BSc Government and History
For all first, second and third year students in 2013-14
Paper |
Course number and title | |
See note |
The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things | |
Year 1 | ||
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1 |
Either GV101 Introduction to Political Science or GV100 Introduction to Political Theory | |
2 |
One from: | |
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From Empire to Independence: the Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century | ||
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War and Society from the Renaissance to the Napoleonic Era c.1500-1815 | |
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International History since 1890 | |
3 |
Either the paper not taken under 1 or a further paper from 2 | |
4 |
An approved paper taught outside the Departments of Government and International History | |
Year 2 | ||
5 |
One from: | |
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Introduction to Political Theory (must be taken and examined at the end of the second year if not taken in Year 1) | |
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Introduction to Political Science (must be taken and examined at the end of the second year if not taken in Year 1) | |
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An approved paper from the Government Selection List A or B* (if both GV100 and GV101 taken under 1 above) | |
6 |
An approved paper from the Government Selection List A or B* | |
7 & 8 |
Two approved papers from the History Selection List A | |
Year 3 | ||
9 |
An approved paper from the Government Selection List A or B* | |
10 |
An approved paper from the History Selection List B | |
11 |
One from: | |
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Dissertation ** | |
12 |
One from: | |
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Government Dissertation Option ** # | |
Notes |
* Students are required to choose at least one paper from each of the Government Selections Lists. | |
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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 Selection List A
Democracy and Democratisation | |
Theories and Problems of Nationalism European Politics | |
Government, Politics and Public Policy in the EU | |
Politics and Institutions in Europe | |
From Empire to Globalisation (n/a 13/14) | |
British Government | |
Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (n/a 13/14) | |
Political Economy of the Developing World (n/a 13/14) |
Government Selection List B
Public Choice and Politics | |
Politics of Economic Policy | |
Contemporary Political Theory | |
Public Policy Analysis | |
Key Themes in the History of Political Thought Public Policy | |
Sustainability Science and Policy: Problems and Perspectives | |
Empirical Research in Government (n/a 13/14) | |
Politics of Money, Finance and Trade in Comparative Perspective ** |
No third year course can be taken in year 2.
History Selection List A
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion | |
The International History of Cold War, 1945-1989 |
The History of the United States since 1783 | |
Four Reichs: Austria, Prussia and the Contest for Germany since 1618 | |
The History of Russia, 1682-1825 | |
The Great War 1914-1918 | |
Frontiers of Nationalism, Statehood and Independence. The History of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, 1914-1990 (n/a 13/14) | |
Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750 | |
Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 |
The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992 (n/a 13/14) | |
Latin America and the United States since 1898 | |
What is History? Methods and Debates | |
The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History | |
The Islamic World in the Era of Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires, ca 1400-ca 1800 |
History Selection List B
Russia in Revolution, 1914-1921 | |
HY304 |
Germany's New Order in Europe, 1939-1945 (withdrawn 13/14) |
The United States and the Wars in Korea and Vietnam, 1941-75 | |
The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799 | |
Napoleon and Europe | |
The Cold War Endgame | |
Nazi Germany and the Second World War: Causes and Course, 1933-1945 |
