Updated graduate course and programme information 2019/20 - for current students

The following information provides current students with a summary of new course and programme information for the 2019/20 session. It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.

New programmes  |  Suspended programmes  |  Withdrawn programmes  |  Substantive changes to programme regulations  |  Programme title changes  |  New courses  | Suspended courses  | Withdrawn courses  | Course title changes  |  Course code changes  |

Graduate programmes

Updated graduate summative assessment information for 2019/20

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)

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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)

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Withdrawn programmes for 2019/20
The following programmes have been withdrawn for the 2019/20 session.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

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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 Accounting:

Diploma in Accounting and Finance

AC200 added to the Paper 2 short options list.

Department of Anthropology:

MSc in China in Comparative Perspective

Change to papers

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; change to Paper 1 core courses.

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; change to Paper 1 core courses.

MSc in Political Economy of Europe

EU450 to become a compulsory course. Change to Paper 1 core courses.

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

EU450 to become a compulsory course. Change to Paper 1 core courses.

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.

MSc in Environment and Development

Change to Paper 1 removal of GY423; replaced with GY473 and GY474

MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation

Change to Paper 2 removal of GY423 and GY468 replaced with GY473 (H) and GY474 (H)

MPhil/PhD in Environmental Policy and Regulation

Change to compulsory examined training course removal of GY423 (1.0) replaced with GY473 (H) and GY474 (H)

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.

Executive MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management

Change to Paper 3 HP4A2E moved to Paper 6 

Executive MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management

Change to Paper 6 HP4D1E  moved to Paper 3

Department of International Development:

MSc in Health and International Development

Change to core courses. DV421 now optional under paper 2. DV458 replacing DV421 as core for Paper 1.

MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

Addition of three specialisms "African Development", "Population Studies" and "Applied Development Economics"

MSc in Health and International Development

Addition of three specialisms "African Development", "Population Studies" and "Applied Development Economics"

MSc in Development Management

Addition of three specialisms "African Development", "Population Studies" and "Applied Development Economics"

MSc in Development Studies

Addition of three specialisms "African Development", "Population Studies" and "Applied Development Economics"

Department of International Relations:

MPhil/PhD in International Relations

Change to training course IR509 (unassessed) now available only to Year 2 students

Department of Mathematics:

MSc in Operations Research & Analytics

Change to programme regulations; removal of MG401/MG405/MG4B3 under Paper 5

Department of Management:

Global Masters in Management (GMiM);

GMiM (CEMS);

GMiM (MBA Exchange)

Four new core courses added: MG449/MG468/MG469/MG470; two courses merged into one to incorporate qualitative and quantitative techniques. MG410 critical to assessment. MG430 core on CEMS only.

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 Psychological and Behavioural Science:

MPhil/PhD in Psychological and Behavioural Science

Correction to published information: PB500 is a compulsory course; other courses are taken with agreement from the student's supervisor.

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.

MPhil/PhD in Social Policy

Change to training course; removal of SA451 and replaced with SP420

Department of Sociology:

MPhil/PhD in Cities

Change to layout; SO501 to become a compulsory course.

MSc in Inequalities and Social Science

Addition of MY426 under Paper 2.

MPhil/PhD in Sociology

Change to layout; SO501 to become a compulsory course.

Department of Statistics:

MSc in Quantitative Methods for Risk Management

ST440 changed from a core course to an optional course.

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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)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science:

Visiting Research Student in Psychology

Visiting Research Student in Psychological and Behavioural Science

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Graduate courses

Updated graduate summative assessment information for 2019/20

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)

Department of Economic History courses:

EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5)

 

European Institute courses:

EU467 The Political Economy of the Neoliberal State (0.5)

EU469 The Political Economy of Finance in Europe (0.5)

EU483 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (1.0)

EU485 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond (0.5)

EU486 Imaging Violence, Imagining Europe (0.5)

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)

EU491 Political Economy in Theory and History (0.5)

EU492 Political Economy of Integration and Fragmentation in Europe (0.5)

EU495 Policy Incubator (1.0)

EU4C9 MSc in The Global Political Economy of China and Europe Policy Incubator (1.0)

Department of Finance courses:

FM477 International Finance for MSc Finance and Economics, MSc Finance and MSc Finance & Private Equity

FM478 International Finance for MSc Finance and Economics, MSc Finance and MSc Finance & Private Equity - Dissertation

Department of Geography & Environment courses:

GY472 Real Estate Investment

GY473 Economic Development and the Environment (0.5)

