Bachelor of Science (Honours) Computer Science and Economics
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Computer Science Joint element: First year CSCCSCJJ1
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CS1002 |
Object-Oriented Programming |
20 |
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CS1003 |
Programming with Data |
20 |
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Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year
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BSc Economics (Joint Honours): First year ECNECNJJ1S
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EC1001 |
Macroeconomics |
20 |
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EC1002 |
Microeconomics |
20 |
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EC1004 |
Economics |
20 |
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Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: EC1003, EC1008
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EC1003 |
Mathematics for Economists |
20 |
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EC1008 |
Finance |
20 |
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Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them
For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Remaining credits from Level 1000 options
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003
EC1003 may be taken in second year
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Computer Science Joint element: Second year CSCCSCJJ2
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Module name |
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CS2001 |
Foundations of Computation |
30 |
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CS2002 |
Computer Systems |
30 |
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Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits
Automatic entry to Honours requires
- pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
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Computer Science Joint element: Second year (Direct Entry) CSCCSCJJ2D
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CS2101 |
Foundations of Computation (Accelerated) |
40 |
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CS2002 |
Computer Systems |
30 |
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Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits
Direct entry to Year 2 is only available to Computer Science and Mathematics or Computer Science and Statistics Degrees.
Automatic entry to Honours requires
- pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
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BSc Economics (Joint Honours): Second year ECNECNJJ2S
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Module name |
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EC2001 |
Intermediate Microeconomics |
20 |
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EC2002 |
Intermediate Macroeconomics |
20 |
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EC2203 |
Statistics for Economists |
20 |
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EC1003 |
Mathematics for Economists |
20 |
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Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits
Students who have passed MT2004 or MT2508 are exempt from EC2203
Automatic entry to Honours requires
- pass at first sitting and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
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Entry to Honours
Students who attain an average of grade 11.0 or above at the first sitting in the requisite 2000-level modules and who meet all other programme requirements will be given automatic offers of entry into Honours programmes*.*Apart from students on Integrated Masters degrees. Students permitted automatic entry to Honours will only be permitted to trail one module to a maximum of 30 sub-honours credits into Honours.
Some Schools permit qualified entry to Honours (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )
BSc Honours
The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.
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Computer Science Joint element: Third year CSCCSCJJ3
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CS3052 |
Computational Complexity |
15 |
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CS3099 |
Software Engineering Team Project |
30 |
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15 credits from Module List: CS3100 - CS3399
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CS3101 |
Databases |
15 |
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CS3102 |
Data Communications and Networks |
15 |
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CS3104 |
Operating Systems |
15 |
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CS3105 |
Artificial Intelligence |
15 |
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CS3106 |
Human Computer Interaction |
15 |
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CS3301 |
Component Technology |
15 |
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CS3302 |
Data Encoding |
15 |
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Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them
For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year
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BSc Economics (Joint Honours): Third year ECNECNJJ3S
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60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4489
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EC3301 |
Econometrics |
20 |
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EC3302 |
Decision and Game Theory |
20 |
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EC3303 |
Economic Growth |
20 |
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EC3304 |
Mathematical Economics |
20 |
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EC3305 |
Incentives, Contracts and Markets |
20 |
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EC3306 |
Economic Fluctuations |
20 |
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EC4401 |
Advanced Econometrics |
20 |
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EC4402 |
Economic History |
20 |
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EC4403 |
Health and Education |
20 |
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EC4405 |
Economics of the Environment |
20 |
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EC4406 |
Experimental Economics (20) |
20 |
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EC4407 |
Behavioural Economics |
20 |
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EC4408 |
Industrial Organisation and Regulations |
20 |
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EC4409 |
International Macroeconomics |
20 |
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EC4410 |
International Trade |
20 |
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EC4411 |
Economics of Labour |
20 |
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EC4414 |
Macroeconomic Policy |
20 |
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EC4415 |
Public Economics |
20 |
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EC4416 |
Innovation Economics (20) |
20 |
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EC4417 |
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing |
20 |
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EC4418 |
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance |
20 |
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EC4419 |
Economics of Development |
20 |
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EC4420 |
Inequality and Redistribution |
20 |
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EC4421 |
Political Economy |
20 |
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EC4424 |
The Economics of Migration |
20 |
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EC4425 |
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation |
20 |
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EC4430 |
Portfolio Management |
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Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them
For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year
Students must take at least 40 credits from EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 over third and fourth year.
