London School of Economics

About the Program

*** Students on this program are exempt from the Internship Requirement. However, this is a full year program that runs for both the fall and spring semesters. ***

Students will enroll in London School of Economics (LSE) through one of two providers: Arcadia or IFSA Butler. In determining which provider to choose, students may want to look at housing costs, grade conversion scales, program-provided excursions, and other means of support.

LSE

At LSE, a full course load consists of year-long courses that are 4 full units total, equaling 32 U.S. semester credit hours per year. Students who are admitted into the economics department are required to take at least two courses in that department. All other departments at LSE require students to take at least one course in their home department. Students applying to the economics department should already have completed three to four economics courses, including microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students should have also completed two to three math and/or statistic courses. Qualitative departments at LSE require students to have at least a 3.3 GPS while Quantitative departments require a 3.5 GPA.

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Sample Courses Taken By Past Program Participants

Note: The courses below have been taken by previous students, but are not guaranteed to be offered during future semesters. Students and advisors should verify all PC equivalencies by using the Course Articulation Database, which has more current data than the static table below.

Course Abroad	PC Equivalency	Requirement Fulfilled
AC-315: Applied Valuation Securities	FIN-445: Portfolio Management	FIN Major
DFM-225: Fixed Income Securities	FIN-417: Fixed Income Securities	FIN Major
FM-202: Analysis & Mgt of Fin Risk	FIN-440: Options and Futures	FIN Major
FM-212: Principles of Finance	FIN-308: Managerial Finance II	FIN Major
FM-230: Alternative Investments	FIN-ELECT: Alternative Investments	Free Elective
ACC-211: Managerial Accounting	ACC-204: Managerial Accounting	PCSB Requirement
LL-203: Law of Business Association	MGT-ELECT: Law of Business Association	MGT Major
LONS-BUIB 255: Intro to Global Business	MGT-ELECT: Intro to Global Business	MGT Major
MG-100: Leadership & Comm in Teams	MGT-101: Principles of Business Mgmt	MGT Major
MG-102: Organizational Behavior	MGT-301: Organizational Behavior	PCSB Requirement
MG-105: Social Innovation & Entrepship	MGT-ELECT: Social Innovation & Entrepship	MGT Major
MG-203: Strategic Management of Mkt	MGT-ELECT: Strategic Management of Mkt	MGT Major
MG-204: Leadership in Organizations	MGT-ELECT: Leadership in Organizations	MGT Major
MG-207: Managerial Economics	MGT-ELECT: Managerial Economics	MGT Major
MG-208: Business Transformation & Proj	MGT-ELECT: Business Transformation & Proj	MGT Major
MG-220: Corporate & Org. Strategy	MGT-ELECT: Corporate & Org. Strategy	MGT Major
MG-228: Managing the Stone Aged Brain	MGT-ELECT: Managing the Stone Aged Brain	MGT Major
MG-301: Strategy	MGT-489: Capstone Seminar in Strategy	MGT Major
MG-305: Innovation and Technology Mgt	MGT-ELECT: Innovation and Technology Mgt	MGT Major
MG-306: Managing Diversity	MGT-ELECT: Managing Diversity	MGT Major
MG-307: Int’l Context of Mgt	MGT-401: Organizational Theory	MGT Major
MG-310: Risk & Decision Analysis MGT	MGT-ELECT: Risk & Decision Analysis MGT	MGT Major
MG-312: Extreme Organisational Behave	MGT-ELECT: Extreme Organisational Behave	MGT Major
PH-225: Business & Org Ethics	MGT-ELECT: Business & Org Ethics	MGT Major
MG-103: Consumer Behavior	MKT-335: Buyer Behavior	MKT Major
MG-203: Strategic Management of Mkt	MGT-ELECT: Strategic Management of Mkt	MGT Major
PH-331: Philosophy of Economics	ECN-484: Sem-Contemporary Econ Thought	Philosophy
PHL-101: Logic	PHL-101: Logic	Philsosophy
PHL-103: Reason, Knowledge & Values	PHL-103: Introduction to Philosophy	Philosophy