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BSc in Politics

Programme Code: UBPOL

Department: Government

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 who have taken and passed at least 3.0 units of courses in a specific discipline over the course of their degree, of which at least 1.0 unit is taken in Year 3, will be offered the opportunity to receive a specialism attached to their degree certificate and transcript. Students are not obligated to receive a specialism. Students must take all courses in the same discipline to qualify for the specialism. Degree certificates which include a specialism will state the specialism in the title. The specialisms available are as follows:

BSc in Politics (with Anthropology)

BSc in Politics (with International History)

BSc in Politics (with Sociology)

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

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0)

Paper 2

GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0)

Paper 3

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

 

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)

 

EC1A3 Microeconomics I (0.5) # and EC1B3 Macroeconomics I (0.5) #

 

EC1A5 Microeconomics I (0.5) and EC1B5 Macroeconomics I (0.5) #

 

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

 

GY103 Contemporary Europe (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)

 

IR100 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates (1.0)

 

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

 

SO100 Key Concepts: Introduction to Social Theory (1.0)

 

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

 

SP111 Social Economics and Policy (1.0) #

Paper 4

Approved courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)

Year 2

Papers 5, 6 & 7

Courses to the value of 3.0 unit(s) from the following:

Government List A

Paper 8

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:

Government List A

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Year 3

Paper 9

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

Government List B

Paper 10

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

Government List B

Paper 11

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:

Government List A

Government List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Paper 12

GV390 Government Dissertation Option (1.0) 1

 

OR

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

Government List B

 

OR

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Government List A

Government 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

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

1 : GV390 can not be taken with GV398

Footnotes

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

B : GV319 can be taken in Year 3 only.

C : 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.

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.