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BA in Social Anthropology

Page contents > Approved Outside Options (Year 1) | Anthropology Selection List A | Anthropology Selection List B | Government List A | Government List B | History List A | History List B | Language Courses | Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3) | Footnotes for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3) | Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3) | Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options | Footnotes

Programme Code: UBANA2

Department: Anthropology

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students from the 2018/19 academic year

Students on this programme have the opportunity to receive a language, International History, or Politics specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. See the details at the bottom of this page for more information.

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)

LSE100

LSE100 is a half unit taken by all students, running across Autumn and Winter Terms in the first year. The course provides one of the marks that is eligible to be included in the calculation of the First Year Average for purposes of classification.

Students will choose ONE of the three half-unit options below:

LSE100A The LSE Course: How can we transform our climate futures? (0.5)

LSE100B The LSE Course: How can we control AI? (0.5)

LSE100C The LSE Course: How can we create a fair society? (0.5)

Year 1

Paper 1

AN100 Being Human: Contemporary Themes in Social Anthropology (1.0)

Paper 2

AN101 A History of Anthropological Theory (1.0)

Paper 3

AN102 Ethnography through Mixed Media (1.0)

Paper 4

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
Note that in addition to this list of courses offered in outside departments, any available language course run by the Language Centre will also be approved.

Approved Outside Options (Year 1)

Language Courses

Language Specialism

Students wishing to graduate with a language specialism should refer to the requirements set out in the Language Specialism footnote. G

 

International History Specialism

Students wishing to graduate with an International History specialism should refer to the requirements set out in the International History Specialism footnote.  H

 

Politics Specialism

Students wishing to graduate with a Politics specialism should refer to the requirements set out in the Politics Specialism footnote. I

 

Year 2

Paper 5

AN286 Ethnographic Methods and Skills: Individual Research Project (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

Paper 6

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

Anthropology Selection List A

Paper 7

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

Anthropology Selection List A

Paper 8

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

Anthropology Selection List B

 

OR

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following, if the pre-requisite first year courses have been taken. (see Note)

Language Courses

Government List A

History List A

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Note:

See relevant footnotes for details of the Language, International History and Politics specialism requirements.

Language Specialism: Approved courses to the value of 1.0 unit can be selected from the Language Courses list. Language options may be chosen if they are a continuation of a language studied in Year 1, and must be above Level 1.

International History Specialism: Approved International History options to the value of 1.0 unit may be chosen if HY113 or HY116 or HY118 was taken in Year 1 and subject to availability.

Politics Specialism: Approved Government options to the value of 1.0 unit may be chosen if GV100 or GV101 was taken in Year 1.

 

Year 3

Paper 9

AN397 Special Essay Paper in Social Anthropology (1.0)

Paper 10

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

Anthropology Selection List A

Anthropology Selection List B

Paper 11

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

Anthropology Selection List A

Anthropology Selection List B

Paper 12

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

Anthropology Selection List B

 

OR

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following, if the pre-requisite first and second year courses have been taken. (see Note)

Language Courses

Government List A

Government List B

History List A

History List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Note:

See relevant footnotes for details of the Language, International History and Politics specialism requirements.

Language Specialism: Approved courses to the value of 1.0 unit can be selected from the Language Courses list for students wishing to receive a language specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. Language options may be chosen if they are a continuation of a language studied in Years 1 and 2. Language options must be above Level 2.

International History Specialism: Approved International History courses to the value of 1.0 unit can be selected, subject to availability, if HY113 or HY116 or HY118 was taken in Year 1 and HY courses to the value of 1.0 unit were taken in Year 2.

Politics Specialism: Approved Government courses to the value of 1.0 unit can be selected if GV100 or GV101 was taken in Year 1 and GV courses to the value of 1.0 unit were taken in Year 2.

