New programmes for 2015-16
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2015-16.

Department of Government

BSc in Politics and International Relations

Department of Philosophy

BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

New courses for 2015-16
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2015-16.  

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN256 Economic Anthropology (1): Production and Exchange (H)

AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (H)

AN274 Subjectivity and Anthropology (H)

 AN298 Research Methods in Social Anthropology (H)

Department of Economic History courses:

EH102 Pre-industrial Economic History

Department of Government courses:

GV249 Research Design in Political Science

GV316 Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory (H)

GV306 Global Public Policy (H) (n/a 15/16)

GV335 African Political Economy (H)

Department of International History courses:

HY200 The Rights of 'Man': the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International

HY326 Slavery, Capital, and Empire in the British World, 1700-1900

HY325 Retreat from Power: British foreign and defence policy, 1931-68

Department of International Relations courses:

IR321 Revolutions and World Politics (H)

IR367 International Political Economy of the Environment (H)

IR347 Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H)

IR368 The Political Economy of Trade (H)

IR354 Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (H)

IR369 Politics of Money in the World Economy (H)

IR355 Economic Diplomacy (H)

Language Centre courses:

LN815 Russian: Level One (Fast Track)

LN820 Korean: Level 2 (Standard)

LN816 Russian: Level Three (Fast Track)

LN821 Mandarin: Level 5 (Legal Issues)

LN817 Russian: Level Five (Current Issues)

LN822 Mandarin: Level 5 (China Issues)

LN818 Portuguese: Level One (Fast Track)

LN823 Mandarin: Level 5 (Advanced Reading)

LN819 Portuguese: Level Two (Standard)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA319 Partial Differential Equations (H)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH230 Einstein for Everyone: From Time Travel to the Edge of the Universe (H)

PH232 Physics and the City: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (H)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO231 Knowledge, Power, and Social Change (H)

SO309 Atrocity and Justice (H)

Department of Statistics courses:

ST303 Stochastic Simulation (H)

Suspended courses for  2015-16
We regret we are unable to offer the following courses in the  2015-16 session.  For alternative option courses you should consult your academic adviser.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN216 Cognition and Anthropology: Human Development in Cultural Environments (H)

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography

AN230 The Anthropology of Industrialisation and Industrial Life (H)

AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (H) 

AN231 The Anthropology of China (H) (N/A 15/16)

AN251 Cognition and Anthropology: Learning and Thinking in Relation to Social Institutions (H)

AN238 Anthropology and Human Rights (H)

AN252 Anthropological Approaches to Value (H)

AN240 Investigating the Philippines: New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts 

AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (H) 

Department of Economic History courses:

EH205 Towns, Society and Economy in England and Europe, 1450-1750

EH301 The Origins of the World Economy, 1450 - 1750

EH225 Latin America and the International Economy

Department of Government courses:

GV303 From Empire to Globalization

GV366 Political Economy of the Developing World (N/A 15/16)

GV306 Global Public Policy (H)

Department of International History courses:

HY239 Latin America and the United States since 1898

HY241 What is History? Methods and Debates

HY319 Napoleon and Europe

Department of International Relations courses:

IR306 Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory

IR308 Systemic Change in the 20th Century: Theories of the Cold War

IR315 The Middle East and International Relations Theory

IR311 Europe's Institutional Order

IR367  International Political Economy of the Environment

Language Centre courses:

LN715 Mandarin: Level 3 (Standard)

LN801 French: Level 4 (Cinema and Society)

LN717 Mandarin: Level 4 (Standard)

LN807 French: Level 5 (CIA Courtauld Institute of Art)

LN720 Mandarin Chinese: Level 5 (Pronunciation For Cantonese Speakers)

LN809 Catalan: Level One (Fast Track)

Department of Law courses:

LL301 Global Commodities Law

Department of Management courses:

MG203 Organisational Theory and Behaviour

MG210 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H)

MG304 Digital Platform Innovation (H)

MG306 Managing Diversity in Organisations (H)

MG309 International Human Resource Management (H)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH229 Global Justice (H)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA204 Education Policy

Department of Social Psychology courses:

PS203 Societal Psychology: Theory and Applications

Department of Sociology courses:

SO230 Digital Technology, Speed and Culture

SO210 Crime, Deviance and Control

Withdrawn courses from  2015-16
The following courses will be permanently withdrawn, and no longer available in the  2015-16 session. For alternative option courses, please consult your academic adviser.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN227 The Anthropology of Economic Institutions and their Social Transformations

AN246 The Anthropology of Post-Soviet Eurasia (H) 

AN245 The Anthropology of Borders and Boundaries (H) 

AN268 Anthropology of Schooling (H)

Department of Government courses:

GV305 Sustainability Science and Policy: Problems and Perspectives

Department of International History courses:

HY208 The History of the United States since 1783

Department of International Relations courses:

IR304 The Politics of International Economic Relations

IR316 United Nations (H)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH219 Governing Knowledge: Foundational Issues in Science Policy (H)

PH231 Evidence and Policy (H)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA313 European Social Policy

Course code changes from  2015-16
The following courses have changed codes for the  2015-16 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code

New code

Department of International Relations courses:

IR304 The Politics of International Economic Relations

IR204 (H) - change to unit value

IR306 Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory

IR322 (H) - change to unit value

Department of Philosophy courses:

PH211 Philosophy of Economics

PH311

PH299 Essay on an Approved Subject in Philosophy

PH399

Department of Statistics courses:

ST305 Actuarial Mathematics (Life)

ST301 (H) - change to unit value

Course title changes from  2015-16
The following courses have changed their title for the  2015-16 session.  Course details can be viewed by clicking on the relevant link below.

Old title

New title

Department of International Relations courses:

IR304 The Politics of International Economic Relations

IR204 International Political Economy (H)

Department of Geography and the Environment courses:

GY100 Environment, Economy and Society

Introduction to Geography

Department of Philosophy courses:

PH214 Morality and Values

Philosophy, Morals and Politics

PH299 Essay on an Approved Subject in Philosophy

PH399 Dissertation in Philosophy

Department of Sociology:

SO100 Key Concepts in Sociology: An Introduction to Sociological Theory

Social Theory

SO110 Key Issues in Contemporary Societies: An Introduction to Contemporary Sociology

Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology

SO221 Researching London: An Introduction to Social Research Methods

Researching London: Methods for Social Research

SO302 Sociological Project

The Sociological Dissertation