BSc in Government 

Programme Code: UBGV

Department: Government

For all first, second and third year students in 2016-17

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Paper

Course number and title

See note

LSE100

The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things

Year 1

1

GV101

Introduction to Political Science

2

GV100

Introduction to Political Theory

3

An approved course taught outside the Department

4

An approved course taught outside the Department

Year 2

5, 6, 7

Any three courses from Government list A

8

An approved course taught outside the Department (note: if either GV100 or GV101 was not taken in Year 1, this outstanding course must imperatively be taken under this paper in the second year)

Year 3

9

Either GV390 Government Dissertation Option

 

Or A course from Government List B

10

Any course from Government List A

11

Any course from Government List A or List B

12

Either A further course from Government List A
Or An approved course taught outside the Department

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

GV225

Public Choice and Politics

GV227

Politics of Economic Policy

GV245

Democracy and Democratisation

GV247

Theories and Problems of Nationalism

GV248

Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives

GV249

Research Design in Political Science

GV251

Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union

GV262

Contemporary Political Theory

GV263

Public Policy Analysis

GV264

Politics and Institutions in Europe

Government List B

GV302

Key Themes in the History of Political Thought

GV303

From Empire to Globalisation (withdrawn 16/17)

GV306

Global Public Policy (H) (n/a 16/17)

GV307

Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H) (n/a 16/17)

GV308

Leadership in the Political World (H)

GV309

Politics of Money and Finance in Comparative Perspective (H)

GV311

British Government

GV312

Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (n/a 16/17)

GV313

Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (H)

GV314

Empirical Research in Government (n/a 16/17)

GV315

Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies (H)

GV316

Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory (H)

GV317

The Modern State - Theory and Practice (H)

GV318

Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design (H)

GV325

Advanced Issues in Political Economy (H)

GV335

African Political Economy (H)

GV366

Political Economy of the Developing World