Updated graduate course and programme information 2020/21 - for current students

The following information provides current students with a summary of new course and programme information for the 2020/21 session. It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.

New programmes  | Suspended programmes | Withdrawn programmes | Substantive changes to programme regulations  | Programme title changes | New courses | Suspended courses | Withdrawn courses | Assessment changes | Course title changes | Course code changes

Graduate programmes

New programmes for 2020/21
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2020/21:

Department of Accounting

MRes/PhD in Accounting (AOI) (Accounting, Organisations and Institutions Track)

MRes/PhD in Accounting (EoA) (Economics of Accounting Track)

Department of International Development

LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in the Political Economy of Development - [MSc in Development Management (LSE and Sciences Po)]

Department of International History

MSc in International and Asian History

Department of Social Policy

LSE-Fudan Double Master's in International Social and Public Policy

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Substantive changes to programme regulations for 2020/21
The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2020/21 session.

Department of Accounting:

Diploma in Accounting and Finance

AC330 removed from Paper 2.

Department of Economic History

MSc in Political Economy of Late Development

EH401 to replace EH414 as core for paper 1.

MSc in Quantitative Economic History

EH426M and EH427 to replace EH422 as core for paper 2

European Institute

MSc in European and International Public Policy

Changes to semi-core courses for papers 1 and 2

MSc in European and International Public Policy (LSE and Bocconi)

Changes to semi-core courses for papers 1 and 2

MSc in European and International Public Policy (LSE and Sciences Po)

Changes to semi-core courses for papers 1 and 2

Department of Finance

MRes/PhD in Finance

Suspension of Paper 3 core course FM481, replaced with EC443

Department of Gender Studies

MSc in Gender, Media and Culture

MC438 added to Paper 1 short options list.

MSc in Gender, Peace and Security (previously MSc in Women, Peace and Security)

Changes to semi-core courses for papers 2 and 3

MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities

GI414 now core for Paper 1 due to suspension of GI417

Department of Geography and Environment

MPhil/PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies

GY503 added to transferable skills course list, compulsory not-examined

MSc in Local Economic Development

Change to semi-core courses

Department of Government

MSc in Political Science and Political Economy

MY457 and MY452 to change from compulsory to optional; GV482 to change from optional to compulsory.

Department of Health Policy

Executive MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management (2019-20 intake only)

HP4D1E changed from core for Paper 3 to optional under papers 5&6

MSc in Global Health Policy

Paper 4 core course HP421 suspended, replaced with HP412

MSc in International Health Policy

Paper 3 core course HP402 suspended. Papers 6 and 7 to be a choice of 1.5 unit(s) instead of 1.0 unit(s)

Department of International Development

MSc in Health and International Development

DV453 changed from Paper 3 long options list, to Paper 2 short options list
MY405 changed from Paper 2 short options list, to Paper 3 long options list

Department of Management

Global Msc in Management

Newly modified structure.

Global MSc in Managment (CEMS MiM) (2020/21 entrants)

Newly modified structure.

Global MSc in Managment (CEMS MiM) (2019/20 entrants)

Newly modified structure for year 2.

Global MSc in Management (MBA Exchange)

Newly modified structure.

MPhil/PhD in Management Information Systems and Innovation

Newly modified structure.

MRes/PhD in Management (Marketing)

MG5A1 A Social Sciences Perspective of Academic Research in Management (non-assessed) new core course added.  Newly modified structure.

MRes/PhD in Management (Employment Relations and Human Resources)

MG5A1 A Social Sciences Perspective of Academic Research in Management (non-assessed) new core course added. Newly modified structure.

MRes/PhD in Management (Organisational Behaviour)

MG5A1 A Social Sciences Perspective of Academic Research in Management (non-assessed) new core course added. Newly modified structure.

MSc in Marketing

Addition of MG4J6 to Paper 3 and removal of MG4F3 (suspended).

MSc in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Paper 4 Dissertation: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship to change from 0.5 unit to 1.0 unit.

Department of Media and Communications

MSc in Politics and Communication

MC404 replaces MC419 as the core course for Paper 2.

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

MPhil/PhD in Psychological and Behavioural Science

Newly modified structure.

School of Public Policy

Master of Public Policy

Students can now apply to be exempt from core course PP404.

