MA in Global Studies: A European Perspective
Two-year programme. Students attend LSE for either their first or second year and also attend, for a year, one of the following participating institutions: Leipzig, Roskilde, Vienna or Wroclaw. During their year at LSE students will be required to take the MSc in Global History (Erasmus Mundus) based in the Department of Economic History. This programme is only available to students on the MA in Global Studies: A European Perspective.
MSc in Global History (Erasmus Mundus)
Programme code: TMGLHY2
Department: Economic History
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students must take compulsory courses to the value of 2.5 units, a dissertation and optional courses. Students taking year one of the programme at LSE will need to complete EH479 (6,000 word dissertation) and take one unit of options; students taking year two at LSE will complete EH480 (10,000 word dissertation) and 0.5 units of options.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Economic Change in Global History: Approaches and Analysis (H) | |
2 & 3 |
Two of the following: | |
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Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: Europe and the Wider World, 11th to 19th Centuries | |
The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th centuries | ||
|
Empire, Colonialism and Globalization | |
4 |
Either | |
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Dissertation: Global History (H) and courses to the value of one full unit from the following (if not already taken under Paper 2) | |
Or | ||
Dissertation: MSc Global History and courses to the value of 0.5 units from the following (if not already taken under Paper 2): | ||
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 Economics (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 | ||
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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 | ||
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The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries | |
|
Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c1600-1860 (H) | |
Notes ** These courses cannot be combined with EH422
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.