GY474 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5)

GY520 Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy (1.0)

Department of Government courses:

GV4K2 Postcolonial and Comparative Political Theory (0.5)

Department of Health Policy courses:

HP412 Global Health Security (0.5)

HP432 Mental Health Policy (0.5)

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:

DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5)

DV463 Civil Society, Security and Development (0.5)

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 History courses:

HY482 National Socialism. Old theories and new research approaches (1.0)

HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0)

Department of International Relations courses:

IR476 Gender and Political Violence (1.0)

 

Department of Law

LL450E Banking and Finance Law: Regulating Retail, Consumer, and SME Markets (H)

 

Department of Management courses:

MG449 Research Methods for Studies in Global Management (0.5)

MG4J2 Designing Innovative Social Enterprises (0.5)

MG4J3 Principles of Pricing (0.5)

MG4J6 Brand Strategy (0.5)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA433 Mathematics of Networks (0.5)

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC437 Media, Data and Social Order (1.0)

MC438 Mediated Feminisms (0.5)

Department of Methodology courses:

MY474 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science (0.5)

MY525 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5)

MY574 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science (0.5)

 

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH433 Philosophy of Gender and Race (0.5)

 

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB405 Foundations in Behavioural Science (1.0)

PB414 Advanced Methods for Social Psychology Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods (1.0)

PB453 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making (0.5)

PB457 Organisational Culture (0.5)

PB458 Dialogue: Conflict & Negotiation (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)

PP411L Developments in Contemporary Policy-Making (0.5)

PP411M Developments in Contemporary Policy Making (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)

SO4B3 The Sociology of Human Rights Practice (0.5)

SO4B4 The New Reproductive Sociology (0.5)

SO4B5 The Anticolonial Archive: The Sociology of Empire and its Afterlives (0.5)

SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5)

Department of Statistics courses:

ST452 Probability and Mathematical Statistics I (0.5)

ST453 Probability and Mathematical Statistics II (0.5)

ST505 Statistical Modelling and Data Analysis (0.5)

ST552 Probability and Mathematical Statistics I (0.5)

ST553 Probability and Mathematical Statistics II (0.5)

 

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Suspended courses for  2019/20
We regret we are unable to offer the following courses in the 2019/20 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)

AN461 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (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 Economics courses:

EC453 Political Economy (1.0)

 

Department of Economic History courses:

EH408 International Migration, 1500-2000: from slavery to asylum (0.5)

EH409 Chinese Economy in Transition: 1850-1950 (0.5)

EH476 The Economic History of War (1.0)

EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (0.5)

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

 

European Institute courses:

EU481 The Future: Political Responses to a Challenge (0.5)

EU555 Political Economy and Public Policy Workshop (0.0)

Department of Finance courses:

FM409 Risk Management in Financial Markets (0.5)

FM492 Principles of Finance (1.0)

FM499 Dissertation (1.0)

FM4T7 Global Financial Systems - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T9 International Finance - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U9 Risk Management in Financial Markets - Dissertation (0.5)

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:

GY421 Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives (0.5)

 

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

GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5)

GY446 Planning for Sustainable Cities (0.5)

GY449 Urban Futures (0.5)

GY467 Global Migration and Development (0.5)

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

Department of Government courses:

GV403 Network Regulation (0.5)

GV427 Democracy in East and South Asia (0.5)

GV442 Globalisation and Democracy (0.5)

GV443 The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (0.5)

GV482 Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics (0.5)

GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (0.5)

GV4A3 Social Choice Theory and Democracy (0.5)

GV4C5 Politics of Economic Policy (0.5)

GV4H9 Armed Groups: Violence, Governance, and Mobilization (0.5)

GV4J3 Public Opinion, Political Psychology and Citizenship (0.5)

GV555 Political Economy and Public Policy Workshop (0.0)

 

Department of Health Policy courses:

HP406 Principles of Modern Epidemiology (0.5)

HP4A2E Health Administration and Management (0.5)

Department of International Development courses:

DV411 Population and Development: an Analytical Approach (0.5)

DV421 Global Health and Development (0.5) - new title for 2019/20 'Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development'.

