Updated graduate course and programme information 2016/17 - for prospective students
The following information provides a summary of new course and programme information for the 2016/17 session. It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.
Graduate programmes
New programmes for 2016/17 | |
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science |
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Department of Sociology |
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Withdrawn programmes from 2016/17 |
Department of Economics |
MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics (two-year programme) |
European Institute |
Executive MSc Political Economy of Europe (Modular) |
Department of Government |
MSc in Global Politics (Civil Society Stream) |
Suspended programmes for 2016/17 |
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science |
Department of Anthropology |
Programme title changes from 2016/17 | |
Old title |
New title |
Department of Anthropology | |
MSc in Religion in the Contemporary World |
MSc in Social Anthropology (Religion in the Contemporary World) |
Department of Social Policy | |
MSc in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences (Modular) |
Executive MSc in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences |
Graduate courses
Updated postgraduate summative assessment information for 2016/17
New courses for 2016/17 | |
Department of Accounting courses: | |
AC416 Topics in Financial Reporting (H) |
AC417 Corporate Financial Disclosure and Investor Relations (H) |
Department of Anthropology courses: | |
AN461 The Anthropology of Ontology (H) (reinstated) |
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Department of Economics courses: | |
EC410E Public Economics for Public Policy (H) |
EC417 Advanced Macroeconomics |
EC451 Pre-sessional Course for MSc EME |
EC452 Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy (H) |
EC4B5 Macroeconomics for MSc F&E (H) |
EC4B6 Microeconomics for MSc F&E (H) |
Gender Institute courses: | |
GI426 Gender and Human Rights (H) |
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Department of Government courses: | |
GV4J7 Introductory Mathematics for Political Science |
GV504 Research Methods in Political Theory |
Department of International History courses: | |
HY471 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 |
HY472 China and the External World, 1711-1839 |
Department of International Relations courses: | |
IR471 The Situations of the International Criminal Court (H) |
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Department of Law courses: | |
LL445E Cultural Properties and Heritage Law |
LL446E Art and Antiquities Law |
LL447E International Law: Courts and Tribunals |
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Department of Management courses: | |
MG4E2 Marketing Management (H) |
MG4E3 Capstone Project (H) |
MG4E4 Enabling Governments to Make Hard Choices by Assessing Costs and Benefits (H) |
MG4E5 Running Governments by Hierarchy and Regulated Markets (H) |
MG4G3 Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector (H) |
MG4G4 Topics in Management Research (H) |
MG4K3 MPA Capstone Project |
MG4K4 MPA Dissertation |
MG4V8 MPA Policy Paper (H) |
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Department of Media & Communications courses: | |
MC433 Technology and Justice (H) |
MC434 Digital Platforms and Media Infrastructures: Societal Issues (H) |
Department of Methodology courses: | |
MY405 Research Methods for Evaluation in Health, Development and Public Policy (H) |
MY505 Research methods for evaluation in health, development and public policy (H) |
Institute of Public Affairs courses: | |
EC418 Globalisation and Economic Policy (H) |
EC419 Methods of Economic Policy Analysis |
EC4J3E Public Policy in Practice Workshop III (EMPP) (H) | |
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses: | |
PH432 Effective Philanthropy: Ethics and Evidence (H) |
PH458 Evidence and Policy (H) (reinstated) |
Department of Social Policy courses: | |
SA47R Social Policy (Research) - Dissertation |
SA4N1E Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention (H) |
SA4N2E Dissertation in Health Economics, Outcomes, and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences (H) |
SA4N3E Behavioural Science for Health (H) |
SA4N8 Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (H) |
SA4N9E Principles of Health Technology Assessment (H) |
SA4P1 Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making (H) |
SA4P1E Research Design for Evaluating Health Programmes and Policy (H) |
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses: | |
PS465 Psychology of Economic Life |
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Department of Sociology courses: | |
SO4A1 Governing Cities in an Urban Age: Challenges and Opportunities (H) |
SO4A4 Cities and the Environment: Urban Environmental Transitions (H) |
SO4A2 Cities and Society: Design and Social Cohesion (H) |
SO4A5 Urban Infrastructure and Strategic Planning |
SO4A3 Cities and the Economy: Urban Economic Development and Finance (H) |
SO4A6 Urban Development and Master Planning |
Teaching and Learning Centre courses: | |
