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New programmes for 2023/24
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2023/24:

Department of Mathematics:

BSc in Mathematics with Data Science

Department of Statistics:

BSc in Actuarial Science (with a Placement Year)

Programme title changes for 2023/24
The following programmes have changed title for the 2023/24 session.

Old title:

New title:

Department of Geography

BSc in Environment and Development

BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development

BSc in Environmental Policy with Economics

BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics

 Substantive changes to programme regulations for 2023/24
The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2023/24 session.

Department of Accounting:

BSc in Accounting and Finance (first year students in 2023/24)

Change to core courses

Department of Anthropology:

BA in Anthropology and Law (first year students in 2023/24)

Year 1: Change to core courses and addition of a compulsory introductory course, LL141
Year 2: Change to core courses
Year 3: Change from LL275 “Property II” to LL276 “Property” and change to the choice of Law options

Department of Economics:

BSc in Economics (first year students in 2023/24)

Paper 3 semi-core course change from MA107 to MA108

BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (first year students in 2023/24)

Paper 3 semi-core course change from MA107 to MA108

Department of Economic History:

BSc in Economic History (first year students in 2023/24)

Withdrawal of core un-assessed course EH103

BSc in Economics History and Geography (first year students in 2023/24)

(second year students in 2023/24)

BSc in Economic History and Geography (third year students in 2023/24)

Paper 12 core course change from EH391 to EH390

Department of Finance:

BSc in Finance (first year students in 2023/24)

Paper 4 core course change from MA100 (1.0) to FM102 (0.5) and MA108 (0.5)

Department of Geography and Environment:

BA in Geography (second year students in 2023/24)

Paper 6 core course GY212 (0.5) now optional under papers 6, 7 & 8

Department of Government:

BSc in Politics and Data Science (first year students in 2023/24)

BSc in Politics and Data Science (second year students in 2023/24)

Paper 6 core course addition of PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)

BSc in Politics and Philosophy (first year students in 2023/24)

BSc in Politics and Philosophy (second year students in 2023/24)

Paper 7 core course change from PH203 (1.0) to PH226 (0.5)

Law School:

(first year students in 2023/24)

Change to year one core courses

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method:

BSc in Philosophy and Economics (first year students in 2023/24)

Papers 2&3 new semi-core course MA108

BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (first year students in 2023/24)

Paper 1 new semi-core course MA108
Removal of PH340 PPE Research Seminar (0.0) in Year 3 and addition of PH344 Research Seminar (0.5) at Paper 10.
Addition of the option to take a Year Abroad in Year 3 of the programme.

BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (second year students in 2023/24)

Removal of PH340 PPE Research Seminar (0.0) in Year 3 and addition of PH344 Research Seminar (0.5) at Paper 10.
Addition of the option to take a Year Abroad in Year 3 of the programme.

Department of Social Policy:

BSc in International Social and Public Policy  (first year students in 2023/24)

Withdrawal of semi-core course SP110

Department of Statistics:

BSc in Data Science (first year students in 2023/24)

Change to papers 4 and 5

New courses for 2023/24
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2023/24.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN283 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)

AN292 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)

AN393 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5)

Department of Economics courses:

Environmental Economics (1.0)

Department of Economic History courses:

The Internationalisation of Economic Growth (0.5)

Department of Finance courses:

FM102 Quantitative Methods for Finance (0.5)

Department of Government courses:

GV252 Politics and Policy of Data Science (0.5)

Department of Geography courses:

GY212 Pathways in Human Geography (0.5)

GY317 Geograhies of Urban Violence (0.5)

Department of International Relations courses:

IR327 World Orders in Historical International Relations (0.5)

IR391 Globalisation and the State in Developing Countries (0.5)

Language Centre courses:

LN341 Mandarin in the Global Workplace (0.5)

LN370 Discourse and Communication (1.0)

Law School courses:

LL141 Introduction to Legal Systems (0.0)

LL142 Contract Law (1.0)

LL143 Tort Law (1.0)

LL208 Race, Class and Law (0.5)

LL211 Law, Poverty and Access to Justice (0.5)

LL302 Restitution for Unjust Enrichment (0.5)

LL303 Cultural Heritage and Art Law (0.5)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA108 Methods in Calculus and Linear Algebra (0.5)

Department of Philosophy courses:

PH240 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP315 Urbanisation and Social Policy in Global Souths (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO314 Class, Culture and Meritocrary (0.5)

Department of Statistics courses:

ST314 Multilevel and Longitudinal Models (0.5)

Course title changes from 2023/24
The following courses have changed title for the 2023/24 session.

