Newcastle University

Politics and Economics BA Honours UCAS Code: LL21 (3 years)School of Geography, Politics and Sociology

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This flexible degree offers the exciting intellectual challenge of exploring two contrasting disciplines of central importance to the contemporary world.

Modules from both the Politics BA Honours and Economics BA Honours degrees are available at all three Stages of the degree, opening up a wide range of career pathways.

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules 

• ECO1001 Economic Analysis
• ECO1008 Analysing Economic Data
• ECO1010 Mathematics for Economics
• POL1031 Studying Political Economy

Optional modules

You take one of the following modules:

• ECO1004 The World Economy
• ECO1013 The European Economy
• ECO1015 The British Economy

You choose two further modules from the following list:

• POL1016 Focusing on Politics: Film, Popular and the Political
• POL1017 European Political Systems
• POL1022 Introduction to Political Thought
• POL1032 Introduction to International Politics

Stage 2

Compulsory modules 

• ECO2001 Microeconomic Analysis
• ECO2002 Macroeconomic Analysis

Optional modules

You choose up to three modules from the following list:

• POL2022 Government and Politics of the USA
• POL2033 Traditional East Asian Thought
• POL2034 The Politics and Policy of the European Union
• POL2078 Critical International Politics
• POL2079 Political Thought: Hobbes to Marx
• POL2080 Conservatism, Nationalism and Fascism
• POL2082 Political Violence and the Modern State
• POL2084 Contemporary Chinese Politics
• POL2087 Contemporary Russian Politics

Other optional modules may also be available from within the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology or the wider University.

Stage 3

Optional modules 

You choose 60 credits from the following list:

• ECO3012 Public Economics
• ECO3013 Public Policy
• ECO3018 Financial Economics
• ECO3021 Economics of Risk and Uncertainty
• ECO3022 Health Economics
• ECO3023 Monetary Economics
• ECO3026 Industrial Economics and Policy
• ECO3027 Economics of Development, Transition and Reform
• ECO3028 Advanced Economic Theory

And a further 60 credits from the following:

• POL3046 Dissertation in Politics
• POL3047 Project in Politics: Semester 1
• POL3048 Project in Politics: Semester 2
• POL3059 Democracy and the Constitution
• POL3063 European Union: Decision Making Simulation
• POL3079 The Government and Politics of Italy
• POL3081 International Political Thought
• POL3082 Feminist Political Theory
• POL3083 War and Genocide in the Twentieth Century
• POL3090 The Rise and Fall of New labour
• POL3091 Transitional Justice
• POL3092 Political Parties and Elections in the UK
• POL3093 Advanced Research Seminar in Politics
• POL3071 Erasmus Student Exchange: Semester 1
• POL3076 Erasmus Student Exchange (Dissertation Students)
• POL3084 Erasmus Student Exchange Semester 2 (Dissertation/research project)
• POL3085 Erasmus Student Exchange: Semester 2

Other optional modules may also be available from other subject areas offered by the University.

Please note

The modules listed here are those currently being taught in this academic year and may vary for your year of entry.