TC501 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Part 1 (Associate Level) |
TC502 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Part 2 (Full Level) |
TC503 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Career Track |
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Suspended courses for 2016/17 | |
Department of Anthropology courses: | |
AN419 The Anthropology of Christianity (H) |
AN420 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (H) |
AN424 The Anthropology of Melanesia (H) |
AN437 Anthropology of Learning and Cognition |
AN439 Anthropology and Human Rights (H) |
AN458 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (H) |
AN459 Anthropology and Media (H) |
AN469 The Anthropology of Amazonia (H) |
AN474 Subjectivity and Anthropology (H) |
AN475 The Anthropology of Revolution (H) |
AN505 Advanced Professional Development in Anthropology |
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Department of Economic History courses: | |
EH408 International Migration, 1500-2000: From Slavery to Asylum (H) |
EH423 Japan and Korea as Developing Economies (H) |
EH428 History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (H) |
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EH451 Latin American Development: Political Economy of Growth (H) |
EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (H) |
European Institute courses: | |
EU431 European Integration from a Global Perspective (H) |
EU434 The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H) |
EU439 Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H) |
EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (H) |
EU460 European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State (H) |
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Department of Finance courses: | |
FM438 Advanced Asset Pricing (H) |
FM4T0 Financial Risk Analysis - Dissertation (H) |
FM4U3 Advanced Asset Pricing Dissertation (H) |
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Department of Geography & Environment courses: | |
GY421 Gender and Development : Geographical Perspectives (H) |
GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (H) |
GY432 Urban Ethnography (H) |
GY464 Race and Space (H) |
Department of Government courses: | |
GV427 Democracy in East and South Asia (H) |
GV442 Globalisation and Democracy (H) |
GV476 Twentieth Century European Liberal Thought (H) |
GV4C4 Legislative Politics: US (H) |
GV4C6 Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) |
GV4C9 Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia (H) |
GV4D3 Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization, and Decentralization (H) |
GV4E3 Democratisation, Conflict and Statebuilding (H) |
GV4F2 Popular Politics in the Middle East (H) |
GV4G5 The History and Politics of the Modern Middle East (H) |
GV4H6 Behavioural and Experimental Political Economy (H) |
GV4H7 Subnational Politics in Comparative Perspective (H) |
GV510 Ethnicity and Nationalism Research Workshop (non-assessed) |
GV515 Researching People, Politics and Organisations (non-assessed) |
Department of International Development | |
DV420 Complex Emergencies (H) |
DV429 Global Civil Society (H) |
DV446 Technical Change, Paradigm Shifts and Global Development (H) |
DV451 Money in an Unequal World (H) |
DV491 Economic Development Policy II: Microeconomic Analysis (H) |
DV520 Complex Emergencies (H) |
DV591 Economic Development Policy II (H) |
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Department of International History courses: | |
HY435 Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS |
HY440 The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy |
HY441 Islam, State and Rebellion in the Indonesian Archipelago |
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Department of International Relations courses: | |
IR418 International Politics: Asia & the Pacific |
IR431 European Union Policy Making in a Global-Context (H) |
IR439 Diplomacy (H) |
IR461 Islam in International Relations: From Al-Andalus to Afghanistan |
IR462 Introduction to International Political Theory (H) |
IR463 The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) |
IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion |
IR482 Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies |
Department of Law courses: | |
LL469 UK Human Rights Law (H) |
LL475 Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) |
LL4AB Law and Administrative Procedures in the EU (H) |
LL4AC Legal Accountability and Redress of Grievance in the EU (H) |
LL4AQ Constitutional Theory (H) |
LL4AX Selected Topics in International Human Rights Law (H) |
LL4BE Principles of Financial Regulation (H) |
LL4BN Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (H) |
LL4BP Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law (H) |
LL4BY An Introduction to the International Human Rights of Women (H) |
LL4C2 World Poverty and Human Rights (H) |
LL4CB Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (H) |
LL4CE Security and Criminal Law (H) |
LL4CN New Technologies in Law and the Body (H) |
LL4F6 International Dispute Resolution: Non-Adjudicatory (H) |
LL4H4 International Financial Law (H) |
LL4K6 International Uniform Sales Law (H) |
LL4K8 Law of Corporate Finance: Securities Regulation (H) |
