Regulations for the Postgraduate Programmes in
Master of Arts in Money Banking and Finance (MA): ECPT43
These Programme Regulations refer to the conduct of the Programme in the session 2007/08 and should be read in conjunction with Regulation XXI of the University Regulations dated 3rd October 2005 and the relevant Module Specifications. Notice of change will be given by the Department responsible for the programme.
1Structure
1.1Administrative responsibility for the Programme rests with the Department of Economics.
1.2The Programme leads to the awards of Postgraduate Certificate (PC), Postgraduate Diploma (PD), Master of Arts (MA) or PC/PD/MA with Distinction.
1.3The Programme will be offered on a full-time basis only (except for purposes of re-assessment), commencing at the beginning of each academic session.
1.4The minimum period of registration is 9 calendar months for the award of PD and twelve calendar months for the award of MA.
2 Content
2.1Semester 1 (Total modular weight of 75)
Compulsory Modules (Total Modular Weight of 75)
CODETITLEMODULAR WEIGHT
06ECP100Economics, Banking and Finance10
06ECP101Methods of Data Analysis15
06ECP102Essentials of Financial Economics10
06ECP103Introduction to the Financial System10
06ECP104Research Communication15
06ECP106Economies for Economic Policy15
2.2Semester 2 (Total Modular Weighting 60)
Students registered for the MA in Money Banking and Finance must take
Optional Modules (Total Modular Weight of 60)
Four modules, each with a weight of 15, must be chosen from the MA Module List (semester 2) to be published by the Department of Economics in January 2008.
2.3Assessed Research Practice (Total Modular Weight 45)
During the summer period the student will be required to undertake supervised research practice, to be assessed by examination in two modules.
CODETITLEMODULAR WEIGHT
06ECP303Assessed Research Practice I15
06ECP304Assessed Research Practice II30
a)Research seminars will be provided in research subjects to be published by the Department before the end of the third week of semester two.
b)Students must attend research seminars in one subject area and contribute to them by carrying out and reporting on research work, in Loughborough, under the guidance of the seminar convenor.
c)Attainment in the chosen seminar subject will be assessed in two modules, 06ECP303 and 06ECP304, each covering a different aspect of the chosen subject. 06ECP303 will examine specialist subject knowledge and 06ECP304 will examine research skills.
d)Students will be allocated by the module organiser to a research subject relevant to monetary economics, banking, finance or financial markets.
e)The examinations will be held during the summer period not later than Friday 12th September 2008.
f)A candidate who fails an examination will be permitted to undertake re-assessment on one occasion only. The candidate may choose to be re-assessed either at a special re-assessment exam to be held between Wednesday 22nd October and Wednesday 29thOctober 2008 or at the normal next assessment of these modules in September 2009. Re-assessment with tuition is permitted during the next normal tuition period but tuition may not be available in the same research topic that was initially assessed.
g)The Department reserves the right not to offer assessed research practice in every subject area covered by taught modules.
3Assessment
3.1Each module in the Programme will be assessed and credit awarded in accordance with the levels of achievement specified inRegulation XXI of the University Regulations dated 3rd October 2005.
3.2Candidates who have a right of re-assessment in a module may choose to be re-assessed in the University’s Special Assessment Period.
4General Provisions
4.1The Department of Economics reserves the right to offer or withdraw any optional taught module.
4.2The Department of Economics may exercise its discretion in waiving prerequisites for its modules under exceptional circumstances.