BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Programme Code: UBPHS3
Department: Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method
For students starting this programme of study in 2021/22
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Students on this programme have the opportunity to receive a language 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) | |
See note |
LSE100 The LSE Course | |
Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
Paper 1 |
PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0) # | |
Paper 2 |
PH111 Introduction to Logic (0.5) | |
|
And either: | |
|
PH105 Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy (0.5) or | |
|
||
Papers 3 & 4 |
Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
Year 2 | ||
Paper 5 |
PH201 Philosophy of Science (1.0) | |
Papers 6 & 7 |
Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
Paper 8 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
Year 3 | ||
Papers 9, 10 & 11 |
Courses to the value of 3.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
Paper 12 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
Notes |
LSE100 is a half unit taken by all students, running across Michaelmas and Lent 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. | |
Philosophy Options List
PH105 Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy (0.5) B | |
PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0) | |
PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5) | |
PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5) | |
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) | |
PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5) | |
Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)
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 1: | |
AC102 Elements of Financial Accounting (0.5) | |
AC103 Elements of Management Accounting, Financial Management and Financial Institutions (0.5) | |
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) | |
EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0) | |
FM101 Finance (0.5) | |
GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0) | |
GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0) | |
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) | |
GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research (1.0) | |
HY113 From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century (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) ~A | |
IR100 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates (1.0) * ~B | |
LL104 Law of Obligations (1.0) | |
LL105 Property I (0.5) | |
LL106 Public Law (1.0) | |
LL108 Criminal Law (1.0) | |
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) | |
LN342 Academic Chinese for International Relations (1.0) # * | |
PB102 Social Psychology (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0) # | |
PH105 Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy (0.5) | |
SO110 Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (1.0) ~H | |
SP112 Politics of Social Policy Making (1.0) | |
ST108 Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (1.0) # ~13 (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
Footnotes for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)~A : HY118 can be taken in Year 1 only ~B : IR100 can be taken in Year 1 only ~C : LL109 can be taken in Year 1 only ~D : MG104 can be taken in Year 1 only ~E : MG105 can be taken in Year 1 only ~F : PB101 is not available to third year students. | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)~1 : DS101L can not be taken with DS101M ~2 : DS101M can not be taken with DS101L ~3 : DS105L can not be taken with DS105M ~4 : DS105M can not be taken with DS105L ~5 : EC1A3 can not be taken with EC1A5 ~6 : EC1A5 can not be taken with EC1A3 ~7 : EC1B3 can not be taken with EC1B5 ~8 : EC1B5 can not be taken with EC1B3 ~9 : PH111 can not be taken with PH101, PH104 ~10 : PH112 can not be taken with PH101, PH104 ~11 : ST102 can not be taken with ST107, ST108, ST109, ST110 ~12 : ST107 can not be taken with ST102, ST108, ST109, ST110 ~13 : ST108 can not be taken with ST102, ST107, ST109, ST110 | |
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 2022/23) | |
AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
AN226 Political and Legal Anthropology (1.0) | |
AN237 The Anthropology of Development (0.5) | |
AN240 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5) # | |
AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
AN247 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
AN256 Economic Anthropology (1): Production and Exchange (0.5) | |
AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5) # * (not available 2022/23) | |
AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
AN284 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5) | |
AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5) | |
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) # | |
EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
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) # | |
EH218 Chinese Economic History since 1800: Economic Growth in a Historical Perspective (0.5) # | |
EH221 Boom and Bust: Macroeconomic History of the Modern World (1.0) | |
EH222 Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (1.0) | |
EH225 Latin America and the International Economy (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
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) * ~G | |
EH313 Economic History Lab: Cities, Economy and Society, 1550-1750 (1.0) * (not available 2022/23) | |
EU3A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5) * ~I (not available 2022/23) | |
FM101 Finance (0.5) | |
FM300 Corporate Finance, Investments and Financial Markets (1.0) # | |
GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0) | |
GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0) | |
GV245 Democracy and Democratisation (1.0) # (not available 2022/23) | |
GV248 Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives (1.0) # * | |
GV249 Research Design in Political Science (1.0) * (not available 2022/23) | |
GV251 Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union (1.0) # | |
GV307 Conflict and Cooperation: A Few Provocative Debates (0.5) | |
GV312 Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (1.0) # * (not available 2022/23) | |
GV313 Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (0.5) # * | |
GV318 Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design (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) # * | |
GV330 Data Science Applications to Politics Research (0.5) # * | |
GV332 Big Data in Politics: A Few Provocative Debates (0.5) * ~J | |
GV335 African Political Economy (0.5) ~K (not available 2022/23) | |
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) | |
GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research (1.0) | |
GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0) | |
GY205 Political Geographies (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) * | |
GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5) | |
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) # * | |
GY315 Geographies of Race (0.5) | |
GY316 Gender, Space and Power (0.5) | |
GY327 Global Environmental Governance (0.5) | |
GY328 Political Ecology of Development (0.5) | |
