2025/26 BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with a Year Abroad)

2025/26 UBPHPOLE2 BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with a Year Abroad)

Paper 1

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

You must take 1.0 units(s) should be taken from this section.

You must take 0.5 units(s) should be taken from this section.

MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5)

MA108 Methods in Calculus and Linear Algebra (0.5)

You must take 0.5 units(s) should be taken from this section.

ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5)

You must take 1.0 units(s) should be taken from this section.

MA100 Mathematical Methods (1.0)

Paper 2

This paper is examined at level I
This paper may be taken in year 1

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

GV101 Introduction to Political Science (1.0)

Paper 3

This paper is examined at level I
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You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy (1.0)

Paper 4

This paper is examined at level I
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Paper 5

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

GV249 Research Design in Political Science (1.0)
(Only if ST107 taken)
ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory (1.0)
(Only if MA100 taken)

You must take 1.0 units(s) should be taken from this section.

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5)

EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5)

Paper 6

This paper is examined at level II
This paper may be taken in year 2

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory (1.0)

Paper 7

This paper is examined at level II
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Paper 8

This paper is examined at level II
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Paper 9

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

PH341 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Applications (1.0)

Paper 10

This paper is examined at level IV
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Paper 11

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.

You may take between 0.0 and 1.0 units(s) from this section.

EC302 Political Economy (1.0)

EC307 Development Economics (1.0)

EC311 History of Economics: How Theories Change (1.0)

EC313 Industrial Economics (1.0)

EC317 Labour Economics (1.0)

EC321 Monetary Economics and Aggregate Fluctuations (1.0)

EC325 Public Economics (1.0)

EC328 Economics of Diversity and Discrimination (0.5)

EC330 Environmental Economics (1.0)

EC333 Problems of Applied Econometrics (1.0)

GV302 Key Themes in Political Thought (1.0)

GV307 Conflict and Cooperation: A Few Provocative Debates (0.5)
(NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)

GV309 Politics of Money and Finance in Comparative Perspective (0.5)

GV311 British Government (1.0)

GV313 Politics of Trade in Comparative Perspective (0.5)

GV314 Empirical Research in Government (1.0)

GV315 Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies (0.5)

GV316 Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory (0.5)

GV318 Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design (0.5)

GV319 Experimental Politics (0.5)

GV320 Populism (0.5)

GV321 Concepts and Controversies in Political Theory (0.5)

GV324 Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science (0.5)

GV325 Topics in Political Economy: Applications (0.5)

GV326 Conflict, War and Revolution - Approaches to Political Theory (1.0)
(NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)

GV327 Governance and Corruption (0.5)

GV328 Middle East Politics in Transnational Perspective (0.5)
(NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)

GV329 Making Democracy Work (0.5)

GV330 Data Science Applications to Politics Research (0.5)

GV333 Politics of Public Lands (0.5)

GV334 Comparative Perspectives on Inequality and Politics: Global North, Global South (0.5)
(NOT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED)

GV335 African Political Economy (0.5)

GV336 Latin America: Democracy and Development (0.5)
(NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)

GV337 Politics, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective (0.5)

GV338 Politics and Political Economy of India (0.5)

GV339 Global Change, Regional Responses: The Political Economy of National Development in the Global South (0.5)

GV340 The Art of Powerand Political Resistance (0.5)

GV341 Politics, Gender, and Development (0.5)

GV362 Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (0.5)

GV366 Political Economy of the Developing World (1.0)
(NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)

GV390 Government Dissertation Option (1.0)

GV398 Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology (1.0)
(NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)

GV3L1 Analytical Approaches to British Politics (0.5)
(NOT AVAILABLE - DISCONTINUED)

GV3L2 The Politics and Policy of Climate Change and Sustainability (0.5)

GV3L6 The Political Economy of Inequality (0.5)

LL306 Theories of Law (0.5)

LL307 Justifying Political Authority (0.5)

LN253 European Literature and Philosophy (1.0)

LN254 Literature and Aspects of Ethics (1.0)

PH112 Intermediate Logic and Probability (0.5)

PH201 Philosophy of Science (1.0)

PH214 Philosophy, Morals and Politics (1.0)

PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy (1.0)

PH223 Mind and Metaphysics (0.5)

PH224 Epistemology (0.5)

PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics (0.5)

PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5)
(NOT AVAILABLE 2025/26)

PH230 Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe (0.5)

PH232 Physics and Uncertainty: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes (0.5)

PH238 Philosophy of Language (0.5)

PH239 Anarchy, Authority and Evidence: Topics in Philosophy of Law (0.5)

PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)

PH241 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (0.5)

PH311 Philosophy of Economics (1.0)

PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)

PH399 Dissertation in Philosophy (1.0)

You may take between 0.0 and 1.0 units(s) from this section.

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5)

EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5)

Paper 12

This paper is examined at level IV
This paper may be taken in year 4

You must take 1.0 units(s) to satisfy this paper's requirements.