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 (2026/27 entry students) Change to Years 2 and 3 core courses. 
Department of Finance
BSc in Finance (2026/27 entry students) Year 1: FM102 change from compulsory to core, MA102 and MA104 added as core options.
Year 3: FM321 and FM322 change from compulsory to core.
BSc in Finance (2025/26 entry students) Year 3: FM321 and FM322 change from compulsory to core.
BSc in Finance (2024/25 entry students)
Department of Geography and Environment
BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development (2026/27 entry students) Year 2: Compulsory course GY220 (1.0) replaced with GY223 (0.5) and GY224 (0.5)
BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development (2025/26 entry students)
BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics (2026/27 entry students)
BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics (2025/26 entry students)
Centre for Language Studies
BSc International Relations and Chinese (2026/27 entry students) LN104 added under Paper 3
Department of Mathematics
BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics (2026/27 entry students) Year 1, Paper 4: MA103 (1.0) replaced with MA102 (0.5) and MA104 (0.5)
Year 2, Paper 7: ST202 (1.0) replaced with ST206 (0.5) and ST216 (0.5)
BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics (2025/26 entry students) Year 2, Paper 7: ST202 (1.0) replaced with ST206 (0.5) and ST216 (0.5)
BSc in Mathematics with Data Science (2026/27 entry students) Year 1, Paper 4: MA103 (1.0) replaced with MA102 (0.5) and MA104 (0.5)
Year 2, Paper 8: ST202 removed. ST206 (0.5) now compulsory.  ST216 (0.5) added as a core option.
BSc in Mathematics with Data Science (2025/26 entry students) Year 2, Paper 8: ST202 removed. ST206 (0.5) now compulsory.  ST216 (0.5) added as a core option.
BSc in Mathematics and Economics (2026/27 entry students) Year 1, Paper 4: MA103 replaced wtih MA102 (0.5 and MA104 (0.5)
BSc in Mathematics with Economics (2026/27 entry students) Year 1, Paper 4: MA103 replaced wtih MA102 (0.5 and MA104 (0.5) 
Years 2 and 3, Papers 8 and 12: ST202 replaced with ST206 (0.5) and ST216 (0.5)
BSc in Mathematics with Economics (2025/26 entry students) Years 2 and 3, Papers 8 and 12: ST202 replaced with ST206 (0.5) and ST216 (0.5)
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science (2026/27 entry students) Year 3, Paper 11: Change from (DS202A or DS202W) to (MY202A or MY202W)
BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science (2025/26 entry students)
BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science (2024/25 entry students)
Department of Statistics
BSc in Actuarial Science (2026/27 entry students) Year 1: MA103 (1.0) removed. 
Year 2: ST202 (1.0) replaced with ST206 (0.5) and ST216 (0.5)
BSc in Actuarial Science (2025/26 entry students) Year 2: ST202 (1.0) replaced with ST206 (0.5) and ST216 (0.5)
BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business (2026/27 entry students) Year 1, Paper 4: MA103 (1.0) withdrawn
Year 2: ST206 (0.5) and ST211 (0.5) compulsory for Paper 6

 

 

Undergraduate Courses:

New courses from 2026/27

 

new courses
Department of Anthropology:
AN3A2 Reading the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts
AN3A3 Comparing China
AN3A4 Global China
Department of Economic History:
EH112 Economic History Skills
Department of Government:
GV345 Resistance and Revolution in the Contemporary World
GV347 Advanced Topics in Political Science A
GV348 Advanced Topics in Political Science B
GV349 Central and Eastern Europe: Democracy, Authoritarianism and Nationalism
 Law School:
 LL285 Legal Adjudication: Forms, Authority, Society
 Department of Sociology:
SO109 Sociology in Practice: Academic Skills and Professional Pathways
SO315 The Sociology of Generations

New courses from 2027/28

  Department of Accounting:
 
AC207 Economics of Accounting: Research Methods and Evidence

Course code changes from 2026/27

course code changes
Old Code  New Code
Data Science Institute Department of Methodology
DS101A Data for Data Science MY101A Data for Data Science (0.5)
DS101W Data for Data Science MY101W Data for Data Science (0.5)
DS105A Fundamentals of Data Science MY105A Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)
DS105W Fundamentals of Data Science MY105W Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)
DS202A Machine Learning for Social Scientists MY202A Machine Learning for Social Scientists (0.5)
DS202W Machine Learning for Social Scientists MY202W Machine Learning for Social Scientists (0.5)
DS205 Advanced Data Manipulation MY205 Advanced Data Manipulation (0.5)
Department of Government
GV267 Global Political Thought (1.0) GV346 Global Political Thought (1.0)
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
Department of Economic History
EH237 Theories and Evidence in Economic History (1.0) EH237 Research Methods in Economic History (1.0)
EH308 Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) EH308 Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions (1.0)
LSE Law School
LL285 Legal Adjudication: Forms, Authority, Society (0.5) LL285 Theories on Adjudication: Forms, Values, Aspirations (0.5)

