Introduction
In the joint degrees students are required to follow a number of requisite courses in the other main subject of the degree. The same principles of progression apply and students must complete prescribed introductory courses in Government and Economics before proceeding to advanced courses. Since students in this degree follow two main areas of study, there is less opportunity to take advanced subjects in any one of the areas than is the case with a single honours degree but the principle of joint study compensates for this, and there is some flexibility in the number of courses to choose from. This joint degree provides a particularly strong combination of study as the interplay between economics and the process of government is centre to contemporary political life.