Undergraduate course and programme information for prospective students

The following information provides prospective undergraduate students with a summary of new and updated course and programme information for the 2025/26 session.

It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.

This page will continue to be updated throughout the academic year as changes are confirmed by departments.

Undergraduate Programmes:

The following programmes will change title for the 2025/26 session.

Department of Social Policy
Old title	New title
BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics	BSc International Social and Public Policy with Economics

The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2025/26 session.

Department of Geography and Environment
BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development	Changes to core courses under Paper 5
Department of Government
BSc in Politics and Economics	Additional options under Paper 10 Economics Options List
BSc in Politics	New specialism - Data Science (for 25/26 entrants)
Department of International History
BSc in International Relations and History	Changes to year 1 semi-core courses under Paper 2, 3 and 4
Department of Mathematics
BSc Mathematics with Data Science	Changes to core courses under Paper 1, 5 and 8
Language Centre
BSc in International Relations and Chinese	Changes to core courses under Paper 3 and Paper 7

The following programme(s) have been withdrawn from the 2025/26 session:

**withdrawn programmes**
Department of Government
BSc in Politics and Data Science

Undergraduate Courses:

The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2025/26.

new courses
Department of Anthropology:
AN253 Politics and Power: Debates in Anthropology (0.5)
AN279 Anthropology of Law and Human Rights (0.5)
AN286 Ethnographic Methods and Skills: Individual Research Project (1.0)
AN287 Environmental Anthropology (0.5)
AN288 Gender, Sexuality and Kinship (0.5)
AN290 Anthropology and Religion (0.5)
AN389 Anthropology of the Body (0.5)
AN3A1 Understanding Religion in the Contemporary World (0.5)
Department of Economics:
EC312 Topics in Political Economy: Theory (0.5)
Department of Geography and Environment:
GY360 Sustainability in Practice (0.5)
Department of Government:
GV339 Global Change, Regional Responses: The Political Economy of National Development in the Global South (0.5)
GV340 The Art of Power and Political Resistance (0.5)
GV341 Politics, Gender, and Development (0.5)
Department of International History:
HY250 Britain, Brussels, Bruges & Brexit: Reassessing Four Decades of UK EC/EU Membership (1.0)
HY337 Sources for the Subcontinent: The Culture and Politics of South Asia (1.0)
Department of International Relations:
IR334 European Defence and Security (0.5)
IR336 The EU in the World (0.5)
Law School:
LL222 Data Law and Policy (0.5)
LL246 Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law (0.5)
LL249 Legal Aspects of Commercial Property (0.5)
LL308 Commercial Trusts Law (0.5)
Department of Mathematics:
MA336 Mathematics of Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain (0.5)
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science:
PB339 Critical Perspectives on Leadership during Challenging Times (0.5)
PB340 Modelling Minds in Society (0.5)
Department of Social Policy:
SP343 Social Policy of Climate Change (0.5)
SP373 Policing, Security and Globalisation (0.5)
Department of Statistics:
ST360 Placement Year (0.0)

The following courses will change codes for the 2025/26 session. Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code	New code
Department of Anthropology
AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)	AN324 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)
AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)	AN319 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)
AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)	AN320 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)
AN237 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)	AN336 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)
AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)	AN358 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)
AN245 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)	AN363 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)
AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)	AN350 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)
AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5)	AN369 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5)
AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)	AN376 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)
AN277 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)	AN377 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)
AN280 Public Anthropology (0.5)	AN380 Public Anthropology (0.5)
AN281 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)	AN381 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)
AN283 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)	AN383 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)
AN284 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)	AN384 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)
AN292 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)	AN392 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)
AN303 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology (0.5)	AN273 Thinking as an Anthropologist (0.5)
Department of Finance
FM201 Macro-Finance (0.5)	FM306 Macro-Finance (0.5)
FM304 Applied Corporate Finance (0.5)	FM204 Applied Corporate Finance (0.5)
Department of Geography and Environment
GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0)	GY211 Introduction to Global Development (0.5)
Law School
LL300 Competition Law (1.0)	LL310 Competition Law (0.5)
Department of Mathematics
MA212 Further Mathematical Methods (1.0)	MA221 Further Mathematical Methods (Calculus) (0.5)
MA212 Further Mathematical Methods (1.0)	MA222 Further Mathematical Methods (Linear Algebra) (0.5)
Department of Statisitcs
ST101 Programming for Data Science (0.5)	ST101A Programming for Data Science (0.5)
ST101 Programming for Data Science (0.5)	ST101W Programming for Data Science (0.5)

The following courses will change title for the 2025/26 session.

Old title	New title
Department of Anthropology
AN102 Ethnography through Mixed Media (1.0)	AN102 Anthropology through Mixed Media (1.0)
AN303 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology (0.5)	AN273 Thinking as an Anthropologist (0.5)
Department of Government
GV325 Topics in Political Economy (0.5)	GV325 Topics in Political Economy: Applications (0.5)
Department of Statistics
ST226 Actuarial Investigation: Financial (0.5)	ST226 Mathematics for Finance and Investment (0.5)