Department of Statistics

MPhil/PhD in Statistics

Addition of Year 1 core courses ST505 Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis and ST552 Probability and Mathematical Statistics I. Newly modified structure.

MSc in Data Science

Students no longer able to 'opt out' of taking ST447 under paper 3.

MSc in Quantitative Methods for Risk Management

Suspension of core course ST439, papers 4&5 structure modified.

MSc in Statistics (Social Statistics) (Research)

Suspension of paper 3 semi-core course ST442.

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 Suspended programmes for 2020/21
The following programmes have been suspended for the 2020/21 session:

Department of Law

MPhil/PhD Law (Socio-Legal Theory)

MSc in Law, Anthropology and Society

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 Withdrawn programmes for 2020/21
The following programmes have been withdrawn for the 2020/21 session:

Department of Accounting

MPhil/PhD in Accounting

European Institute

MSc in Global Europe: Culture and Conflict (LSE & Sciences Po)

Department of Law

MSc in Law and Accounting

Department of Management

MSc in Management Science (Decision Sciences)

School of Public Policy

MPA in International Development

MPA in Public and Economic Policy

MPA in Public Policy and Management

MPA in Public and Social Policy

MPA in Social Impact

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Programme title changes 2020/21
The following programmes have changed title from the 2020/21 session.

Old title

New title

Department of Gender Studies

MSc in Women, Peace and Security

MSc in Gender, Peace and Security

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Graduate courses

New courses for 2020/21 
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2020/21.

Department of Accounting courses:

AC504 Topics in Accounting Research (AOI) (1.0)

AC506 Topics in Accounting Research (EoA) (0.0)

European Institute courses:

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration and Spatial Inequality in Europe (0.5)

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5)

EU4A5 Public Opinion in Europe (0.5)

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY503 Writing the World (0.0)

GY574 Politics of Environment and Development (0.5)

Department of Health Policy courses:

HP4D6E Behavioural Insights for Health Incentive Design (0.5)

HP4F2E Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Healthcare Programs and Policies (0.5)

HP4F3E Randomised Evaluation of Health Programmes and Policies (0.5)

 

Department of International Development courses:

DV472 Covid-19 pandemic: health, socio-economic and political implications for development (Special Topics in International Development) (0.5)

DV507 Poverty (0.5)

DV592 Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis (0.5)

 

Department of International History courses:

HY485 Germanness in the 20th century: Identity, Politics, and Violence in Germany from the First World War to Re-Unification (1.0)

HY486 Practicing Abolition in the Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0)

HY4A4 Dissertation with an Asian Focus (1.0)

 

Department of International Relations courses:

IR436 Critical Theories of International Relations (0.5)

 

Department of Law courses:

LL4CQE Legal Aspects of Private Equity and Venture Capital (0.5)

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)

Department of Management courses:

MG468 Foundations of Management III: Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and Leadership (0.5)

MG469 Extended Essay for Management (0.5)

MG470 Management Dissertation (1.0)

MG5A1 A Social Sciences Perspective of Academic Research in Management

MG519 Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Seminar II (0.5)

MG520 Marketing II: Consumer Behaviour and Quantitative Modelling (0.5)

MG525 Research in Organisational Behaviour Seminar II (0.5)

 

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA434 Algorithmic Game Theory (0.5)

 

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC501 Advanced Doctoral Workshop in Media and Communications (0.0)

 

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP403 Academic and Professional Skills Development (0.5)

 

Department of Sociology courses:

SO4B7 Lawful Violence: Policing, Militaries and Security (0.5)

 

Department of Statistics courses:

ST510 Foundations in Machine Learning (0.5)

 

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Suspended courses for 2020/21
The following courses have been suspended for the 2020/21 session.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN420 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5)

AN424 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)

AN444 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5)

AN458 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)

AN461 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5)

AN467 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)

AN469 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5)

AN473 Anthropological Approaches to Value (0.5)

AN475 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5)

AN476 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)

AN478 Anthropology and Global History (0.5)

AN480 Public Anthropology (0.5)

AN481 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)

 

Department of Economics courses:

EC421 International Economics (1.0)

 

Department of Economic History courses:

EH409 Chinese Economy in Transition: 1850-1950 (0.5)

EH423 Japan and Korea as Developing Economies (0.5)

EH476 The Economic History of War (1.0)

EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (0.5)

EH518 The Economic History of Firms & Industries Seminar (0.0)

