Updated undergraduate course and programme information 2017/18 - for prospective students

The following information provides prospective undergraduate students with a summary of new courses course and programmes being offered in the 2017/18 session. It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.

Undergraduate programmes

Updated undergraduate summative assessment information for 2017/18

New programmes for 2017/18
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2017/18:

Department of Mathematics, Department of Statistics

BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics

 

Withdrawn programmes for 2017/18
The following programmes have been withdrawn for the 2017/18  session.

Department of Statistics

BSc in Statistics with Finance

 

Substantive changes to Programme regulations from 2017/18
The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2017/18 session.

Department of Finance

BSc in Finance

Department of Geography & Environment

BSc in Geography with Economics

Department of Government

BSc in Politics and International Relations (First year students in 2017/18)

Department of International History

BSc in International Relations and History (First year students in 2017/18)

Department of International Relations

BSc in International Relations (First year students in 2017/18)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (First year students in 2017/18)

Department of Social Policy

BSc in Social Policy (First and second year students in 2017/18)

Department of Management

BSc in Management (First year students in 2017/18)

Department of Mathematics

BSc in Mathematics and Economics
BSc in Mathematics with Economics

Department of Statistics

BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics (First year students in 2017/18)
BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics (Second year students in 2017/18)
BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics (Third year students in 2017/18)

Undergraduate courses

Updated undergraduate summative assessment information for 2017/18

New courses for 2017/18
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2017/18.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (H) (reinstated)

AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (H)

Department of Economics courses:

EC340 PPE Interdisciplinary Research Seminar

 

Department of Economic History courses:

EH103 Making Economic History Count (non assessed)

 

Department of Finance courses:

 

FM101 Finance (H)

 

FM200 Financial Systems and Crises (H)

FM201 Macroeconomics and Finance (H)

Department of Government courses:

GV319 Experimental Politics (H)

GV320 Populism (H)

GV398 Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology

 

Department of International Relations courses:

IR205 International Security

 

Department of International History courses:

HY245 The United States and the World since 1776

HY330 From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century

HY328 The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion

HY329 Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development

Department of International Relations courses:

IR326 The Rule of Law: A Global History (H)

IR373 China and the Global South (H)

IR377 The Politics of Governance, Development and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (H)

 

Language Centre courses:

LN829 Arabic: Level One (Integrated Approach) (non assessed)

LN950 Improvisation (non assessed)

LN951 Argumentation and Style (non assessed)

LN952 Discussion (non assessed)

LN953 Academic Reading (non assessed)

LN954 Informal Vocabulary (non assessed)

LN955 Academic Vocabulary (non assessed)

LN956 Grammar for Academic Purposes (non assessed)

LN957 Pronunciation and Voice (non assessed)

LN958 Seminar Skills (non assessed)

LN959 Presentation Skills (non assessed)

 

Department of Management courses:

MG104 Operations Management (H)

MG105 Organisational Behaviour and Leadership (H)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO232 Sociology of Health and Illness (H)

SO233 Reactionary Radicalism: Populism and Authoritarianism in the 21st Century (H)

SO313 Material Culture and Everyday Life (H)

 

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA303 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (H)

 

Department of Statistics courses:

ST206 Probability and Distribution Theory (H)

 

 

Suspended courses for  2017/18
We regret we are unable to offer the following courses in the  2017/18 session. For alternative option courses you should consult your academic adviser.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (H)

AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (H)

AN238 Anthropology and Human Rights (H)

AN240 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (H)

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (H)

AN244 Anthropology and Media (H)

AN247 The Anthropology of Ontology (H)

AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (H)

AN274 Subjectivity and Anthropology

 

Department of Economics courses:

EC303 Economic Policy Analysis

 

Department of Economic History courses:

EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000

EH307 The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000

EH325 Issues in Modern Japanese Economic Development: Late Industrialisation, Imperialism and High Speed Growth

EH327 China's Traditional Economy and its Growth in the Very Long-Term

Department of Finance courses:

FM301 Market Anomalies and Asset Management (H)

FM302 Theories of Corporate Finance (H)

FM304 Applied corporate Finance (H)

FM305 Advanced Asset Markets (H)

FM321 Risk Management and Modelling (H)

FM322 Derivatives (H)

Gender Institute courses:

GI200 Gender, Politics and Civil Society

 

Department of Government courses:

GV247 Theories and Problems of Nationalism

GV307 Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H)

GV308 Leadership in the Political World (H)

GV312 Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics

GV325 Advanced Issues in Political Economy (H)

GV342 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Capstone and Research Project

Department of International History courses:

