School of Slavonic and East European Studies
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
FOR STUDENTS COMMENCING IN 2012 or later
A GUIDE TO YOUR DEGREE
SYLLABUSES AND ASSESSMENT
2015-2016
BA DEGREES
Economics and Business with East European Studies
Economics and Business with East European Studies with a Year Abroad
Contents
Course Structure: BA Economics and Business with East
European Studies
3
Course Structure: BA Economics and Business with East
European Studies with a Year Abroad
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Being ‘Complete’ in a Module
15
Calculation of Degree Classification
16
Scheme for the Award of Honours for students Registered/Registering
in or After 2005:
 BA Economics and Business with East European Studies
16

BA Economics and Business with East European Studies with
a Year Abroad
Examination Procedures
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Course Structure
BA ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS WITH EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES (EBEES)
Degree Structure
In this degree you will acquire a grounding in Economics and Business studies combined with an
application of these disciplines to the East Central European region and the Russian Federation. You
will also have the opportunity to learn an East European language and to gain deeper insights into
the major economic issues involved in the process of institutional change, including liberalisation,
privatisation, monetary and exchange rates policies, financial and trade openness, European
integration and economic implications of all these. The current structure of the degree requires you
to take 12 course-units over 3 years, four in each year. Each course-unit is equivalent to two terms
worth of workload. You will also:
 Learn the basics of an East European language if you wish.
 Achieve an understanding of the disciplines of Economics and Business.
 Write a dissertation based on your own research related to a topic in the Economics and/or
Business with reference to the region
Outline of the Degree
Year 1 - Compulsory Units and Course Options
TOTAL UNITS TO BE TAKEN IN YEAR 1 = 4.0cu
Compulsory Units (2.5 course units):
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SESS1003 Introduction to Microeconomics (0.5 cu Term 1)
SESS1004 Introduction to Macroeconomics (0.5 cu Term 2)
SESS1005 Applied Game Theory for Economics & Business (0.5 cu, Term 1)
SESS1006 Contemporary Issues of International Business (0.5 cu, Term 2)
STAT6102 Introductory Statistical Methods (0.5 cu, taught over two terms)
PLUS COURSES TO THE VALUE OF 1.5 COURSE UNITS SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING:
Politics and Sociology, SSEES
 SESS1102 Introduction to International Relations (1.0 cu)
 SESS1101 Introduction to Politics (1.0 cu)
 SESS1202 Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory (0.5 cu, Term 1)
 SESS1203 Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology (0.5 cu Term 2)
NB. The politics and sociology courses are normally prerequisites for second-year courses in their respective
fields.
Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, UCL
 MATH 6101 Elementary Mathematics (0.5 cu) or
 MATH 6103 Calculus (0.5 cu)* or
 MATH 6401 Mathematics for Students of Economics (0.5 cu)
 MATH 6402 Mathematics for Students of Economics, Statistics and Related Disciplines (0.5cu) (pre-requisite
MATH 6401)
* Students with A-level in Mathematics should take ‘6103 Calculus’ or ‘6401 Mathematics for Students of
Economics’ instead.
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Language and Culture, SSEES
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SERS1016 Making of Modern Russian Culture (1.0 cu)
SERS1013 Russian Cinema: History, Politics, Society (0.5 cu)
SEEE1005 Culture in Eastern Europe – Anthropological Approaches (0.5 cu)
SEEE2005 Cinema in Eastern Europe (1.0 cu)
SEEE2005A Cinema in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu Term 1)
SEEE2005B Cinema in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu Term 2)
SEEE2006 How Words Work: Sounds and Sense (0.5 cu Term 1)
SEEE2007 How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity (0.5 cu Term 2)
SEEE1002 Introduction to East European Literature in Translation (1.0 cu)
SEEE1002B Introduction to East European Literature in Translation (0.5 cu Term 2)
SEEE1003 Introduction to East European Literature in Translation (0.5 cu Term 1)
History, SSEES
 SEHI0005 History of Eastern Europe since 1856 (1.0 cu)
THIS IS A PREREQUISITE COURSE FOR ALL SECOND YEAR HISTORY COURSES
LANGUAGES, SSEES AND UCL
 Language courses are normally offered at two levels in: Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian,
Polish, Russian, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian And Ukrainian. German and French courses may be
taken from the UCL language centre. Please note we cannot guarantee that all languages and
levels will be available every year.
 SERS1009 RUSSIAN 1A (0.5 CU, TAUGHT OVER TWO TERMS )

SSEES Language Course (0.5 OR 1 CU)

