BA Modern Languages and Economics (Thai)

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Year 1

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students are required to take a minimum of 110 credits across their two subjects. Students without A level Maths must also take an additional 10 credits with Economics (LUBS1275). Students are required to take 50 or 60 credits in Economics, depending on their Maths qualifications, and 60 credits in Thai. Students may take the remaining 10 credits as discovery modules.

Compulsory Modules

All students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1450	Foundations of East Asia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1285	Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS1295	Economics and Global History	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS1951	Economic Theory and Applications	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

All students who have not completed A level Maths must take the following module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS1275	Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP

Route B
Students with no prior knowledge of Thai will be required to study the following modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1703	Basic Thai Language and Culture 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1704	Basic Thai Language and Culture 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Route A
Students with prior knowledge of Thai will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1510	Introduction to East Asian Religions and Philosophies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1704	Basic Thai Language and Culture 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Discovery Modules

Students who do NOT take LUBS1275 may take up to 10 credits of discovery modules.

Year 2

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Economics and a minimum of 40 credits in Thai. The remaining 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or as further options with Economics or Thai.

Students wishing to take their Final Year Project with Economics at Level 3 (LUBS3302) must take the pre-requisite optional module LUBS2430 at Level 2.

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2008	The Making of Modern Thailand	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2704	Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2705	Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS2140	Intermediate Microeconomics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS2610	Intermediate Macroeconomics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP

Optional Modules

Students may study up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
EAST2006	China Since 1979	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2127	Society and Culture of Early Modern China	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2128	Contemporary East Asian Culture	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2480	Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World	20	Not running in 202425
EAST2605	Topics in Contemporary Asia Pacific Societies	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Students are required to study a minimum of 20 credits and may study up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
HECN2010	Introduction to Health Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2042	The Evolution of Economic Ideas	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2050	Industrial Economics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2230	Mathematics for Business and Economics 2	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2281	Macroeconomic Policy and Performance	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2401	International Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2420	Business Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2430	Economics Research Methods	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2575	Statistics and Econometrics	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS2590	Labour Economics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2675	How to be a Successful Policy Economist	10	Not running in 202425
LUBS2680	Ethics and Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2010	Transport Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
TRAN2030	Project Appraisal	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students may study up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules: 

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
MODL2001	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2015	Black Europe	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2070	Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2075	Global Environmental Humanities	20	Not running in 202425
MODL2250	Digital Communications Across Cultures	20	Not running in 202425

Discovery Modules

Students may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year 3

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL9500	LCS Year Abroad	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Year 4

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Thai and a minimum of 60 credits in Economics. The remaining 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or as further options with Economics or Thai.

All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects (EITHER Economics OR Thai).

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

All students will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3710	Advanced Thai Language and Culture	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

All students will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3302	Economics Joint Honours Final Year Project	30	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3300	Final Year Project: Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3340	Final Year Project: Extended Translation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3350	Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Students who take their FYP in Economics (LUBS3302) are required to take 30 credits and may take up to 50 credits from the following list of optional modules.
Students who take their FYP in Thai (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) are required to take 60 credits from the following list of optional modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
HECN3010	Introduction to the Economic Evaluation of Health	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3005	Advanced Microeconomics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3011	Contemporary Issues in Economic Growth	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3150	International Banking and Finance	10
LUBS3250	Transnational Corporations in the World Economy	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3330	Economic Development	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3340	Economics of Famines	20	Not running in 202425
LUBS3365	Environmental Economics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3370	Applied Econometrics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3375	Behavioural Economics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3430	Modern Theories of Money and Monetary Policy	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3435	Public Enterprise and Regulation	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3505	Advanced Macroeconomics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3590	International Economics: Integration and Governance	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3785	The Economics of Unions	10	Not running in 202425
LUBS3925	The Political Economy of Work	10	Not running in 202425
LUBS3930	Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students who take their FYP in Economics (LUBS3302) are required to take 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following list of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2). Students can take only ONE module per Basket:
Basket 1

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
EAST3015	Religion in China	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3045	Southeast Asia: Politics and Economy	20	Not running in 202425
EAST3155	Nature, Culture and Technology in Japan	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3707	Buddhism: A Lived Tradition	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Basket 2

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
EAST3020	Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271	East Asia's Regional Political Economy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3355	Death and Religion in Japan	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3525	Globalising China and the Developing World	20	Not running in 202425

Students who take their FYP in Economics (LUBS3302) may take up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
MODL3200	Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3410	Contemporary World Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600	Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption	20	Not running in 202425
MODL3610	Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3620	Decolonial Approaches	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630	Social Movements across Cultures	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3650	Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3800	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Students who take their FYP in Economics (LUBS3302) may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.