University of Cambridge · Cambridge, UK

Environment, Law, and Economics, BA (Hons)

Campus Bachelor Full Time
Delivery
Campus
Study mode
Full Time
Level
Bachelor

Introduction

Environment, Law, and Economics, BA (Hons) is a Bachelor program taught at University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Environment, Law, and Economics (previously called Land Economy) explores governance of the built and natural environments through the lenses of law, economics and policy. Throughout the course, students study topics including regional economics, environmental protection, international development, real estate, urban planning, and property law. The course includes core law and economics work in Year 1, then allows continued study across law, environmental policy, and economics in Year 2.

Teaching uses lectures, seminars, project work, and small-group supervisions. Teaching includes 10 to 14 hours of lectures and 2 to 3 supervisions per week. Assessment uses written examinations, coursework and projects, and a 10,000 word dissertation in the third year. Students usually cannot resit exams.

Modules

  • Economics
  • The Public Sector: Institutional and Legal Frameworks
  • Quantitative and Legal Methods for Land Economists
  • Land Economy, Development, and Sustainability
  • 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
  • Private Law
  • Landlord and Tenant Law
  • Planning Policy and Practice

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission in Environment, Law, and Economics, BA (Hons) at University of Cambridge for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

  • program specific academic requirment set by University of Cambridge.
  • English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Cambridge as pre-requiste for admission in Environment, Law, and Economics, BA (Hons).

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Minimum offer level

  • A level: A*AA
  • IB: 41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level
  • Other qualifications: Check which other qualifications we accept.

We don't ask for any specific subjects to apply to Environment, Law, and Economics. We recommend these subjects for a strong application:

  • Economics
  • Mathematics

The following Colleges usually set offers at the minimum offer level. They may sometimes ask for higher grades or an A* in a particular subject:

  • Christ’s
  • Clare
  • Downing
  • Fitzwilliam
  • Girton
  • Gonville & Caius
  • Homerton
  • Hughes Hall
  • Jesus
  • Magdalene
  • Murray Edwards
  • Newnham
  • Pembroke
  • Robinson
  • Sidney Sussex
  • St Catharine's
  • St Edmund's
  • St John's
  • Trinity
  • Trinity Hall
  • Wolfson

The following Colleges set extra conditions for some or all offers:

  • Lucy Cavendish
  • Queens’
  • Selwyn

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Scholarships

85 fully funded scholarships are listed for UK. See UK scholarships.