GERMAN OR FRENCH (0.5 OR 1 CU)
IMPORTANT: Only a total of 1.5 course units of language courses may be studied for the whole
degree programme (this includes French and German). You cannot switch to a different language
during your studies or to start studying language in Year 3.
IMPORTANT
1. In order to progress from Year 1, students must have passed at least 3.0 course units
including Introduction to Microeconomics and Introduction to Macroeconomics. Students
must also have satisfied UCL’s foreign language requirements in order to progress to Year 2.
2. To be awarded a degree with honours (classified) in the field of study (EBEES) the student
must have taken and passed any compulsory course units.
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YEAR 2
You must choose a total of 4.0 course units.
Please note the term of teaching is provisional
1) Modules to the value of 1.5 course units to be selected from:
Module
SESS2005
SESS2006
SESS2012
SESS2010
Economics and Business - Group A
Topics in Microeconomics
European Macroeconomics
New Venture Creation
Applied Econometrics
Pre-requisite
SESS1003
SESS1004
SESS1005 AND SESS1006
STAT6102 AND SESS1003
OR SESS1004
Level
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
Units
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
Term
2
1
1
1
2) Courses to the value of 1.0 course units to be selected from:
SESS2001
Economics and Business - Group B
Emerging Market Economies
SESS1003 AND SESS1004
INTER
1.0
1&2
SESS2011
SESS2013
Political Economy of European Integration
Economic History and Ideas
SESS1003 OR SESS1004
SESS1003 AND SESS1004
INTER
INTER
1.0
1.0
2
T1
3) Courses to the value of 1.5 course units to be selected from:
Group A or B courses if not already selected
Group C
Growth and Convergence
Industrial and Corporate Change in Central
and Eastern Europe
SESS2005 AND SESS2010
SESS1005 AND SESS1006
AND SESS1003/SESS1004
ADV
ADV
0.5
1.0
2
1&2
SESS3007
SESS3009
SESS3011
SESS3010
Health Economics and Policy
Economics of Entrepreneurship
Economics of the Family
International Macroeconomics
SESS1003
SESS2010
SESS2005
SESS2006
ADV
ADV
ADV
ADV
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
2
1
1
2
SESS1202
SESS1203
SESS1205
SESS1206
SESS2101
SESS2104
SESS2105
SESS2102
SESS2103
SESS2109
SESS2108
Politics and Sociology, SSEES
Understanding Society: Social Theory
Understanding Society: Political Sociology
Understanding Politics: The Big Question
Understanding Politics: How Politics Works
The History of European Political Ideas
The Making of Modern Ukraine
Democracy and Democratization
Politics & Society in Central & Eastern Europe
Russian Politics& Society
Politics and Societies of Southeast Europe
Post-Soviet Politics and Society
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1
1
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1
2
1
2
SESS1205 AND SESS1206
SESS1205 OR SESS1206
SESS1205 OR SESS1206
SESS1205 OR SESS1206
SESS1205 OR SESS1206
FIRST
FIRST
FIRST
FIRST
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
SESS3001
SESS3003
BUT Only a maximum of 1.0 may be taken from: History/Languages & Culture, SSEES
SEHI2006
SEHI2007
SEHI2009
SEHI6009
History
Successors to the Habsburgs
The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia
Media, Culture & Society in the Soviet Union
History of Russia 1598-1856
5
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
ADV
ADV
ADV
INTER
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
2
1
1
2
2
SEHI6011
SEHI7002
SEHI7004
SEHI7008
SEHI7009
SEHI7010
SEHI7012
SEHIXXX1
SEHI7011
History of Modern Germany 1815-1990
Fascism and Authoritarianism in E. Europe
Between Politics and Culture: German Ideas
The Balkans from Empires to Nation-States
Age of Extremes in the Balkans
History of the Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia in the Age of Extremes
SEHIXXX1 Dictatorship as experience
Society and Politics in Late Imperial Russia
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
Languages and Culture
Bulgarian
Czech
Finnish
Hungarian
Polish
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEE2006
SEEE2007
SEEE2008
SEEE2010
SEEE2011
SEEE2012
SEEE2013
SEEEXXX1
SEEP7001
SERS2012
SERS2020
Romanian
Russian
Serbian-Croatian
Ukrainian (0.5cu)
French (0.5cu)
German (0.5cu)
How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
Vampires, Society and Culture
Tales of the Unexpected
Languages in Contact along the Danube
Stories of Change
War, Trauma and Memory
Staging Europe
Contemporary Polish Cinema
Russian Cinema: Men and Women
The Person, Love and Utopia
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
ADV
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
MATH6403
ECON7003
ECON7007
MSIN7015
MSIN7011
MSIN7004
MSIN7005
MSIN7007
MSIN7011
MSIN7013
GEOG2014
GEOG2010
HEBR7750
PSYC6001
PSYC6002
PSYC1105
ESPS1001
ESPS2101
Floating Options
maximum of 1.0cu of floating options for Year 2 and 3 combined
Mathematics for Students of Economics
Money and Banking
Environmental Economics
Managing Business Operations
Management Information and Control
Introduction to e-Business
Law for Managers
New Ventures Business
International Business
Innovation Management
Development Geography
Economics Geographies
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Introduction to Social and Business Psych
Introduction to Psychology to Biologist
Concept and Method in Psychology
European History, Law, Politics and Phil
European Integration in Historical Perspective
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.5
6
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTER
ADV
ADV
INTER
INTER
ADV
ADV
ADV
ADV
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.5
1
2
1
2
ESPS2102
ESPS2301
ESPS7101
ESPS7102
ESPS7401
The Politics of European Integration
EU Law
German Political and Social Thought
Problems of Social Explanation
War and Peace
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
LANGUAGES, SSEES AND UCL
 Language courses are normally offered at two levels in: Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian,
Polish, Russian, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian And Ukrainian. German and French courses may be
taken from the UCL language centre. Please note we cannot guarantee that all languages and
levels will be available every year.
 SERS1009 RUSSIAN 1A (0.5 CU, TAUGHT OVER TWO TERMS )

SSEES Language Course (0.5 OR 1 CU)

