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UCAS Y000

Arts and Sciences BASc 3 years

The three-year programme of core courses, major and minor pathway and internship.

UCAS Y001

Arts and Sciences with Study Abroad BASc 4 years

The three-year programme plus an additional year abroad.

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Societies

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How we are organised

In each year, an Arts and Sciences students chooses 3 modules in their major and 1 in their minor. In year 1 students have a free choice of three modules in their major from the list offered, though some modules in year 1 may have certain A level requirements. Students have a free choice of one module in their minor, subject to timetabling constraints and A level requirements. Students choose major and minor modules in the first week of the course as part of the induction process.


Year 1

The modules listed below are designated as best encapsulating the conception of the Societies Pathway and are chosen to allow progression to the most number of higher level courses. Whilst every effort has been made to timetable these modules so that there are no clashes between any of them, we cannot guarantee that every combination is 100% clash-free.

Please note: module availability and content may be subject to change.

Code Title Units Notes & prerequisites
taught
ANTH1005A/B Introduction to Social Anthropology
0.5   Term 1 or Term 2
ARCL1003A/B Past Societies 0.5   Term 1 or Term 2
CLAS1207
Politics Ancient and Modern 0.5
  Term 2
GEOG1007
Global Geographies
0.5
  Term 1
HIST1002A Concepts, Categories and Practice of History A 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
LAWS1014 Law in Action 0.5   Term 1
PHIL1016 Introduction to Political Philosophy 0.5   Term 1
POLS6011 Introduction to Comparative Politics 0.5   Term 1
SESS1003 Introduction to Microeconomics 0.5 A Level Maths
Term 1
SESS1004 Introduction to Macroeconomics 0.5 A Level Maths Term 2
SESS1102A Introduction to International Relations 0.5   Term 1
SESS1202
Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory 0.5
  Term 2
SESS1203
Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology 0.5
  Term 2
STAT6101
Introductory Statistical Methods & Computing
0.5
  Term 1 or Term 2
STAT6102 Introductory Statistical Methods (A)
0.5   Term 1

Years 2 and 3

Arts and Sciences is designed to offer you the maximum choice of modules at UCL and to encourage interdisciplinarity. To achieve this, in years 2 and 3 you will be offered a free choice of modules available at UCL across the entire university, so long as the choice is consistent with the Pathway objectives, and subject to the following important constraints:

  1. The student meets the prerequisites for a module. E.g. you could not do certain year 2 modules in Geography without the year 1 GEOG1007. Please note that although we aim to prepare you for a very wide range of choices in each department, there may be some modules at 2nd and 3rd year level which are not available due to prerequisites.
  2. The modules chosen fit in with the other modules on the student's timetable.
  3. The Programme Director (in consultation with the Pathway Representatives) approves the choice of modules. This is to ensure that the student works towards a coherent selection of modules which complement each other and which allow for the best academic progression of the student.
Code Title Units Notes & prerequisites Taught
ANTH1005A Introduction to Social Anthropology 0.5 ANTH1005A Term 1
ANTH2006 Introduction to Theoretical Perspectives in Anthropology 0.5 ANTH1005A Term 1
ANTHTBC1 Anthropology of Kinship 0.5 ANTH1005A Not running in 2013/14
ARCL2*** Archaeology of Specific regions 0.5 ARCL1003A or ARCL1003B  
ARCL2004 History and Archaeology of Roman Britain 1.0 ARCL1003A or ARCL1003B Recommended for students also studying History subjects Terms 1 & 2
ARCL2005 Structure & Change in Later European Prehistory 0.5 ARCL1003A or ARCL1003B  
ARCL2018 Early Medieval Archaeology of Britain 1.0 ARCL1003A or ARCL1003B Recommended for students also studying History subjects Terms 1 & 2
ARCL2019 Public Archaeology 0.5 ARCL1003A or ARCL1003B Recommended for students also studying Sociology subjects Term 2
ARCL2022 The Prehistoric Mediterranean 0.5 ARCL1003A or ARCL1003B Term 2
ARCL2026 The Emergence and Spread of Modern Humans 0.5   Term 2
ARCL2028 Current issues in archaeological theory 0.5 ARCL1003A or ARCL1003B Term 1
DUTC4301 Culture and Society of the Low Countries 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
ESPS2103 Political Violence and Intrastate Conflicts 0.5
  Term 2
ESPS7102 Politics and the Challenge of Globalisation 1.0   Terms 1 & 2
FREN2108 France: Culture and Society 0.5   Term 1
GEOG2009 Environment and Society 0.5 GEOG1007 Term 2
GEOG2014 Development Geography 0.5 GEOG1007 Term 2
GEOG2019 Political Geography and Geopolitics 0.5 GEOG1007 Term 2
GEOG2023 Urban Geography 0.5 GEOG1007 Term 2
GEOG2024 Cultural and Historical Geography 0.5 GEOG1007 Term 1
GERM2104 Politics, Culture and Society in Germany 0.5   Term 2
HIST**** History of Ideas and Conceptual History 0.5 HIST1002 Recommended for students also studying Sociology, Philosophy and Politics subjects  
HIST**** History of Specific Regions 0.5 HIST1002 Recommended for students also studying Geography and IR subjects  
HIST**** History of Ancient World 0.5 HIST1002 Recommended for students also studying Archaeology subjects  
ITAL2114 Language and Society in Italy since 1500 0.5    
LAWS*** Intermediate Law course (in preparation) 0.5 LAWS1014  
PHIL2032 Applied Ethics 0.5 PHIL1016 Term 1
PHIL2038 Topics in Greek Philosophy 0.5 PHIL1016Recommended for students also studying History subjects Term 2
PHIL2040 Marxism 0.5 PHIL1016 Recommended for students also studying Sociology and Politics subjects Term 1
PHIL2044 Political 0.5 PHIL1016 Recommended for students also studying Sociology and Politics subjects Term 2
POLS6001A/B Introduction to British Politics 0.5   Term 1 or Term 2
POLS6004 Changing Britain's Constitution 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
POLS6006A/B Politics of the European Union 0.5   Term 1 or Term 2
POLS6007A International Development 0.5
  Term 1
POLS6008 Gender and Politics 0.5   Term 2
POLS6009 Global Environmental Politics 0.5   Term 1
SCAN2225 Nordic Politics and Society 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
SEEF2003 Finland: Environment, Society and Culture 1.0   Terms 1 & 2
SEEE2008 Vampires, Society and Culture 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
SESS2005 Topics in Microeconomics 0.5 SESS1003 Term 2
SESS2006 European Macroeconomics 0.5 SESS1004 Term 1
SESS2010 Applied Econometrics 0.5 STAT6102 + SESS1003 or SESS1004 Term 1
SESS2001 Emerging Market Economies in Russia and Eastern Europe 1.0 SESS1003 & SESS1004 Terms 1 & 2
SESS3006 Political Economy of European Integration 1.0 SESS1003 or SESS1004 Not running in 2013/14
SESS3001 Growth and Convergence with reference to Russia and CEE 0.5 SESS2006 Term 2
SESS3007 Health Economics and Policy  0.5 SESS1003 Term 2
SESS2102 Politics & Society in Central & Eastern Europe 1.0 POLS6011 or SESS1202 or SESS1203 Terms 1 & 2
SESS2103 Russian Politics and Society 1.0 POLS6011 or SESS1202 or SESS1203 Terms 1 & 2
SESS2105 Democracy and Democratization 0.5   Term 2
SESS3006 Politics of EU Integration 1.0 Recommended for students also studying IR and Politics subjects Not running in 2013/14

