MSc in Economic History
Programme code: TMEH
Department: Economic History
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
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Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students must take compulsory courses to the value of 1.5 units, optional courses to the value of two units and a half-unit dissertation.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
Historical Analysis of Economic Change (H) | |
2 | ||
Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: Europe and the Wider World, 11th to 19th Centuries OR | ||
The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th centuries | ||
3 & 4 | ||
Dissertation: MSc Economic History (H) and courses to the value of two full units from the following: * | ||
Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Economic History (H) | ||
India and the World Economy (H) | ||
International Migration, 1500-2000: from slavery to asylum (H) | ||
Chinese Economy in Transition: 1850-1950 (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Economic History of Colonialism (H) | ||
Topics in Quantitative Economic History | ||
Japan and Korea as Developing Economies (H) | ||
Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and Panel Data (H) ** | ||
Quantitative Topics in Economic History II: Time Series and Economic Dynamics (H) ** | ||
History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (H) | ||
History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (H) | ||
Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (not available 2017/18) | ||
EH451 |
Latin American Development: Political Economy of Growth (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
Latin American Development and Economic History (H) | ||
Human Health in History | ||
The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (H) | ||
The Historical Context of Business (H) | ||
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The Economic History of War (not available 2017/18) | |
Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: Europe and the Wider World, 11th to 19th Centuries (if not taken under Paper 2) | ||
The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (if not taken under Paper 2) | ||
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Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c1600-1860 (H) | |
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Economic Growth, Development, and Capitalism in Historical Perspective # | |
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Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (H) | |
* With the approval of their academic adviser, students may request to take EH499 (Dissertation: MSc Economic History) and courses to the value of 1.5 units from the Papers 3 and 4 options list, instead of taking EH498.
** These courses cannot be combined with EH422
# Students wishing to take EC465 must successfully complete EC400.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
