FACULTY OF BUSINESS
Plymouth Business School

Module Information

Core Modules

Module Name:Contemporary Economics
Module Code: ECN1005 / Core/Elective: C / Credits: 20 / Semester: 1
Assessment Weighting: / C/W:100% / Exam:
Short description:This module provides an introduction to selected contemporary economic topics and the basic tools of economic reasoning.
Module Leader: Dr Sarah Keast
Module Name: Principles of Economics A
Module Code: ECN1011 / Core/Elective: C / Credits: 20 / Semester: 1
Assessment Weighting: / C/W: 50% / Exam: 50%
Short description:This module provides an introduction to the theories and concepts of modern microeconomics and mathematical techniques, and applies them to a range of contemporary issues.
Module Leader: DrMike Felgenhauer
Module Name:Introduction to Business and Financial Economics
Module Code ECN1001PP / Core/Elective: C / Credits: 20 / Semester: 2
Assessment Weighting: / C/W: 90% / Practical: 10%
Short description:The module provides an introduction to the subject of business and financial economics it combines an understanding of theory and frameworks with the practical skills necessary to apply acquired knowledge to a business, industrial or financial context.
Module Leader: Andrew Hunt
Module Name: Principles of Economics B
Module Code: ECN1012 / Core/Elective: C / Credits: 20 / Semester: 2
Assessment Weighting: / C/W: 50% / Exam: 50%
Short description:This module provides an introduction to the theories and concepts of modern macroeconomics and statistical techniques, and applies them to a range of contemporary issues.
Module Leader: Andrew Hunt
Module Name: Economics in Action
Module Code: ECN1008 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / Semester: 2
Assessment Weighting: / C/W: 100% / Exam:
Short description:.This module explores the application of basic economic concepts to a range of contemporary issues.
Module Leader: Dr Steven Brand

Elective Modules

Module Name:Financial Accounting
Module Code: ACF106 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / Semester: 1
Assessment Weighting: / Test: 50% / Exam: 50%
Short description:This module provides an introduction to financial accounting for students who mainly intend on gaining an understanding of the purpose of financial reporting. The module largely deals with the recording transactions and events, formulating a trial balance, creating basic financial statements and performing interpretations using ratio analysis.
Module Leader: Kevin Burrows
Module Name: Organisational Behaviour
Module Code: HRL100 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / Semester: 1
Assessment Weighting: / C/W: 100% / Exam:
Short description:This module aims to provide a broad based understanding of the contribution that organisational behaviour and analysis can make to the performance of the individual, group and organisation.
Module Leader: Christine Parkin Hughes
Module Name:Imagining World Order
Module Code: IRL100 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / Semester: 1
Assessment Weighting: / C/W: 100% / Exam:
Short description:This module introduces the essential terms, concepts and processes of international relations analysis. It describes the main features of the international system since its evolution from the Treaty of Westphalia, continuities and discontinuities with earlier international systems, plus the move from state sovereignty to global governance in the contemporary context. It also introduces the primary theories of international relations analysis, whilst putting their emergence and development into historical context.
Module Leader: Piers Revell
Module Name:Democracy and Democratization
Module Code: POL100 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / Semester: 1
Assessment Weighting: / C/W: 100% / Exam:
Short description:This module provides the foundation for the study of democracy and democratisation, with a focus on competing theories of democratic governance and how these can be applied in a critical analysis of the practices and institutions of governments.
Module Leader: Dr David Brockington
Module Name: French ,German or Spanish Basic
Module Code: FREX01, GERX01 or SPNX01 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / All Year
Assessment Weighting: / Practice:100%
Short description:This module is designed for beginners in the language, or those whose previous qualification/experience is not equivalent to GCSE grade B. It develops communicative competence at a basic level, enabling students to establish and maintain adequate social relations with speakers of a foreign language, negotiate everyday needs in a foreign country, and communicate using spoken and simple written language in a limited social or work setting.
Module Leader: French: Danielle Bishop German: Jacquie Hope
Spanish: Blanca Del Cerro-Garcia
Module Name: French, German or Spanish Intermediate I
Module Code: FREX02, GERX02 or SPNX02 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / All Year
Assessment Weighting: / Practice: 100%
Short description:This module is designed for students whose previous qualification/experience in the language is at least equivalent to GCSE grade B, or as a progression from Basic. It develops communicative competence at an intermediate level, improving students’ ability to establish social and working relations with speakers of the language, to understand key aspects of the target culture, and to handle useful routine writing and reading tasks.
Module Leader: French: Charles Mansfield German: Jacquie Hope
Spanish: Philip Edwards
Module Name: French or Spanish Intermediate 2
Module Code: FREX03 or SPNX03 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / All Year
Assessment Weighting: / Practice: 100%
Short description:This module is aimed at students whose previous experience in the language is equivalent to AS level, or as a progression from Intermediate 1. It develops their ability to use both the spoken and written language effectively beyond routine situations, to establish and maintain effective social and working relations with speakers of the foreign language, and to understand key aspects of the target culture.
Module Leader: French: Simon Breus Spanish: Chelo De Andres Martinez
Module Name: French or Spanish Advanced I
Module Code: FREX400 or SPNX400 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / All Year
Assessment Weighting: / Practice: 100%
Short description:This module is aimed at students with A level or equivalent in the foreign language, or as a progression from French/Spanish 3. It aims to consolidate knowledge of grammar and vocabulary and to provide a firm base for future studies. At the same time the student’s communicative competence is developed through the study of materials of relevance to the foreign country today.
Module Leader: French: Philip Edwards Spanish: Philip Edwards
Module Name: Mandarin Chinese 1
Module Code: MANX100 / Core/Elective: E / Credits: 20 / All Year
Assessment Weighting: / Practice: 100%
Short description:
This module is designed for beginners in the language, or those whose previous qualification/experience is not equivalent to GCSE grade B. It develops communicative competence at a basic level, enabling students to establish and maintain adequate social relations with speakers of a foreign language, negotiate everyday needs in a foreign country, and communicate using spoken and simple written language in a limited social or work setting.
Module Leader: Danielle Bishop

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