 

European Institute courses:

EU425 Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (0.5)

EU439 Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (0.5)

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5)

EU475 Religious Diversity and Conflict in Europe (0.5)

EU476 Politics of Memory: Germany, France, UK and Turkey (0.5)

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5)

EU555 Political Economy and Public Policy Workshop (0.0)

Department of Finance courses:

FM404 Forecasting Financial time Series (0.5)

FM408E Financial Engineering (0.5)

FM409 Risk Management in Financial Markets (0.5)

FM457 Applied Computational Finance (0.0)

FM458 Financial Economics Preparatory Course (0.0)

FM481 Financial Econometrics for Research Students (1.0)

FM4T1 Forecasting Financial Time Series - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T7 Global Financial Systems - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T8E Financial Engineering - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T9 International Finance - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U9 Risk Management in Financial Markets - Dissertation (0.5)

 

Department of Gender Studies courses:

GI410 Screening the Present: contemporary cinema and cultural critique (0.5)

GI417 Feminist Population Politics (0.5)

GI418 Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction (0.5)

GI423 Globalisation and Sexuality (0.5)

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation (0.5)

GY410 Economics of Local and Regional Development (0.5)

GY432 Urban Ethnography (0.5)

GY470 Urban Africa (0.5)

GY472 Real Estate Investment (0.5)

GY480 Remaking China: Geographical aspects of Development and Disparity (0.5)

GY526 Advanced Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics: Time, Risk and Environmental Policy (0.5)

 

Department of Government courses:

GV432 Government and Politics in China (0.5)

GV450 European Politics: Comparative Analysis (0.5)

GV465 War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination

GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (0.5)

GV4B6 Kant's Political Philosophy (0.5)

GV4F8 Institutions and Global Trade (0.5)

GV4H2 Contemporary India: The World's Largest Democracy in the Early 21st Century (0.5)

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5)

GV4J6 Game Theory for Research (0.5)

GV4M6 Modern African Political Philosophy (0.5)

Department of Health Policy courses:

HP402 Measuring Health System Performance (0.5)

HP403 Health Systems and Policies in Developing Countries (0.5)

HP405 Social Determinants of Health (0.5)

HP406 Principles of Modern Epidemiology (0.5)

HP421 Economic Analysis for Health Policy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (0.5)

HP432 Mental health policy (0.5)

HP4A2E Health Administration and Management (0.5)

 

Department of International Development courses:

DV411 Population and Development: an Analytical Approach (0.5)

DV434 Human Security (0.5)

DV447 Youth and Gendered Violence (0.5)

DV461 Critical Population Health Issues in High and Middle-Income Countries (0.5)

DV463 Civil society, security and development (0.5)

DV524 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5)

Department of International History courses:

HY441 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (1.0)

HY448 Living with the Bomb: An International History of Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race from the Second World War to the end of the Cold War (1.0)

HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0)

HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China and India, 1550 - 1840 (1.0)

HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0)

 

Department of International Relations courses:

IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0)

IR433 The International Politics of EU Enlargement (0.5)

IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5)

IR445 China and the World (1.0)

IR447 Political Economy of International Labour Migration (0.5)

IR454 Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (0.5)

IR461 Islam in World Politics (1.0)

IR462 International Political Theory (0.5)

IR464 The Politics of International Law (0.5)

IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0)

IR471 The Situations of the International Criminal Court (0.5)

IR472 Nuclear Non-proliferation and World Politics (Advanced Topics in International Relations) (0.5)

IR474 Revolutions and World Politics (0.5)

IR476 Gender and Political Violence (0.5)

IR477 Sub-Saharan Africa: Governance, Peace, and Security (0.5)

IR478 Critical War Studies (0.5)

IR479 Russia in World Politics (0.5)

IR481 Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (0.5)

IR509 International Relations Research Design Workshop (0.0)

 

Department of Law courses:

LL469 UK Human Rights Law (0.5)

LL4A9 Law in War (0.5)

LL4AD Rethinking International Law: International Law and Contemporary Problems (0.5)

LL4AE Rethinking International Law: International Legal Thought (0.5)

LL4AM International Business Transactions: Advanced Procedure and Tactics (0.5)

LL4AN International Business Transactions: Conflict of Laws, Extraterritoriality, and Global Governance (0.5)