Department of Management courses: | |
MG402 Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H) |
MG405 Behavioural Decision Science (H) |
MG436 Firms, Markets and Crises (H) |
MG437 Business Model Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid (H) |
MG438 Business Model Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid |
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (H) |
MG453 Managing Digital Business (H) |
MG474 Managing Diversity in Organisations (H) |
MG476 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H) |
MG477 Reward System: Key Models and Practices (H) |
MG4B1 Corporate Strategy (formerly MN431) (H) |
MG4B4 Advanced Topics in Operational Research (H) |
MG4D1 International and Comparative Human Resource Management (H) |
MG504 General Management PhD research seminar |
Department of Mathematics courses: | |
MA418 Preferences, Optimal Portfolio Choice, and Equilibrium (H) |
MA419 Search Games (H) |
Department of Media and Communications courses: | |
MC407 International Media and The Global South (H) |
MC423 Global Media Industries (H) |
MC427 Digital Media Futures (H) |
MC429 Humanitarian Communication: vulnerability, discourse and power (H) |
Department of Methodology courses: | |
MY427 Qualitative Research with Non-Traditional Data (H) |
MY428 Qualitative Text Analysis |
MY429 Special Topics in Qualitative Research: Introspection-based Methods in Social Research (H) |
MY454 Applied Statistical Computing using R (H) |
MY527 Qualitative Research With Non-Traditional Data (H) |
MY528 Qualitative Text Analysis |
MY459 Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis (H) |
MY529 Special Topics in Qualitative Research: Introspection-based Methods in Social Research (H) |
MY554 Applied Statistical Computing using R (H) |
MY559 Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis (H) |
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses: | |
PH404 Scientific Revolutions: Philosophical and Historical Issues |
PH423 Scientific Method and Policy |
Department of Social Policy courses: | |
SA493 Demographic Change and Development (H) |
SA4B8 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (H) |
SA4B9 Education Policy, Reform and Financing (H) |
SA4C8 Globalisation and Social Policy (H) |
SA4H7 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (H) |
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Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses: | |
PS411 Current Communication Research (H) |
PS443 Societal Psychology (H) |
PS461 Health, Community and Development |
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Department of Sociology courses: | |
SO430 Economic Sociology (H) |
SO458 Gender and Societies (H) |
SO480 Urban Inequalities (H) |
SO483 Social Change Organizations (H) |
SO521 Research Seminar on Cities and Space (non-assessed) |
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Department of Statistics courses: | |
ST441 Introduction to Markov Processes and their Applications (H) |
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Withdrawn courses for 2016/17 | |
Department of Accounting courses: | |
AC414 Financial Reporting, Capital Markets and Business Combinations (H) |
AC420 Financial Reporting in Capital Markets |
Department of Anthropology courses: | |
AN421 The Anthropology of Industrialisation and Industrial Life |
AN441 Anthropological Fieldwork Methods |
AN449 Ethnography in Relation to Other Research Methods |
AN455 Statistics and Causal Analysis for Social Anthropologists |
AN501 Field Research Seminar |
AN900 A Programme of Ethnographic Films |
Department of Economics courses: | |
EC406 Economic Policy Analysis |
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Department of Economic History courses: | |
EH424 The British Economy in Global Perspective, 1000-2000 |
EH447 Great Depressions in Economic History |
EH467 Epidemics: Epidemic Disease in History, 1348-2000 |
EH487 International Economic Institutions Since World War I |
European Institute courses: | |
EU427 European Public and Economic Policy |
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Department of Finance courses: | |
FM411 FM411 Finance Work Placement and Assessment |
FM440 Corporate Finance Theory |
FM4T3 Corporate Finance Theory - Dissertation |
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Gender Institute courses: | |
GI419 Gender and Contemporary Social Movements |
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Department of Government courses: | |
GV4G3 Foundations of Political Theory (MRes) |
GV4G6 Nationalism and Global Politics |
Department of International History courses: | |
HY449 Long-term History: The Patterns of the Past and the Shape of Things to Come |
HY460 Ideologies and Political Thought in Germany in the Era of Extremes (1914-1990) |
Department of International Relations courses: | |
IR422 Conflict and Peace Studies |
IR460 Comparative Political Economy |
IR505 European International Politics Workshop |
IR506 The South and World Politics |
IR512 Research Workshop: Security, Conflict & Peace Studies |
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Department of Law courses: | |
LL407 Media and Communications Regulation |
LL4A5 Investment Funds Law in Europe |