GY329 Applied Economics of Environment and Development (0.5) # | |
HY113 From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century (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 Russia, 1676-1825 (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
HY226 The Great War 1914-1918 (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
HY232 War, Genocide and Nation Building. The History of South-Eastern Europe 1914-1990 (1.0) | |
HY235 Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 (1.0) | |
HY238 The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992 (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
HY239 People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
HY240 From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
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) * | |
HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (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) * | |
HY329 Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development (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) * (not available 2022/23) | |
HY332 Interwar worlds: the cultural consequences of the First World War (1.0) * | |
HY333 Enslavement, commerce, and political formations in West Africa, c. 1550-1850 (1.0) * | |
HY334 Communication Revolutions in Latin America, c.1539 to the Present (1.0) | |
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) * | |
LL104 Law of Obligations (1.0) | |
LL105 Property I (0.5) | |
LL106 Public Law (1.0) | |
LL108 Criminal Law (1.0) | |
LL201 Law and State Power (1.0) | |
LL232 Law and Institutions of the European Union (1.0) | |
LL241 European Legal History (1.0) | |
LL250 Law and The Environment (1.0) | |
LL251 Intellectual Property Law (1.0) | |
LL259 Legal and Social Change since 1750 (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
LL278 Public International Law (1.0) | |
LL293 Tax and Tax Avoidance (1.0) | |
LL295 Media Law (1.0) | |
LL300 Competition Law (1.0) | |
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) | |
LN342 Academic Chinese for International Relations (1.0) # * | |
MA303 Chaos in Dynamical Systems (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MA315 Algebra and its Applications (0.5) # * (not available 2022/23) | |
MA318 History of Mathematics in Finance and Economics (0.5) # | |
MC300 Showcase Portfolio: Media Power and Communication Practice (0.5) | |
MG209 E-business (0.5) | |
MG210 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (0.5) # | |
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) # * ~Q | |
MG305 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5) | |
MG308 Simulation Modelling and Analysis (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MG310 Strategic Decision Making (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MG312 Extreme Organisational Behaviour: Examining behaviour in non-normative organisational contexts (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MG315 Marketing Action Learning Project (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
PB102 Social Psychology (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
PB301 Cognition and Culture (0.5) # * (not available 2022/23) | |
PB302 Creativity and Innovation (0.5) # * (not available 2022/23) | |
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) | |
PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0) | |
PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5) | |
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) | |
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) # * (not available 2022/23) | |
SO309 Atrocity and Justice (0.5) # * (not available 2022/23) | |
SP210 Development and Social Change (1.0) | |
SP230 Education Policy (1.0) | |
SP231 Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
SP232 Health and Social Care Policy (1.0) | |
SP271 Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0) (not available 2022/23) | |
SP331 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5) ~V | |
SP335 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5) ~Y | |
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 : EH312 is not available to students on the BSc in Economic History and Geography programme ~H : EH316 is not available to students on the BSc in Economic History and Geography programme ~I : EU3A1 can be taken in Year 3 only ~J : GV332 can be taken in Year 3 only. ~K : GV335 can be taken in Year 3 only ~L : LL342 can be taken in Year 3 only ~M : MA321 can be taken in Year 3 only. ~N : MA322 can be taken in Year 3 only. ~O : MG301 can be taken in Year 3 only. ~P : MG302 can be taken in Year 3 only. ~Q : MG303 can be taken in Year 3 only ~R : SP110 is not available to third year students ~S : SP111 is not available to third year students ~T : SP112 is not available to third year students ~U : SP314 can be taken in Year 3 only. ~V : SP331 is available in Year 3 only. ~W : SP332 is available in Year 3 only. ~X : SP333 is available in Year 3 only. ~Y : SP335 is available in Year 3 only. | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options for Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)~1 : DS101L can not be taken with DS101M ~2 : DS101M can not be taken with DS101L ~3 : DS105L can not be taken with DS105M ~4 : DS105M can not be taken with DS105L ~5 : DS202 can not be taken with ST201 ~6 : EC1A3 can not be taken with EC1A5, EC100, EC102 ~7 : EC1A5 can not be taken with EC100, EC102, EC1A3 ~8 : EC1B3 can not be taken with EC1B5, EC100, EC102 ~9 : EC1B5 can not be taken with EC100, EC102, EC1B3 ~10 : Before taking EC2A3 you must take EC1A3 ~11 : EC2A3 can not be taken with EC2A5, EC202, MG207, EC2B3 ~12 : Before taking EC2A5 you must take EC1A5 ~13 : EC2A5 can not be taken with EC2A3, EC2B5, MG207, EC202 ~14 : EC2B3 can not be taken with EC2B5 ~15 : EC2B5 can not be taken with EC2B3 ~16 : Before taking EC2C4 you must take EC2C3 ~17 : MG205 can not be taken with EC220, EC221 ~18 : PH111 can not be taken with PH101, PH104 ~19 : PH112 can not be taken with PH101, PH104 ~20 : ST102 can not be taken with ST107, ST108, ST109, ST110 ~21 : ST107 can not be taken with ST102, ST108, ST109, ST110 ~22 : ST109 can not be taken with ST102, ST107, ST108 ~23 : ST110 can not be taken with ST102, ST107, ST108 ~24 : ST201 can not be taken with DS202, ST211 ~25 : ST205 can not be taken with ST307 ~26 : ST211 can not be taken with ST201 ~27 : ST307 can not be taken with ST205 | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
* means available with permission
Footnotes
A : LL305 can be taken in the third year only.
B : PH105 can be taken in the first and second year only.
C : PH399 cannot be taken in Year 1 or Year 2.
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
Language Specialism:
Students who have taken and passed at least one language course in each year of their degree (i.e. 25% of their overall programme of study) will be offered the opportunity to 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 to take language courses are not obligated to receive a specialism, but have the option if they wish. Degree certificates which include a language specialism will state the language in the title, for example: BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method (with French).
Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the . Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the .
