Textbooks UoL/LSE Online Taught

100 Level Courses

2021-22 Academic Year
AC1025 Principles of Accounting

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Leiwy, D., and Perks, R. Essential Yes Please be aware that there
Accounting: Understanding and Practice. 4th Edition (Maidenhead: may be wait times for this
McGraw-Hill, 2013) [ISBN 9780077139131] book in the Online Library.
EC1002 Introduction to Economics

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Begg, D., G. Vernasca, S. Essential No N/A

Fischer and R. Dornbusch Economics. 11th Edition (London: McGraw
Hill, 2014) [ISBN 9780077154516]
FN1202 Introduction to Finance

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Berk, J., P. DeMarzo and J. Harford Essential Yes N/A

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. Global Edition, 4th Edition
(Pearson, 2019) [ISBN 9781292215136]

Brealey, R.A., Myers, S.C. and A.J. Marcus, Essential Yes N/A
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. 10th Edition
(McGraw Hill, 2019) [ISBN: 9781260566093]

Hillier, D., Clacher, I., Ross, S.A., Westerfield, R.W., Essential Yes N/A
Jordan, B.,
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. 3rd Edition
(McGraw-Hill, 2017) [ISBN 9780077178239]
IR1198 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates

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Baylis, J. and S. Smith (eds) Essential No N/A

The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International
Relations. 8th Edition
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019) [ISBN 9780198825548]
Griffiths, M., T. O’Callaghan and S.C. Roach Recommended Yes Not essential for exam success
International relations: the key concepts. 3rd Edition but good for additional revision/
(Abingdon: Routledge, 2014) [ISBN 9780203748206] understanding.
Jackson, R. and G Sørensen Essential No N/A
Introduction to International Relations
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018) [ISBN 9780198803577]
IR1200 International history since 1945**

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Best, A., Hanhimaki, J., Maiolo, J., and Schulze, K. Essential No N/A
International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond. 3rd
Edition
(Abingdon: Routledge, 2015)
Westad, O. A. Essential Yes N/A
The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of
Our Times
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005)
Leffler M. P. & Westad, O. A. (eds.). 2010, The Cambridge History of Essential Yes N/A
the Cold War, Volume I: Origins. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

Leffler, M. P. & Westad, O. A. (eds.) 2010. The Cambridge History of Essential Yes N/A
the Cold War. Volume II, Crises and Détente, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

Leffler, M. P. and Westad, O. A. Essential Yes N/A

The Cambridge History of the Cold War (3 Volume Set)
(Cambridge: 2012) [ISBN 9781107602328]
Crockatt, R. 1995, Fifty Years War: the United States and the Soviet Essential Yes N/A
Union in world politics, 1941- 1991, New York: Routledge.

Young, J. W. and Kent, J. Recommended No This text gives a useful

International Relations Since 1945: A Global History. 3rd Edition overview, equivalent to the
(Oxford: 2020) [ISBN 9780198807612] Best et al. text above. It
may be useful as
introductory reading to the
IR field.
MN1178 Business and Management in a Global Context (Revised: August 2021)

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Willcocks, L. Essential No N/A

Global Business: Strategy in Context
(SB publishing, Stratford, 2021) [ISBN 9780995682085]

Willcocks, L. Essential No N/A

Global Business: Management
(SB Publishing, Stratford, 2021) [ISBN 9780995682092]
MT105a Mathematics 1

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Anthony, M., and N. Biggs Recommended No Not essential for exam success
Mathematics for Economics and Finance but highly recommended for
(Cambridge, 1996) [ISBN 978-0521559133] additional exercises.
MT1173 Algebra

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Anthony, M. and M. Harvey Recommended No Not essential for exam success

Linear Algebra: Concepts and Methods but highly recommended for
(Cambridge University Press, 2012) [ISBN: 978-0521279482] additional exercises.
Anthony, M. and N. Biggs Recommended No Not essential for exam success
Mathematics for Economics and Finance but highly recommended for
(Cambridge University Press, 1996) [ISBN 978-0521559133] additional exercises.
MT1174 Calculus

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Anthony, M., and N. Biggs Recommended No Not essential for exam success
Mathematics for Economics and Finance but highly recommended for
(Cambridge, 1996) [ISBN 9780521559133] additional exercises.
Binmore, K. and J. Davies Recommended No Not essential for exam success
Calculus: Concepts and Methods. 2nd Revised Edition but highly recommended for
(Cambridge, 2011) [ISBN 9780521775410] additional exercises.
MT1186 Mathematical Methods

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Anthony, M., and N. Biggs Recommended No Not essential for exam success
Mathematics for Economics and Finance but highly recommended for
(Cambridge, 1996) [ISBN 9780521559133] additional exercises.
Binmore, K. and J. Davies Recommended No Not essential for exam success
Calculus: Concepts and Methods. 2nd Revised Edition but highly recommended for
(Cambridge, 2011) [ISBN 9780521775410] additional exercises.
PS1130 Introduction to International Political Thought**

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Kelly, P. Recommended No, but available for free Until publication in

Conflict, War and International Relations: An Introduction online. September 2021, chapters
to International Political Theory will be distributed by teaching
(2021) staff. It is recommended that
this text is used for exam
revision.
Brown, C. and Eckersley, R (eds) Essential No N/A
The Oxford Handbook of International Political Theory.
(Oxford University Press, 2018) [ISBN 9780198746928]

Boucher, D. and P. Kelly (eds) Essential No N/A

Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. 3rd
Edition
(Oxford University Press, 2017) [ISBN 9780198708926]
PS1172 Introduction to Political Science**

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Clark, W.R., M. Golder and S.N. Golder Essential Yes There are several editions of
Principles of Comparative Politics. 3rd Edition (Washington, the book available. The UoL
DC: CQ Press, 2017) [ISBN 9781506318127] library only has the 2017
edition.
ST104a Statistics 1

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Newbold,P., W. Carlson and B. Thorne Recommended Yes Not essential for exam success
Statistics for Business and Economics. 9th Edition but highly recommended for
(Pearson Education, 2019) [ISBN 9781292315034] additional exercises. Please be
aware that there may be wait
times for this book in the
Online Library.
Lindley, D.V. and W.F. Scott Recommended No
New Cambridge Statistical Tables. 2nd Edition
(Cambridge, 1995) [ISBN 9780521484855]
ST104b Statistics 2

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Newbold,P., W. Carlson and B. Thorne Recommended Yes Not essential for exam success
Statistics for Business and Economics. 9th Edition but highly recommended for
(Pearson Education, 2019) [ISBN 9781292315034] additional exercises. Please be
aware that there may be wait
times for this book in the
Online Library.