 

Approved Outside Options (Year 1)

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0)

GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0)

GY100 Introduction to Geography (1.0)

GY121 Sustainable Development (1.0)

HY113 Empires and Resistance in Global History (1.0)

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

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

LN252 Contemporary Literature and Global Society (1.0) #

LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0)

PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0) #

SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (1.0)

Anthropology Selection List A

AN253 Politics and Power: Debates in Anthropology (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN256 Economic Anthropology (1): Production and Exchange (0.5)

AN273 Thinking as an Anthropologist (0.5) # 1  (not available 2024/25)

AN285 Mind and Society (0.5) #

AN287 Environmental Anthropology (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN288 Gender, Sexuality and Kinship (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN390 Anthropology and Religion (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

Anthropology Selection List B

AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN237 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)

AN280 Public Anthropology (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN283 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN284 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)

AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5)

AN379 Anthropology of Law and Human Rights (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN389 Anthropology of the Body (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN395 Digital Anthropology (0.5)

AN3A1 Understanding Religion in the Contemporary World (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

Ethnographic options

AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)

AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5) #

AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5) #

AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN292 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

Government List A

GV225 Analytical Politics (1.0) #

GV245 Democracy and Democratisation (1.0) #

GV248 Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives (1.0) #

GV249 Research Design in Political Science (1.0)

GV251 Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union (1.0) #

GV252 Politics and Policy of Data Science (0.5) #

GV262 Contemporary Political Theory (1.0) #

GV263 Public Policy Analysis (1.0) #

GV264 Politics and Institutions in Europe (1.0) #

GV267 Global Political Thought (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

Government List B

GV302 Key Themes in the History of Political Thought (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

GV307 Conflict and Cooperation: A Few Provocative Debates (0.5) J  (not available 2024/25)

GV309 Politics of Money and Finance in Comparative Perspective (0.5) #

GV311 British Government (1.0) #

GV313 Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (0.5) #

GV314 Empirical Research in Government (1.0)

GV315 Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

GV316 Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory (0.5) #

GV318 Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design (0.5) #

GV319 Experimental Politics (0.5) # * K  (not available 2024/25)

GV320 Populism (0.5)

GV321 Concepts and Controversies in Political Theory (0.5) #

GV324 Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science (0.5) #

GV325 Topics in Political Economy (0.5) #

GV326 Conflict, War and Revolution - Approaches to Political Theory (1.0) #

GV327 Governance and Corruption (0.5) #

GV328 Middle East Politics in Transnational Perspective (0.5)

GV329 Making Democracy Work (0.5) #

GV330 Data Science Applications to Politics Research (0.5) #

GV333 Politics of Public Lands (0.5) #

GV334 Comparative Perspectives on Inequality and Politics: Global North, Global South (0.5)

GV335 African Political Economy (0.5)

GV336 Latin America: Democracy and Development (0.5)

GV337 Politics, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective (0.5) #

GV338 Politics and Political Economy of India (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

GV362 Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (0.5) #

GV366 Political Economy of the Developing World (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

GV390 Government Dissertation Option (1.0) 2 L

GV398 Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology (1.0) 3

GV3L1 Analytical Approaches to British Politics (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

GV3L2 The Politics and Policy of Climate Change and Sustainability (0.5) #

GV3L6 The Political Economy of Inequality (0.5) #

History List A

HY200 The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International (1.0)

HY206 The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 (1.0)

HY221 The History of the Russian Empire, 1676-1825 (1.0)

HY226 The Greater War c. 1912-1923 (1.0)

HY235 Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 (1.0)

HY239 People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day (1.0)

HY240 From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (1.0)

HY241 What is History? Methods and Debates (1.0)

HY242 The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History (1.0)

HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 (1.0)

HY245 The United States and the World since 1776 (1.0)

HY246 The Global Caribbean: Colonialism, Race and Revolutions 1780s-1980s (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

HY248 Britain in the World: British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

HY249 War, Social Conflict and Nation Building: The History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0) #

History List B

HY311 Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75) (1.0)

HY315 The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799 (1.0)

HY319 Napoleon and Europe (1.0)

HY320 The Cold War Endgame (1.0)

HY322 Nazi Germany's War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 (1.0)

HY323 Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825 (1.0)

