MSc Economic History (Research)

Full-year, five unit programme. Students must take two compulsory half-unit courses, optional courses to the value of two units and a dissertation (which counts as two units) as shown. 

Paper

Course number and title

1a

EH401

Historical Analysis of Economic Change (H)

1b

One of the following:

EH402

Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Economic History (H)

EH426

Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and Panel Data (H)**

EH427

Quantitative Topics in Economic History II: Time Series and Economic Dynamics (H)**

2

One of the following:

 

EH413

African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (H) and

EH418

Research Issues in African Economic Development (H) * (n/a 11/12)

EH422

Topics in Quantitative Economic History 

EH446

Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (n/a 11/12)

 

EH475

The Rise and Decline of Economic Policy in Twentieth Century Western Europe (n/a 11/12)

 

EH477

History of Economics: From Moral Philosophy to Social Science

EH483

The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries

3

Either another paper from 2 above OR two half-units from below:

 

EH404

India and the World Economy (H) (n/a 11/12)

EH408

International Migration, 1500-2000: from slavery to asylum (H)

EH412

Research Topics in Economic History (H)

EH413

African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (H)

EH417

Political Economy of Late Industrialisation (H) (n/a 11/12)

EH419

Research Topics in Economic History B (H) (n/a 11/12)

EH423

Japan and Korea as Developing Economics (H) (n/a 11/12)

EH424

The British Economy in Global Perspective, 1000-2000 (H)

EH426

Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and Panel Data (H)**

EH427

Quantitative Topics in Economic History II: Time Series and Economic Dynamics (H)**

EH447

Great Depressions in Economic History (H)

EH451

Latin American Development: political economy of growth (H)

EH452

Latin American Development: case-studies in growth, poverty and social change (H)

EH453

Economic Globalisation: Long-term trends and consequences (H) (n/a 11/12)

 

EH463

The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (H) (n/a 11/12) and

EH464

The Historical Context of Business (H)

EH466

Labour and Work in Preindustrial Europe (H)

EH467

Epidemics: epidemic disease in history, 1348-2000 (H) (n/a 11/12)

EH485

Scientific, Technical and Useful Knowledge from Song China to the Industrial Revolution (H) (n/a 11/12)

EH486

Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c1600-1860 (H) 

 

EH487

International Economic Institutions since World War I (H)

EU438

Turkey: Political Economy and European Integration (H)

EU461

Economic History of Southeastern Europe and the Middle East, 1820-1970 (H)

4 & 5

Dissertation which is assessed as:

 

EH496

Research Dissertation A: Contextualisation, Theory and Research Design and

 

EH497

Research Dissertation B: Implementation: Evidence, Analysis and Contribution

* Please note that EH413 is a pre-requisite of this course
** These courses cannot be combined with EH422

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