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| BSc Financial Economics single: First year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| (( | EC1001 | Macroeconomics | 20 | AND | EC1002 | Microeconomics | 20 | ) | OR | EC1004 | Economics | 20 | ) | AND | View list | Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: EC1003, EC1008 | AND |
| Remaining credits from Level 1000 options | ||||||
Further requirementsChoose 120 credits in the academic year Students who have passed MT1002 are exempt from EC1003EC1003 may be taken in second year |
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| BSc Financial Economics single: Second year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| ^ | EC2001 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 20 | AND | ^ | EC2002 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 20 | AND | EC2203 | Statistics for Economists | 20 | AND | EC1003 | Mathematics for Economists | 20 | AND | Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options |
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in the academic year Automatic entry to Honours requires
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Students who pass and 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. 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 )
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 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.
| BSc Financial Economics single: Third year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| EC3301 | Econometrics | 20 | AND | EC4417 | Financial Economics: Asset Pricing | 20 | AND | EC4418 | Financial Economics: Corporate Finance | 20 | AND | View list | 60 credits from Module List: EC3302-EC3350, EC4401-EC4416, EC4419-EC4429 |
Further requirementsChoose 120 credits in academic year Students must take at least 20 credits from EC3305 and EC4401 over third and fourth year. |
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| BSc Financial Economics single: Fourth year | ||||||
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| Code | Module name | Credits | ||||
| EC4430 | Portfolio Management | 20 | AND | View list | 100 credits from Module List: EC3302-EC3350, EC4401-EC4416, EC4419-EC4429, EC4499, EC5201-EC5203 | |
Further requirements Choose 120 credits in academic 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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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 ).