HY327 The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1939-89 (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

HY328 The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion (1.0)

HY330 From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century (1.0)

HY331 Henry Kissinger and the Global 1970s (1.0)

HY332 Interwar worlds: the cultural consequences of the First World War (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

HY333 People and Power in West African History, c. 1450 - 1850 (1.0)

HY334 Communication Revolutions in Latin America, c.1539 to the Present (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

HY335 History of Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China, 1949-2008 (1.0)

HY336 The United States and nuclear weapons from the Manhattan project to the end of the Cold War (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

HY344 Muslim-Jewish Relations: History and Memory in the Middle East and Europe (1.0)

Language Courses

LN100 Russian Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN101 Russian Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN102 Russian Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN104 Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner) (1.0) #

LN110 German Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN112 German Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) #

LN120 Spanish Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN121 Spanish Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN122 Spanish Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN130 French Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN131 French Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN132 French Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN140 Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced) (1.0) #

LN142 Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) #

LN200 Russian Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN210 German Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN220 Spanish Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN230 French Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN240 Mandarin Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) (1.0) #

LN250 English Literature and Society (1.0) # A

LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0) # B

LN252 Contemporary Literature and Global Society (1.0) # C

LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0) # D

LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0) # E

LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0) F

LN320 Spanish Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0) #

LN330 French Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0) #

LN340 Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Where the regulations refer to an approved paper taught outside the department, this means that you may take any course in a subject other than the principal subject(s) of your degree, subject to timetabling constraints and any restrictions listed in the Course Guides. If your degree is for joint honours (e.g. Philosophy and Economics) or is a major/minor combination (e.g., Geography with Economics), a course outside the department means a course taught in any department other than the two named in the title of your degree. The home department of each course is indicated by the first two letters in its code.

Please note that some course combinations are not allowed. Please see the Mutually Exclusive Options list.

An outside paper may be selected from the Undergraduate Course Guides, subject to the approval of the candidate's tutor and to the successful completion of prerequisites where necessary, with the following exceptions:

- certain first-year courses are not available to students in the second or third year of their degree;
- some courses are not available as an outside option; and
- some papers are mutually exclusive and may therefore not be combined.

The courses available as outside options where regulations permit are:

Outside Options for students in Year 2 and Year 3:

AC102 Elements of Financial Accounting (0.5)

AC103 Elements of Management Accounting, Financial Management and Financial Institutions (0.5)

AC205 Intermediate Financial Accounting (0.5) # *

AC206 Intermediate Management Accounting (0.5) # *

AC311 Results Accountability and Management Control for Strategy Implementation (0.5) # * ~A

AC312 Performance Measurement, Strategy, and Uncertainty (0.5) # * ~B

AC331 Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting (0.5) # * ~C

AC332 Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation (0.5) # * ~D

AC341 Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Financial Audit (0.5) ~E

AC342 Accounting, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (0.5) ~F

AN100 Being Human: Contemporary Themes in Social Anthropology (1.0)

AN101 A History of Anthropological Theory (1.0)

AN102 Ethnography through Mixed Media (1.0)

AN200 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0)

AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)

AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN226 Political and Legal Anthropology (1.0)

AN237 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5) #

AN256 Economic Anthropology (1): Production and Exchange (0.5)

AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5) #

AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5) *

AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5) # *  (not available 2024/25)

AN280 Public Anthropology (0.5) # *  (not available 2024/25)

AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN283 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

AN284 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)

AN285 Mind and Society (0.5) # *

AN292 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5) *  (not available 2024/25)

AN301 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0) #

AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5)

AN393 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5) # *  (not available 2024/25)

AN395 Digital Anthropology (0.5)

DS101A Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)