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

 

Department of International History Courses:

HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91 (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)

HY463 The Origins of the Cold War (1.0)

 

Department of International Relations Courses:

IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0)

IR433 The International Politics of EU Enlargement (0.5)

IR447 Political Economy of International Labour Migration (1.0)

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:

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

LL4AN International Business Transactions: Transnational Torts (0.5)

LL4AS International Criminal Law: Prosecution and Practice (0.5)

LL4AU Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (0.5)

LL4AV Global Trade Governance: Contemporary Issues (0.5)

LL4B1 Foundations of International Economic Law (0.5)

LL4BL Financial Crime (0.5)

LL4BQ Trade Mark Law (0.5)

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

LL4BX Corporate Governance - Advanced Topics (0.5)

LL4CC Commercial Remedies (0.5)

LL4CD European Company Law (0.5)

LL4CM Law in the Economy (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)

LL4L5 Socio-legal Theory and Practice (0.5)

LL4L7 Advanced Mediation (0.5)

LL4N6 Principles of Copyright Law (0.5)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA408 Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory (0.5)

MA412 Functional Analysis and its Applications (0.5)

MA418 Preferences, Optimal Portfolio Choice, and Equilibrium (0.5)

MA430 Efficient Algorithms For Hard Optimisation Problems (0.5)

MA431 Advanced Topics in Operational Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5)

 

Department of Management courses:

MG425 Global Business Management (0.5)

MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5)

MG483 eHealth: Policy, Strategy and Systems

MG484 Global Sourcing and Management of Business and IT Services (0.5)

MG4A4 Empirical Research Strategy for Managerial Economics (0.5)

MG4B1 Corporate Strategy (0.5)

MG4B8 Evolutionary Psychology and Management (0.5)

MG502 Foundations of Social Research in Information Systems: Paradigms and Traditions (0.5)

MG503 Interpretations of Information (0.5)

MG509 Managing Digital Platform Innovation (0.5)

MG511 Technology, Practice and Institutions (0.5)

MG518 Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Seminar (0.5)

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC405 Policy and Practice in ICTs and Development (0.5)

MC413 Information, Communication and Knowledge Systems (0.5)

MC428 Media Culture and Neoliberalism in the Global South (0.5)

 

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH427 Genes, Brains and Society (0.5)

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)

 

School of Public Policy courses:

PP411L Developments in Contemporary Policy-Making (0.5)

PP411M Developments in Contemporary Policy Making (0.5)

PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5)

 

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP416 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5)

SP436 Basic Education for Social Development (0.5)

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

SP439 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5)

SO454 Families and Inequalities (0.5)

SO458 Gender and Societies (0.5)

SO469 Risk and Governance: A Sociological Approach (0.5)

SO482 Topics in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies (0.5)

SO483 Social Change Organizations (0.5)

SO489 Family and Migration (0.5)

SO505 Becoming a Professional Sociologist (0.0)

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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:

AN459 Anthropology and Media (0.5)

 

Department of Economic History courses:

EH491 Dissertation in the Political Economy of Late Development (0.5)

The European Institute courses:

EU420 European Law and Government (0.5)

EU431 European Integration from a Global Perspective (0.5)

EU435 History and Theory of European Integration (0.5)

EU452 Political Economy of Europe (1.0)

EU463 European Human Rights Law (0.5)

EU465 Research Methods and Design in EU Politics (0.0)

EU473 Informal Governance (0.5)

EU479 EU Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5)

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

EU481 The Future: Political Responses to a Challenge (0.5)

EU498 Dissertation (1.0)

 

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)

GY468 Environment and Development: Sustainability, Technology and Business (0.5)

GY469 Environment and Development: Ecosystem Services and the Global South (0.5)

GY499 Dissertation (1.0)

 

Department of Government courses:

GV4C2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

 

Department of Health Policy courses:

HP427 US Health Policy (0.5)

HP4C9E Dissertation in Health Economics, Outcomes, and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences (0.5)

Department of International History Courses:

HY434 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (1.0)

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:

LL499 Dissertation: MSc Regulation (1.0)

LL4AA Global Copyright Policy: Contemporary Issues (0.5)

LL4CN New Technologies in Law and the Body (0.5)

 

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA419 Search Games (0.5)

Department of Management courses:

MG419 Public Management - Strategy, Innovation and Delivery (1.0)

MG454 Leadership in Practice (modular) (0.0)

MG461 Quantitative Analysis in Management (0.5)

MG462 Qualitative Analysis in Management (0.5)

MG4F6 Leadership in Practice (0.0)

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:

PH404 Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues (1.0)

PH423 Scientific Method and Policy (1.0)

PH428 Emotion, Cognition and Behaviour: Science and Policy (0.5)

 

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)

 

Department of Social Policy courses:

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

Department of Statistics courses:

ST435 Advanced Probability Theory (0.5)

ST441 Introduction to Markov Processes and their Applications (0.5)

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

Old title

New title

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN471 Qualitative Methods for Anthropologists (1.0)

AN471 Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Anthropologists (1.0)

Department of Economic History courses:

EH479 Dissertation in Global History (0.5)

EH479 Dissertation in Global Economic History (0.5)

EH480 Dissertation in Global History (1.0)

EH480 Research Dissertation in Global Economic History

EH482 Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: Europe and the Wider World, 11th to 19th Centuries (1.0)

EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0)

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 European Institute courses:

EU475 Muslims in Europe (0.5)

EU475 Religious Diversity and Conflict in Europe (0.5)

Department of Gender Studies courses:

GI411 Gender, Postcoloniality, Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions (0.5)

GI411 Gender, Post/coloniality and Development (0.5)

GI499 Dissertation (1.0)

GI499 Dissertation - Independent Research Project (1.0)

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY448 Social and Political Aspects of Regional and Urban Planning (0.5)

GY448 Urban Planning: Society, Market and Sustainability (0.5)

GY404 Local Economic Development: Jobs, Poverty, Policy (0.5)

GY404 Inclusive Growth (0.5)

Department of Government courses:

GV465 War, Peace and Politics of National Self-Determination  (0.5)

GV465 War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (0.5)

GV4B8  Contemporary Civil Wars: Comparative Case Studies (0.5)

GV4B8 Civil Wars: Concepts and Cases (0.5)

GV4F9 The Challenges of Governance and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

GV4F9 The Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

GV4H6 Behavioural and Experimental Political Economy (0.5)

GV4H6 Behavioural Political Economy (0.5)

Department of History courses:

HY440 The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy (1.0)

HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0)

HY478 The Origins of the Modern World: Europe, China and India, 1600-1800

HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China and India, 1550 - 1840

Department of International Development courses:

DV421 Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV447 Public Affairs, International Development and Gendered Violence (0.5)

DV447 International Development, Youth and Gendered Violence (0.5)

DV458 Demographic Change and Development (0.5)

DV458 Key Issues in Global Health and Development (0.5)

Department of International Relations courses:

IR462 Introduction to International Political Theory (0.5)

IR462 International Political Theory (0.5)

IR472 Advanced Topics in International Politics - 'The International Relations of the Asia-Pacific' (0.5)

IR472 Nuclear Non-proliferation and World Politics (Advanced Topics in International Relations) (0.5)

Department of Law courses:

LL409E Comparative Constitutional Law:Rights (0.5)

LL409E Comparative Constitutional Rights (0.5)

LL4L6 Theory of Human Rights Law (0.5)

LL4L6 Theory of Constitutional Rights (0.5)

LL426E Theory of Human Rights Law

LL426E Theories of Human and Constitutional Rights

LL432E Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings (0.5)

LL432E Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe (0.5)

LL4H2 Media Law: Regulating Publication (0.5)

LL4H2 Freedom of Speech, Media and the Law (0.5)

LL500 Doctoral Research Seminar

LL500 Doctoral Research Seminar series (0.0)

Department of Management courses:

MG430 Strategy, Organisation and Innovation (0.5)

MG430 Strategy in Global Emerging Markets (0.5)

MG456 Analytics for Strategic Decisions (0.5)

MG456 Strategic Decision Making (0.5)

MG458 Foundations of Management I (1.0)

MG458 Foundations of Management I: Organisations and Management Theory (1.0)

MG465 Operations and Managerial Economics (0.5)

MG465 Managerial Economics for Master in Management Students (0.5)

MG477 Reward System: Key Models and Practices  (0.5)

MG477 Strategic Reward: Key Models and Practices (0.5)

MG478 Globalisation and Human Resource Management (0.5)

MG478 The Management of Human Resources in Global Companies (0.5)

MG4F3 New Media Marketing: Managing Online and Social Media (0.5)

MG4F3 Digital Marketing (0.5)

Department of Media & Communications courses:

MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (0.5)

MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5)

MC418 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications II (Processes of communication in modern life)  (0.5)

MC418 Communication: Culture and Approaches (0.5)

Department of Methodology courses:

MY427 Qualitative Research with Non-Traditional Data (0.5)

MY427 Qualitative Research with Digital and Visual Data

MY428 Qualitative Text Analysis (0.5)

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5)

MY527 Qualitative Research With Non-Traditional Data (0.5)

MY527 Qualitative Research with Digital and Visual Data (0.5)

