New programmes for 2019/20
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2019/20:

European Institute

LSE-Bocconi Double Degree in European and International Public Policy & Politics

MSc in European and International Public Policy

MSc in European and International Public Policy (LSE and Sciences Po)

MSc in The Global Political Economy of China and Europe (LSE and Fudan)

Department of Health Policy

Executive MSc in Evaluation of Health Care Interventions and Outcomes (in collaboration with NICE)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

MSc in Behavioural Science

Department of Public Policy

Master of Public Policy

Department of Social Policy

MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Research)

Department of Sociology

MSc in Human Rights and Politics

Department of Statistics

MSc in Financial Statistics and Chinese Economy (LSE and Fudan)

Suspended programmes for 2019/20
The following programmes have been Suspended for the 2019/20 session.

Department of Law

MSc in Law, Anthropology and Society

Department of Management

MSc in Management Science (Decision Sciences)

Withdrawn programmes for 2019/20
The following programmes have been withdrawn for the 2019/20 session.

Department of Anthropology

MSc in Social Anthropology (Learning and Cognition)

European Institute

MSc in EU Politics
MSc in EU Politics (LSE and Sciences Po)

Department of International Development

MSc in African Development

Department of Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method

MPhil/PhD in Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Department of Social Policy

MSc in Global Population Health
MSc in Social Policy (Research)

Substantive changes to Programme regulations from 2019/20
The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2019/20 session.

Department of Economic History:

MSc in Political Economy of Late Development

Change to dissertation paper.

European Institute:

MSc in Global Europe: Culture and Conflict (new title: MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe)

EU450 to become a compulsory course.

MSc in Global Europe: Culture and Conflict (LSE & Sciences Po) (new title: MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Sciences Po))

EU450 to become a compulsory course.

MSc in Political Economy of Europe

EU450 to become a compulsory course.

MSc in Political Economy of Europe (LSE and Sciences Po)

EU450 to become a compulsory course.

MSc in European Studies (Research)

EU450 to become a compulsory course.

MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

EU450 to become a compulsory course.

Department of Gender Studies:

MSc in Women, Peace and Security

Change to core courses.

Department of Geography & Environment:

MSc in Local Economic Development

Change to Papers 1 & 2 core courses.

MSc in Local Economic Development (LSE & Sciences Po)

Change to Papers 1 & 2 core courses.

Department of Health Policy:

MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing (LSE and LSHTM)

Change to classification scheme from 4.0 to 5.0 units.

Department of Media & Communications:

MPhil/PhD in Data, Networks and Society

Change to programme regulations; removal of MC408/MC418.

MPhil/PhD in Media and Communications

Change to programme regulations; removal of MC408/MC418.

Department of Methodology:

MSc in Social Research Methods

Change to paper structure; change to core course on Social Policy stream.

MSc in Applied Social Data Science

Change to semi-core course options.

School of Public Policy:

Master of Public Administration (2019/20 entrants only)

Change to core courses, change to options list and policy streams.

Department of Social Policy:

MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Development)

Change to papers.

MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Migration)

Change to papers.

MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Non-Governmental Organisations)

Change to papers.

Programme title changes from 2019/20
The following programmes have changed title from the 2019/20 session.

Old title

New title

The European Institute

MSc in Global Europe: Culture and Conflict

MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe

MSc in Global Europe: Culture and Conflict (LSE & Sciences Po)

MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Sciences Po)

New courses for 2019/20 
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2019/20.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN480 Public Anthropology (0.5)

AN481 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)

European Institute courses:

EU483 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (1.0)

EU486 Imaging Violence, Imagining Europe (0.5)

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)

EU495 Capstone Project (1.0)

EU4C9 MSc Europe and China in Global Politics and Economics Capstone Project (1.0)

Department of Geography & Environment courses:

GY472 Real Estate Investment

Department of Government courses:

GV4K2 Postcolonial and Comparative Political Theory (0.5)

Department of Health Policy courses:

HP4E4E Cost-effectiveness in Health Care (0.5)

HP4E5E Economics of the Pharmaceutical Sector (0.5)

HP4E6E Measuring the Performance of Health Services and Systems (0.5)

HP4E7E Dissertation in Health Economics and Policy (1.0)

HP4F1E Introduction to Evaluation in Healthcare (0.5)

HP4F4E Dissertation in Evaluation of Healthcare Interventions and Outcomes (0.5)

Department of International Development courses:

DV513 Environmental problems and development interventions (0.5)

DV515 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)

DV532 China in Developmental Perspective (0.5)

DV533 The Informal Economy and Development (0.5)

Department of International Relations courses:

IR476 Gender and Political Violence (1.0)

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC437 Media, Data and Social Order (1.0)

Department of Methodology courses:

MY474 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science (0.5)

MY574 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science (0.5)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB405 Foundations in Behavioural Science (1.0)

PB453 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making (0.5)