DS101W Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

DS105A Data for Data Science (0.5) #

DS105W Data for Data Science (0.5) #

DS202A Data Science for Social Scientists (0.5) #

DS202W Data Science for Social Scientists (0.5) #

DS205 Advanced Data Manipulation (0.5) #

EC1A3 Microeconomics I (0.5) # ~1 *

EC1A5 Microeconomics I (0.5) ~2

EC1B3 Macroeconomics I (0.5) # ~3 *

EC1B5 Macroeconomics I (0.5) # ~4

EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5) # ~5 ~6

EC2A5 Microeconomics II (0.5) # ~7 ~8

EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5) # ~9

EC2B5 Macroeconomics II (0.5) # ~10

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) #

EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5) # ~11

EC302 Political Economy (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

EC307 Development Economics (1.0) #

EC310 Behavioural Economics (1.0) # *

EC311 History of Economics: How Theories Change (1.0) *

EC313 Industrial Economics (1.0) # *

EC317 Labour Economics (1.0) #

EC319 Games and Economic Behaviour (1.0) # *

EC321 Monetary Economics and Aggregate Fluctuations (1.0) # *

EC325 Public Economics (1.0) #

EC328 Economics of Diversity and Discrimination (0.5) # *

EC330 Environmental Economics (1.0) # ~G

EC333 Problems of Applied Econometrics (1.0) # *

EC334 Advanced Macroeconomics (0.5) #

EC335 Economic Policy in the Global Economy (0.5) #

EC336 Econometric Theory A (0.5) # *

EC337 Econometric Theory B (0.5) # *

EC338 International Trade (0.5) #

EC339 International Macroeconomics (0.5) #

EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)

EH102 Pre-industrial Economic History (1.0) *

EH204 Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0)

EH207 China since 1800: Culture, institutions and economic growth (1.0) #

EH209 The Family Economy in History: 1260 to the present day (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (1.0)

EH214 Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century (0.5)

EH215 Money and Finance: From the Eighteenth Century to Modernity (0.5)

EH217 Chinese Economic History since 1800: A Chronology (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

EH218 Chinese Economic History since 1800: Economic Growth in a Historical Perspective (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

EH221 Boom and Bust: Macroeconomic History of the Modern World (1.0)

EH222 Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

EH225 Latin America and the International Economy (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

EH238 The Origins of Growth (1.0)

EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context (1.0)

EH312 Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0) * ~H

EH316 Atlantic World Slavery (1.0) * ~I

FM101 Finance (0.5)

FM210 Principles of Finance I (0.5) #

FM211 Principles of Finance II (0.5) #

FM214 Principles of Finance I (0.5) #

FM215 Principles of Finance II (0.5) #

FM310 Corporate Finance, Investments and Financial Markets I (0.5) #

FM311 Corporate Finance, Investments and Financial Markets II (0.5) #

FM321 Risk Management and Modelling (0.5) # *

FM322 Derivatives (0.5) # *

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0)

GV225 Analytical Politics (1.0) #

GV245 Democracy and Democratisation (1.0) #

GV248 Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives (1.0) # *

GV251 Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union (1.0) #

GV262 Contemporary Political Theory (1.0) #

GV263 Public Policy Analysis (1.0) # *

GV264 Politics and Institutions in Europe (1.0) #

GV267 Global Political Thought (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

GV311 British Government (1.0) # ~J

GV313 Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (0.5) # * ~K

GV324 Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science (0.5) #

GV325 Topics in Political Economy (0.5) # *

GV330 Data Science Applications to Politics Research (0.5) # *

GV333 Politics of Public Lands (0.5) # ~L

GV362 Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (0.5) # *

GY100 Introduction to Geography (1.0)

GY103 Contemporary Europe (1.0)

GY120 Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future (1.0)

GY121 Sustainable Development (1.0) ~M

GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research (1.0)

GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0)

GY204 Political Geography (0.5) #

GY206 Urban Geography and Globalisation (0.5)

GY207 Economy, Society and Place (0.5)

GY209 The Economic Geography of Trade, Production and Development (0.5) #

GY210 The Economics of Cities (0.5) #

GY212 Pathways in Human Geography (0.5) #

GY220 Environment: Science and Society (1.0)

GY222 Applied Environmental Economics (1.0)

GY307 Regional Economic Development (0.5) *

GY308 The Economic Geography of Growth and Development (0.5) *  (not available 2024/25)

GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

GY310 Urban Politics (0.5)