GERMAN OR FRENCH (0.5 OR 1 CU)
IMPORTANT: Only a total of 1.5 course units of language courses may be studied for the whole
degree programme (this includes French and German). You cannot switch to a different language
during your studies or to start studying language in Year 3.
NB.
In order to progress from Year two, students must be complete in the 4.0 Course Units
from Year one, have passed at least 7.0 course units.
Floating Option
Students may choose courses from other departments at UCL up to a maximum value of 1.0 course
unit in their second and third years combined, subject to the permission of all departments
concerned.
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YEAR 3
One Compulsory unit:
 SEZZ4901 10,000 word free-standing dissertation (1.0cu)
Plus courses to the value of 3.0 course units selected from the following. (Courses to the value of
AT LEAST 1.0 cu must be chosen in Economics and Business):
Economics and Business

Group A, B or C courses (listed under Year 2) if not taken in Year 2

SESS3002 International Trade (0.5 cu, Term 1)
P: Introduction to Macroeconomics AND Introduction to Microeconomics
SESS3005 Topics in Financial Management (0.5 cu, Term 2)
P: Topics in Microeconomics
SESS3008 Topics in Financial Management II (0.5 cu, Term 2)
P:Topics in Microeconomics and Topics in Financial Management I
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
Politics and Sociology, SSEES:
 SESS3102 Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy (1.0 cu)
 SESS3101 Comparative Politics (1.0 cu) P: Introduction to Politics
 SESS3103 European Security (1.0 cu)
 SESS2104 The Making of Modern Ukraine (1.0 cu)
 SESS2101 History of European Political Ideas (1.0 cu)
A maximum of 1.0 cu (or 2 x 0.5cu) may be taken from:
History, SSEES
 SEHI6008 History of Russia to 1598 (1.0 cu)
 SEHI6009 History of Russia 1598-1856 (1.0 cu)
 SEHI6011 Modern Germany 1815-1990 (1.0 cu)
 SEHI7005 Themes in Romanian History: From Dacians to Democrats (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEHI7008 The Balkans from Empires to Nation-States (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEHI7009 Age of Extremes in the Balkans (0.5 cu Term 1)
 SEHI2006 Successors to the Habsburgs (1.0 cu)
 SEHI2002 Crown Church and Estates in Central Europe 1500-1700 (1 cu)
 SEHI2008 The Fall and Rise of the Polish Nation 1648-1921 (1 cu)
 SEHI7004 Between Politics and Culture: German Ideas 1890-1970 (0.5 cu)
 SEHI7010 History of the Soviet Union (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEHI7011 Society and Politics in Late Imperial Russia (0.5 cu Term 1)
Languages and Culture, SSESS
 SERS2020 The Person, Love and Utopia in Russian Thought (0.5 cu), taught over two terms
 SERS4016 Russian Cinema: Innovation and Experiment (0.5 cu), taught over two terms
 SERS4017 Contemporary Russian Cinema (0.5 cu), taught over two terms (Advanced knowledge of
Russian required)
 SERS4027 Russian Literature from the Death of Stalin (0.5 cu) (Limited places), taught over two
terms (Advanced knowledge of Russian required)
8
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SEEE2005 Cinema in Eastern Europe (1.0 cu)
SEEE2005A Cinema in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu Term 1)
SEEE2005B Cinema in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu Term 2)
SEEE2006 How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
SEEE2007 How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
LANGUAGES, SSEES AND UCL
 Language courses are normally offered at two levels in: Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian,
Polish, Russian, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian And Ukrainian. German and French courses may be
taken from the UCL language centre. Please note we cannot guarantee that all languages and
levels will be available every year.
 SERS1009 RUSSIAN 1A (0.5 CU, TAUGHT OVER TWO TERMS )

SSEES Language Course (0.5 OR 1 CU)

GERMAN OR FRENCH (0.5 OR 1 CU)
IMPORTANT: Only a total of 1.5 course units of language courses may be studied for the whole
degree programme (this includes French and German). You cannot switch to a different language
during your studies or to start studying language in Year 3.
NB. To be awarded a degree with honours (classified) in the field of study (EBEES) the
student must have taken and passed any compulsory course units.
Floating Option
Students may choose courses from other departments at UCL up to a maximum value of 1 course
unit in their second and third years combined, subject to the permission of all departments
concerned.
New courses and modifications to existing courses may be introduced to reflect changes in the
region
Progression
The basic principle of BA EBEES degrees is progression from one year to the next through the three
years along defined disciplinary pathways. Knowledge and skills learned in one year provide building
blocks for more advanced study in a subsequent year.
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BA ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS WITH EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES WITH A YEAR
ABROAD (EBEESYA)
Degree Structure
In this degree you will acquire a grounding in Economics and Business studies combined with an
application of these disciplines to the East Central European region and the Russian Federation. You
will also have the opportunity to learn an East European language and to gain deeper insights into
the major economic issues involved in the process of institutional change, including liberalisation,
privatisation, monetary and exchange rates policies, financial and trade openness, European
integration and economic implications of all these.
During your year abroad you will be expected to develop your language skills where appropriate, to
sit courses (in English) related to your degree and to develop an enhanced understanding of the
country-level issues relevant to your degree. The current structure of the degree requires you to take
16 course-units over 4 years, four in each year. Each course-unit is equivalent to two terms worth of
workload. You will also:
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Be strongly encouraged to develop skills in a language of the region
Achieve an understanding of the disciplines of Economics and Business
Produce a year abroad assignment reflecting your own perceptions of the key economic
issues in the country you visit
Write a dissertation based on your own research related to a topic in the Economics and/or
Business with reference to the region
Outline of the Degree
YEAR 1
2.5 compulsory units:
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


