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.
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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 | ||
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Paper 1 |
GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0) | |
Paper 2 |
GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0) | |
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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 |
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Year 3 | ||
Paper 9 |
GV330 Data Science Applications to Politics Research (0.5) # | |
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Paper 10 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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GV332 Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Politics: A Few Provocative Debates (0.5) | |
Papers 11 & 12 |
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Up to 1.0 unit from the Outside Option list. | |
Government List A
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) # | |
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) A (not available 2024/25) | |
GV309 Politics of Money and Finance 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) | |
GV318 Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design (0.5) # | |
GV319 Experimental Politics (0.5) # * B (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) # | |
GV326 Conflict, War and Revolution - Approaches to Political Theory (1.0) # | |
GV328 Middle East Politics in Transnational Perspective (0.5) | |
GV330 Data Science Applications to Politics Research (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) | |
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) # | |
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. | |
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) | |
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) | |
AN256 Economic Anthropology (1): Production and Exchange (0.5) | |
AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (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) | |
AN292 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5) * (not available 2024/25) | |
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) | |
EC321 Monetary Economics and Aggregate Fluctuations (1.0) # * | |
EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (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 | |
FM101 Finance (0.5) | |
FM310 Corporate Finance, Investments and Financial Markets I (0.5) # | |
FM311 Corporate Finance, Investments and Financial Markets II (0.5) # | |
GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (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) # | |
GV267 Global Political Thought (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
GV313 Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (0.5) # * ~K | |
GV324 Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science (0.5) # | |
GV330 Data Science Applications to Politics Research (0.5) # * | |
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) | |
GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research (1.0) | |
GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0) | |
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) # | |
GY220 Environment: Science and Society (1.0) | |
GY222 Applied Environmental Economics (1.0) | |
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) | |
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) | |
GY327 Global Environmental Governance (0.5) | |
GY328 Political Ecology of Development (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) | |
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) | |
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) | |
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 Peopleâs 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) | |
LL106 Public Law (1.0) | |
LL108 Criminal Law (1.0) | |
LL143 Tort Law (1.0) | |
LL201 Law and State Power (1.0) | |
LL210 Information Technology and the Law (1.0) # * (not available 2024/25) | |
LL241 European Legal History (1.0) | |
LL250 Law and The Environment (1.0) | |
LL251 Intellectual Property Law (1.0) | |
LL279 Public International Law (0.5) | |
LL293 Tax and Tax Avoidance (1.0) | |
LL295 Media Law (1.0) | |
LL300 Competition Law (1.0) | |
LL304 Global Commodities: The Rise of International Law (0.5) * | |
LN104 Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner) (1.0) # | |
LN142 Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) (1.0) # | |
LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0) # | |
LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists (1.0) | |
LN340 Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
MC300 Media, Communication and Power (0.5) | |
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) | |
MG228 Managing the Stone-Age Brain (0.5) | |
MG303 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) # * ~T | |
MG305 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5) | |
MG310 Strategic Decision Making (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
MG312 Science of People in Workplaces (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
MG316 Brand Strategy (0.5) | |
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) | |
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) | |
PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics (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) | |
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) | |
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) | |
SO234 Digital Technology, Speed and Culture (0.5) # * (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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) | |
SP315 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global Souths (0.5) ~Z | |
SP331 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5) ~? | |
SP335 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5) ~? | |
SP374 Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (0.5) # ~? (not available 2024/25) | |
ST101A Programming for Data Science (0.5) # (not available 2024/25) | |
ST101W Programming for Data Science (0.5) # * (not available 2024/25) | |
ST202 Probability, Distribution Theory and Inference (1.0) # | |
ST213 Introduction to Pricing, Hedging and Optimization (0.5) # | |
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. | |
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 | |
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.