BSc in Geography with Economics

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Programme Code: UBGYWEC

Department: Geography and Environment

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year Classification Scheme for BA/BSc degrees from the 2018/19 academic year.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Please also note that permission to take unlisted outside courses may be given in exceptional circumstances but would require approval by the Academic Mentor and Departmental Tutor.
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)
Year 1
LSE100	LSE100 is a half unit taken by all students, running across Autumn and Winter Terms in the first year. The course provides one of the marks that is eligible to be included in the calculation of the First Year Average for purposes of classification. Students will choose ONE of the three half-unit options below: LSE100A The LSE Course: How can we transform our climate futures? (0.5)
	LSE100B The LSE Course: How can we control AI? (0.5)
	LSE100C The LSE Course: How can we create a fair society? (0.5)

Paper 1	EC1A3 Microeconomics I (0.5) # and EC1B3 Macroeconomics I (0.5) #
Paper 2	MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) # and ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5) #
Paper 3	GY100 Introduction to Geography (1.0)

Paper 4
	One from the following: GY103 Contemporary Europe (1.0)
	GY121 Sustainable Development (1.0)
	GY144 Human Geography and the City (1.0)

Skills Course	GY101 Succeeding in your degree: Critical skills for Geography and Environment students (0.0)

Year 2
Paper 5
	EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5)

	And either: EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5)
	EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5)

Paper 6	GY209 The Economic Geography of Trade, Production and Development (0.5) # and GY210 The Economics of Cities (0.5) #
Paper 7	GY245 Quantitative Methods in Geography and GIS (0.5) # and GY247 Field Methods in Geography with Economics (0.5)
Paper 8	A B
	Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following: EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5)
	EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5)
	EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5)
	GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	GY204 Political Geography (0.5) #
	GY206 Urban Geography and Globalisation (0.5) #
	GY207 Economy, Society and Place (0.5)
	GY211 Introduction to Global Development (0.5)
	GY212 Pathways in Human Geography (0.5) #
	GY222 Applied Environmental Economics (1.0)
	GY307 Regional Economic Development (0.5)
	GY308 The Economic Geography of Growth and Development (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

Year 3
Paper 9	GY313 Firms and Economic Geography: Location, Technology and Innovation (0.5) # and GY314 The Economics of Housing Markets and Migration (0.5) #
Papers 10, 11 & 12
	Courses to the value of 3.0 unit(s) from the following: Students may take the following combinations: up to 3.0 unit(s) from Level 3 options up to 2.0 unit(s) from Approved economics options up to 1.0 unit(s) from Paper 8 options
	Level 3 options
	Approved economics courses
	Paper 8 options list

Level 3 options



GY307 Regional Economic Development (0.5)
GY308 The Economic Geography of Growth and Development (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
GY310 Urban Politics (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
GY311 The Political Economy of Urbanisation (0.5)
GY315 Geographies of Race (0.5)
GY316 Gender, Space and Power (0.5)
GY317 Geographies of Urban Violence (0.5)
GY326 Sustainable Business and Finance (0.5)
GY327 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)
GY328 Political Ecology of Development (0.5)
GY329 Applied Economics of Environment and Development (0.5)
GY331 Geographies of Global Migration (0.5)
GY350 Dissertation (1.0)

Approved economics courses



EC307 Development Economics (1.0) #
EC325 Public Economics (1.0) #
EC328 Economics of Diversity and Discrimination (0.5) #
EC330 Environmental Economics (1.0) #
EC338 International Trade (0.5)
EC339 International Macroeconomics (0.5) #

Paper 8 options list



EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5)
EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5)
EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5)
GY204 Political Geography (0.5) #
GY206 Urban Geography and Globalisation (0.5) #
GY207 Economy, Society and Place (0.5)
GY211 Introduction to Global Development (0.5)
GY212 Pathways in Human Geography (0.5) #
GY222 Applied Environmental Economics (1.0)
GY307 Regional Economic Development (0.5)
GY308 The Economic Geography of Growth and Development (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Paper 8, EC2B3: If not taken under paper 5.

B: Paper 8, EC2C3: If not taken under paper 5.

Level 1 courses are not permitted as part of this degree programme in Years 2 and 3. Modern language courses are not permitted in any year. Students wishing to study a modern language are encouraged to take one of the LSE Language Centre's extra-curricular courses.

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.