BSc Government (All students)

BSc in Government

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Programme Code: UBGV

Department: Government

For all first, second and third year students in 2017/18.

Year 1
Paper	Course number and title
See note	LSE100	The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things
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 Government 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.

GV225	Public Choice and Politics
GV227	Politics of Economic Policy
GV245	Democracy and Democratisation
GV247	Theories and Problems of Nationalism (not available 2017/18)
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

GV302	Key Themes in the History of Political Thought
GV306	Global Public Policy (H)
GV307	Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H) (not available 2017/18)
GV308	Leadership in the Political World (H) (not available 2017/18)
GV309	Politics of Money and Finance in Comparative Perspective (H)
GV311	British Government
GV312	Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (not available 2017/18)
GV313	Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (H)
GV314	Empirical Research in Government
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)
GV319	Experimental Politics (H)
GV320	Populism (H)
GV325	Advanced Issues in Political Economy (H) (not available 2017/18)
GV335	African Political Economy (H)
GV366	Political Economy of the Developing World
GV398	Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology

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.