LL4BZ International Human Rights of Women: Advanced Issues |
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Department of Management courses: | |
MG415 Thinking Like a Policy Analyst |
MG499 Dissertation |
MG4B2 Personnel Economics |
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Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses: | |
PH429 Global Justice (H) |
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Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses: | |
PS460 Inter-cultural Relations and Racism |
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Department of Social Policy courses: | |
SA4G5 Valuation, Behaviour and Policy (H) |
SA4L2 Contemporary Issues in European Social Policy |
SA4X6E Welfare Analysis and Measurement (H) |
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Department of Sociology courses: | |
SO433 Cultural Theory |
SO438 Sociology of Employment I: Social Relations at Work |
Course title changes from 2016/17 | |
Old title |
New title |
Department of Anthropology courses: | |
AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): Development, Transformation and Globalisation |
AN457 Anthropology of Economy (2): Transformation and Globalisation |
Department of International Development courses: | |
DV483 Information Technologies and Socio-Economic Development |
DV483 Information Communication Technologies and Socio-economic Development |
Department of Economic History courses: | |
EH482 Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: East and West Compared, c1000-1800/1900 |
EH482 Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: Europe and the Wider World, 11th to 19th Centuries |
Department of European Institute courses: | |
EU440 Greece and South Eastern Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy |
EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration |
EU450 Europe: Contemporary Issues |
EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills |
Department of Finance courses: | |
FM475 Financial Management |
FM475 Financial Management (modular) |
Department of Government courses: | |
GV4C7 Warfare and National Identity |
GV4C7 Nationalism and War |
GV4F8 Institutions in the Global Economy |
GV4F8 Institutions and Global Trade |
GV4F9 African Politics, Wars and Violence |
GV4F9 The Challenges of Governance and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Department of International History courses: | |
HY498 Dissertation: LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs |
HY498 Dissertation: LSE-PKU Double Degree MSc in International Affairs; MSc Theory and History of International Relations |
Department of International Relations courses: | |
IR502 International Theory Workshop |
IR502 International Relations Theory Research Workshop |
IR504 Foreign Policy Workshop |
IR504 Security and Statecraft Research Workshop |
IR507 Research Seminar: International Institutions |
IR507 International Institutions, Law and Ethics Research Workshop |
IR514 Middle East workshop for PhD students |
IR514 Middle East Research Workshop |
IR555 Political Economy and Public Policy Workshop |
IR555 International Political Economy Research Workshop |
Department of Law courses: | |
LL443E Insolvency Law: Company Liquidation and Stakeholder Interests |
LL443E Corporate Bankruptcy |
LL4AD Rethinking International Law: International Law and Contemporary Problems I |
LL4AD Rethinking International Law: International Law and Contemporary Problems |
LL4AE Rethinking International Law II: International Legal Thought |
LL4AE Rethinking International Law: International Legal Thought |
LL4BR Trademarks, Brands and Branding: Contemporary Issues |
LL4BR Trade Marks, Brands and Branding: Contemporary Issues |
Department of Management courses: | |
MG414 Managing Change in the Public Sector: Theory and Challenge |
MG414 Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector |
MG457 Foundations of Management 2 (modular) |
MG457 Foundations of Management 2: Financial Control and Governance (modular) |
MG493 Developing Professional Research and Employability Skills |
MG493 Dissertation and Employability Skills |
MG495 Dissertation |
MG495 Dissertation - MSc International Management |
MG498 Dissertation / Capstone Project |
MG498 Dissertation / Capstone Project (modular) |
MG4A7 Solving Unsolvable Problems: NP- completeness and how to cope with it |
MG4A7 Efficient Algorithms For Hard Optimisation Problems |
MG4E4 Assessing Costs and Benefits of Hard Choices for Governments |
MG4E4 Enabling Governments to Make Hard Choices by Assessing Costs and Benefits |
MG4E5 Governance and System Reform |
MG4E5 Running Governments by Hierarchy and Regulated Markets |
Department of Social Psychology courses: | |
PS415 The Social Psychology of Economic Life |
PS415 Social Psychology of Economic Life: Advanced Topics |
PS4A5 Methods for Social Psychology Research: Fundamental Qualitative and Fundamental Quantitative Methods |
PS4A5 Methods for Social Psychology Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods |
Course code changes from 2016/17 | |
Old code |
New code |
Department of International Relations courses: | |
IR450 International Political Economy |
IR470 (H) - change to half unit |
