New programmes for 2010-11
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2010-11.  Full details of each programme are available by clicking on the relevant link below:

Finance Department:

MSc Finance and Private Equity

Media and Communications Department:

MSc Media and Communications (Media and Communication Governance)

Sociology Department:

MSc Sociology (Contemporary Social Thought)

MSc Sociology (Economic Sociology)

Withdrawn programmes from 2010-11

Government Department:

MSc Comparative Politics (Empire)

MSc History of Nationalism

MSc Information Systems and Organisations (Research)

Suspended programmes from 2010-11

International Relations Department:

MSc International Political Economy (Research)

New courses introduced 2010-11
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in the 2010-11 session.  An outline of the course is available by clicking on the relevant link below.

Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group courses:

ID434 Managing Diversity in Organisations (H)

Finance Department courses:

FM410 Private Equity (H)

Geography Department courses:

GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (H)

Information Systems and Innovation Group courses:

IS416 Healthcare Information Systems (modular) (H)

Law Department courses:

LL4K1 Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration

LL4E3 International and European Labour Law and Protection of Social Rights

Media and Communications Department courses:

MC424 Media and Communication Governance (H)

Social Policy Department courses:

SA4E3 Dissertation in Health Economics, Policy and Management (modular) (H)

SA4F2 Introduction to Medical Statistics, Clinical Trials and Epidemiology (modular) (H)

SA4G3 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (modular) (H)

SA4G4 Statistical Methods in Economic Evaluation (modular) (H)

SA4G5 Measuring Health Outcomes (modular) (H)

SA4G6 Measuring Health System Performance (modular) (H)

SA4G7 Health Systems and policies in Developing Countries (modular) (H)

SA4F8 Behavioural Public Policy (H)

Sociology Department courses:

SO466 Race and Biopolitics (H)

Statistics Department courses:

ST425 Statistical Inference: Principles , Methods and Computation

Suspended courses for 2010-11 
We regret we are unable to offer the following courses in the 2010-11 session.  For alternative option courses you should consult your academic adviser.

Anthropology Department courses:

AN205 The Anthropology of Melanesia

AN216 Cognition and Anthropology

AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity

AN223 The Anthropology of South-East Asia

AN230 The Anthropology of Industrialization and Industrial Life

AN242 Social Anthropology and Darwinian Theories

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography

AN244 Anthropology and Media

AN245 The Anthropology of Borders and Boundaries

AN246 The Anthropology of Post-Soviet Eurasia

AN247 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being

AN248 Ethnography of a Selected Region

Economic History Department courses:

EH203 From Money to Finance: European Financial History

EH238 The Industrial Revolution

EH325 Issues in Modern Japanese Economic Development

Gender Institute courses:

GI408 Cultural Constructions of the Body (H)

Geography Department courses:

GY430 Cities, Space and Society

International History Department courses:

HY426 The European Enlightenment C. 1680-1830

HY435 Political Islam: From Muhammed Abduh to Osama Bin Laden

HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism: 1839-1945

Information Systems and Innovation Group courses:

IS468 Topics in Information Systems

Management Department courses:

MG402 Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H)

Sociology Department courses:

SO450 Foundations of Urban Studies (H)

SO454 Families in Contemporary Societies: a Life Course Perspective (H)

Withdrawn courses from 2010-11
The following courses will be permanently withdrawn, and no longer available in the 2010-11 session.  For alternative option courses, please consult your academic adviser.

Anthropology Department courses:

AN448 Indigenous Politics in Highland Latin America

Government Department courses:

GV494 Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H)
(course can be taken under MG402 code)

International History Department courses:

HY409 The Origins and Conduct of the Second World War

HY437 Global Oceans: Empires, Ideas and Migrations, 1750-1914

HY462 From Nationalism to Fascism, 1890-1939

HY498 Dissertation

Law Department courses:

LL4B1 International Economic Law (H)

LL4H4 Financial Law (H)

International Relations Department courses:

IR484 Islam in World Politics (non-assessed)

Media and Communications Department courses:

MC414 Media and Communications Regulation in Theory and Practice

Sociology Department courses:

SO453 Gender and Postcolonial Theory (H)

Statistics Department courses:

ST402 Principles and Methods of Statistical Practice (H)

ST419 Computational Statistics (H)

Course title changes from 2010-11
The following courses have changed their title for the 2010-11 session.  Course details can be viewed by clicking on the relevant link below.

Old title

New title

EC400 September Introductory Course (Economics)

Introductory Course in Mathematics and Statistics. 

EU429 The Political Economy of Southwest and Mediterranean Europe

The Political Economy of the Mediterranean and the Euro-Mediterranean Process

GY455 Economic Aspects of Project Appraisal (H)

Economic Appraisal and Valuation

OR409 Dynamic Processes and Game Theory (H)

Auctions and Game Theory

PH455 Dissertation Seminar: Philosophy and History of Science

Dissertation Seminar: Philosophy of Science

SA4F2 Introduction to Medical Statistics, Clinical Trials and Epidemiology (H)

Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Trials

ST411 Regression, Diagnostics and Generalised Linear Modelling (H)

Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis

ST415 Surveys and Experiments in Social Research (H)

Research Design for Experimental and Observational Studies

ST416 Multilevel Models (H)

Multilevel and Longitudinal Modelling

Course code changes from  2010-11
The following courses have changed codes for the 2010-11 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code

New code

EC436 The Economics for Regional and Urban Planning (H)

Change to code to GY447

Programme title changes for  2010-11
The following programmes have changed titles for the 2010-11 session. 

Old title

New title

MSc Anthropology of Learning and Cognition

MSc Psychological Anthropology

MSc Philosophy and History of Science

MSc Philosophy of Science

MSc History of Empires

MSc Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation

Changes to Programmes for 2010-11
Changes to existing programmes are sometimes made in light of new optional courses that become available.  Such changes have been made to the following programmes for the 2010-11 session. 

Philosophy Department:

MSc Philosophy of Science

New programmes for 2011-12
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2011-12. 

Anthropology Department:

MSc Religion in the Contemporary World

Geography Department:

MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change

Government Department:

LSE-PKU Double MSc Degree in Public Administration

International Relations Department:

MSc Diplomacy and International Strategy

New courses introduced 2011-12
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in the 2011-12 session. 

Anthropology Department courses:

AN466 Understanding Religion in the Contemporary World

AN497 Dissertation: MSc Religion in the Contemporary World

Geography Department courses:

GY426 Environmental and Resource Economics

GY427 Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy (H)

GY428 Applied Quantitative Methods (H)

International Relations Department courses:

IR442 Diplomacy and Challenges

IR443 Strategy in a Changing World

IR444 Strategy in Action

IR498 Dissertation: MSc Diplomacy and International Strategy

Social Policy Department courses:

SA4J1 The Comparative Analysis of Welfare and Welfare Systems

Withdrawn programmes from 2011-12

Government Department:

MSc Comparative Politics (Asia)

Withdrawn courses from 2011-12
The following courses will be permanently withdrawn, and no longer available in the 2011-12 session.  For alternative option courses, please consult your academic adviser.

Management Department courses:

MG429 Cross-cutting Issues in Management and Organisations (H)

Geography Department courses:

GV444 Environmental Assessment (H)

Law Department courses:

LL4K2 Law of International Economic and Financial Sanctions (H)