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Computer Science Joint element: Fourth year CSCCSCJJ4
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CS4052 |
Logic and Software Verification |
15 |
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CS4098 |
Minor Software Project |
15 |
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CS4796 |
Joint Project (30cr) |
30 |
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Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: CS3100 - CS3399, ID4001, ID5059
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CS3101 |
Databases |
15 |
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CS3102 |
Data Communications and Networks |
15 |
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CS3104 |
Operating Systems |
15 |
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CS3105 |
Artificial Intelligence |
15 |
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CS3106 |
Human Computer Interaction |
15 |
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CS3301 |
Component Technology |
15 |
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CS3302 |
Data Encoding |
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ID4001 |
Communication and Teaching in Science |
15 |
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ID5059 |
Knowledge Discovery and Datamining |
15 |
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Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them
For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: CS4100 - CS4999 (excluding CS4796), CS5010 - CS5089
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CS4102 |
Computer Graphics |
15 |
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CS4103 |
Distributed Systems |
15 |
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CS4201 |
Programming Language Design and Implementation |
15 |
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CS4202 |
Computer Architecture |
15 |
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CS4203 |
Computer Security |
15 |
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CS4204 |
Concurrency and Multi-Core Architectures |
15 |
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CS4302 |
Signal Processing and Perception for Digital Media |
15 |
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CS4303 |
Video Games |
15 |
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CS4402 |
Constraint Programming |
15 |
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CS4499 |
Computer Science (Special Subject) |
15 |
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CS5010 |
Artificial Intelligence Principles |
15 |
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CS5011 |
Artificial Intelligence Practice |
15 |
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CS5012 |
Language and Computation |
15 |
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CS5019 |
Artificial Intelligence (Special Subject) |
15 |
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CS5020 |
Principles of Computer Communication Systems |
15 |
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CS5022 |
Practice in Computer Communication Systems |
15 |
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CS5024 |
Advanced Topics in Computer Communication Systems |
15 |
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CS5029 |
Networks and Distributed Systems (Special Subject) |
15 |
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CS5030 |
Software Engineering Principles |
15 |
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CS5031 |
Software Engineering Practice |
15 |
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CS5032 |
Critical Systems Engineering |
15 |
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CS5033 |
Software Architecture |
15 |
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CS5039 |
Software Engineering (Special Subject) |
15 |
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CS5040 |
Human Computer Interaction Principles and Methods |
15 |
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CS5041 |
Interactive Software and Hardware |
15 |
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CS5042 |
User-Centred Interaction Design |
15 |
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CS5044 |
Information Visualisation and Visual Analytics |
15 |
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CS5052 |
Data-Intensive Systems |
15 |
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Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them
For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year
Students must select 60 credits from the Computer Science element.
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BSc Economics (Joint Honours): Fourth year ECNECNJJ4S
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60 credits from Module List: EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 - EC4499, EC5201 - EC5203
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EC3301 |
Econometrics |
20 |
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EC3302 |
Decision and Game Theory |
20 |
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EC3303 |
Economic Growth |
20 |
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EC3304 |
Mathematical Economics |
20 |
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EC3305 |
Incentives, Contracts and Markets |
20 |
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EC3306 |
Economic Fluctuations |
20 |
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EC4401 |
Advanced Econometrics |
20 |
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EC4402 |
Economic History |
20 |
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EC4403 |
Health and Education |
20 |
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EC4405 |
Economics of the Environment |
20 |
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EC4406 |
Experimental Economics (20) |
20 |
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EC4407 |
Behavioural Economics |
20 |
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EC4408 |
Industrial Organisation and Regulations |
20 |
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EC4409 |
International Macroeconomics |
20 |
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EC4410 |
International Trade |
20 |
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EC4411 |
Economics of Labour |
20 |
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EC4414 |
Macroeconomic Policy |
20 |
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EC4415 |
Public Economics |
20 |
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EC4416 |
Innovation Economics (20) |
20 |
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EC4417 |
Financial Economics: Asset Pricing |
20 |
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EC4418 |
Financial Economics: Corporate Finance |
20 |
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EC4419 |
Economics of Development |
20 |
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EC4420 |
Inequality and Redistribution |
20 |
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EC4421 |
Political Economy |
20 |
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EC4424 |
The Economics of Migration |
20 |
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EC4425 |
Econometrics of Impact Evaluation |
20 |
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EC4430 |
Portfolio Management |
20 |
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EC4498 |
Research Project in Economics |
20 |
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EC4499 |
Dissertation in Economics |
40 |
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EC5201 |
Macroeconomics |
20 |
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EC5202 |
Microeconomics |
20 |
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EC5203 |
Econometric Methods and Applications |
20 |
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Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them
For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
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Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic year
At least 90 Level4000 credits must be obtained
Students must take at least 40 credits from EC3301 - EC3350, EC4401 over third and fourth year.
Access to EC5201 - EC5203 is only available with the permission of the Director of Teaching to students in the Second Year of an Honours Programme who have achieved at leat 17.5 in a relevant module, namely, EC3303 or EC3306 for EC5201, EC3302 or EC3505 for EC5202, in EC4401 for EC5203
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Study abroad
In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studyabroad/outgoingstudents/AcademicInformation ).