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Diploma in Social Sciences

Four courses in total

Two courses chosen from:

IR1011 Introduction to international relations

MN1107 Introduction to business and management *

PS1114 Democratic politics and the State

PS1130 Introduction to modern political thought

SC1021 Principles of sociology

Two additional courses (or the equivalent) chosen from:

Any course not already chosen above

AC1025 Principles of accounting *

DV1171 Introduction to international development

EC1002 Introduction to economics

EC2096 Economic history in the 20th century (1)

FN1024 Principles of banking and finance*

GY1009 Human geography

GY1147 Physical geography: fundamentals of the physical environment

GY1148 Methods of geographical analysis (half course)

IR1034 World history since 1917

IS1060 Introduction to information systems*

IS1129 Introduction to programming (half course) (1)

IS1168 Introduction to computer systems architecture and programming

LA1031 Common law reasoning and institutions*

MT1005A Mathematics 1 (half course)

MT1005B Mathematics 2 (half course) (2)

SC1158 Reading social science (half course)

ST1004A Statistics 1 (half course)

ST1004B Statistics 2 (half course) (3)

DV1171 Introduction to international development

IS1168 Introduction to computer systems architecture and programming

Notes

(1)May only be chosen by a student whose effective date of registration is before 30 November 2011. To be examined for the last time in 2014 except for a re-sit in 2015.

(2)MT105B Mathematics 2 must be taken after or at the same time as MT105A Mathematics 1.

(3) ST104B Statistics 2 must be taken after or at the same time as ST104A Statistics 1.

* Students may take a maximum of two of these courses.

Students registered for the Diploma in Social Sciences will not be permitted to transfer their registration to the Diploma in Economics after 31 October in the first year of their registration.

Please see next page for corrections.

Correction 15th August 2011

Two courses have been added to list of options available to students of the Diploma in Economics. The courses are DV1171 Introduction to international development, and IS1168 Introduction to computer systems architecture and programming.

Correction 7th October 2011

EC2096 Economic history in the 20th century will be examined for the last time for students registered for the Diploma in Social Sciences in 2013 or at a re-sit session in 2014. Previously the footnote text at (1) suggested respective dates of 2014 and 2015. The text in the structure above has been corrected.