting P M
AC3143 Valuation and securities analysis P M
DV1171 Introduction to international development
DV2135 World development P
DV2169 Economic policy analysis in international development P
DV3044 Economics of development P M
DV3162 Complex emergencies and humanitarian responses P C
DV3165 Development management P
DV3166 Global environmental problems and politics P
EC1002 Introduction to economics M
EC2020 Elements of econometrics P M
EC2065 Macroeconomics P M
EC2066 Microeconomics P M
EC2096 Economic history in the 20th century P
EC3015 Economics of labour P M
EC3016 International economics P M
EC3022 Public economics P M
EC3099 Industrial economics P M
EC3115 Monetary economics P M
EC3120 Mathematical economics P M
FN1024 Principles of banking and finance M
FN2029 Financial intermediation P M
FN3023 Investment management P M
FN3092 Corporate finance P M
FN3142 Quantitative finance P M
GY1009 Human geography
GY1147 Physical geography: fundamentals of the physical environment
GY1148 Methods of geographical analysis H
GY2109 Geographies of development P
GY2149 Biogeography P
GY2150 Geomorphological processes P
GY2151 Environmental change P
GY2152 Hydrology P
GY2164 Economic geography P
GY3068 Society and the environment P
GY3153 Space and culture P
GY3154 Geomorphological applications P
GY3155 Biodiversity P
GY3156 Tropical land management P
GY3157 Independent geographical study P C
IR1011 Introduction to international relations
IR1034 World history since 1917
IR2084 Nationalism and international relations P
IR2085 International institutions P
IR2137 Foreign policy analysis P
IR3026 International political economy P
IR3083 International political theory P
IR3090 International politics of East Asia P
IR3140 Security and international relations P
IS1060 Introduction to information systems C
IS1129 Introduction to programming H
IS1168 Introduction to computer systems architecture and programming
IS2062 Information systems development and management P
IS2136 Information systems and organisations P
IS2138 Information and communication technologies: principles and perspectives P
IS3139 Software engineering: theory and application P C
IS3159 Research project in information systems P C
IS3167 Management and innovation of e-business P
MN1107 Introduction to business and management
MN2079 Elements of social and applied psychology P
MN3027 The law of business organisations P
MN3028 Managerial economics P M
MN3032 Management science methods P M
MN3075 Human resource management P
MN3077 Management: international and comparative perspectives P
MN3119 Strategy P M
MN3127 Organisation theory: an interdisciplinary approach P
MN3141 Principles of marketing P
MT105A Mathematics 1 H M
MT105B Mathematics 2 H M
MT1173 Algebra H M
MT1174 Calculus H M
MT2076 Management mathematics P M
MT2116 Abstract mathematics P M
MT2117 Advanced calculus H P M
MT2118 Advanced linear algebra H P M
MT3040 Game theory H P M
MT3041 Advanced mathematical analysis H P M
MT3042 Optimisation theory H P M
MT3043 Mathematics of finance and valuation H P M
MT3095 Further mathematics for economists P M
MT3170 Discrete mathematics and algebra P M
PS1114 Democratic politics and the State
PS1130 Introduction to modern political thought
PS2082 Comparative politics P
PS3086 Democracy and democratisation P
PS3088 Politics and policies of the European Union P
PS3105 Contemporary political theory: liberalism and its critics P
PS3108 Political analysis and public choice P M
SC1021 Principles of sociology
SC1158 Reading social science H
SC2145 Social research methods P
SC2163 Sociological theory and analysis P
SC3055 Sociology of development P
SC3057 Social policy P
SC3144 Historical sociology P
SC3160 Population and society P
ST104A Statistics 1 H M
ST104B Statistics 2 H M
ST3133 Advanced statistics: distribution theory H P M
ST3134 Advanced statistics: statistical inference H P M