SESS1003 Introduction to Microeconomics (0.5 cu Term 1)
SESS1004 Introduction to Macroeconomics (0.5 cu Term 2)
SESS1002 Introduction to Business (1.0 cu)
STAT6102 Introductory Statistical Methods (0.5 cu, taught over two terms)
Plus courses to the value of 1.5 course units selected from the following units:
Politics and Sociology, SSEES
 SESS1102 Introduction to International Relations (1.0 cu)
 SESS1101 Introduction to Politics (1.0 cu)
 SESS1202 Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory (0.5 cu, Term 1)
 SESS1203 Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology (0.5 cu Term 2)
NB. The politics and sociology courses are normally prerequisites for second-year courses in their
respective fields.
Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, UCL
 MATH 6101 Elementary Mathematics (0.5 cu) or
 MATH 6103 Calculus (0.5 cu)* or
 MATH 6401 Mathematics for Students of Economics (0.5 cu)
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
MATH 6402 Mathematics for Students of Economics, Statistics and Related Disciplines (0.5cu)
(pre-requisite MATH 6401)
*
Students with A-level in Mathematics should take ‘6103 Calculus’ or ‘6401 Mathematics for
Students of Economics’ instead.
Language and Culture, SSEES
 SERS1016 Making of Modern Russian Culture (1.0 cu)
 SERS1013 Russian Cinema: History, Politics, Society (0.5 cu)
 SEEE1005 Culture in Eastern Europe – Anthropological Approaches (0.5 cu)
 SEEE2005 Cinema in Eastern Europe (1.0 cu)
 SEEE2005A Cinema in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu Term 1)
 SEEE2005B Cinema in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEEE2006 How Words Work: Sounds and Sense (0.5 cu Term 1)
 SEEE2007 How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEEE1002 Introduction to East European Literature in Translation (1.0 cu)
 SEEE1002B Introduction to East European Literature in Translation (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEEE1003 Introduction to East European Literature in Translation (0.5 cu Term 1)
History, SSEES
 SEHI0005 HISTORY OF EASTERN EUROPE SINCE 1856 (1.0 CU)
This is a prerequisite course for all second year History courses
LANGUAGES, SSEES AND UCL
 Language courses are normally offered at two levels in: Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian,
Polish, Russian, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian And Ukrainian. German and French courses may be
taken from the UCL language centre. Please note we cannot guarantee that all languages and
levels will be available every year.
 SERS1009 RUSSIAN 1A (0.5 CU, TAUGHT OVER TWO TERMS )

SSEES Language Course (0.5 OR 1 CU)

