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:

Programme title changes for 2025/26

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 

Substantive changes to programme regulations for 2025/26

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
Department of International History 
BSc in International Relations and History Changes to year 1 semi-core courses under Paper 2, 3 and 4
Language Centre
BSc in International Relations and Chinese Changes to core courses under Paper 3 and Paper 7

Withdrawn programmes for 2025/26

The following programme(s) have been withdrawn from the 2025/26 session: 

withdrawn programmes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:

New courses from 2025/26

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

Department of Anthropology:
 AN253 Politics and Power: Debates in Anthropology (0.5)
 AN286 Ethnographic Methods and Skills: Individual Research Project (1.0)
 AN287 Environmental Anthropology (0.5)
 AN288 Gender, Sexuality and Kinship (0.5)
 AN379 Anthropology of Law and Human Rights (0.5)
 AN389 Anthropology of the Body (0.5)
 AN390 Anthropology and Religion (0.5)
 AN3A1 Understanding Religion in the Contemporary World (0.5)
Department of Statistics:
ST360 Placement Year (0.0)

Course code changes from 2025/26

 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
AN303 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology (0.5) AN273 Thinking as an Anthropologist (0.5)
Department of Geography and Environment
GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0) GY211 Introduction to Global Development (0.5)
Department of Mathematics
MA212 Further Mathematical Methods (1.0)  MA221 Further Mathematical Methods (Calculus) (0.5)
MA222 Further Mathematical Methods (Linear Algebra) (0.5)

Course title changes from 2025/26

 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 Statistics
ST226 Actuarial Investigation: Financial (0.5) ST226 Mathematics for Finance and Investment (0.5)