Modules

**Year One:**

During Year 1, you’ll develop a wide range of foundational methods and skills, learn to analyse and refine problem statements, explore concepts from diverse academic disciplines, and consider how to integrate your knowledge to answer the questions that matter.

Compulsory Foundational Modules:
- Problems 1a
- Problems 1b
- Problems 1c

Compulsory Qual and Quant Methods:
- Qualitative Methods 1a: Language and communication
- Quantitative Methods 1a: Thinking like a scientist
- Qualitative Methods 1b: Images and Systems
- Quantitative Methods 1b: Thinking through data

**Year Two:**

In Year 2, you’ll work on a new problem statement each term, build up your expertise in particular methods, and gain new conceptual frameworks to help you think across disciplines, in the form of ‘superconcepts’ and mental models.

Please note that the optional methods modules listed for Year 2 are indicative, to give you a sense of what you might study during your time at LIS.

Compulsory Problems and Superconcepts Modules:
- Problems 2a
- Problems 2b
- Problems 2c
- Mental Models and Superconcepts: Interdisciplinary Ways to View the World

Plus a Choice of Three Electives:

Quant 2A:
- Intermediate quantitative modelling
- Data science and machine learning in practice
- Material and making

Qual 2A:
- Design thinking
- Visual and creative methods

Quant 2B:
- Networks and games
- Natural language processing

Qual 2B:
- Thinking through writing
- Telling the story of a wicked problem

**Year Three:**

You’ll choose 5 options from a selection of modules, with at least 1x quantitative and 1x qualitative method included in your curriculum. You’ll also explore mixed methods in more depth. These final modules will help shape your Capstone Project.

Please note that the optional methods modules listed for Year 3 are indicative, to give you a sense of what you might study during your time at LIS.

Capstone Project:
The Capstone Project is an opportunity for you to work on a complex problem of your choice. You’ll apply a combination of methods to understand a problem of interest to you and develop a plan of action.

Mixed Methods and Interdisciplinarity:
Building on your work in Years 1 and 2, this module solidifies your skillset for combining different methods and disciplines critically and ethically. The topics prepare you for the level of many master’s or research degree programmes, as well as knowledge-rich roles in business and the public sector.

Quantitative Methods III - you’ll choose at least one and up to four quantitative methods modules:
- Data Science and Machine Learning in Practice
- Intermediate Quantitative Modelling
- Advanced Case Studies in Data Science and Machine Learning
- Advanced Quantitative Modelling
- Simplifying Complexity
- Network and Games

Qualitative Methods III - you’ll choose at least one and up to four quantitative methods modules:
- Design Thinking
- Global Thinking
- Thinking Through Writing
- Applied Ethnography, Practical Ethics
- Communities & Campaigning

Mixed Methods:
- The Matter of Thought: Speculative Sense-making and Sensory Data
- Encountering Ecosystems through Mixed Methods Research and Practice

For more information, please visit www.lis.ac.uk/undergraduate-degree/course-content

Assessment methods

At LIS, our students won’t spend their summer terms writing lengthy examination essays. Instead, our interdisciplinary programme will make use of a variety of assessment methods throughout the year.

These assessments will be challenging but also fair, engaging, and varied — reflecting the kinds of outputs you’d be expected to produce throughout a professional career. Assessments could include:
- Presenting group pitches to a real audience
- Writing a group consultancy report
- Conducting individual research projects
- Creating videos and podcasts
- Designing a publicity campaign
- Completing short, interactive quizzes

For more information, please visit www.lis.ac.uk/undergraduate-degree/studying-at-lis

Tuition fees

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Extra funding

We want to make sure that you’re given every opportunity to succeed at LIS and we know that everyone’s situation is different. So that we can provide financial support to meet different needs, we have a number of different forms of financial support for our students. If you receive any of the financial support listed below you will never need to pay anything back.

**Home Fees Students**

**Financial Support Bursary (household income below £25,000)**
If your household income (the money that your parents/carers earn together) is below £25,000, then you’ll be eligible for bursaries in each year of study. Bursaries will typically be £1,000 per year.

**LIS Foundation Bursary (household income between £25,000-£40,000 and/or care experienced or estranged)**
If your household income is in this category, you will be eligible for a bursary from our sister charity - the LIS Foundation. The Foundation is independent of LIS and the Trustees can make a number of awards ranging from £1,000-£2,000 per year depending on your situation.

**Additional support awards**
We know that the current cost of living, including accommodation, is extremely high, especially in London. We are therefore offering enhanced bursaries in cases of high need. High need will typically be considered in terms of care experience, estrangement and particularly low household income, but we realise that there might be significant cases of hardship which do not meet these criteria and we will assess these on a case-by-case basis. In 2023-24, we made some exceptional awards in this category of up to £5,000 per year. If you get one of these awards, you will not be able to get a Financial Support Bursary or LIS Foundation bursary on top.

**Emergency grants**
We know that you can hit an emergency while you’re at LIS. To try and support you in these situations, we have a dedicated fund for hardship grants for enrolled students, which are decided on a case-by-case basis.

**International Fees Students**

**International Scholarships**
We’re offering 2 types of scholarships for 2024 entry:
- Early LIS Scholarship
- LIS UG Sustainability Scholarship

They’re open to all students classed as ‘international’ for fees, and hold an offer for our programme.

For more information, please visit www.lis.ac.uk/undergraduate-degree/fees