BSc in Government and History
Programme Code: UBGVHY
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 |
The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things | |
Year 1 | ||
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1 |
Either GV101 Introduction to Political Science or GV100 Introduction to Political Theory | |
2 |
One from: | |
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From Empire to Independence: the Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century | ||
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International History since 1890 | |
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Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 | |
3 |
Either the course not taken under Paper 1 or a further course from Paper 2 | |
4 |
An approved course taught outside the Departments of Government and International History | |
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Students may also take the following optional unassessed course which runs during Weeks 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 of Michaelmas Term only: | |
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Thinking Like a Historian | |
Year 2 | ||
5 |
One from: | |
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Introduction to Political Theory (compulsory if not taken in Year 1) | |
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Introduction to Political Science (compulsory if not taken in Year 1) | |
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An approved course from the Government list A (if both GV100 and GV101 taken in Year 1) | |
6 |
Any course from Government list A | |
7 & 8 |
Two courses from the History list A | |
Year 3 | ||
9 |
Either GV390 Government Dissertation Option * | |
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Or A course from Government list B | |
10 |
Any course from the History list B | |
11 |
Either Any course from Government list A | |
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Or Any course from the History list B | |
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Or HY300 Dissertation * | |
12 |
Either Any course from Government list A | |
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An approved course taught outside the Departments of Government and International History | |
Notes |
* The following courses are mutually exclusive and only one of them can be chosen: GV390 and HY300. | |
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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 | |
Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives | |
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 | |
GV303 |
From Empire to Globalisation (withdrawn 16/17) |
Global Public Policy (H) (n/a 16/17) | |
Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H) (n/a 16/17) | |
Leadership in the Political World (H) | |
Politics of Money and Finance in Comparative Perspective | |
British Government | |
Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (n/a 16/17) | |
Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective | |
Empirical Research in Government (n/a 16/17) | |
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) | |
Advanced Issues in Political Economy (H) | |
African Political Economy (H) | |
Political Economy of the Developing World |
History List A
The Rights of 'Man': the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International (n/a 16/17) | |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion | |
The International History of Cold War, 1945-1989 |
HY216 |
Four Reichs: Austria, Prussia and the Contest for Germany since 1618 (withdrawn 16/17) |
The History of Russia, 1682-1825 | |
The Great War 1914-1918 | |
War, Genocide and Nation Building. The History of South-Eastern Europe 1914-1990 | |
Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750 (n/a 16/17) | |
Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 |
The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992 | |
Latin America and the United States since 1898 | |
From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day | |
What is History? Methods and Debates | |
The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History | |
Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 |
History List B
Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75) | |
The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799 (n/a 16/17) | |
Napoleon and Europe | |
The Cold War Endgame | |
Nazi Germany's War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 | |
Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825 | |
Muslim-Jewish Relations: History and Memory in the Middle East and Europe, 622-1945 | |
Retreat from Power: British foreign and defence policy, 1931-68 | |
Slavery, Capital, and Empire in the British World, 1700-1900 | |
The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1939-89 | |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion (n/a 16/17) |
