Economics В and Pure Mathematics Part I must be passed before this subject is taken.
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A course of two lectures per week throughout the year.
Lectures in this subject may not be given every year. Intending candidates should consult the Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce.
SУLLАВus. The use of mathematics in economic analysis ; demand and supply functions ; monopoly and the related problems of imperfect competition; marginal utility, consumers preference and the theory of value; theory of index numbers;
analysis of economic time series; measurement of economic relationships; theory of population measurement.
Bоохs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Marshall—Principles of Economics (Appendices). (Macmillan.)
Cournot—Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the. Theory of Wealth. (Macmillan.)
Robinson—Economics of Imperfect Competition, Books I to III. (Macmillan.) (b) Prescribed text-books:
*Allen, R. G. D.—Mathematical Analysis for Economists. (Macmillan.) Samuelson, P. A.—Foundations of Economic Analysis. (Harvard U.P.) Tinbergen, J. Econometrics. (Allen & Unwin.)
Reference to original articles and to current periodicals will be made during the course.
ЕхАМ NАТІox. One 3-hour paper.
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SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
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The course for the Degree with Honours in the School of Political Science comprises the following subjects:Political Science A Political Science В Political Science C Political Science D British History
General History Part II or General History Part III International Relations.
In addition, candidates for the Degree with Honours must take one other subject at Pass standard in each of the first three years of the course, and a Language Study (modern), see p. 136, note 2. In general these three additional courses should constitute an approved major or an approved sequence of three subjects.
2. The subjects of the course should be taken in the following order. unless.
because of special circumstances, the Faculty allows the order to be varied.
First Year : (a) Political Science A (Ions.), (b) British History (Ions.),
(c) The Pass course in one other subject, Second Year: (a) Political Science В (Ions.).
(b) General History Part II or General History Part III, (c) The Pass course in one other subject.
Third Year: (a) Political Science C (Ions.), (b) International Relations (Ions.), (c) The Pass course in one other subject.
Fourth Year: Political Science D.
3. Comments.—The First Year is regarded as a preliminary year, and students who have completed it must be approved by the Faculty of Arts as candidates for the Degree with Honours before entering the Second Year of the Honour School. Admission will normally be given only to candidates who have obtained at least Second Class Honours in Political Science A and British History. Other candidates who wish to continue in the Honours School should interview the head of the Department, who will be guided in his recommendations by the merits of the case.
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A student who has not attempted Honours, but who at the end of the First Year passes in Political Science A and wishes to enter the Honour School, must make special application to the Faculty through the Sub-Dean for permission to do so. If such permission is given, the Faculty will prescribe what further work must be completed before the student is allowed to proceed to the Final Examination.
The Second and Third Years of the Honour course are regarded as forming a continuous whole. Candidates who during their Second Year have made satisfactory progress in Political Science B and in General History Part II or General History Part III will not be given a formal examination in these subjects.
Candidates whose progress in these subjects during the first two terms is not considered of satisfactory Honours standard will be informed at the end of the second term that they must sit for an Annual Examination in them at the end of the Second Year.
As mentioned above, the three additional Pass courses taken in the first three years of the course should, in general, form a major recognized for the Ordinary Degree in Arts or some other approved sequence of three subjects. Students should submit their proposed major to the Head of the Department for approval at the beginning of their course; in special circumstances, permission may be given to modify the proposed major at the end of the First Year.
The following course has been approved for students who intend to combine the School of Political Science with a Law course:
First Year: Political Science A (Ions.) British History (Ions.) Introduction to Legal Method
Language Study (modern), see p. 136, note 2.
Second Year: Political Science B (Ions.).
General History Part I or General History Part II Legal History
Criminal Law and Procedure Third Year: Political Science C (Ions.)
International Relations (Ions.) Tort
Principles of Contract Fourth Year: Political Science D
Principles of Property Fifth Year: As for Third Year Law.
Sixth Year: As for Fourth Year Law.
4. The Final Examination in the School of Political Science will into two parts as follows:
Part I
(taken at the епд of the Third Year) (1) Political Science I3
(2) Political Science C
(3) General History Part II or General History Part III (4) International Relations
(5) Language Study.
Part II
(taken at the end of the Fourth Year) Political Science D (Two papers).
In addition, students will be required to hand in towards the end of Third Term a thesis of about nine thousand words embodying the result of independent research.
be divided
POLITICAL SCIENCE A
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with
class each week throughout the Academic Year. one tutorial
5УLLАВus. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree.
2. A more detailed study of certain selected topics arising from the Pass Course including : (a) the problems entailed in the objec- tive study of political questions; (b) the sodat and intellectual background of the development of democratic ideas ; an examina- tion of traditional democratic assumptions in the light of alter- native viewpoints; the impact of twentieth century economic and social changes on democratic institutions and ideas.
Воокs. 1. As for the Ordinary Degree.
2. There are no set text-books in this course. The reading guides will give detailed references to official documents, periodicals and books.
The following are important reference books:
Cranston, M.—Freedom. (Longmans.)
Friedrich, C. J.—Constitutional Government and Democracy. (Ginn.) Pink, M. A.-The Challenge to Democracy. (Faber.)
Laski, H. J.—Liberty in the Modern State. (Penguin.) Carr, E. H.—The New Society. (Macmillan.)
Schumpeter, J.—Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. (Allen & Unwin.) EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour papers.