MY528 Qualitative Text Analysis (0.5)

MY528 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB425 Issues in Social Psychology: Group Dynamics (0.5)

PB425 Identity and Group Dynamics in Organisational and Social Settings (0.5)

PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organizations (0.5)

PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations

School of Public Policy courses:

PP419 Methods of Economic Policy Analysis (0.5)

PP419 Advanced Empirical Methods for Policy Analysis (0.5)

PP448 Political Economy of Development I (0.5)

PP448 International Political Economy and Development (0.5)

PP449 Political Economy of Development II (0.5)

PP449 Comparative Political Economy and Development (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO500 Research Class for MPhil Students (1.0)

SO500 Aims and Methods Research Class for MPhil Students (1.0)

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)

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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

European Institute courses:

GV4C2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

Department of Finance courses:

FM475 Financial Management (modular) (0.5)

FM475E Financial Management (modular) (0.5)

Department of Geography & Environment courses:

GY499 Dissertation (1.0)

GY484 Dissertation – MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies
GY485 Dissertation – MSc Real Estate Economics and Finance
GY486 Dissertation – MSc Local Economic Development
GY487 Dissertation – MSc in Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research)
GY488 Dissertation – MSc Urbanisation and Development
GY489 Dissertation – Environment Programmes – MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, Environmental Policy and Regulation and MSc Environment and Development

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 International Relations courses:

IR442 Diplomacy and Challenges (1.0)

IR442E Diplomacy and Challenges (1.0)

IR443 Strategy in a Changing World (1.0)

IR443E Strategy in a Changing World (1.0)

IR444 Strategy in Action (0.5)

IR444E Strategy in Action (0.5)

IR449 Conflict and Peacebuilding (0.5)

IR422 Conflict and Peacebuilding (1.0) - change to full unit

IR455 Economic Diplomacy (0.5)

IR429 Economic Diplomacy (1.0) - change to a full unit

IR496 Dissertation: MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy (1.5)

IR496E Dissertation: MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy (1.5)

IR499 Dissertation (1.0)

 

IR499 Dissertation in International Relations (1.0)

IR485 Dissertation in International Political Economy (1.0)

IR486 Dissertation in International Relations Theory and International Relations (Research) (1.0)

Department of Management courses:

MG440 Managerial Economics (modular) (0.5)

MG440E Managerial Economics (modular) (0.5)

MG441 Foundations of Management (0.5)

MG441E Foundations of Management (0.5)

MG443 Organisational Behaviour (0.5)

MG443E Organisational Behaviour (0.5)

MG445 Marketing Strategy (modular) (0.5)

MG445E Marketing Strategy (modular) (0.5)

MG446 Strategy, Organisation and Innovation (modular) (0.5)

MG446E Strategy, Organisation and Innovation (modular) (0.5)

MG447 Foreign Direct Investment and Emerging Markets (modular) (0.5)

MG447E Foreign Direct Investment and Emerging Markets (modular) (0.5)

MG454 Leadership in Practice (modular) (0.0)

MG454E Leadership in Practice (modular) (0.0)

MG457 Foundations of Management 2: Financial Control and Governance (modular) (0.0)

MG457E Foundations of Management 2: Financial Control and Governance (modular) (0.0)

MG498 Dissertation/Capstone Project (modular) (0.5)

MG498E Dissertation/Capstone Project (modular) (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)

SA451  Social Policy Research (1.0)

SP420 Understanding Policy Research (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)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO4A1 Governing Cities in an Urban Age: Challenges and Opportunities (0.5)

SO4A1E Governing Cities in an Urban Age: Challenges and Opportunities (0.5)

SO4A2 Cities and Society: Design and Social Cohesion (0.5)

SO4A2E Cities and Society: Design and Social Cohesion (0.5)

SO4A3 Cities and the Economy: Urban Economic Development and Finance (0.5)

SO4A3E Cities and the Economy: Urban Economic Development and Finance (0.5)

SO4A4 Cities and the Environment: Urban Environmental Transitions (0.5)

SO4A4E Cities and the Environment: Urban Environmental Transitions (0.5)

SO4A5 Urban Infrastructure and Strategic Planning (1.0)

SO4A5E Urban Infrastructure and Strategic Planning (1.0)

SO4A6 Urban Development and Master Planning (1.0)

SO4A6E Urban Development and Master Planning (1.0)

SO4A7 Urban Consultancy Project (1.0)

SO4A7E Urban Consultancy Project (1.0)

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