BSc in Philosophy and Economics
Programme Code: UBPHEC
Department: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
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 |
LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things |
Year 1 | |
|---|---|
1 |
EC100 Economics A or |
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EC102 Economics B § |
2 and 3 |
EITHER MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (H) |
|
OR MA100 Mathematical Methods |
4 |
PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy |
Year 2 | |
5 |
An approved paper from the Philosophy Option List below |
6 |
Either PH104 Formal Methods of Philosophical Argumentation (must be taken if PH101 not taken under Paper 3) |
7 |
Either EC201 Microeconomic Principles I or EC202 Microeconomic Principles II |
8 |
EC210 Macroeconomic Principles |
Year 3 | |
9 |
An approved paper from the Philosophy Option List below |
10 |
Either (a) an approved paper taught outside the Departments of Philosophy and Economics or (b) an approved paper from the Economics Option List or Philosophy Option List below |
11 |
An approved paper from the Economics Option List below |
12 |
PH311 Philosophy of Economics |
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. |
Philosophy Option List
Philosophy of Science | |
Philosophy of the Social Sciences | |
Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues (not available 2017/18) | |
Philosophy, Morals and Politics | |
Set Theory and Further Logic | |
Scientific Method and Policy (not available 2017/18) | |
Problems in Analytic Philosophy | |
Philosophy and Public Policy | |
Business and Organisational Ethics (H) | |
Genes, Brains and Society (H) | |
Emotion, Cognition and Behaviour: Science and Policy (H) | |
PH229 |
Global Justice (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) |
Einstein for Everyone: From Time Travel to the Edge of the Universe (H) | |
Physics and the City: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (H) | |
Effective Philanthropy: Ethics and Evidence (H) | |
Dissertation in Philosophy (third year only) | |
Jurisprudence (third year only) | |
European Literature and Society |
Economics Option List
Either EC220 Introduction to Econometrics or EC221 Principles of Econometrics | |
Advanced Economic Analysis | |
Political Economy | |
Economic Policy Analysis (not available 2017/18) | |
Development Economics | |
Behavioural Economics | |
History of Economics: How Theories Change | |
International Economics | |
Labour Economics | |
Games and Economic Behaviour | |
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.