GERMAN OR FRENCH (0.5 OR 1 CU)
IMPORTANT: Only a total of 1.5 course units of language courses may be studied for the whole
degree programme (this includes French and German). You cannot switch to a different language
during your studies or to start studying language in Year 3.
NB.
1.
2.
In order to progress from Year 1, students must have passed at least 3.0 course
units. Students must also have satisfied UCL’s foreign language requirements in
order to progress to Year 2.
To be awarded a degree with honours (classified) in the field of study (EBEES) the
student must have taken and passed any compulsory course units.
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YEAR 2
You must choose a total of 4.0 course units.
Please note the term of teaching is provisional
1) Modules to the value of 1.5 course units to be selected from:
Module
SESS2005
SESS2006
SESS2012
SESS2010
Economics and Business - Group A
Topics in Microeconomics
European Macroeconomics
New Venture Creation
Applied Econometrics
Pre-requisite
SESS1003
SESS1004
SESS1005 AND SESS1006
STAT6102 AND SESS1003
OR SESS1004
Level
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
Units
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
Term
2
1
1
1
2) Courses to the value of 1.0 course units to be selected from:
SESS2001
Economics and Business - Group B
Emerging Market Economies
SESS1003 AND SESS1004
INTER
1.0
1&2
SESS2011
SESS2013
Political Economy of European Integration
Economic History and Ideas
SESS1003 OR SESS1004
SESS1003 AND SESS1004
INTER
INTER
1.0
1.0
2
T1
3) Courses to the value of 1.5 course units to be selected from:
Group A or B courses if not already selected
Group C
Growth and Convergence
Industrial and Corporate Change in Central
and Eastern Europe
SESS2005 AND SESS2010
SESS1005 AND SESS1006
AND SESS1003/SESS1004
ADV
ADV
0.5
1.0
2
1&2
SESS3007
SESS3009
SESS3011
SESS3010
Health Economics and Policy
Economics of Entrepreneurship
Economics of the Family
International Macroeconomics
SESS1003
SESS2010
SESS2005
SESS2006
ADV
ADV
ADV
ADV
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
2
1
1
2
SESS1202
SESS1203
SESS1205
SESS1206
SESS2101
SESS2104
SESS2105
SESS2102
SESS2103
SESS2109
SESS2108
Politics and Sociology, SSEES
Understanding Society: Social Theory
Understanding Society: Political Sociology
Understanding Politics: The Big Question
Understanding Politics: How Politics Works
The History of European Political Ideas
The Making of Modern Ukraine
Democracy and Democratization
Politics & Society in Central & Eastern Europe
Russian Politics& Society
Politics and Societies of Southeast Europe
Post-Soviet Politics and Society
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1
1
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1
2
1
2
SESS1205 AND SESS1206
SESS1205 OR SESS1206
SESS1205 OR SESS1206
SESS1205 OR SESS1206
SESS1205 OR SESS1206
FIRST
FIRST
FIRST
FIRST
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
SESS3001
SESS3003
BUT Only a maximum of 1.0 may be taken from: History/Languages & Culture, SSEES
SEHI2006
SEHI2007
SEHI2009
History
Successors to the Habsburgs
The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia
Media, Culture & Society in the Soviet Union
12
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
ADV
ADV
ADV
1.0
1.0
1.0
2
1
1
2
2
SEHI6009
SEHI6011
SEHI7002
SEHI7004
SEHI7008
SEHI7009
SEHI7010
SEHI7012
SEHIXXX1
SEHI7011
History of Russia 1598-1856
History of Modern Germany 1815-1990
Fascism and Authoritarianism in E. Europe
Between Politics and Culture: German Ideas
The Balkans from Empires to Nation-States
Age of Extremes in the Balkans
History of the Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia in the Age of Extremes
SEHIXXX1 Dictatorship as experience
Society and Politics in Late Imperial Russia
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
Languages and Culture
Bulgarian
Czech
Finnish
Hungarian
Polish
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEX A
SEEE2006
SEEE2007
SEEE2008
SEEE2010
SEEE2011
SEEE2012
SEEE2013
SEEEXXX1
SEEP7001
SERS2012
SERS2020
Romanian
Russian
Serbian-Croatian
Ukrainian (0.5cu)
French (0.5cu)
German (0.5cu)
How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
Vampires, Society and Culture
Tales of the Unexpected
Languages in Contact along the Danube
Stories of Change
War, Trauma and Memory
Staging Europe
Contemporary Polish Cinema
Russian Cinema: Men and Women
The Person, Love and Utopia
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
ADV
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
MATH6403
ECON7003
ECON7007
MSIN7015
MSIN7011
MSIN7004
MSIN7005
MSIN7007
MSIN7011
MSIN7013
GEOG2014
GEOG2010
HEBR7750
PSYC6001
PSYC6002
PSYC1105
ESPS1001
Floating Options
maximum of 1.0cu of floating options for Year 2 and 3 combined
Mathematics for Students of Economics
Money and Banking
Environmental Economics
Managing Business Operations
Management Information and Control
Introduction to e-Business
Law for Managers
New Ventures Business
International Business
Innovation Management
Development Geography
Economics Geographies
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Introduction to Social and Business Psych
Introduction to Psychology to Biologist
Concept and Method in Psychology
European History, Law, Politics and Phil
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INTER
INTER
ADV
ADV
INTER
INTER
ADV
ADV
ADV
ADV
1.0
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.5
1
2
1
2
ESPS2101
ESPS2102
ESPS2301
ESPS7101
ESPS7102
ESPS7401
European Integration in Historical Perspective
The Politics of European Integration
EU Law
German Political and Social Thought
Problems of Social Explanation
War and Peace
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
INTER
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.5
LANGUAGES, SSEES AND UCL
 Language courses are normally offered at two levels in: Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian,
Polish, Russian, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian And Ukrainian. German and French courses may be
taken from the UCL language centre. Please note we cannot guarantee that all languages and
levels will be available every year.
 SERS1009 RUSSIAN 1A (0.5 CU, TAUGHT OVER TWO TERMS )

SSEES Language Course (0.5 OR 1 CU)

GERMAN OR FRENCH (0.5 OR 1 CU)
IMPORTANT: Only a total of 1.5 course units of language courses may be studied for the whole
degree programme (this includes French and German). You cannot switch to a different language
during your studies or to start studying language in Year 3.
NB.
In order to progress from Year two, students must be complete in the 4.0 Course Units
from Year one, have passed at least 7.0 course units.
Floating Option
Students may choose courses from other departments at UCL up to a maximum value of 1.0 course
unit in their second and third years combined, subject to the permission of all departments
concerned.
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YEAR 2: YEAR ABROAD
Compulsory units:
 Year Abroad Assignment (1 cu)
 Performance Certificate (1 cu)
 Progress Portfolio (1 cu)
 Self-Evaluation (1 cu)
NB. In order to progress from Year three, students must be complete in 12.0 course units,
have passed at least 11.0 course units, including the performance certificate, progress
portfolio and self-evaluation components
When students fail a study abroad year, either owing to interruption, non-engagement or
failure to achieve a pass mark, they will not be able to progress to Year 4 and must
transfer to an equivalent degree where there is no study abroad requirement.
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YEAR 4
One Compulsory unit:
 SEZZ4901 10,000 word free-standing dissertation (1.0cu)
Plus courses to the value of 3.0 course units selected from the following. (Courses to the value of
AT LEAST 1.0 cu must be chosen in Economics and Business):
Economics and Business

Group A, B or C courses (listed under Year 2) if not taken in Year 2

SESS3002 International Trade (0.5 cu, Term 1)
P: Introduction to Macroeconomics AND Introduction to Microeconomics
SESS3005 Topics in Financial Management (0.5 cu, Term 2)
P: Topics in Microeconomics
SESS3008 Topics in Financial Management II (0.5 cu, Term 2)
P:Topics in Microeconomics and Topics in Financial Management I


