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Program Dates and Courses
Dates: 30 September 2019 - 19 &★June 2020
Application Date: March 2019
Choosing Courses
General Course students take f€✘our full-unit courses (or the equi≠"α♣valent in half-unit cours>₹γγes), and may pick and choose these from acros&♠↕±s 300+ options in 18 academic disciplin©₩←es including Account&αing, Anthropology, Economic History, Economic× s, Finance, Geography and↔♠ Environment, Government, Internatiα• onal History, Intern$•ational Relations, Languag✘∏☆>e Centre, Law, Management¶✔', Mathematics, Philosophy, Logic ✘ •and Scientific Method, Social∞↔ Policy, Social Psychology, Sociol♦¶ogy and Statistics.
General Course students are a™©'ssigned to one of the 16 acaφ•σdemic departments that o♦↑"ffer undergraduate degrees, and are notifie"$π♦d of their assignment in late August or early Seαφptember. This will act as your “homeγ≈✘” department during your tβ ₽ime at the School, andλ¶π" your academic advis★•✔er will be based in this department.₽≥
You will have chosen at™≤ least one course offered by the department to wh&£ich you are assigned (two for the¥©↔ Department of Economics). Please note that you↔↕δ r departmental assignment need not restrict your '★≈δcourse options: you may take any combination of ¶≥♥undergraduate courses offe€♥δred by any department at the School, with just one¥↑× from your home department (two from the Departm≤"≈ent of Economics).
Entry Requirements
1. Applicants should usually have completed ≥" at least two years of study at an over&↓Ωφseas university by the time they b✘δegin studying at the School.
2. Applicants, who are st$÷≠udying towards a bachelor's degree, should ha∑γ>ve an overall mark of at least 85 or GPA 3.♦©<3 (90 or GPA3.5 preferred)
3. English Level：IELTS 7.0 with ☆×αa score of 7.0 in all f×← our components；or TOEFL 107 with a mi$∑ ↔nimum of 25 in each of the fou α$r components
4. Applicants should provide a per€★∑♣sonal statement, a university tεπ↕ranscript as well as the contact details of twoφ academic referees.
5. Pass USIEA’s interview& ₹ and LSE’s academic review
Accommodation
All the residences are located in central Lon≠←♠↓don, offering great convenience to s©©π×tudents in their daily commuting. •≈Here are some very popular apartments:
Bankside House is located in the historic borougλ ₩h of Southwark on the Thames&±✔¶rsquo; South Bank. A walk along the ri'≠γ&ver will take you to the London E©¥÷&ye, the Houses of Parliame∏σ×₩nt, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tate Mod¶₩ern and the South Bank Arts Centre,±• as well as the famous Borough Market.
High Holborn is situated just over te ≤n minutes’ walk away from LSE campus, ₩& near the fashionable areas o÷☆©f Covent Garden and Soho♠ σ. The main shopping district of Oxfor✘♣↓d Street is moments away, as are many of th •β>e capital’s major landmarksλ£♠®.
Rosebery Hall is located iδ π™n Islington, near Sadler’s Wells T•✘heatre and the Barbican arts ♥≠'centre with Clerkenwell's &trendy bars and restaurants ♥₩♦ situated nearby.
The room type, price and fac↑™ilities vary in different residences, but overa>×ll they all have a full array of amenitie"₽εs and are within a reasonable distance from€→ the campus.
I chose the General Course because I÷β¥ wanted a rigorous education. Thre©×δe Smith students who had gone to LSE the year beΩ±↕fore raved about thei§€≥λr experience, and being in London sounde↔ d like a dream.
What I enjoy most abo¥'ut LSE is the effort it puts intβ★•o “understanding the cause÷ ¥s of things” (LSE’s m$×☆otto), demonstrated by the incredible group ∏¶εof professors, the inspiring lectuε↓rers, and the speakers t™ hat come to campus. A good reflection of L★¶↔SE’s great academic practice ™≤≈↑is LSE LIFE – a program d©•€δedicated to helping students be the best they can♣∑ be that I have found to bε™♣e exceptionally useful.
LSE and General Course students are particularly&£ good at balancing academic work ÷εwith enjoying life and the city. I t↑☆€λend to study during the day a♣εnd then get dinner or >×★see entertainment with fr•→∞βiends during the evening₹∑s and weekends, so I am able to maint≈ain social ties and have fu₩→₩λn, while I am knee-deep in reading!
The benefit of a full year abr→λoad is congruent with the time devoted to it - π£ ∑the longer you stick with it¥φ≤, the more you get out of it☆"₩, the more you understand it, and the more£γ you reap its benefits. Spending a ye↓↕ar at LSE means you get to build meaningful λ↓↔♠relationships with fellow students, and have∞φ↓ time to explore Lon↔•don, the UK and Euroα★pe.
Latifa Al-Mohdar / Smith College, Northampγ↕€₹ton, USA / General Course ☆✘Class of 2017