GY311 The Political Economy of Urbanisation (0.5) *

GY313 Firms and Economic Geography: Location, Technology and Innovation (0.5) # *

GY314 The Economics of Housing Markets and Migration (0.5) # *

GY316 Gender, Space and Power (0.5)

GY317 Geographies of Urban Violence (0.5) ~N

GY326 Sustainable Business and Finance (0.5) *

GY327 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)

GY328 Political Ecology of Development (0.5)

GY331 Geographies of Global Migration (0.5) *

HY113 Empires and Resistance in Global History (1.0)

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

HY200 The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International (1.0) *

HY206 The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 (1.0)

HY221 The History of the Russian Empire, 1676-1825 (1.0)

HY226 The Greater War c. 1912-1923 (1.0)

HY235 Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 (1.0)

HY239 People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day (1.0)

HY240 From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (1.0)

HY241 What is History? Methods and Debates (1.0)

HY242 The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History (1.0)

HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 (1.0)

HY245 The United States and the World since 1776 (1.0) *

HY246 The Global Caribbean: Colonialism, Race and Revolutions 1780s-1980s (1.0) *  (not available 2024/25)

HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (1.0) *  (not available 2024/25)

HY248 Britain in the World: British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

HY249 War, Social Conflict and Nation Building: The History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

HY311 Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75) (1.0) *

HY315 The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799 (1.0)

HY319 Napoleon and Europe (1.0) *

HY320 The Cold War Endgame (1.0)

HY322 Nazi Germany's War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 (1.0)

HY323 Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825 (1.0)

HY327 The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1939-89 (1.0) *  (not available 2024/25)

HY330 From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century (1.0)

HY331 Henry Kissinger and the Global 1970s (1.0) *

HY332 Interwar worlds: the cultural consequences of the First World War (1.0) *  (not available 2024/25)

HY333 People and Power in West African History, c. 1450 - 1850 (1.0) *

HY334 Communication Revolutions in Latin America, c.1539 to the Present (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

HY335 History of Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China, 1949-2008 (1.0)

HY336 The United States and nuclear weapons from the Manhattan project to the end of the Cold War (1.0) *  (not available 2024/25)

IR200 International Political Theory (1.0) # *

IR202 Foreign Policy Analysis 1 (1.0) *

IR203 International Organisations (1.0) # *

IR205 International Security (1.0) *

IR206 International Political Economy (1.0) *

LL106 Public Law (1.0)

LL108 Criminal Law (1.0)

LL142 Contract Law (1.0) *

LL143 Tort Law (1.0)

LL201 Law and State Power (1.0)

LL203 Company Law (1.0) # *

LL204 Advanced Torts (1.0) # *

LL205 Medical Law (1.0) *

LL210 Information Technology and the Law (1.0) # *  (not available 2024/25)

LL212 Conflict of Laws (1.0) *

LL213 Commercial Law (0.5) # *

LL216 Freedom and the Law in Britain (0.5) *

LL217 European Human Rights Law (0.5) *

LL220 Technology Law and Regulation (0.5) # *

LL221 Family Law (1.0) *

LL224 Regulation of Platforms (0.5) *

LL225 Critical Theory and Law (0.5) *

LL228 European Union Law (0.5) *

LL229 Law of the European Market (0.5) *

LL233 Law of Evidence (1.0) *  (not available 2024/25)

LL241 European Legal History (1.0)

LL243 Constitutionalism Beyond Courts (0.5) *

LL244 Sports: Law and Governance (0.5) *

LL245 Feminist Legal Theory (0.5) *

LL250 Law and The Environment (1.0)

LL251 Intellectual Property Law (1.0)

LL257 Employment Law (1.0) *

LL272 Outlines of Modern Criminology (0.5) *

LL276 Property (1.0) ~12

LL279 Public International Law (0.5)

LL280 Advanced Issues in Public International Law (0.5) #

LL284 Topics in Sentencing and Criminal Justice (0.5) *

LL293 Tax and Tax Avoidance (1.0)