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 Economics
EC337 Econometric Theory B (0.5)
Department of Economic History
EH217 Chinese Economic History since 1800: A Chronology (0.5)
EH218 Chinese Economic History since 1800: Economic Growth in a Historical Perspective (0.5)
EH222 Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (1.0)
EH238 The Origins of Growth (1.0)
EH304 The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War (1.0)
EH316 Atlantic World Slavery (1.0)
EH317 Disease, Health and History (1.0)
Department of Finance
FM304 Applied Corporate Finance (0.5)
Department of Government
GV245 Democracy and Democratisation (1.0)
GV302 Key Themes in Political Thought (1.0)
GV307 Conflict and Cooperation: A Few Provocative Debates (0.5)
GV315 Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies (0.5)
GV319 Experimental Politics (0.5)
GV320 Populism (0.5)
GV327 Governance and Corruption (0..5)
GV328 Middle East Politics in Transnational Perspective (0.5)
GV329 Making Democracy Work (0.5)
GV332 Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Politics: A Few Provocative Debates (0.5)
GV338 Politics and Political Economy of India (0.5)
GV347 Advanced Topics in Political Science A (0.5)
GV362 Advanced Topics in Government: Executive Politics (0.5)
GV366 Political Economy of the Developing World (1.0)
GV398 Inside the Mind of a Voter: Research in Electoral Psychology (1.0)
Department of Geography and Environment
GY308 The Economic Geography of Growth and Development (0.5)
GY310 Urban Politics (0.5)
Department of International History
HY240 From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (1.0)
HY241 What is History? Methods and Debates (1.0)
HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (1.0)
HY249 War, Social Conflict and Nation Building: The History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in the Twentieth Century (1.0)
HY322 Nazi Germany's War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 (1.0)
HY328 The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion (1.0)
HY344 Muslim-Jewish Relations: History and Memory in the Middle East and Europe (1.0)
Department of International Relations
IR313 SPECIAL TOPIC: International Political Economy (0.5)
IR314 Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security (0.5)
IR322 Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory (0.5)
IR324 SPECIAL TOPIC: International Institutions, Law and Ethics (0.5)
IR372 SPECIAL TOPIC: Theory/Area/History (0.5)
IR374 Conflict and Peacebuilding (0.5)
IR395 The Politics of Displacement and Refuge (0.5)
Centre for Language Studies
LN340 Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (1.0)
LN995 Academic Writing Skills (0.0)
LN996 Academic Writing Skills (0.0)
LN997 Academic Writing Skills (0.0)
LSE Law School
LL150 Introduction to Careers in Law (0.0)
LL200 Foundational Practice Skills (0.0)
LL208 Race, Class, and Law (0.5)
LL241 European Legal History (1.0)
LL243 Constitutionalism Beyond Courts (0.5)
LL246 Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law (0.5)
LL272 Outlines of Modern Criminology (0.5)
LL310 Competition Law (0.5)
LL332 Advanced EU Law (0.5)
Department of Management 
MG302 Topics in Management Research (0.5)
Department of Methodology
MY101A and MY101W Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)
MY105A Data for Data Science (0.5)
MY202W Machine Learning for Social Scientists (0.5)
MY205 Advanced Data Manipulation (0.5)
MY360 Quantitative Text Analysis (0.5)
MY361 Social Network Analysis (0.5)
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
PH227 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5)
PH236 Set Theory (0.5)
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
PB304 Organisational and Social Decision-Making (0.5)
Department of Social Policy
SP374 Riots, Disorder nd Urban Violence (0.5)
Department of Sociology
SO237 Racial Boderscapes (0.5)
SO243 Political Sociology: Nation-States Unravelled (0.5)
SO309 Atrocity and Justice (0.5)
SO310 The Sociology of Elites (0.5)
SO348 Family Diversity and Change (0.5)
Department of Statistics
ST101 Programming for Data Science (0.5)
ST202 Probability, Distribution Theory and Inference (1.0)

Withdrawn courses from 2026/27

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

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Department of Anthropology 
AN273 Thinking as an Anthropologist (0.5)
AN301 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0)
AN303 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology (0.5)
AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation (0.5)
Data Science Institute 
DS101A Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)
DS101W Fundamentals of Data Science (0.5)
DS105A Data for Data Science (0.5)
DS105W Data for Data Science (0.5)
DS202A Machine Learning for Social Scientists (0.5)
DS202W Machine Learning for Social Scientists (0.5)
DS205 Advanced Data Manipulation (0.5)
Department of Geography
GY220 Environment: Science and Society (1.0)
GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5)
Department of Government
GV252 Politics and Policy of Data Science (0.5)
GV267 Global Political Thought (1.0)
 Department of International Relations 
IR305 Strategic Aspects of International Relations I (1.0)
LSE Law School 
LL201 Law and State Power (1.0)
LL210 Information Technology and the Law (1.0)
Department of Mathematics 
MA103 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1.0)
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
PB102 Social Psychology (1.0)
PB301 Cognition and Culture (0.5)
PB303 Organisations, Groups and Identity (0.5)
Department of Sociology
SO240 Crime, Deviance and Control (0.5)
 Department of Statistics 
ST309 Elementary Data Analytics (0.5)