Updated undergraduate course and programme information 2019/20 - for prospective students

The following information provides prospective undergraduate students with a summary of new course and programme information being offered in the 2019/20 session:

New programmes  | Withdrawn programmes | Substantive changes to programme regulations  |  New courses  | Suspended courses | Withdrawn courses | Course title changes  |  Course code changes  | 

Undergraduate programmes

New programmes for 2019/20
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2019/20.

Language Centre

BSc in International Relations and Chinese
BSc in Language, Culture and Society

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science

Department of Social Policy

BSc in Criminology
BSc in International Social and Public Policy
BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics
BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics

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Withdrawn programmes for 2019/20
The following programmes have been withdrawn for the 2019/20 session.

Department of Social Policy

BSc in Social Policy
BSc in Social Policy and Economics
BSc in Social Policy and Sociology
BSc in Social Policy with Government

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Substantive changes to programme regulations from 2019/20
The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2019/20 session.

Department of Economic History:

BSc in Economic History (First year students in 2019/20)

EH103 to become a compulsory course in Year 1.

BSc in Economics and Economic History (First year students in 2019/20)

Change to core courses in Year 1.

BSc in Economics History with Economic History (First year students in 2019/20)

Change to core courses in Year 1.

Department of Geography & Environment:

BA in Geography (First year students in 2019/20)

Addition of language specialism option.

Department of Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method:

BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method (First year students in 2019/20)

Addition of language specialism option.

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Undergraduate courses

New courses for 2019/20
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2019/20:  

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN280 Public Anthropology (0.5)

AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)

Department of Accounting courses:

AC200 Accounting Theory and Practice (1.0)

 

Department of International History courses:

HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (1.0)

Language Centre courses:

LN115 Intercultural Communication and Management (1.0)

 

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA321 Measure Theoretic Probability (0.5)

MA322 Mathematics of Finance and Valuation (0.5)

MA323 Computational Methods in Financial Mathematics (0.5)

MA332 Programming in C++ (0.0)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB100 Foundations of Behavioural Science (1.0)

PB130 Statistics and Research Methods for Psychological and Behavioural Science (1.0)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP101 Social Research for Understanding Social Needs and Problems (1.0) (new title: Foundations of Social Policy Research)

SP112 Politics of Social Policy Making (1.0)

SP170 Crime and Society: Representations and Realities (1.0)

SP171 Identities, Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0)

SP172 Policing and Security (0.5)

SP173 Politics and Crime (0.5)

Department of Statistics courses:

ST117 Introductory Quantitative Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5)

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Suspended courses for  2019/20
We regret we are unable to offer the following courses in the  2019/20 session.  For alternative option courses you should consult your academic adviser.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN216 Cognition and Anthropology: Human Development in Cultural Environments (0.5)

AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)

AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)

AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)

AN247 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5)

AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)

AN251 Cognition and Anthropology: Learning and Thinking in Relation to Social Institutions (0.5)

AN274 Subjectivity and Anthropology (0.5)

AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5)

AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)

AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

AN278 Anthropology and Global History (0.5)

 

Department of Geography & Environment courses:

GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5)

GY316 Gender in High Income and Emerging Economies (0.5)

Department of Law courses:

LL201 Administrative Law (1.0)

LL253 Law of Corporate Insolvency (1.0)

LL301 Global Commodities Law (1.0)

 

Department of International Relations courses:

IR305 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0)

IR317 American Grand Strategy (0.5)

IR320 Europe's Institutional Order (0.5)

IR324 The Practices of Transitional Justice (0.5)

IR354 Governing IPE: Lessons from the Past for the Future (0.5)

IR377 Africa: Governance, Peace and Security (0.5)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH301 Rationality and Choice (0.5)

PH332 Effective Philanthropy: Ethics and Evidence (0.5)

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Withdrawn courses for  2019/20
The following courses have been withdrawn for the 201920 session.  For alternative option courses you should consult your academic adviser.

Department of Accounting courses:

AC211 Managerial Accounting (1.0)

 

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN244 Anthropology and Media (0.5)

 

Department of Geography & Environment courses:

GY244 London's Geographies (1.0)

 

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH213 Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues (1.0)

PH220 Scientific Method and Policy (1.0)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA309 Crime Control: Ideas and Controversies (1.0)

Department of Statistics courses:

ST435 Advanced Probability Theory (0.5)

ST441 Introduction to Markov Processes and their Applications (0.5)

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Course title changes from 2019/20
The following courses have changed title for the 2019/20 session. 

Old title

New title

Department of International History courses:

HY116 International History since 1890 (1.0)

HY116 International Politics since 1914: Peace and War (1.0)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP101 Social Research for Understanding Social Needs and Problems (1.0)

SP101 Foundations of Social Policy Research (1.0)

SP111 Social Economics, Politics and Policy (1.0) (formerly SA104)

SP111 Social Economics and Policy (1.0)

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Course code changes from 2019/20
The following courses have changed department codes for the 2019/20 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code

New code

Department of Economic History courses:

EH311 Atlantic World Slavery (1.0)

EH316 Atlantic World Slavery (1.0)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PS111 Foundations of Behavioural Science (1.0)

PB100 Foundations of Behavioural Science (1.0)

PS115 Introductory Research Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

PB110 Introductory Research Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

ST117 Introductory Quantitative Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

PB111 Introductory Quantitative Methods for Psychological & Behavioural Science (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA100 The Foundations of Social Policy (1.0)

SP100 The Foundations of Social Policy (1.0)

SA101 Sociology and Social Policy (1.0)

SP110 Sociology and Social Policy (1.0)

SA104 Social Economics, Politics and Policy (1.0)

SP111 Social Economics, Politics and Policy (1.0)

SA201 Research Methods for Social Policy (1.0)

SP201 Research Methods for Social Policy (1.0)

SA204 Education Policy (1.0)

SP230 Education Policy (1.0)

SA217 Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0)

SP271 Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0)

SA218 Criminological Perspectives (1.0)

SP270 Criminological Perspectives (1.0)

SA219 Comparative and International Social Policy (1.0)

SP200 Comparative and International Social Policy (1.0)

SA221 Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Change (1.0)

SP231 Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Change (1.0)

SA223 Health and Social Care Policy (1.0)

SP232 Health and Social Care Policy (1.0)

SA224 Introduction to Global Population Change (1.0)

SP233 Introduction to Global Population Change (1.0)

SA303 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5)

SP331 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5)

SA304 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)

SP335 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)

SA319 Social Security Policies (0.5)

SP332 Social Security Policies (0.5)

SA349 Dissertation (1.0)

SP399 Dissertation (1.0)

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