BSc in Politics and International Relations
Programme code: UBPOLIR
Department: Government
For first year students in 2017/18.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the BA/BSc degrees (other than four-year BA/BSc degrees)
Paper |
Course number and title | |
See note |
LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things | |
Year 1 | ||
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1 |
Introduction to Political Science | |
2 |
Theories and Concepts of International Relations | |
3 |
One from the following: | |
Introduction to Political Theory | ||
International History since 1890 | ||
The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy | ||
Social Theory | ||
4 |
A further selection from Paper 3 or an approved course taught outside the department | |
Year 2 | ||
5 |
Either GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (compulsory if not taken in Year 1) | |
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Or Any course from Government List A (if both GV100 and GV101 taken in Year 1) | |
6 |
Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives | |
7 & 8 |
Two from the following: | |
International Political Theory | ||
Foreign Policy Analysis 1 | ||
International Organisations | ||
International Security | ||
International Political Economy | ||
Year 3 | ||
9 |
Any course from Government List A | |
10 |
A further course from Papers 7 & 8 | |
11 |
Either GV390 Dissertation in Government | |
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Or IR398 Dissertation in International Relations | |
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Or Courses to the value of one full unit from the Government List B | |
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Or Courses to the value of one full unit from the International Relations List | |
12 |
Either Any course from Government List A | |
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Or Courses to the value of one full unit from the International Relations List | |
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Or An approved course or courses to the value of one full unit taught outside the departments of Government and International Relations | |
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Notes |
LSE100 is taken by all students in the Lent Term of Year 1 and the Michaelmas Term of Year 2. The course is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification. | |
Government List A
Public Choice and Politics | |
Politics of Economic Policy | |
Democracy and Democratisation | |
Theories and Problems of Nationalism (not available 2017/18) | |
Research Design in Political Science | |
Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union | |
Contemporary Political Theory | |
Public Policy Analysis | |
Politics and Institutions in Europe |
Government List B
Key Themes in the History of Political Thought | |
Global Public Policy (H) | |
Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Leadership in the Political World (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Politics of Money and Finance in Comparative Perspective (H) | |
British Government | |
Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (not available 2017/18) | |
Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (H) | |
Empirical Research in Government | |
Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies (H) | |
Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory (H) | |
The Modern State - Theory and Practice (H) | |
Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design (H) | |
Experimental Politics (H) | |
Populism (H) | |
Advanced Issues in Political Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
African Political Economy (H) | |
Political Economy of the Developing World | |
Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology |
International Relations List
International Security | |
International Political Economy | |
Strategic Aspects of International Relations | |
Genocide (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Managing China's Rise in East Asia (H) | |
Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security (H) | |
The Middle East and International Relations Theory | |
American Grand Strategy (H) | |
Visual International Politics (H) | |
Empire and Conflict in World Politics (H) | |
Europe's Institutional Order (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Revolutions and World Politics (H) | |
Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory (H) | |
Gender and International Politics (H) | |
The Practices of Transitional Justice (H) | |
The Situations of the International Criminal Court (H) | |
The Rule of Law: A Global History (H) | |
Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (H) | |
Economic Diplomacy (H) | |
Global Environmental Politics (H) | |
The Political Economy of Trade (H) | |
Politics of Money in the World Economy (H) | |
China and the Global South (H) | |
The Politics of Governance, Development and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (H) |
Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.
