Undergraduate
BSc Economics and Finance
Study
materials
Wherever
you are, and however you study, when you register as an External
student you will be provided with an introductory
package of information to enable you to begin your studies.
The package will contain a book called Studying for a degree
in the Humanities and Social Sciences; a Student handbook;
subject guides for each unit to be studied; past examination
papers and Examiners' reports; an IOLIS: CD-ROM (for Accounting
with Law and Management with Law only), and a copy of the
Regulations. In addition to the materials provided by the
University, you will need to buy your own textbooks; these
will be the real focus of your studies.
Each
year you continue to register as an External student, you
will receive a package of updated materials.
Computer
resources
For
this degree, you are required to submit coursework, including
computer-based work. As a result, you will need access to
a standard microcomputer with standard database, spreadsheet,
programming language and word processor software.
Introductory
Package
Wherever
you are, and however you study, as a registered External student
you will be provided with the following materials, the cost
of which is included in your initial and continuing registration
fees.
Studying
for a Degree in the Humanities and Social Sciences by
P. Dunleavy (Macmillan). Accounting with Law and Management
with Law students also receive Learning Legal Rules by J.A.
Holland and J.S. Webb (Blackstone Press Ltd).
A
handbook containing academic advice on effective study
techniques, planning your studies, using the materials provided
and preparing for examinations.
Subject
guides for each unit to be studied. These guides introduce
you to topics within the syllabus and should be used alongside
the textbooks which are recommended to you in the guides.
The guides show you how to use textbooks in an organised and
productive manner. When you register, you will get a subject
guide for each of your first year units and then, in subsequent
years, a guide for each new unit plus any revised guides for
units that you are continuing. Accounting with Law and Management
with Law students are also sent a Recent developments in
Law booklet in March each year.
IOLIS:
CD-ROM (Accounting with Law and Management with Law students
only). This Windows CD-ROM covers a number of law subjects
and includes the full text of over 2,000 cases, statutes and
articles.
Past
examination papers and Examiners’ reports. The Examiners’
reports give an indication of how individual questions should
have been approached. When you first register, you will be
sent the last three years’ papers and reports, if available,
and then, at the end of each subsequent year, you will be
sent the paper and report for that year’s examinations.
Regulations
containing full details of important information such as syllabuses,
structures, fees, entering for examinations and degree classification
criteria (as appropriate).
A
Resource guide including practical information on, for
instance, bookshops, libraries and your contacts at the University,
plus a list of institutions which offer tuition.
A
note about textbooks: You will need to provide your own
textbooks; these will be the real focus of your studies. You
will be advised to buy some books, and others you will need
to refer to in a library. As far as possible, you should consider
the facilities available locally to you, and how accessible
books are likely to be before registering as an External student.
If you apply and accept you onto the programme, the
University
will give you an Introductory booklist. This booklist provides
you with initial reading for the subjects you are most likely
to take in your first year.
