Admissions

UCAS Course Code: LV11

Brief Course Outline

Duration of course: 3 years
Degree awarded: BA

Course statistics for 2012 entry

Intake: 13
Applications shortlisted for interview: 49.4%
Successful applications: 14.9%

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Contact details

Schools Liaison Officer, History Faculty, The Old Boys School, George Street, Oxford OX1 2RL
+44 (0) 1865 615020
Please email us at schools.liaison@history.ox.ac.uk
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History and Economics

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A typical weekly timetable

You will be expected to attend about five lectures a week during the first year, participate in regular meetings with tutors to discuss work, research in libraries and write at least one essay a week. In the second and third year you will have the opportunity to write a thesis on economic history, which will enable you to do a piece of independent research.

1st year
Courses Four papers are taken: Introductory economics General history (primarily European): four options available Historical methods (available options: Approaches to history; Historiography: Tacitus to Weber; Foreign texts) Optional subject (involving the use of primary sources)	Assessment First University examinations: Four written examinations
2nd and 3rd years
Courses Core courses in Economics and Economic History: Macroeconomics Microeconomics Quantitative economics History Core papers: A period of British history (7 options) or of general history (18 options). History Further Subject British economic history since 1870 Optional paper: History Further Subject, or British history or general history paper; or Economics Optional Subject: including Money and banking; International economics; Economics of industry; Economics of developing countries Compulsory thesis A thesis from original research, usually in Economic History	Assessment Final University examinations: Seven written papers, and one compulsory undergraduate thesis