Politics and Sociology, SSEES:
 SESS3102 Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy (1.0 cu)
 SESS3101 Comparative Politics (1.0 cu) P: Introduction to Politics
 SESS3103 European Security (1.0 cu)
 SESS2104 The Making of Modern Ukraine (1.0 cu)
 SESS2101 History of European Political Ideas (1.0 cu)
A maximum of 1.0 cu (or 2 x 0.5cu) may be taken from:
History, SSEES
 SEHI6008 History of Russia to 1598 (1.0 cu)
 SEHI6009 History of Russia 1598-1856 (1.0 cu)
 SEHI6011 Modern Germany 1815-1990 (1.0 cu)
 SEHI7005 Themes in Romanian History: From Dacians to Democrats (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEHI7008 The Balkans from Empires to Nation-States (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEHI7009 Age of Extremes in the Balkans (0.5 cu Term 1)
 SEHI2006 Successors to the Habsburgs (1.0 cu)
 SEHI2002 Crown Church and Estates in Central Europe 1500-1700 (1 cu)
 SEHI2008 The Fall and Rise of the Polish Nation 1648-1921 (1 cu)
 SEHI7004 Between Politics and Culture: German Ideas 1890-1970 (0.5 cu)
 SEHI7010 History of the Soviet Union (0.5 cu Term 2)
 SEHI7011 Society and Politics in Late Imperial Russia (0.5 cu Term 1)
Languages and Culture, SSESS
 SERS2020 The Person, Love and Utopia in Russian Thought (0.5 cu), taught over two terms
 SERS4016 Russian Cinema: Innovation and Experiment (0.5 cu), taught over two terms
 SERS4017 Contemporary Russian Cinema (0.5 cu), taught over two terms (Advanced knowledge of
Russian required)
 SERS4027 Russian Literature from the Death of Stalin (0.5 cu) (Limited places), taught over two
terms (Advanced knowledge of Russian required)
 SEEE2005 Cinema in Eastern Europe (1.0 cu)
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



SEEE2005A Cinema in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu Term 1)
SEEE2005B Cinema in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu Term 2)
SEEE2006 How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
SEEE2007 How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
LANGUAGES, SSEES AND UCL
 Language courses are normally offered at two levels in: Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian,
Polish, Russian, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian And Ukrainian. German and French courses may be
taken from the UCL language centre. Please note we cannot guarantee that all languages and
levels will be available every year.
 SERS1009 RUSSIAN 1A (0.5 CU, TAUGHT OVER TWO TERMS )

SSEES Language Course (0.5 OR 1 CU)

