BSc in Government and Economics
Programme Code: UBGVEC
Department: Government
For all first, second and third year students in 2017/18.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the BA/BSc degrees (other than four-year BA/BSc degrees)
Paper |
Course number and title | |
See note |
The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things | |
Year 1 | ||
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1 |
Economics A or | |
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Economics B § | |
2 |
Either MA110 Basic Quantitative Methods or | |
Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (H) and | ||
Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (H) | ||
3 & 4 |
Two from: | |
Introduction to Political Science | ||
Introduction to Political Theory | ||
An approved course taught outside the Department of Government and Economics | ||
Year 2 | ||
5 |
Microeconomic Principles I | |
6 |
Macroeconomic Principles | |
7 |
Public Choice and Politics | |
8 |
One from: | |
Introduction to Political Theory (if not taken in Year 1) | ||
Introduction to Political Science (if not taken in Year 1) | ||
An approved course from the Government List A (only if both GV100 and GV101 taken under Papers 3 & 4 above) | ||
An approved course taught outside the Departments of Economics and Government (only if both GV100 and GV101 taken under Papers 3 & 4 above) | ||
Year 3 | ||
9 |
Any course from the Economics List | |
10 |
Any course from Government List A | |
11 |
Either GV390 Government Dissertation Option | |
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Or Courses to the value of one full unit from Government List B | |
12 |
Either EC220 Introduction to Econometrics | |
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Or Any course from the Economics List | |
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Or Any further course from Government List A | |
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Or An approved course taught outside the Departments of Economics and Government | |
Notes |
§ Course allocation dependant on Economics A-level or equivalent background. See course guides for further information. | |
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LSE100 is taken by all students in the Lent Term of Year 1 and the Michaelmas Term of Year 2. The course is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification. | |
Government List A
Public Choice and Politics | |
Politics of Economic Policy | |
Democracy and Democratisation | |
Theories and Problems of Nationalism (not available 2017/18) | |
Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives | |
Research Design in Political Science | |
Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union | |
Contemporary Political Theory | |
Public Policy Analysis | |
Politics and Institutions in Europe |
Government List B
Key Themes in the History of Political Thought | |
Global Public Policy (H) | |
Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Leadership in the Political World (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Politics of Money and Finance in Comparative Perspective (H) | |
British Government | |
Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (not available 2017/18) | |
Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (H) | |
Empirical Research in Government | |
Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies (H) | |
Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory (H) | |
The Modern State - Theory and Practice (H) | |
Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design (H) | |
Experimental Politics (H) | |
Populism (H) | |
Advanced Issues in Political Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
African Political Economy (H) | |
Political Economy of the Developing World | |
Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology |
Economics List
Advanced Economic Analysis | |
Political Economy | |
Economic Policy Analysis (not available 2017/18) | |
Development Economics | |
History of Economics: How Theories Change | |
International Economics | |
Monetary Economics | |
Public Economics |
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.
