Economics and Geography

Each year of this programme has a series of compulsory core modules, but you will also choose from a range of optional modules in your two main subjects. Additionally, you can opt to study Leeds discovery modules. These offer an exciting range of study opportunities drawn from across the University – including languages, enterprise, sustainability, ethics, technology and politics.

Modules at Level 1 introduce key themes in human geography and economics, focusing on topics including the economic and social importance of cities; past and present international development; the unequal distribution of power and opportunity in national and international systems; geographical and economic perspectives on production, consumption and exchange.

At Level 2 you will choose from a larger number of optional modules – including those focusing on economic geography, political and development geographies, social geography, urban geography, transport economics, health economics and labour economics – so that you can begin to specialise in the ideas and issues that interest you most. Module choices in geography include a range of week-long fieldtrips to European cities. We will also help you to develop your own skills as a researcher, with modules that show you how to access, analyse and present information; how to pose your own research questions; and how to identify the best methods to answer your research questions.

At Level 3 you will have the chance to put your research training into practice, by undertaking your own final year project. You can choose whether your project has a geographical or economic focus, and there are opportunities to pursue applied projects with outside companies and other partners. You will also choose from a range of advanced optional modules, allowing you to deepen your specialist interest in particular aspects of human geography and economics. Module choices in geography include a range of international fieldtrips.

The programme includes the option to spend a year studying abroad, or on an industrial placement between Levels 2 and 3. The programme is also available to study part-time – this means that it will take a little longer and you will study fewer modules each year.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Local to Global: Geographies of a Changing World (Joint Honours) 20 credits
• People, Place and Politics (Joint Honours) 20 credits
• Mathematical Economics 10 credits
• Economics and Global History 10 credits
• Economic Theory and Applications 1 20 credits
• Studying in a Digital Age (Environment) 5 credits

Optional modules

• Nature, Society and Environment 20 credits
• Mathematics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits
• Statistics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits
• Economic Controversies 10 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

• Intermediate Microeconomics 10 credits
• Economics Research Methods 10 credits
• Intermediate Macroeconomics 10 credits

Optional modules

• Career Skills in Geography 10 credits
• Political and Development Geographies 20 credits
• Service analysis and planning 20 credits
• Geographies of Economies 20 credits
• Geographies of Economies (international and discovery students) 10 credits
• Helsinki: urban growth and sustainability 20 credits
• Montpellier: urban and rural development 20 credits
• Belgrade: urban and social geographies of a Balkan city 20 credits
• The Making of the Modern City 20 credits
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