Undergraduate

Part IA provides the framework for later specialisation. You acquire a thorough grounding in the core disciplines of law and economics and are introduced to the multidisciplinary nature of the degree through four compulsory papers:

• Economics
• The Public Sector: Institutional and Legal Frameworks
• Quantitative Methods for Land Economy
• Land Economy, Development and Sustainability

During your first year you develop a sound numerical base, computer literacy, and skills in oral presentation and report preparation.

Assessment is by written examination and through coursework and projects, including statistical exercises and oral presentations.

In Part IB, you can continue studying a broad range of law, environment and economics or choose to specialise more closely in one of the three disciplines. You take five papers, including at least one paper from a choice of two on law, and select your other four papers from a choice of six. Current options include:

• Environmental Economics and Law
• Fundamentals of Finance and Investment
• The Built Environment
• Land and Urban Economics
• The Law of Real Property: Principles, Policy, and Economic Implications

Assessment is through written examinations and coursework.

Part II continues the work of the second year, with further opportunity for breadth or depth. You're required to take four papers and submit a dissertation.

The four papers are chosen from a wide range of options, which currently includes:

• Law and Economics
• Landlord and Tenant Law
• Planning Policy and Practice
• Land, Food and Ecosystem Services
• Land Policy and Development Economics
• Advanced Techniques in Finance and Investment for Real Estate

You also write a 10,000 word dissertation on any aspect of the Department's work of your choosing. Dissertation topics have covered all the research interests of Departmental staff (including many with an international focus) and this is the opportunity to specialise in a topic that interests you.

The choice is very broad and in the past students have written on, for example:

• land reform in Zimbabwe and Slovakia
• international regulations on marine pollution
• conservation in rural Cambridgeshire
• electronic transfers of land
• housing policies and brown-field sites
• a legal examination of the Palestinian right of self-determination
• analysis of crofters' rights in Scotland
• valuation of anchor tenants in retail developments

Essential No specific subjects

No particular subjects at A Level (or equivalent) are required for the Land Economy course but a combination of arts and science subjects is recommended. Economics, Mathematics and Geography are particularly useful. The only exceptions are as follows:

• At Hughes Hall, GCSE Mathematics is required.
• At Newnham, AS Level Mathematics is considered desirable.
• At Girton, A Level Mathematics is required.

Check College websites for College specific requirements. See also Entrance requirements and our Subject Matters leaflet for additional advice about general requirements for entry, qualifications and offers.

The table below sets out the ways in which each College assesses applicants for this subject. For more information about these methods of assessment and why we use them, see the main Admissions tests and written work page.

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