Methodology Courses

Browse courses and start planning your year

On this page you can browse courses from the Department of Methodology to help you think about your selection. All Methodology courses are half unit courses.

For information on auditing Postgraduate Methodology courses, see here.

Courses followed by an asterisk require you to apply for a place - the deadline for applications is 12noon on Friday 25 September. Other Methodology courses do not require an application. For further information, see the general Methodology Courses page (for all LSE students).

Autumn Term courses

• MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design
• MY421A Qualitative Research Methods
• MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
• MY452A Applied Regression Analysis
• MY465 Intermediate Quantitative Analysis
• MY470 Computer Programming
• MY472 Data for Data Scientists
• MY476 Population Analysis: Methods and Models

Winter Term courses

• MY405 Research Design for Policy and Programme Evaluation
• MY421W Qualitative Research Methods
• MY422 Participatory Research *
• MY423 Interview Methods for Social Science Research
• MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research *
• MY426 Doing Ethnography *
• MY452W Applied Regression Analysis
• MY455 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement
• MY456 Survey Methodology
• MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies
• MY459 Quantitative Text Analysis
• MY466 Population Analysis: Methods and Models *
• MY474 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science
• MY475 Applied Deep Learning for Social Science
• MY481 Generative AI for Social Science Research *