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Undergraduate

BSc Business

Lead College: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) was founded in 1895 for the study of social sciences and is situated in the centre of London. A range of official and unofficial surveys rate the LSE as a major centre of research and teaching not only in economics (six former Nobel Prize winners in economics have taught at the LSE) but in all the branches of the social sciences and related fields. Current research consists not only of explorations of theoretical and technical developments in the different academic disciplines but also of works on topical and practical concerns. Past and present members of staff act as expert advisers to politicians and governments throughout the world and are regularly called on to contribute advice and analysis on their subjects to the media, including the BBC World Service.

The LSE is responsible for the academic direction of the following qualifications for External students and also the Access route:

  • BSc Accounting and Finance
  • BSc Accounting with Law
  • BSc Banking and Finance
  • BSc Business
  • BSc Development and Economics
  • BSc Economics
  • BSc Economics and Management
  • BSc Information Systems and Management
  • BSc Law with Accounting
  • BSc Law with Management
  • BSc Management
  • BSc Management with Law
  • BSc Mathematics and Economics
  • BSc Politics and International Relations
  • BSc Sociology

This responsibility includes the development of the syllabuses, writing the subject guides, giving advice to students and institutions and finally, ensuring that students are examined to the same standard as at the LSE and the University of London as a whole.

The LSE seeks to promote the impartial pursuit of knowledge and understanding about how people organise themselves into, and interact within, social groupings. The social sciences offer a number of ways of investigating and thinking about social phenomena. To be successful students must be prepared to investigate and think about a range of answers to social, economic and ethical problems. The LSE’s motto is rerum cognoscere causus ‘to understand the causes of things’; the subjects developed for the External Programme try to mirror this philosophy.

 
Graduate Entry Route
This provides an opportunity for graduates of any discipline to gain an additional undergraduate degree by following a shorter than normal programme, successfully completing nine full units rather than twelve. This can normally be achieved in a minimum of two years with the exception of the BSc Economics, BSc Development & Economics and the BSc Information Systems & Management.