MA in Global Studies: A European Perspective

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Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

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

For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18

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.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.


Paper 1	EH481 Economic Change in Global History: Approaches and Analysis (0.5)
Papers 2 & 3	Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:
	EH482 Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: Europe and the Wider World, 11th to 19th Centuries (1.0)
	EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)
	HY423 Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (1.0) ^#
Paper 4	EITHER EH479 and courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the Options List (if not already taken under Paper 2):
	EH479 Dissertation in Global History (0.5)
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	EH480 and courses to the value of 0.5 units from the Options List (if not already taken under Paper 2):
	EH480 Dissertation in Global History (1.0)
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Options List

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.

This programme has been retitled to MSc in Global Economic History for 2018/19. Last year of entry 2017/18.

EH402 Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Economic History (0.5)
EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5)
EH408 International Migration, 1500-2000: from slavery to asylum (0.5) (not available 2018/19)
EH409 Chinese Economy in Transition: 1850-1950 (0.5)
EH413 African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (0.5) (not available 2018/19)
EH421 Economic History of Colonialism (0.5) ^#
EH422 Topics in Quantitative Economic History (1.0) ^#
EH423 Japan and Korea as Developing Economies (0.5) (not available 2018/19)
EH426 Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and panel data (0.5) ^# ¹
EH427 Quantitative topics in economic history II: time series and economic dynamics (0.5) ^# ²
EH428 History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (0.5)
EH429 History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (0.5)
EH446 Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (1.0) ^#
EH451 Latin American Development: Political Economy of Growth (0.5) (withdrawn 2017/18)
EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5)
EH454 Human Health in History (1.0)
EH463 The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (0.5) ^# (not available 2018/19)
EH464 The Historical Context of Business (0.5) ^#
EH476 The Economic History of War (1.0) ^#
EH482 Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: Europe and the Wider World, 11th to 19th Centuries (1.0)
EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)
EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (0.5)