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Senior Sophister - BESS

Students must take four modules including the programme requirements, as outlined below, for their chosen degree programme. Students may only register for a module if they have taken the pre-requisite modules specified and if the module is a valid option for their chosen degree type. View Module Outlines.

Programme Requirements and Prerequisites

Students are required to complete an independent research project, or dissertation, in either their Junior or Senior Sophister year. Modules identified as IRP, across the two years, qualify as meeting this requirement. Students are only requirement to choose one such module, whether from the Junior or Sophister years and it may be chosen from across any discipline.

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Modules Outlines

Each of the following modules has 15 ECTS credits.

Module Code	SS Module Title	Pre-requisites	School/Department	IRP
BU4511	International Business and the Global Economy	None	Business
BU4522	Exploring Organisational Experiences	None	Business	IRP
BU4530	Financial Reporting and Analysis	BU3530	Business	IRP
BU4550	Advances in Marketing Theory and Practice	BU3510 or BU3700/BU3710	Business
BU4580	Managing New Product Development	BU2560	Business	IRP
BU4590	Business Dissertation	Min Overall II.1 in JS Year	Business	IRP
BU4621	Social Innovation and Social Impact	None	Business	IRP
BU4630	Economic Policy and Business History	None	Business	IRP
BU4640	Derivatives and International Finance	BU2550	Business	IRP
EC4010	Economic Theory	EC3010 and one of EC3080, EC3090	Economics	IRP
EC4020	The World Economy	EC2010	Economics	IRP
EC4041	Development Economics	EC2010	Economics	IRP
EC4051	Economics of Financial Markets	EC3050 and EC3090	Economics	IRP
EC4090	Quantitative Methods	EC3080 and EC3090	Economics	IRP
EC4100	International Economics	EC2010	Economics	IRP
EC4120	Economic & Legal Aspects of Competition Policy	EC2010	Economics	IRP
EC4130	Economics Dissertation	EC2010	Economics	IRP
EC4150	Applied Economics	EC2010	Economics	IRP
PO4600	Research Seminar	PO3600	Political Science	IRP
PO4610	Contemporary Political Theories	PO2610	Political Science	IRP
PO4690	Issues in Contemporary Politics	PO3600	Political Science	IRP
PO4700	Contemporary International Relations	PO2640	Political Science	IRP
PO4710	African Politics	None	Political Science	IRP
PO4740	Topics in Political Science	None	Political Science	IRP
PO4750	Chinese Politics	None	Political Science	IRP
PO4760	The Politics of Policy-Making	None	Political Science	IRP
SO4200	Sociology Major Dissertation	SO2310, SO3240	Sociology	IRP
SO4253	Conflict Studies	None	Sociology
SO4293	Social Networks and Digital Lives	None	Sociology
SO4294	Labour Markets, Gender and Institutions	None	Sociology
SO4295	Migration, Mobilities and Integration	None	Sociology
SS4722	Poverty, Inequality and Redistribution	None	Social Work and Social Policy

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