BSc in Government and History
Programme Code: UBGVHY
Department: Government
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 |
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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International History since 1890 | |
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Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 | |
3 |
Either the course not taken under Paper 1 or a further course from Paper 2 | |
4 |
An approved course taught outside the Departments of Government and International History | |
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Students may also take the following optional unassessed course which runs during Weeks 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 of Michaelmas Term only: | |
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Thinking Like a Historian | |
Year 2 | ||
5 |
One from: | |
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Introduction to Political Theory (compulsory if not taken in Year 1) | |
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Introduction to Political Science (compulsory if not taken in Year 1) | |
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An approved course from the Government List A (if both GV100 and GV101 taken in Year 1) | |
6 |
Any course from Government List A | |
7 & 8 |
Two courses from the History List A | |
Year 3 | ||
9 |
Either GV390 Government Dissertation Option * | |
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Or A course from Government List B | |
10 |
Any course from the History List B | |
11 |
Either Any course from Government List A | |
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Or Any course from the History List B | |
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Or HY300 Dissertation * | |
12 |
Either Any course from Government List A or | |
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An approved course taught outside the Departments of Government and International History | |
Notes |
* The following courses are mutually exclusive and only one of them can be chosen: GV390 and HY300. | |
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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 List A
Public Choice and Politics | |
Politics of Economic Policy | |
Democracy and Democratisation | |
Theories and Problems of Nationalism (not available 2017/18) | |
Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives | |
Research Design in Political Science | |
Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union | |
Contemporary Political Theory | |
Public Policy Analysis | |
Politics and Institutions in Europe |
Government List B
Key Themes in the History of Political Thought | |
Global Public Policy (H) | |
Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Leadership in the Political World (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Politics of Money and Finance in Comparative Perspective | |
British Government | |
Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (not available 2017/18) | |
Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective | |
Empirical Research in Government | |
Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies (H) | |
Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory (H) | |
The Modern State - Theory and Practice (H) | |
Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design (H) | |
Experimental Politics (H) | |
Populism (H) | |
Advanced Issues in Political Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
African Political Economy (H) | |
Political Economy of the Developing World | |
Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology |
History List A
The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International | |
HY203 |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion (withdrawn 2017/18) |
The International History of Cold War, 1945-1989 | |
The History of Russia, 1682-1825 | |
The Great War 1914-1918 | |
War, Genocide and Nation Building. The History of South-Eastern Europe 1914-1990 | |
HY233 |
Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750 (withdrawn 2017/18) |
Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 |
The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992 | |
Latin America and the United States since 1898 (not available 2017/18) | |
From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day | |
What is History? Methods and Debates | |
The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History | |
Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 | |
The United States and the World since 1776 |
History List B
Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75) (not available 2017/18) | |
The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799 | |
Napoleon and Europe | |
The Cold War Endgame | |
Nazi Germany's War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 | |
Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825 (not available 2017/18) | |
Muslim-Jewish Relations: History and Memory in the Middle East and Europe, 622-1945 | |
Retreat from Power: British foreign and defence policy, 1931-68 (not available 2017/18) | |
Slavery, Capital, and Empire in the British World, 1700-1900 (not available 2017/18) | |
The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1939-89 | |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion | |
Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development | |
From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century |
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.
