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BSc in Politics and Economics

Programme Code: UBPOLEC

Department: Government

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations



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

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

Paper 4

MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) # and ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5) #

Year 2

Paper 5

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

EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5) #

 

EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5) #

 

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) #

 

EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5) #

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:

Economics List

Paper 11

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following: D

Government List A

Government List B

 

OR

Economics List

 

OR

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:

Economics List

Government List B

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Economics List

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

EC307 Development Economics (1.0) #

EC311 History of Economics: How Theories Change (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) #

EC334 Advanced Macroeconomics (0.5) #

EC335 Economic Policy in the Global Economy (0.5) #

EC338 International Trade (0.5) #

EC339 International Macroeconomics (0.5) #