Outside Options

The undergraduate course I will be studying for from this October requires that I study for, and take exams in, four “outside options”, two of which I must take in my first year.

Question – how does this process work? When is the deadline for selecting our outside options? And how can we make an informed decision – are there ‘tasters’ for the options?

Personally I’m thinking of taking Political Theory for one of them.

Any thoughts?

Reply 1

currency_westlake

It's way too early for me to make any serious predictions, but after a brief few looks throught the prospectus I like the sound of:

Economics A or Economics B (if I'm brave)
--- Economics Dept.

The internationalisation of economic growth
--- International Relations Dept. (I think)

I will hopefully be studying BSc Government.

Reply 2

claire1985

tomhitchings

It's way too early for me to make any serious predictions, but after a brief few looks throught the prospectus I like the sound of:

Economics A or Economics B (if I'm brave)
--- Economics Dept.

The internationalisation of economic growth
--- International Relations Dept. (I think)

I will hopefully be studying BSc Government.

I was thinking of French, German or Introduction to Law

Reply 3

M.M.

I've thought about my choices for outside options a bit but I haven't made up my mind definitely just yet. I'll be able to take three courses all in all, I think I'll choose three from French, Intro to Philosophy, Economics A, Intro to Political Theory and some History course. But as I said, I'm not sure about these yet and there may be recommendations that I'm not aware of.

Reply 4

Greyhound01

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tomhitchings

It's way too early for me to make any serious predictions, but after a brief few looks throught the prospectus I like the sound of:

Economics A or Economics B (if I'm brave)
--- Economics Dept.

The internationalisation of economic growth
--- International Relations Dept. (I think)

I will hopefully be studying BSc Government.

I just finished my first year in BSc Government, Econ B is like voluntary torture, it has a 25% failure rate and will almost certainly pull down your 1st year grade. I wouldn't advise doing it unless you are very, very good at maths and economics. Introductory psychology/ sociology/ history subjects are well worth a look.

Reply 5

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Greyhound01

I just finished my first year in BSc Government, Econ B is like voluntary torture, it has a 25% failure rate and will almost certainly pull down your 1st year grade. I wouldn't advise doing it unless you are very, very good at maths and economics. Introductory psychology/ sociology/ history subjects are well worth a look.

Yes, I am tempted to study for Economics B for the mere arrogance of saying "I studied Economics at the LSE" but it does seem very scarey stuff - perhaps I should leave it for the second year, or perhaps not at all? :smile:

So, how does the "outside options" system work? When does one have to make a decision, and how can one make an informed decision?

Reply 6

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tomhitchings

It's way too early for me to make any serious predictions, but after a brief few looks throught the prospectus I like the sound of:

Economics A or Economics B (if I'm brave)
--- Economics Dept.

The internationalisation of economic growth
--- International Relations Dept. (I think)

I will hopefully be studying BSc Government.

I'll be studying Philosophy but politics\government does command my interest - the latter outside option you referred to does sound stimulating.

Reply 7

currency_westlake

Biggles

I'll be studying Philosophy but politics\government does command my interest - the latter outside option you referred to does sound stimulating.

Yes, well I admit that I have been making my assessments soley on the basis of the name of the course! Certainly 'The Internationalisation of Economic Growth' is about as good a name as there can be, although I imagine that I would find its content (whatever that might be!) to be just as exciting as its name.

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