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
| Department of Statistics |
| BSc in Economics and Data Science |
| Department of Accounting |
| BSc in Accounting and Finance (first year students only) |
Change to Years 2 and 3 core courses. |
| Centre for Language Studies |
| BSc International Relations and Chinese (first year students only) |
LN104 added under Paper 3 |
Undergraduate Courses:
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 |
Department of Accounting:
AC207 Economics of Accounting: Research Methods and Evidence
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) |
| 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) |
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 |
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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) |
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