What can I study?
Please select your tutorial options from the range of courses listed below. Not all courses are available every term and, although every effort will be made to accommodate interests, the availability of a course cannot be guaranteed. On arrival at Oxford visiting students will identify their courses for the coming term and, as far as possible, for subsequent terms. Visiting students may in addition be directed to lectures and seminars; and they may choose to attend other seminars and lectures on the lecture list.
*Taught in college
^Introductory courses not suitable for political science majors
Comparative Politics
- Introduction to the Practice of Politics*^
- Comparative Government*
- Comparative Political Economy
International Relations
- International Relations*
- International Relations in the Era of Two World Wars
- International Relations in the Era of the Cold War
- Security and Conflict
Politics in Particular Countries/Regions
- British Politics and Government since 1900
- Modern British Government and Politics
- Government and Politics of the United States
- Politics in Europe
- Politics in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
- Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa*
- Politics in Latin America
- Politics in South Asia
- Politics in the Middle East
- The Government and Politics of Japan
- The Government and Politics of China
- The Politics of the European Union
Political Theory
- Introduction to the Theory of Politics*^
- Theory of Politics*
- Political Thought: Plato to Rousseau*
- Political Thought: Bentham to Weber*
- Marx and Marxism
- Feminist Theory
Sociology
- Political Sociology*
- Sociological Theory
- Social Policy
- Comparative Demographic Systems
Advice on submitted written work
Please submit 2 recent essays relevant to the topics you are interested in pursuing at LMH.
Tutors and lecturers
Prof Robin Harding is a Fellow and Professor of Politics
Dr Caroline Ashcroft is a Stipendiary Lecturer in Politics