GERMAN OR FRENCH (0.5 OR 1 CU)
IMPORTANT: Only a total of 1.5 course units of language courses may be studied for the whole
degree programme (this includes French and German). You cannot switch to a different language
during your studies or to start studying language in Year 3.
NB. To be awarded a degree with honours (classified) in the field of study (EBEES) the
student must have taken and passed any compulsory course units.
Floating Option
Students may choose courses from other departments at UCL up to a maximum value of 1 course
unit in their second and third years combined, subject to the permission of all departments
concerned.
New courses and modifications to existing courses may be introduced to reflect changes in the
region
Progression
The basic principle of BA EBEES degrees is progression from one year to the next through the three
years along defined disciplinary pathways. Knowledge and skills learned in one year provide building
blocks for more advanced study in a subsequent year.
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Being ‘Complete’ in a Module
The ‘complete’ requirements can be found in UCL’s progression rules and degree award rules in
section 2 of the Academic Regulations for Students: Undergraduate Programmes at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/acd_regs
An explanatory example (without regulatory power) is the following:
At UCL there is an important difference between failing a module – even if a module has been
irredeemably failed after both the first and the second attempts – and being ‘incomplete’ in the
assessment for a module: it is possible to fail a module permanently, while nevertheless ‘completing’
it. The difference can be very significant.
In order to be ‘complete’ in a module, students must have been academically assessed in all of the
examined elements relating to the module on at least the first or the second attempt. In other
words, the student must have seriously attempted all relevant assessment at least once, instead of
being absent and/or failing to submit work. Merely attending an examination without making a
credible attempt that can be academically assessed or submitting empty pages or negligible work
that cannot be academically assessed does not complete the assessment.
Completing all modules, even if some modules may have been failed, is very important: In order to
progress from year 2 to year 3 a student must be complete in all year 1 modules; in order to progress
from year 3 to year 4 a student must be complete in all year 2 modules. If students become
permanently ‘incomplete’ in a module, they may therefore no longer be able to progress and will
have to leave UCL. Final-year students who become ‘incomplete’ in a module by failing to attempt a
re-sit after already having failed to complete all elements of assessment on the first attempt will no
longer qualify for a classified honours degree and may only qualify for an unclassified ordinary
degree.
It is therefore particularly important not to miss assessment by failing to submit work or being
absent from examination; and it is imperative not to do so on a second attempt if the assessment for
the module has remained incomplete after the first attempt. Further details and the formal
regulations can be found in paragraph 2.10.1 of UCL’s Academic Regulations for Students:
Undergraduate Programmes, Section 2: General Regulations at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/acd_regs
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Calculation of Degree
Classification
SCHEME FOR THE AWARD OF HONOURS TO STUDENTS REGISTERING IN OR AFTER 2005
BA Economics and Business with East European Studies (EBEES)
Students registered for the degree are required to undertake a programme of study comprising
courses to the value of 4.0 course units in each year.
In order to proceed to the second year, all students must have passed a minimum of 3.0 course
units. In order to proceed to the third and final year of the programme, students must have passed a
minimum of 7.0 course units AND be complete in the 4.0 course units from Year one in each year,
students must have passed any courses deemed compulsory for progression. These are: Year 1:
Introduction to Macroeconomics and Introduction to Microeconomics.
The pass mark for each course unit is 40%.
Award of degree
To be awarded an honours degree, a student must have completed courses to the value of 12.0
course units, and satisfied the examiners in courses to a minimum value of 11.0 course units,
fulfilling all attendance and coursework requirements, submitting all written work prescribed for
assessment purposes and taking all parts of any examination in those courses.
To be awarded a degree with honours in the field of study for which the student is registered, the
student must have taken and passed any course units deemed compulsory for such an award (not
to be confused with course units to be compulsory for progression), according to local rules. Where
students have failed to pass the specified Course Unit but have passed the required number of units
for the award of an honours degree, students will still be eligible for the award of an honours degree,
but one with a different field of study, to be determined by the Board of Examiners.
Students who fail to satisfy the examiners in 11.0 or more course units, but who have nevertheless
completed at least 11.0 course units and passed a minimum of 10.0 course units, including at least
two at advanced level and two in their final year, together with any deemed compulsory according to
local rules, may be awarded an Ordinary Degree in their registered field of study. Students who are
eligible for the award of an Ordinary Degree under these requirements, but who have not satisfied
the examiners in one or more courses deemed compulsory, will be awarded an Ordinary Degree in a
different field of study, to be determined by the Board of Examiners.
Classification
The class of honours degree shall be determined by the relevant Board of Examiners on the basis of
the results obtained in 9.0 course units, to be selected as follows:
a) EITHER the result from the best 1.0 course unit from Year 1, subject to local rules OR the result
from a 1.0 course nominated in advance (or alternatively the two best 0.5 course units or two
0.5 course units nominated in advance);
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b) The 4.0 course units taken in Year 2, subject to local rules;
c) The 4.0 course units taken in Year 3.
Classification will be based in the first instance on a consideration of the median of the marks from
the 9.0 units of assessment. The units are to be weighted 1 : 3 : 5, as follows:
d) Year 1: 1
e) Year 2: 3
f) Year 3: 5
Marks for retaken or substitute course units will be included in the calculation for the mark of the
year in which that course unit was first attempted, rather than in the year it was actually taken, if
that is different.
Consideration of borderlines
Candidates falling within 1% of a class boundary may be considered for raising to the higher class.
Such consideration will be at the discretion of the Board of Examiners. Candidates within the 1%
borderline zone are subject to the following factors:
•
•
•
•
an analysis of the mark distributions for candidates and consideration given to a
preponderance of marks of a class, such as half of the marks or the majority of marks, where
appropriate;
a consideration as to whether there is “exit velocity” in the candidates’ performance;
particular emphasis placed on course units of higher value or those with a significant research
element;
attention to those marks which have a particular significance for the overall classification.
Where a student has validated Extenuating Circumstances (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academicmanual/c4/extenuating-circumstances/sum), and the student’s weighted average mark falls within
the 1% borderline zone, the Faculty/Departmental Extenuating Circumstances Panel may
recommend that the student be exempted from some or all of the borderline criteria.
Full details of UG Borderline Criteria are available in chapter 4 of the UCL Academic Manual
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academic-manual/overview) on page 39.
Application of classification scheme
In exceptional cases, the Board of Examiners may exercise discretion in the application of this Faculty
Scheme. The general Regulations of the College and of the University are assumed to apply in
conjunction with the above Scheme, as are the local rules and guidelines produced by the relevant
