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BSc in Government and History

Programme Code: UBGVHY

Department: Government

For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for students who entered in or after 2007/8 but before the 2018/19 academic year

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

See note

LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things

Year 1

Paper 1

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0) or

 

GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

HY113 From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

 

HY116 International History since 1890 (1.0)

 

HY118 Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 (1.0)

Paper 3

A further course to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Paper 1 options list

Paper 2 options list

Paper 4

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)

Optional course

Students may also take the following optional unassessed course which runs during Weeks 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 of Michaelmas Term only:

 

HY119 Thinking Like A Historian (0.0)

Year 2

Paper 5

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0) A or

 

GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0) B

 

OR

If both GV100 and GV101 were taken in Year 1, then approved courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Government List A

Paper 6

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Government List A

Papers 7 & 8

Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:

History List A

Year 3

Paper 9

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

GV390 Government Dissertation Option (1.0) 1

Government List B

Paper 10

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

History List B

Paper 11

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

HY300 Dissertation (1.0) 2

Government List A

History List B

Paper 12

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Government List A

History List A

History List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

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.

Paper 1 options list

Paper 2 options list

Government List A

Government List B

History List A

History List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

1 : GV390 can not be taken with HY300

2 : HY300 can not be taken with GV390

Footnotes

A : Compulsory if not taken in Year 1.

B : Compulsory if not taken in Year 1.

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

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.

This programme has been retitled to BSc in Politics and History for 2018/19. Last year of entry 2017/18.