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BSc in Politics and Data Science

Programme Code: UBPDS

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 from 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)

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

ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0) #

Paper 4

One from:

 

ST101 Programming for Data Science (0.5) #

 

and one from:

 

DS105A Data for Data Science (0.5) #

 

DS105W Data for Data Science (0.5) #

Year 2

Paper 5

GV249 Research Design in Political Science (1.0)

Paper 6

GV252 Politics and Policy of Data Science (0.5) # and PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)

Papers 7 & 8

One from:

 

DS202A Data Science for Social Scientists (0.5) #

 

DS202W Data Science for Social Scientists (0.5) #

 

DS205 Advanced Data Manipulation (0.5) #

 

And

 

ST205 Sample Surveys and Experiments (0.5) #

 

ST207 Databases (0.5) #

 

ST211 Applied Regression (0.5) #

Year 3

Paper 9

GV330 Data Science Applications to Politics Research (0.5) #

 

and up to 0.5 unit from the following:

Government List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Paper 10

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

 

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

 

GV332 Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Politics: A Few Provocative Debates (0.5)

Government List B

Papers 11 & 12

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

 

Either

 

ST310 Machine Learning (0.5) #

 

or

 

ST311 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) #

 

AND

Courses to the value of 1.5 units from: (if not already taken)

 

MY360 Quantitative Text Analysis (0.5) #

 

MY361 Social Network Analysis (0.5) #

 

ST310 Machine Learning (0.5) #

 

ST311 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) #

 

ST313 Ethics for Data Science (0.5) #

 

Up to 1.0 unit from the Outside Option list.

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Government List A

Government List B

Government List A

Government List B

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.

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.