Department(s).
SCHEME FOR THE AWARD OF HONOURS TO STUDENTS REGISTERING IN OR AFTER 2005
INCORPORATING A YEAR SPENT ABROAD
BA Economics and Business with East European Studies with a Year Abroad (EBEESYA)
Students registered for the degree are required to undertake a programme of study comprising
courses to the value of 4.0 cu in each year.
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In order to proceed to the second year of the programme, all students must have passed a minimum
of 3.0 course units. In order to proceed to the third year of the programme, all students must have
passed a minimum of 7.0 course units AND be complete in the 4.0 course units from Year one In
order to proceed to the final year, all students must be complete in 12.0 course units, have passed a
minimum of 11 course units be In each year, students must have passed any courses deemed
compulsory for progression. These are: Year 1: Introduction to Macroeconomics and Introduction to
Microeconomics; Year 3: Performance Certificate, Progress portfolio and Self-evaluation report.
The pass mark for each course unit is 40%.
Work to the value of 4.0 cu will be undertaken during the third year of the degree. To consist of: Year
abroad assignment (1.0 cu); Performance Certificate (1.0 cu); Progress portfolio (1.0 cu) and Selfevaluation report (1.0 cu). The year abroad assignment is assessed at SSEES and contributes 1.0 cu
towards the final degree classification.
When students fail a study abroad year, either owing to interruption, non-engagement or failure to
achieve a pass mark, they will not be able to progress to Year 4 and must transfer to an equivalent
degree where there is no study abroad requirement.
Award of degree
To be awarded an honours degree, a student must have completed courses to the value of 16.0
course units, and satisfied the examiners in courses to a minimum value of 14.5 course units,
fulfilling all attendance and coursework requirements, submitting all written work prescribed for
assessment purposes and taking all parts of any examination in those courses.
To be awarded a degree with honours in the field of study for which the student is registered, the
student must have taken and passed any course units deemed compulsory for such an award (not
to be confused with course units to be compulsory for progression), according to local rules. Where
students have failed to pass the specified Course Unit but have passed the required number of units
for the award of an honours degree, students will still be eligible for the award of an honours degree,
but one with a different field of study, to be determined by the Board of Examiners.
Students who fail to satisfy the examiners in 14.5 or more course units, but who have nevertheless
passed a minimum of 13.0 course units, including at least three at advanced level and two in their
final year, together with any deemed compulsory according to local rules, may be awarded an
Ordinary Degree in their registered field of study. Students who are eligible for the award of an
Ordinary Degree under these requirements, but who have not satisfied the examiners in one or more
courses deemed compulsory, will be awarded an Ordinary Degree in a different field of study, to be
determined by the Board of Examiners.
Classification
The class of honours degree shall be determined by the relevant Board of Examiners on the basis of
the results obtained in 10.0 course units, to be selected as follows:
a) EITHER the result from the best 1.0 course unit from Year 1, subject to local rules OR the result
from a 1.0 course unit nominated in advance (or alternatively the two best 0.5 course units or
two 0.5 course units nominated in advance);,
b) The 4.0 course units taken in Year 2, subject to local rules;
c) The 1.0 Year-Abroad unit (1.0 course unit);
d) The 4.0 course units taken in Year 4.
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Classification will be based in the first instance on a consideration of the median of the marks from
the 10.0 units of assessment. The units are to be weighted 1 : 3 : 5 : 5 , as follows:
e)
f)
g)
h)
Year 1: 1
Year 2: 3
Year 3: 5
Year 4: 5
The Year-Abroad unit (SESS3901: Year Abroad Assignment) will be given a Year 4 weighting of 5.
The Year Abroad “Shell” units (SESS3902: Performance Certificate; SESS3903: Progress Portfolio; SESS
3904: Self-Evaluation) are Pass/Fail only and do not count towards classification, but only
progression.
Marks for retaken or substitute course units will be included in the calculation for the mark of the
year in which that course unit was first attempted, rather than in the year it was actually taken, if
different.
Consideration of borderlines
Candidates falling within 1% of a class boundary may be considered for raising to the higher class.
Such consideration will be at the discretion of the Board of Examiners. Candidates within the 1%
borderline zone are subject to the following factors:
•
•
•
•
an analysis of the mark distributions for candidates and consideration given to a
preponderance of marks of a class, such as half of the marks or the majority of marks, where
appropriate;
a consideration as to whether there is “exit velocity” in the candidates’ performance;
particular emphasis placed on course units of higher value or those with a significant research
element;
attention to those marks which have a particular significance for the overall classification.
Where a student has validated Extenuating Circumstances (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academicmanual/c4/extenuating-circumstances/sum), and the student’s weighted average mark falls within
the 1% borderline zone, the Faculty/Departmental Extenuating Circumstances Panel may
recommend that the student be exempted from some or all of the borderline criteria.
Full details of UG Borderline Criteria are available in chapter 4 of the UCL Academic Manual
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academic-manual/overview) on page 39.
Application of classification scheme
In exceptional cases, the Board of Examiners may exercise discretion in the application of this
Scheme. The general Regulations of the College and of the University are assumed to apply in
conjunction with the above Scheme, as are the local rules and guidelines produced by the relevant
Department(s).
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Examination Procedures
The exam period is provisionally scheduled for 1 May 2016 - 30 May 2016. Nevertheless, procedures
leading up to examinations begin almost at the very start of the academic year. Since the UCL Exams
Office manage up to 16,000 candidates, it is not surprising that the procedure is tightly structured.
By the same token, it is very easy to ‘get lost in the system’, particularly if you miss deadlines or fail
to complete the necessary forms in time.
The first deadline you have to meet will be, Friday 16 October 2015, which is the final date for the
completion of student module selections on Portico. Subsequently, you will have an opportunity to
complete a green Change of Course form if you decide to change a course. The purpose of these
forms is to inform the UCL Exams Office of the courses you are taking and hence, the exams for
which you should be entered. It should be obvious what could happen if you do not manage to
complete these forms accurately or in time.
The SSEES Board of Examiners and the UCL Social & Historical Sciences Faculty Board decide on the
class of degree you receive and, if you are a first or second-year student, whether you may progress
to the next year. In reaching their decision, they may take into account any extenuating
circumstances that have affected your performance in the exam or in coursework submitted during
the year. These extenuating circumstances are normally understood as medical or as the
consequence of family bereavement. Students suffering from exam stress may, if their case is
supported by a letter from their GP, be allowed to take exams in a special UCL facility.
It is your responsibility to ensure that all forms are completed in time, that you are correctly entered
for the right exams, that your exam is timetabled (watch out – there are often changes between the
provisional and final published timetables), that you have let all the relevant people know of any
extenuating circumstances, and that you actually turn up to the exam at the right place at the right
time. If you fail to follow these guidelines, then your degree result and opportunity to progress to
the next year may be jeopardised.
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