LL295 Media Law (1.0)

LL300 Competition Law (1.0)

LL303 Cultural Heritage and Art Law (0.5) *

LL304 Global Commodities: The Rise of International Law (0.5) *

LL306 Theories of Law (0.5) *

LL307 Justifying Political Authority (0.5) *

LL332 Advanced EU Law (0.5) # *

LL342 International Protection of Human Rights (1.0) # * ~O

LN100 Russian Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN101 Russian Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN102 Russian Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN104 Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner) (1.0) #

LN110 German Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN112 German Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) #

LN120 Spanish Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN121 Spanish Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN122 Spanish Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN130 French Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN131 French Language and Society 1 (beginner) (1.0) #

LN132 French Language and Society 2 (intermediate) (1.0) #

LN140 Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced) (1.0) #

LN142 Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) #

LN200 Russian Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN210 German Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN220 Spanish Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN230 French Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN240 Mandarin Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) (1.0) #

LN250 English Literature and Society (1.0) #

LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0) #

LN252 Contemporary Literature and Global Society (1.0) #

LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0) #

LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0) #

LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0)

LN320 Spanish Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0) #

LN330 French Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0) #

LN340 Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0) #

MA102 Mathematical Proof and Analysis (0.5) #

MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0) #

MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) # *

MA203 Real Analysis (0.5) #

MA207 Further Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) #

MA208 Optimisation Theory (0.5) #

MA209 Differential Equations (0.5) #

MA210 Discrete Mathematics (0.5) #

MA211 Algebra and Number Theory (0.5) #

MA212 Further Mathematical Methods (1.0) #

MA213 Operations Research Techniques (0.5) #

MA214 Algorithms and Data Structures (0.5) #

MA222 Further Mathematical Methods (Linear Algebra) (0.5) #

MA301 Mathematical Game Theory (0.5) #

MA315 Algebra and its Applications (0.5) # *

MA316 Graph Theory (0.5) #

MA317 Complex Analysis (0.5) #

MA318 History and Culture of Mathematics (0.5) #

MA319 Partial Differential Equations (0.5) # *

MA320 Mathematics of Networks (0.5) # *

MA321 Measure Theoretic Probability (0.5) # ~P

MA322 Mathematics of Finance and Valuation (0.5) # ~Q

MA324 Mathematical Modelling and Simulation (0.5) # *

MA330 Game Theory for Collective Decisions (0.5) #

MA333 Optimisation for Machine Learning (0.5) #

MC300 Media, Communication and Power (0.5)

MG205 Econometrics: Theory and Applications (1.0) # ~13

MG206 Firms, Management and Competitive Advantage (0.5) #

MG207 Managerial Economics (1.0) #

MG209 E-business (0.5)

MG210 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

MG212 Marketing (0.5)

MG213 Information Systems (0.5)

MG214 Human Resource Management (0.5) # *

MG228 Managing the Stone-Age Brain (0.5)

MG301 Strategy (1.0) # ~R

MG302 Topics in Management Research (0.5) # ~S

MG303 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) # * ~T

MG305 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5)

MG307 International Context of Management (0.5) #

MG308 Simulations for Managerial Decisions (0.5) #

MG310 Strategic Decision Making (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

MG311 Foundations of Behavioural Decision Science (0.5) #

MG312 Science of People in Workplaces (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

MG316 Brand Strategy (0.5)

MG317 Leading Organisational Change (0.5) # *

MY360 Quantitative Text Analysis (0.5) #

MY361 Social Network Analysis (0.5) #

PB100 Foundations of Behavioural Science (1.0) ~U

PB101 Foundations of Psychological Science (1.0) ~V

PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

PB301 Cognition and Culture (0.5) # *  (not available 2024/25)

PB302 Creativity and Innovation (0.5) # *  (not available 2024/25)

PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0) #

PH105 Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy (0.5)

PH111 Introduction to Logic (0.5) ~14

PH112 Intermediate Logic and Probability (0.5) # ~15

PH201 Philosophy of Science (1.0)

PH214 Philosophy, Morals and Politics (1.0)

PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0)

PH223 Mind and Metaphysics (0.5)

PH224 Epistemology (0.5) #

PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5)

PH226 Philosophy of Society (0.5) # *

PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

PH230 Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe (0.5) #

PH232 Physics and Uncertainty: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (0.5)

PH236 Set Theory (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

PH237 Advanced Logic (0.5) #

PH238 Philosophy of Language (0.5) #

PH239 Anarchy, Authority and Evidence: Topics in Philosophy of Law (0.5)

PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)

PH241 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (0.5)

PH311 Philosophy of Economics (1.0) #

PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)

SO100 Key Concepts: Introduction to Social Theory (1.0)

SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (1.0)

SO203 Political Sociology (1.0) *  (not available 2024/25)

SO234 Digital Technology, Speed and Culture (0.5) # *  (withdrawn 2024/25)

SO309 Atrocity and Justice (0.5) *

SP111 Social Economics and Policy (1.0) # ~W

SP112 Politics of Social Policy Making (1.0) ~X

SP210 Development and Social Change (1.0)

SP230 Education Policy (1.0)

SP231 Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy (1.0)

SP232 Health and Social Care Policy (1.0)

SP314 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5) ~Y

SP315 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global Souths (0.5) ~Z

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

SP332 Social Security Policies (0.5) ~?

SP333 NGOs, Social Policy and Development (0.5) ~?

SP335 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5) ~?

SP336 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5) ~?

SP372 Punishment and Penal Policy (0.5) ~?

SP374 Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (0.5) # ~?  (not available 2024/25)

ST101 Programming for Data Science (0.5) # *

ST101A Programming for Data Science (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

ST101W Programming for Data Science (0.5) # *  (not available 2024/25)

ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0) # ~16

ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5) # ~17

ST109 Elementary Statistical Theory I (0.5) # ~18

ST110 Elementary Statistical Theory II (0.5) # ~19

ST115 Managing and Visualising Data (0.5) # *

ST201 Statistical Models and Data Analysis (0.5) # ~20

ST202 Probability, Distribution Theory and Inference (1.0) #

ST205 Sample Surveys and Experiments (0.5) # ~21

ST206 Probability and Distribution Theory (0.5) #

ST207 Databases (0.5) #

ST211 Applied Regression (0.5) # ~22 *

ST213 Introduction to Pricing, Hedging and Optimization (0.5) #

ST226 Actuarial Investigations: Financial (0.5) #

ST227 Survival Models (0.5) #

ST300 Regression and Generalised Linear Models (0.5) #

ST301 Actuarial Mathematics (Life) (0.5) #

ST302 Stochastic Processes (0.5) #

ST303 Stochastic Simulation (0.5) # * ~?

ST304 Time Series and Forecasting (0.5) #

ST306 Actuarial Mathematics (General) (0.5) #

ST307 Aspects of Market Research (0.5) # ~23

ST308 Bayesian Inference (0.5) #

ST309 Elementary Data Analytics (0.5) # ~24

ST310 Machine Learning (0.5) # ~25

ST311 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) #

ST313 Ethics for Data Science (0.5) # * ~?

ST314 Multilevel and Longitudinal Models (0.5) # *

ST326 Financial Statistics (0.5) # * ~?

ST327 Market Research: An Integrated Approach (1.0) #

ST330 Stochastic and Actuarial Methods in Finance (1.0) #

Footnotes for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

~A : AC311 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~B : AC312 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~C : AC331 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~D : AC332 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~E : AC341 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~F : AC342 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~G : EC330 can be taken in Year 3 only

~H : EH312 is not available to students on the BSc in Economic History and Geography programme

~I : EH316 is not available to students on the BSc in Economic History and Geography programme

~J : GV311 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~K : GV313 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~L : GV333 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~M : GY121 is not available to third year students

~N : GY317 can be taken in Year 3 only

~O : LL342 can be taken in Year 3 only

~P : MA321 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~Q : MA322 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~R : MG301 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~S : MG302 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~T : MG303 can be taken in Year 3 only

~U : PB100 is not available to third year students.

