Economics and History

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

From trade and industry to living standards and medicine, economic issues have often been at the heart of historical change. This varied and dynamic degree gives you a deep understanding of economic issues in the modern world, as well as an insight into how societies change over time.
Core modules will introduce you to key concepts in both subjects, such as historiography, economic theory and statistics. Then you’ll build on this when you choose from an impressive range of optional modules spanning periods, cultures and sectors.
You could study anything from transport economics and international trade to ethics and the global banking sector, alongside the Industrial Revolution, the Tudors and decolonisation. It’s a fantastic opportunity to discover new perspectives on history and the present, and to gain the broad base of skills that employers seek.
The University of Leeds has plenty of useful resources for historians. The world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections. Our additional library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.

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Location

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAA including A in History and excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
GCSE: Grade 7/A in Mathematics
Other course specific tests:
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be AAA at A Level including A in History (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ. ifying the best possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or...

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Subjects

  • Statistics
  • Ethics
  • Economics
  • Global
  • University
  • Trade
  • Economic Theory
  • Historiography

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects.

Your first year will lay the foundations for your degree. You’ll take core modules on historiography alongside economic theory and history. You’ll also develop the mathematical skills you need, taking different modules depending on your previous qualifications.

From this point, you’ll develop your knowledge across the next two years. Core modules in your second year will improve your knowledge of microeconomics and macroeconomics. In history you’ll keep some balance across historical periods, but you’ll choose from options in both subjects so you can tailor your degree to suit you. Examples could include the economics of work and labour, medicine in the Middle Ages, economic development and growth or modern Japan.

Throughout your degree, you’ll develop your skills in independent research and analysis. You’ll put these into practice in your final year, when you undertake an independent piece of research on a topic of your choice.

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

  • Historiography and Historical Skills 20 credits
  • Primary Sources for the Historian: An Introduction to Documentary study 20 credits
  • Economics and Global History 10 credits
  • Economic Theory and Applications 1 20 credits
  • Studying in a Digital Age (Arts) 5 credits
Optional modules
  • Mathematics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits
  • Statistics for Economics and Business 1 10 credits
  • Mathematical Economics 10 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Intermediate Microeconomics 10 credits
  • Introduction to Econometrics 10 credits
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics 10 credits
Optional modules
  • Small Change and Big Changes: Money and Power in Europe, 284-1000 20 credits
  • The Tudors: Princes, Politics, and Piety, 1485-1603 20 credits
  • Victorian England: Old England and Industrial Society 1837-1865 20 credits
  • Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform 20 credits
  • The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1921-1993 20 credits
  • Theories of Growth, Value and Distribution 10 credits
  • Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Britain 10 credits
  • Business Economics 10 credits
  • Applied Economics 10 credits
  • Labour Economics 10 credits
  • Ethics and Economics 10 credits

Year 3

Optional modules

  • The Harlem Renaissance: Black Culture and Politics 1919-1940

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