Old title

New title

Department of International History:

HY113 From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

HY113 From Empire to Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

HY333 Enslavement, commerce, and political formations in West Africa, c. 1550-1850 (1.0)

HY333 People and Power in West African History, c. 1450-1850 (1.0)

Department of International Relations:

IR323 Gendered/ing and International Politics (0.5)

IR323 Gendered/ing International Politics (0.5)

IR367 Global Environmental Politics (0.5)

IR367 Political Economy of Climate Change (0.5)

IR379 Russia in World Politics (0.5)

IR379 Eastern Europe: Domestic Regimes and Foreign Policies (0.5)

杏吧论坛 Law School:

LL100 Foundational Legal Skills (0.0)

LL100 Legal Studies Skills (0.0)

LL203 Law of Business Associations (Company Law) (1.0)

LL203 Company Law (1.0)

杏吧论坛100:

杏吧论坛100A The 杏吧论坛 Course: How can we avert climate catastrophe? (0.5)

杏吧论坛100A The 杏吧论坛 Course: How can we transform our climate futures? (0.5)

Department of Management:

MG308 Simulation Modelling and Analysis (0.5)

MG308 Simulations for Managerial Decisions (0.5)

MG312 Extreme Organisational Behaviour: Examining behaviour in non-normative organisational contexts (0.5)

MG312 Science of People in Workplaces (0.5)

Department of Mathematics:

MA318 History of Mathematics in Finance and Economics (0.5)

MA318 History and Culture of Mathematics (0.5)

Department of Media and Communications:

MC300 Showcase Portfolio: Media Power and Communication Practice (0.5)

MC300 Media Power and Communication Practice (Showcase Portfolio) (0.5)

Course code changes from 2023/24
 The following courses have changed codes for the 2023/24 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code

New code

Department of Accounting and Finance:

AC100 Elements of Accounting and Finance (1.0)

AC105 Introduction to Financial Accounting (0.5)

AC106 Introduction to Management Accounting (0.5)

Data Science Institute:

DS101M Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)

DS101A Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)

DS101L Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)

DS101W Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)

DS105M Data for Data Science (0.5)

DS105A Data for Data Science (0.5)

DS105L Data for Data Science (0.5)

DS105W Data for Data Science (0.5)

Department of Economics:

EC301 Advanced Economic Analysis (1.0)

EC334 Advanced Macroeconomics (0.5)

EC335 Economic Policy in the Global Economy (0.5)

EC309 Econometric Theory (1.0)

EC336 Econometric Theory A (0.5)

EC337 Econometric Theory B (0.5)

EC315 International Economics (1.0)

EC338 International Trade (0.5)

EC339 International Macroeconomics (0.5)

Department of Geography and Environment:

GY205 Political Geographies (1.0)

GY204 Political Geography (0.5)

Department of Government:

GV342M Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Capstone (0.5)

GV343 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Capstone (0.5)

GV342L Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Research Project (0.5)

GV344 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Research Project (0.5)

杏吧论坛 Law School:

LL275 Property II (1.0)

LL276 Property (1.0)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method:

PH203 Philosophy of the Social Sciences (1.0)

PH226 Philosophy of Society (0.5

PH217 Set Theory and Further Logic (1.0)

PH236 Set Theory (0.5)

PH237 Advanced Logic (0.5)

Department of Statistics:

ST101 Programming for Data Science (0.5)

ST101A Programming for Data Science (0.5)

ST101W Programming for Data Science (0.5)

Withdrawn courses for 2023/24
The following courses have been withdrawn for the 2023/24 session.

