BSc in Social Policy
Programme Code: UBSPA3
Department: Social Policy
For all first 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 | ||
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1 |
Foundations of Social Policy | |
2 |
Social Economics and Policy | |
3 |
One of the following: | |
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Sociology and Social Policy | |
Introduction to Global Population Change | ||
Crime and Society (n/a 16/17) | ||
4 |
An approved paper taught outside the Department. The following courses are strongly recommended: | |
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Economics A or | ||
Economics B § | ||
Introduction to Political Theory | ||
Introduction to Political Science | ||
Introduction to Geography | ||
Management, Labour and Work (n/a 16/17) | ||
Reason, Knowledge and Values: An Introduction to Philosophy | ||
Social Psychology | ||
Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology | ||
Year 2 | ||
5 |
Comparative and International Social Policy | |
6 |
Research Methods for Social Policy | |
7 |
One from the Selection List below | |
8 |
Either a paper from the Selection List below or an approved paper taught outside the Department | |
Year 3 | ||
9 |
One from the Selection List below | |
10 |
SA349 A Long Essay on an Approved Topic | |
11 |
One from the Selection List below | |
12 |
Either one from the Selection List below or an approved paper taught outside the Department. | |
Notes |
§ Course allocation dependant on Economics A-level or equivalent background. See course guides for further information. | |
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It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Social Policy (ie not prefixed with 'SA'). For further information please see lse.ac.uk/socialPolicyCourses. | |
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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. |
Selection List
Sociology and Social Policy* | |
Introduction to Global Population Change | |
Crime and Society* (n/a 16/17) | |
Education Policy | |
Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice | |
Criminological Perspectives | |
Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Change | |
Health and Social Care Policy | |
Demographic Description and Analysis | |
Assessing Social Progress (n/a 16/17) | |
Crime Control: Ideas and Controversies | |
Notes |
* If not taken under Paper 3 above. SA101 and SA105 cannot be taken in Year 3 by Social Policy students. |