~V : PB101 is not available to third year students. 

~W : SP111 is not available to third year students

~X : SP112 is not available to third year students

~Y : SP314 can be taken in Year 3 only.

~Z : SP315 can be taken in Year 3 only

~? : SP331 can be taken in Year 3 only.

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

~1 : EC1A3 can not be taken with EC1A5, EC100, EC102

~2 : EC1A5 can not be taken with EC100, EC102, EC1A3

~3 : EC1B3 can not be taken with EC1B5, EC100, EC102

~4 : EC1B5 can not be taken with EC100, EC102, EC1B3

~5 : Before taking EC2A3 you must take EC1A3

~6 : EC2A3 can not be taken with EC2A5, EC202, MG207, EC2B3

~7 : Before taking EC2A5 you must take EC1A5

~8 : EC2A5 can not be taken with EC2A3, EC2B5, MG207, EC202

~9 : EC2B3 can not be taken with EC2B5

~10 : EC2B5 can not be taken with EC2B3

~11 : Before taking EC2C4 you must take EC2C3

~12 : LL276 can not be taken with LL275

~13 : MG205 can not be taken with EC220, EC221

~14 : PH111 can not be taken with PH101, PH104

~15 : PH112 can not be taken with PH101, PH104

~16 : ST102 can not be taken with ST107, ST108, ST109, ST110

~17 : ST107 can not be taken with ST102, ST108, ST109, ST110

~18 : ST109 can not be taken with ST102, ST107, ST108

~19 : ST110 can not be taken with ST102, ST107, ST108

~20 : ST201 can not be taken with DS202, ST211

~21 : ST205 can not be taken with ST307

~22 : ST211 can not be taken with ST201

~23 : ST307 can not be taken with ST205

~24 : ST309 can not be taken with ST310

~25 : ST310 can not be taken with ST309

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

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

1 : AN273 can not be taken with AN303

Footnotes

A : LN250 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

B : LN251 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

C : LN252 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

D : LN253 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

E : LN254 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

F : LN270 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

G : Language Specialism: Students who have taken and passed one language course in each year of their degree (i.e. 25% of their overall programme of study) will receive a language specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. Students must take all courses in the same language (French, Spanish, German, Mandarin or Russian) in order to qualify for the specialism. The three courses must also be consecutively harder in level, for example: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Students who choose language courses in each year according to these rules will receive a language specialism. Degree certificates which include a language specialism will state the language in the title, for example: BA in Social Anthropology (with French).

H : International History Specialism: Students who have taken and passed at least one course from the Department of International History in each year of their degree (ie, 25 per cent of their overall programme of study) will be offered the opportunity to receive an International History specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. In order to qualify for the specialism, students must take HY113, HY116 or HY118 in their first year, courses to the value of one unit from International History List A in the second year, and courses to the value of one unit from International History List A or International History List B in the third year. Students who choose to take International History courses are not obligated to receive a specialism, but have the option if they wish. Degree certificates which include an International History specialism will state this in the title, i.e.: BA in Social Anthropology (with International History).

I : Politics Specialism: Students who have taken and passed at least one course from the Department of Government in each year of their degree (ie, 25 per cent of their overall programme of study) will be offered the opportunity to receive a Politics specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. In order to qualify for the specialism, students must take GV100 or GV101 in their first year, courses to the value of one unit from Government List A in the second year, and courses to the value of one unit from Government List A or Government List B in the third year. Students who choose to take Government courses are not obligated to receive a specialism, but have the option if they wish. Degree certificates which include a Politics specialism will state this in the title, i.e.: BA in Social Anthropology (with Politics).

J : GV307: Not available for students on the BA/BSc Social Anthropology programmes

K : GV319 can be taken in Year 3 only.

L : Only Available to students on the BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics as an option on Government List B. Students on other programmes may only select this course under Paper 12 of their programme regulations.

Level 1 courses are not permitted as part of this degree programme in Years 2 and 3.

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.

 
 
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