London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Foundation Units

Group F (i)

*04a Statistics 1 must be taken before or at the same time as 04b Statistics 2 or 148 Methods of geographical analysis
**05a Mathematics 1 must be taken before or at the same time as 05b Mathematics 2

Group F (ii)

Further Units

Selection group A Selection group B
59 Financial management (25) or
92 Corporate finance (02+05a)		 23 Investment management (24)*
91 Financial reporting (25) 29 Financial intermediation (24)
93 Auditing (25) 91 Financial reporting (25)
97 Management accounting (25) 92 Corporate finance (02+05a) or (02+05b) (this unit may not be taken with 59)
142 Quantitative finance (66+20)* 93 Auditing (25)
143 Valuation and securities analysis (24+25) 142 Quantitative finance (66+20)**
*92 Corporate finance must be taken before or at the same time as 142 Quantitative finance 143 Valuation and securities analysis (24+25)
  *92 Corporate finance must be taken before or at the same time as 23 Investment management
**92 Corporate finance must be taken before or at the same time as 142 Quantitative finance
Selection group D Selection group E
44 Economics of development
(65+28) or (65 +66)		 15 Economics of labour (28 or 66)
45 Economic geography 16 International economics
(65+66) or (65+28)
57 Social policy 20 Elements of econometrics
02 + (04a or 04b) + (05a or 05b)
109 Geographies of development 22 Public economics (28 or 66)
135 World development 26 International political economy (02 or 11)
160 Population and society 28 Managerial economics (02+05a) or 66 Microeconomics (02+05a)
  44 Economics of development
(65+66) or (28+65)
65 Macroeconomics (02+05a)
92 Corporate finance (02+05a)
(this unit may not be taken with 59)
95 Further mathematics for economists (05a+05b) (this unit may not be taken with 116, 117 or 118)
99 Industrial economics (28 or 66)
115 Monetary economics (65)
120 Mathematical economics (05b+66)
Selection group G Selection group IR
45 Economic geography (09) 26 International political economy (02 or 11)
68 Society and the environment 83 International political theory (11)
109 Geographies of development 84 Nationalism and international relations (11)
149 Biogeography (147) 85 International institutions (11)
150 Geomorphological processes (147) 90 International politics of East Asia (11)
151 Environmental change (147) 137 Foreign policy analysis (11)
152 Hydrology (147) 140 International security (11)
153 Space and culture (09)
 		  
154 Geomorphological applications (150)*
155 Biodiversity (149)*
156 Tropical land management (149 or 152)*
157 Independent geographical study
(04a+148)*
160 Population and society
*Available from 2008, expected to be examined for the first time in 2009 (syllabus details to follow).
Selection group IS Selection group L
62 Information systems development and management (60 or 136) 131 Law and society (21)*
110 Information and communication technology policy (half unit) (62) 201 Law of tort
111 Information systems evaluation
(half unit) (62)		 202 Law of trusts
112 Sociology of information systems
(half unit) (21+60) or (21+136)		 203 Land law
113 The ethics and politics of information systems (half unit) (21+60) or (21 +136) 204 Commercial law
 
136 Information systems and organisations (this unit may not be taken with 60) 301 Administrative law
138 Information and communication technologies: principles and perspectives (60+129) 303 Criminology
139 Software engineering: theory and application (62+138) 304 EU law
159 Research project in information systems (62+138) 305 Evidence
  401 Jurisprudence and legal theory
402 Company law
406 Labour law (128)
410 Succession (128 or 202)
411 Intellectual property (128)
413 Introduction to Islamic law
*Available from 2008, expected to be examined for the first time in 2009 (syllabus details to follow).
Selection group M Selection group N
27 The law of business organisations 40 Game theory (half unit) (05a+05b)
28 Managerial economics (02+05a)
(this unit may not be taken with 66)		 41 Advanced mathematical analysis (half unit) (05a+05b+116)
32 Management science methods (04a+05a) 42 Optimisation theory (half unit) (05a+05b+116)
59 Financial management (25) or 92 Corporate finance (02+05a) 43 Mathematics of finance and valuation (half unit) (05a+05b+116)
75 Human resource management 116 Abstract mathematics (05a+05b) (this unit may not be taken with 95)
76 Management mathematics (04a+05a)
(this unit may not be taken with 05b)		 117 Advanced calculus (half unit) (05a+05b) (this unit may not be taken with 95)
77 Management: international and comparative perspectives (02+107)
 		 118 Advanced linear algebra (half unit) (05a+05b) (this unit may not be taken with 95)
79 Elements of social and applied psychology 120 Mathematical economics (05a+05b+66)
97 Management accounting (25) 133 Advanced statistics: distribution theory (half unit) (04a+04b)
119 Strategy (02+05a) 134 Advanced statistics: statistical inference (half unit) (04a+04b)
127 Organisation theory: an interdisciplinary approach (02 or 21 or 79)  
136 Information systems and organisations (this unit may not be taken with 60)
141 Principles of marketing (02 or 21 or 79)
Selection group P Selection group S
82 Comparative politics (114 or 130) 53 Sociological theory (21)
86 Democracy and democratization (114 or 130) 57 Social policy
88 Politics and policies of the European Union (114) 79 Elements of social and applied psychology
105 Contemporary political theory: liberalism and its critics (130 or 114) 112 Sociology of information systems (half unit) (21+136) or (21+60)
108 Political analysis and public choice (02 or 114) 113 The ethics and politics of information systems (half unit) (21+136) or (21+60)
131 Law and society (21)* 127 Organisation theory: an interdisciplinary approach (02 or 21 or 79)
*Available from 2008, expected to be examined for the first time in 2009 (syllabus details to follow). 131 Law and society (21)*
  135 World development
144 Historical sociology (21)
145 Social research methods (21)
160 Population and society
303 Criminology
401 Jurisprudence and legal theory
*Available from 2008, expected to be examined for the first time in 2009 (syllabus details to follow).