Course Description
The BSc aims to provide breadth and depth in understanding social and political phenomena and the principles informing, and consequences following, policy choices. Teaching across UCL's highly regarded Departments of Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics combines an education in social sciences and philosophy with a comprehensive grounding in research methods.
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Enjoy a learning environment created by UCL's internationally recognised Research Departments of Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics.
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Acquire applied and policy knowledge with UCL's PPE programme, housed in UCL Political Science - home of our Policy and Practice Seminar series with its eminent list of speakers.
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Gain the skills needed to provide evidence for policy problems and prepare for research and work inside and outside academia. Study a breadth of methods or choose the Quantitative Methods stream.
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Take a degree inspired by UCL's founding tradition in political economy and its historic Bloomsbury location.
Course Content
Year 1
Core or compulsory module(s)
You are required to take the following three compulsory modules (all students)
- Introduction to Politics (30 credits)
- Economics (30 credits)
- Introduction to Political Philosophy (15 credits)
Students entering the Economics and Politics concentration will take Introduction to Mathematics for Economics (15 credits)
Students entering the Philosophy and Politics concentration will take Principles of Social Science Research (15 credits)
Students entering the QM stream will take Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods (15 credits).
Students entering the Mixed Method stream will take Modern Classics in Political Analysis (15 credits)
Optional modules
15 credits from the option modules offered by Philosophy
- Early Modern Philosophy (15 credits) OR
- Introduction to Moral Philosophy (15 credits)
Year 2
Core or compulsory module(s)
In the second year students follow their chosen concentration and streams and select modules in line with these and the programme structure. You can view the departments full programme structure.
Economics and Politics concentration:
- Public Policy (15 credits)
- Microeconomics (30 credits)
- Macroeconomics (30 credits)
Philosophy and Politics concentration:
- Public Policy (15 credits)
Additionally it is compulsory for students in the Quantitative Methods stream to take Data Analysis (30 credits).
Optional modules
Students from the Philosophy and Politics concentration will take 30 credits from research methods modules. Students from the Economics and Politics concentration will only take 15 credits of research methods. Students on the quantitative methods (Q-step stream) do not take any research methods modules.
Year 3
Core or compulsory module(s)
In the third year all students attend:
- Multidisciplinary Capstone Policy (15 credits)
- Dissertation/Independent Research Module (15 credits)
Additionally it is compulsory for students in the Quantitative Methods stream to take Advanced Topics in Data Analysis (15 credits) and Causal Analysis (15 credits).
Optional modules
All students must take 30 credits from modules offered by Political Science.
All students must take 30 credits in their chosen concentration, from Philosophy or Economics.
Mixed methods stream students must take a 15 credit methods module.
Mixed methods stream students must also take an additional 15 credits from Political Science or an additional 15 credits from either discipline in their chosen concentration (Philosophy or Economics).
Entry Requirements
A Levels
Grades
A*AA
Subjects
A* in Mathematics
GCSEs
English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 5. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs
Contextual offer
Grades
A*BB (more about contextual offers)
Subjects
A* in Mathematics
GCSEs
English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 5. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs
IB Diploma
Points
39
Subjects
A score of 19 points in three higher level subjects including 7 in Mathematics, with no score lower than 5.
Contextual offer
Points
36 (more about contextual offers)
Subjects
A score of 17 points in three higher level subjects including grade 7 in Mathematics, with no score lower than 5.
English language requirements
If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency. Information about the evidence required, acceptable qualifications and test providers can be found on our English language requirements page.
The English language level for this programme is: Advanced
A variety of English language programmes are offered at the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.
Assessment Methods
Assessment includes essays, examinations and an independent research project or dissertation. Graded coursework and comments prepare the students for the dissertation and independent research projects.
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