HY239 Latin America and the United States since 1898

HY311 Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75)

HY323 Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825

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

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

 

Department of International Relations courses:

IR312 Genocide (H)

IR320 Europe's Institutional Order (H)

IR347 Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H)

 

Language Centre courses:

LN320 Spanish Language and Society 5 (mastery)

LN812 Catalan: Level Four (Standard)

LN814 Mandarin: Level Five (Current Issues)

LN816 Russian: Level Three (Fast Track)

LN823 Mandarin: Level 5 (Advanced Reading)

 

Department of Management courses:

MG103 Management, Labour and Work

MG202 Analytical Methods for Management

MG203 Organisational Theory and Behaviour

MG210 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H)

MG304 Digital Platform Innovation (H)

MG309 International Human Resource Management (H)

MG311 Behavioural Decision Science for Management and Policy (H)

 

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA305 Optimisation in Function Spaces (H)

MA331 Practical Optimisation Modelling (H)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH213 Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues

PH220 Scientific Method and Policy

PH301 Rationality and Choice

PH341 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Applications

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PS110 Foundations of Psychological Science

 

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA218 Criminological Perspectives

SA224 Introduction to Global Population Change

SA302 Assessing Social Progress

 

Department of Sociology courses:

SO230 Digital Technology, Speed and Culture (H)

SO309 Atrocity and Justice (H)

SO310 The Sociology of Elites (H)

 

 

Withdrawn courses for 2017/18
The following courses will be permanently withdrawn, and no longer available in the 2017/18 session. For alternative option courses, please consult your academic adviser

Department of International History courses:

HY203 The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion

HY233 Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750

Language Centre non-degree courses:

LN961 Academic Communication Skills

LN962 Academic Communication Skills

LN963 Academic Communication Skills

LN964 Academic Communication Skills

LN965 Academic Communication Skills

LN966 Academic Communication Skills

LN967 Academic Communication Skills

 

Department of Management courses:

MG100 Leadership and Communication in Teams (H)

MG101 Core Business Disciplines: Finance and Operations Management (H)

MG102 Organisational Behaviour (H)

MG306 Managing Diversity in Organisations (H)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH229 Global Justice (H)

 

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

PS940 The Psychology Department Seminar

 

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA105 Crime and Society

SA250 Demographic Description and Analysis

SA320 Comparative and International Social Policy

 

Department of Sociology courses:

SO211 Sociology of Health and Medicine

 

 

Course code changes from 2017/18
The following courses have changed department codes for the 2017/18 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code

New code

Department of International Relations:

IR204 International Political Economy (H)

IR206 International Political Economy

Department of Law:

LL298 Half-Unit Dissertation on an approved legal topic (H)

LL398 Half-Unit Dissertation on an approved legal topic (H)

LL299 Full-Unit Dissertation on an approved legal topic

LL399 Full-Unit Dissertation on an approved legal topic

Department of Management:

Department of Mathematics:

MG211 Operational Research Methods

MA231 Operational Research Methods

MG313 Practical Optimisation Modelling (H)

MA331 Practical Optimisation Modelling (H) (not available 2017/18)

Department of Social Policy:

SA103 Introduction to Global Population Change

SA224 Introduction to Global Population Change

 

Course title changes from 2017/18
The following courses have changed title for the 2017/18 session. 

Old title

New title

Department of Geography & Environment courses:

GY140 Methods in Spatial and Social Analysis

GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research

GY244 London's Geographies: An Introduction to Cultural and Historical Geography

GY244 London's Geographies

Department of History courses:

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

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

Department of International Relations courses:

IR100 Concepts in International Society

IR100 Issues and Concepts in International Relations

Department of Law courses:

LL284 Sentencing and Treatment of Offenders

LL284 Topics in Sentencing and Criminal Justice

Language Centre courses:

LN735 French: Level Five (Grammar Advanced)

LN735 French: Level Five (Writing)

LN826 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT1)

LN826 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT- A)

LN827 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT2)

LN827 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT-B1)

LN828 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT3)

LN828 Mandarin for Business (Leading to BCT- B2)

Department of Management courses:

MG205 Learning from Quantitative Data

MG205 Econometrics: Theory and Applications

MG310 Risk and Decision Analysis for Management and Policy (H)

MG310 Analytics for Strategic Decisions (H)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA314 Algorithms in Java (H)

MA314 Algorithms and Programming (H)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH103 Reason, Knowledge and Values: An Introduction to Philosophy

PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA104 Social Economics and Policy

SA104 Social Economics, Politics and Policy

SA349 A Long Essay on an Approved Topic

SA349 Dissertation