Year 3

Code Title Units Notes and prerequisite Taught
ANTH3028 Gender, Language and Culture 0.5   Term 2
ANTH3030 Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race 0.5 Introduction to Social Anthropology I Term 1
ANTH3053 Temporality, Consciousness and Everyday Life 0.5 Introduction to Social Anthropology I + Introduction to Theoretical Perspectives in Anthropology Not running in 2013/14
ARCL3*** Archaeology of Specific Regions 0.5    
ARCL3047 Archaeological Law and Project Management
0.5 Public Archaeology. Recommended for students also studying Law subjects. Term 1
ARCL3059 The Archaeology of Chiefdoms 0.5 Recommended for students also studying Sociology, Philosophy and Politics subjects Term 1
ARCL3060 Ancient Societies of Amazonia 0.5 Current issues in archaeological theory. Recommended for students taking Sociology. Term 1
ARCL3075 Understanding Complex Societies 0.5   Term 1
CIHD3001 Global Health Policy 0.5 or 1   Term 1 or Terms 1 & 2
CIHD3002 Health, Poverty and Development 0.5   Term 1
CIHD3003 Conflict, Humanitarianism and Health
0.5   Term 2
CIHD3004 Global Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
0.5   Term 2
CIHD3005 Global Maternal & Child Health 0.5   Term 1
CIHD3006 Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health
0.5   Term 2
ECON3009 Economics of Law 0.5 SESS2005 Term 2
ECON7001 Economics of Labour 0.5 SESS2005, SESS2010 Not running in 2013/14
ECON7003 Money and Banking 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
ECON7004 Economics of Industrial Relations 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
ECON7007 Environmental Economics 0.5   Term 1
ESPS7202 Problems of Social Explanation 1   Not running in 2013/14
ESPS7401 War and Peace 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
GEOG3022 Gendered Geographies 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
GEOG3025 Cities and Modernity 0.5 ‘Methods in Human Geography’. Term 1
GEOG3048 Migration and Transnationalism 0.5 Recommended for students also studying Sociology subjects Not running in 2013/14
GEOG3059 Popular Culture and Geopolitics 0.5 Political Geography and Geopolitics Term 2
GEOG3060 Scales of Inequality 0.5 Recommended for students also studying Economics and Sociology subjects Not running in 2013/14
GERMG020 German Culture, Politics and Identity 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
HIST**** History of Ideas and Conceptual History 0.5 Recommended for students also studying Sociology, Philosophy and Politics subjects  
HIST**** History of Specific Regions 0.5 Recommended for students also studying Geography and IR subjects  
HIST**** History of Ancient World 0.5 Recommended for students also studying Archaeology subjects  
ITAL4102 Nation, Culture and Society in Italy, 1860-1915 0.5   Term 2
LAWS2004 Jurisprudence 1.0 Recommended for students also studying Philosophy subjects Term 1
LAWS2009 EU Law and Human Rights
1.0 Recommended for students also studying IR, Politics and Philosophy subjects Terms 1 & 2
LAWS6102 Environmental Law 1.0   Not running in 2013/14
LAWS6304 History of English Law 1.0 Recommended for students also studying History subjects Not running in 2013/14
LAWS6342 Criminology 1.0 Recommended for students also studying Sociology subjects Not running in 2013/14
LAWS6701 Roman Law 1.0 Recommended for students also studying History subjects Not running in 2013/14
LAWS6702 Public International Law 1.0 Recommended for students also studying IR and Politics subjects Not running in 2013/14
PHIL3031 Global Justice & Health 0.5   Term 2
PHIL3033 Philosophy of Maths 0.5   Term 1
PHIL3040 Adorno: Art and Politics 0.5 Recommended for students also studying Politics subjects Term 1
PHIL3044 Kant 0.5 Recommended for students also studying IR and Politics subjects Not running in 2013/14
SCAN 2225 Nordic Politics and Society 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
SCAN2221 The Nordic Welfare States 0.5   Not running in 2013/14
SESS3002 International Trade 0.5 SESS1003 & SESS1004 Term 1
SESS3005 Topics in Financial Management 0.5 SESS2005 Term 1
SESS3101 Comparative Politics 1.0   Terms 1 & 2
SESS3102 Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy 1.0   Terms 1 & 2
SESS3103 European Security 1.0   Terms 1 & 2