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 2026/27 session.

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


 

Undergraduate Programmes:

New Programme for 2026/27

new programme
Department of Statistics    
BSc in Economics and Data Science    

 

Substantive changes to programme regulations for 2026/27

Department of Accounting
BSc in Accounting and Finance (first year students only) Change to Years 2 and 3 core courses. 
Language Centre
BSc International Relations and Chinese (first year students only) LN104 added under Paper 3

 

 

Undergraduate Courses:

New courses from 2026/27

 

new courses
 Law School:
 LL285 Legal Adjudication: Forms, Authority, Society
 Department of Sociology:
SO315 The Sociology of Generations

Course code changes from 2026/27

course code changes
Old Code  New Code
Department of Mathematics
MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0) MA102 Mathematical Proof and Analysis (0.5)
MA104 - Abstract Mathematics and Algorithms (0.5)
Department of Statistics
ST202 Probability, Distribution Theory and Inference (1.0)  ST206 Probability and Distribution Theory (0.5)
ST216 Statistical Inference (0.5)

Course title changes from 2026/27

Old Title  New Title
Data Science Institute
DS202A/W Data Science for Social Scientists (0.5) DS202A/W Machine Learning for Social Scientists (0.5)
Department of Economic History
EH237 Theories and Evidence in Economic History (1.0) EH237 Research Methods in Economic History (1.0)

Suspended courses for 2026/27

The following courses will not be available during the 2026/27 session: 

suspended
Department of Accounting
AC207 Economics of Accounting: Research Methods and Evidence (0.5)
Department of Anthropology
AN319 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)
AN320 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)
AN324 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)
AN358 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)
AN363 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)
AN379 Anthropology of Law and Human Rights (0.5)
AN380 Public Anthropology (0.5)
AN383 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)
AN384 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)
AN390 Anthropology and Religion (0.5)
AN392 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)
AN393 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5)
Department of Economic History
 
 

Withdrawn courses from 2026/27

The following courses have been withdrawn from the 2026/27 session:

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Department of Geography
GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5)
Department of Government
GV267 Global Political Thought (1.0)