Department of Anthropology:

AN247 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5)

Department of Economic History:

EH103 Making Economic History Count (0.0)

EH313 Economic History Lab: Cities, Economy and Society, 1550-1750 (1.0)

EH391 Dissertation in Historical Economic Geography (1.0)

Department of Economics:

EC201 Microeconomic Principles I (1.0)

EC210 Macroeconomic Principles (1.0)

Department of Geography and Environment:

GY205 Political Geographies (1.0)

Department of International History:

HY232 War, Genocide and Nation Building. The History of South-Eastern Europe 1914-1990 (1.0)

HY238 The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992 (1.0)

Department of Management:

MG315 Marketing Action Learning Project (0.5)

Department of Mathematics:

MA303 Chaos in Dynamical Systems (0.5)

Department of Social Policy:

SP110 Sociology and Social Policy (1.0)

Department of Sociology:

SO210 Crime, Deviance and Control (1.0)

Suspended courses for 2023/24
The following courses have been suspended for the 2023/24 session.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN1E0 Being Human: Contemporary Themes in Social Anthropology (Anthropology Exchanges) (0.5)

AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)

AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)

AN240 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5)

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)

AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)

AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)

AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5)

AN275 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5)

AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)

AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)

AN282 Bangladesh and Beyond: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)

AN284 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)

AN2E0 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (Anthropology Exchanges) (0.5)

AN2E6 Political and Legal Anthropology (Anthropology Exchanges) (0.5)

AN3E1 The Anthropology of Religion (Anthropology Exchanges) (0.5)

Department of Economic History courses:

EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (1.0)

EH217 Chinese Economic History since 1800: A Chronology (0.5)

EH218 Chinese Economic History since 1800: Economic Growth in a Historical Perspective (0.5)

EH221 Boom and Bust: Macroeconomic History of the Modern World (1.0)

EH307 The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000 (1.0)

EH326 Innovation and its Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)

European Institute courses:

EU3A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5)

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY308 The Economic Geography of Growth and Development (0.5)

GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5)

Department of Government courses:

GV250 Ethics and Politics of Artificial Intelligence (0.5)

GV312 Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (1.0)

GV323 Transparency and Accountability in Government (0.5)

GV331 Capstone Data Science & Civic Engagement (0.5)

GV398 Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology (1.0)

Department of International History courses:

HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 (1.0)

HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (1.0)

HY323 Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825 (1.0)

HY336 The United States and nuclear weapons from the Manhattan project to the end of the Cold War (1.0)

Department of International Relations courses:

IR305 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0)

IR314 Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security (0.5)

IR319 Empire and Conflict in World Politics (0.5)

IR325 The Situations of the International Criminal Court (0.5)

IR326 The Rule of Law: A Global History (0.5)

Language Centre courses:

LN340 Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (1.0)

LN738 French: Level 5 (European Issues)

LN805 Spanish: Level One (Standard for speakers of non Indo-European languages (0.0)

LN954 Informal Vocabulary (0.0)

LN955 Academic Vocabulary (0.0)

LN956 Grammar for Academic Purposes (0.0)

LN960 Grammar for Academic Purposes II (0.0)

Law School courses:

LL259 Legal and Social Change since 1750 (1.0)

LL301 Global Commodities Law (1.0)

Department of Management courses:

MG228 Managing the Stone-Age Brain (0.5)

MG310 Strategic Decision Making (0.5)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA315 Algebra and its Applications (0.5)

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC300 Media Power and Communication Practice (Showcase Portfolio) (0.5)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH238 Philosophy of Language (0.5)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)

PB301 Cognition and Culture (0.5)

PB302 Creativity and Innovation (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP232 Health and Social Care Policy (1.0)

SP271 Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice (1.0)

SP314 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5)

SP374 Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO234 Digital Technology, Speed and Culture (0.5)

Assessment changes for 2023/24

Undergraduate summative assessment information for 2023/24