Paper

Course number and title

See note

LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things

1

PH101

Logic

2

PH103

Reason Knowledge and Values: An Introduction to Philosophy

3

GV100

Introduction to Political Theory

4

GV101

Introduction to Political Science

5

A Paper from the Government selection lists A or B or an approved paper taught outside of the Government and Philosophy Departments.

6

Either PH214 Morality and Values
or GV262 Contemporary Political Theory

7

An approved paper from the Government Selection List A

8

Either PH201 Philosophy of Science
or PH203 Philosophy of the Social Sciences
or PH213 Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues
or PH220 Scientific Method and Policy

9

An approved paper from the Government Selection List B

10

PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy

11

A Paper from the Government selection lists A or B or an approved paper taught outside of the Government and Philosophy Departments if an outside option was not taken as paper 5.

12

Either PH299 Essay on an approved subject in Philosophy
or GV390 Government Dissertation Option *
or a paper from the Government Selection Lists A or B
or a paper from the Philosophy Selection List
or an approved paper taught outside of the Government and Philosophy Departments

Notes

* Any student taking GV390 is required to complete a departmental dissertation form by 30 October.
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.

Selection List A

Comparative Politics

GV245

Democracy and Democratisation

GV247

Theories and Problems of Nationalism

GV264

Politics and Institutions in Europe

GV303

From Empire to Globalisation (n/a 13/14)

GV311

British Government

GV366

Political Economy of the Developing World (n/a 13/14)

European Politics

GV251

Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union

Selection List B

Political Theory

GV262

Contemporary Political Theory

GV302

Key Themes in the History of Political Thought

Public Policy

GV225

Public Choice and Politics

GV227

The Politics of Economic Policy

GV263

Public Policy Analysis

GV305

Sustainability Science and Policy: Problems and Perspectives

GV312

Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (n/a 13/14)

GV314

Empirical Research in Government (n/a 13/14)

GV353

Politics of Money, Finance and Trade in Comparative Perspective **

Notes

** Students selecting this option will require the approval of the course convenors.

No third year course can be taken in the second year

PH201

Philosophy of Science

PH203

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

PH211

Philosophy of Economics

PH213

Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues 

PH214

Morality and Values

PH217

Set Theory and Further Logic

PH220

Scientific Method and Policy

PH221

Problems in Analytic Philosophy

PH225

Business and Organisational Ethics (H) ***

PH227

Genes, Brains, and Society: Philosophical Issues in the Biomedical Sciences (H)

PH228

Emotion, Cognition and Behaviour: Science and Policy (H)

PH229

Global Justice (H)

Notes

*** To be combined with another approved half-unit course taught outside the Department.