University Course List Year 1
What is an elective?
All courses on the University Course List are available as electives, subject to timetable, pre-requisites, and availability*. Electives provide students with the opportunity to create a bespoke programme of studies. Students can choose to use their electives to delve further into their degree subject(s) or to expand into wider areas.
What is a pathway?
A pathway is an approved combination of courses in a specific subject or theme, studied across multiple years of the degree. Pathways are optional. At graduation, students will earn recognition for any pathways they have completed.
- Art & Design
- Business
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing
- Data Science
- Economics
- English
- History
- Law
- Philosophy
- Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE)
- Politics & International Relations
- Political Thought
- Psychology
- Sustainability
- Technology & Ethics
- Design Process Context and Systems
- Experience and Interaction
- Topics in Design History
- Visual Intelligence
- Global Market, Local Cultures
- Peoples and Cultures
- Introduction to Business Statistics
- Introduction to Marketing
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- International Business and Global Responsibility
- Directed Study
- General Biology I with Lab
- General Biology II with Lab
- General Chemistry
- General Chemistry Lab
- Organic Chemistry
- Global and Intercultural Communication
- Introduction to Communication Studies
- Public Speaking
- Fundamentals of Computer Science I
- Fundamentals of Computer Science II
- Discrete Structures
- Directed Study
- Exploring Creative Nonfiction: Tell it Slant
- Exploring Poetry: Language, Play and Form
- Directed Study
- Programming with Data
- Intermediate Programming with Data
- Directed Study
- Introduction to Economics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Directed Study
- Cornerstone of Engineering I
- Cornerstone of Engineering II
- British Drama and the London Stage
- Criticism: Practice
- Cultures of London
- First-Year Writing Studio
- Revolution, Rebirth, Religion: Early Modern Poetry
- The Victorians and Us
- Directed Study
- Historians’ Craft
- In the Shadow of the Tower, Crusade, Plague and Persecution in the Middle Ages
- The World Until 1945
- The World Since 1945
- Directed Study
- Experiential Project (Sustainability)
- Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences: A Participatory Introduction
- Directed Study
- Introduction to the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures I
- Introduction to the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures II
- Citizenship and Social Justice in Hispanic Cultures
- Directed Study
- Constitutional Law
- Constitutional Law in Context
- Contract Law
- Contract Law in Context
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Law in Context
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Introduction to Criminology
- Directed Study
- Mathematics
- Mathematical Methods I
- Mathematical Methods II
- Calculus for Business
- Differential Equations & Linear Algebra
- Statistics
- Problems and Statistics
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Introduction to Logic
- Early Modern Philosophy
- Technology and Human Values
- Directed Study
- Physics I for Science and Engineering with Lab
- Physics II for Science and Engineering with Lab
- Introduction to Politics & International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- Foundations of Western Political Thought
- International Relations in Practice
- Directed Study
- Biological Bases of Human Animal Behaviour
- Foundations of Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Structure and Function of the Human Brain
- Directed Study
- Introduction to Sociology
- Current Issues in Cities and Suburbs
*University Courses List Condition
The optimal/elective courses that run in each academic year are subject to change in line with faculty availability and student demand, and may be capped or be unavailable in the timetable, so there is no guarantee every optional/elective course will be available every year. Where a course is set to run, students for whom it is an option will typically be given priority over students for whom it is only an elective.