PB4A7 Quantitative Applications for Behavioural Science (0.5)

PB4D2 Happiness - Dissertation (1.0)

PB4D3 Behavioural Science in an Age of New Technology - Dissertation (1.0)

PB4D4 Behavioural Science for Health - Dissertation (1.0)

PB4D5 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making - Dissertation (1.0)

Department of Public Policy courses:

PP401 Political Science for Public Policy (0.5)

PP402 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy (0.5)

PP403 Public Management (0.5)

PP404 Economics of Public Policy (0.5)

PP405 Public Policy Applications (0.5)

PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy (0.5)

PP412 Global Social Protection Design and Delivery (0.5)

PP450 Making governments and policies deliver for development (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP420 Researching International Social and Public Policy (Advanced) (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO4B1 Contemporary Politics of Human Rights (1.0)

SO4B2 MSc in Human Rights and Politics Dissertation (1.0)

Suspended courses for  2019/20
We regret we are unable to offer the following courses in the 201920 session.  For alternative option courses you should consult your academic adviser.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN419 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)

AN420 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)

AN458 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)

AN459 Anthropology and Media (0.5)

AN463 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)

AN467 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)

AN474 Subjectivity and Anthropology (0.5)

AN475 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5)

AN476 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)

AN477 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

AN478 Anthropology and Global History (0.5)

Department of Economic History courses:

EH518 The Economic History of Firms & Industries Seminar (0.0)

Department of Gender Studies courses:

GI409 Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (0.5)

GI418 Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction (0.5)

GI423 Globalisation and Sexuality (0.5)

Department of Geography & Environment courses:

GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5)

GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5)

GY446 Planning for Sustainable Cities (0.5)

GY467 Global Migration and Development (0.5)

GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5)

GY526 Advanced Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics: Time, Risk and Environmental Policy (0.5)

Department of Government courses:

GV482  Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics

Department of International History Courses:

HY463 The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0)

HY465 The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict (1.0)

HY471 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (1.0)

HY479 Environmental History in a Global Context (1.0)

Department of International Relations Courses:

IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0)

IR433 The International Politics of EU Enlargement (0.5)

IR448 American Grand Strategy (0.5)

IR454 Governing IPE: Lessons from the past for the Future (0.5)

IR464 The Politics of International Law (0.5)

IR477 Africa: Governance, Peace and Security (0.5)

IR481 Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (0.5)

Department of Law courses:

LL4AN International Business Transactions: Transnational Torts (0.5)

LL4AK Insolvency Law: Company Liquidation and Stakeholder Interests (0.5)

LL4AU Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (0.5)

LL4AS International Criminal Law: Prosecution and Practice (0.5)

LL4B1 Foundations of International Economic Law (0.5)

LL4AV Global Trade Governance: Contemporary Issues (0.5)

LL4BP Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law (0.5)

LL4BL Financial Crime (0.5)

LL4BR Trade Marks, Brands and Branding: Contemporary Issues (0.5)

LL4BQ Trade Mark Law (0.5)

LL4CC Commercial Remedies (0.5)

LL4BX Corporate Governance - Advanced Topics (0.5)

LL4CM Law in the Economy (0.5)

LL4CD European Company Law (0.5)

LL4E8 Law in Society: A Joint Course in Law and Anthropology (1.0)

LL4E9 Dissertation: MSc Law, Anthropology and Society (1.0)

LL4F1 Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions (0.5)

LL4F3 Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe (0.5)

LL4G6 International Commodity Sales (0.5)

LL4H3 Media Law: Regulating newsgathering (0.5)

LL4H7 Foundations of Legal Theory (0.5)

LL4J1 Critical Perspectives on Legal Theory (0.5)

LL4K8 Law of Corporate Finance: Securities Regulation (0.5)

LL4L1 The Theory and Practice of Dispute Resolution (0.5)

LL4L7 Advanced Mediation (0.5)

LL4N6 Principles of Copyright Law (0.5)

Department of Methodology courses:

MY454 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5)

MY554 Applied Statistical Computing using R (0.5)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH432 Effective Philanthropy: Ethics and Evidence (0.5)

PH456 Rationality and Choice (0.5)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5)

PB420 Current Communication Research (0.5)

PB427 Organisational and Social Decision Making (0.5)

PB430 Social Influence (0.5)

PB433 Theory and Practice of Organisation Development (0.5)

PB452E Behavioural Science for Health (0.5)

School of Public Policy courses:

PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5)

Withdrawn courses for  2019/20
The following programmes have been withdrawn for the 2018/19 session.  For alternative option courses you should consult your academic adviser.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN461 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5)

The European Institute courses:

EU420 European Law and Government

EU435 History and Theory of European Integration (0.5)

EU463 European Human Rights Law (0.5)

EU479 EU Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5)

EU480 Policy-Making in Europe: System Challenges (0.5)

Department of Geography & Environment courses:

GY407 Globalization, Regional Development and Policy (1.0)

GY408 Local Economic Development and Policy (1.0)

GY423 Environment and Development (1.0)

GY464 Race and Space (0.5)

Department of International History Courses:

HY480 Cold War Public Diplomacy: United States Cultural Battles Abroad (1.0)

HY481 A Gender History of National Socialism – History, Memory, Debates (1.0)

Department of Law courses:

LL4AA Global Copyright Policy: Contemporary Issues (0.5)

LL4CN New Technologies in Law and the Body (0.5)

Department of Management courses:

MG454 Leadership in Practice (modular) (0.0)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH404 Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues (1.0)

PH423 Scientific Method and Policy (1.0)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB415 Behavioural Science (0.5)

PB423 Health, Community and Development (1.0)

SA451 Social Policy Research (1.0)

Course title changes from 2019/20
The following courses have changed title for the 2019/20 session. 

Old title

New title

Department of Economic History courses:

EH498 Dissertation: MSc Economic History (Half Unit) (0.5)

EH498 Dissertation (0.5)

EH499 Dissertation: MSc Economic History (1.0)

EH499 Research Dissertation (1.0)

Department of Management courses:

MG478 Globalisation and Human Resource Management (0.5)

MG478 Human Resource Management in Global Companies (0.5)

MG430 Strategy, Organisation and Innovation (0.5)

MG430 Strategy in Global Emerging Markets (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP401 Researching International Social and Public Policy (0.5) (formerly SA4AA)

SP401 Understanding Policy Research (0.5)

SP420 Researching International Social and Public Policy (Advanced) (0.5)

SP420 Understanding Policy Research (Advanced) (0.5)

Course code changes from 2019/20
The following courses have changed department codes for the 2019/20 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code

New code

Department of International Development courses:

SA4D1 Critical Population Health Issues in High and Middle-Income Countries (0.5)

DV461 Critical Population Health Issues in High and Middle-Income Countries (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA4AA International Social & Public Policy (0.5)

SP400 International Social & Public Policy (0.5)

SA4AB Researching International Social & Public Policy (0.5)

SP401 Researching International Social & Public Policy (0.5)

SA4F1 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)

SP410 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)

SA4J9 Social Policy and Development (0.5)

SP411 Social Policy and Development (0.5)

SA4H9 Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy and Development (0.5)

SP412 Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy and Development (0.5)

SA429 Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (0.5)

SP413 Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (0.5)

SA4B8 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5)

SP414 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5)

SA4H7 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (0.5)

SP415 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (0.5)

SA4B5 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5)

SP416 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5)

SA4K2 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5)

SP417 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5)

SA4C8 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5)

SP418 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5)

SA4G8 Social Movements, Activism, and Social Policy (0.5)

SP419 Social Movements, Activism, and Social Policy (0.5)

SA409 Social Security Policies (0.5)

SP430 Social Security Policies (0.5)

SA481 Population Analysis: Methods and Models (0.5)

SP431 Population Analysis: Methods and Models (0.5)

SA4B9 Education Policy, Reform and Financing (0.5)

SP432 Education Policy, Reform and Financing (0.5)

SA4E6 Rural Development and Social Policy (0.5)

SP433 Rural Development and Social Policy (0.5)

SA4F8 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5)

SP434 Behavioural Public Policy (0.5)

SA4F9 Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (0.5)

SP435 Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (0.5)

SA4C2 Basic Education for Social Development (0.5)

SP436 Basic Education for Social Development (0.5)

SA4C6 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5)

SP437 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5)

SA4D3 Behavioural Economics and the Valuation of Health Outcomes (0.5)

SP438 Behavioural Economics and the Valuation of Health Outcomes (0.5)

SA4D5 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5)

SP439 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5)

SA41A Wellbeing and Public Policy (0.5)

SP440 Wellbeing and Public Policy (0.5)

SA4M1 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5)

SP441 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5)

SA403 Criminal Justice Policy (1.0)

SP470 Criminal Justice Policy (1.0)

SA4K5 Issues in Contemporary Policing (0.5)

SP471 Issues in Contemporary Policing (0.5)

SA4L6 Illegal drugs and their control: theory, policy and practice (0.5)

SP472 Illegal drugs and their control: theory, policy and practice (0.5)

SA4L7 Policing, Security and Globalisation (0.5)

SP473 Policing, Security and Globalisation (0.5)

SA4N8 Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (0.5)

SP475 Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (0.5)

SA4L8 Punishment and Penal Policy (0.5)

SP476 Punishment and Penal Policy (0.5)

SA465 Criminal Justice Policy - Long Essay (1.0)

SP498 Criminal Justice Policy - Long Essay (1.0)

SA470 Dissertation - International Social & Public Policy (1.0)

SP499 Dissertation - International Social & Public Policy (1.0)

SA550 Research Student Seminar (1.0)

SP501 Research Student Seminar (1.0)