LL4AQ Constitutional Theory (0.5)

LL4AS International Criminal Law: Prosecution and Practice (0.5)

LL4AU Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (0.5)

LL4AW Foundations of International Human Rights Law (0.5)

LL4AZ Taxation of Multinational Enterprises: Transfer Pricing (0.5)

LL4BF International Financial Regulation (0.5)

LL4BH Law and Government of the European Union (0.5)

LL4BN Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (0.5)

LL4BU Art Law (0.5)

LL4BW Law and Political Thought (0.5)

LL4C6 Advanced Issues of International Commercial Arbitration (0.5)

LL4CB Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (0.5)

LL4CC Commercial Remedies (0.5)

LL4CD European Company Law (0.5)

LL4CE Security and Criminal Law (0.5)

LL4F4 Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US (0.5)

LL4H2 Freedom of Speech, Media and the Law (0.5)

LL4H3 Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering (0.5)

LL4H9 Human Rights in the Workplace (0.5)

LL4K4 The International Law of Self-Determination (0.5)

LL4K7 Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context (0.5)

LL4K8 Law of Corporate Finance: Securities Regulation (0.5)

LL4L1 The Theory and Practice of Alternative Commercial Dispute Resolution (0.5)

LL4L5 Socio-legal Theory and Practice (0.5)

LL4L6 Theory of Constitutional Rights (0.5)

LL4L7 Advanced Mediation and Negotiation (0.5)

LL4S5 Copyright Law (0.5)

LL4Z2 Principles of Taxation and Tax Disputes (0.5)

LL4Z5 EU State Aid Law (0.5)

LL4Z7 Comparative Constitutional Rights (0.5)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA408 Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory (0.5)

MA412 Functional Analysis and its Applications (0.5)

MA413 Games of Incomplete Information (0.5)

MA414 Stochastic Analysis (0.5)

MA418 Preferences, Optimal Portfolio Choice, and Equilibrium (0.5)

MA422 Research Topics in Financial Mathematics (0.0)

MA431 Advanced Topics in Operations Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5)

 

Department of Management courses:

MG412 Globalization and Strategy (0.5)

MG422 Thinking Strategically (0.5)

MG449 Research Methods for Studies in Global Management (0.5)

MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5)

MG456 Strategic Decision Making (0.5)

MG467 Strategy and Change in Public Sector Management (0.5)

MG485 Management and Economics of E-Business (0.5)

MG4B7 Organisational Change (0.5)

MG4B8 Evolutionary Psychology and Management (0.5)

MG4F3 Digital Marketing (0.5)

MG4G7 Contemporary Topics in Advanced Technology Management (0.5)

MG4J3 Principles of Pricing (0.5)

MG511 Technology, Practice and Institutions (0.5)

MG513 Marketing: Quantitative Modelling (0.5)

MG515 Social Organisation (0.5)

MG576 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (0.5)

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC407 International Media and The Global South (0.5)

MC413 Information, Communication and Knowledge Systems (0.5)

MC422 Critical Studies in Media and Journalism (0.5)

MC423 Global Media Industries (0.5)

MC427 Digital Media Futures (0.5)

MC429 Humanitarian Communication: vulnerability, discourse and power (0.5)

MC434 Digital Platforms and Media Infrastructures (0.5)

 

Department of Methodology courses:

MY426 Doing Ethnography (0.5)

MY427 Qualitative Research with Digital and Visual Data (0.5)

MY526 Doing Ethnography (0.5)

MY527 Qualitative Research with Digital and Visual Data (0.5)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB400 Psychological and Behavioural Science (0.0)

PB415 Behavioural Science (0.5)

PB416 Cognition and Culture (0.5)

PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5)

PB420 Current Communication Research (0.5)

PB424 Organisational Life (0.5)

PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5)

PB427 Organisational and Social Decision Making (0.5)

PB429 Science Communication and Controversies (0.5)

PB430 Social Influence (0.5)

PB452E Behavioural Science for Health (0.5)

PB453 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making (0.5)

PB4D5 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making - Dissertation (1.0)

 

School of Public Policy courses:

PP411M Developments in Contemporary Policy-Making (0.5)

PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP416 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5)

SP417 Sexuality, Everyday Lives and Social Policy in Developing Countries (0.5)

SP418 Global Social Policy and International Organizations (0.5)

SP435 Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (0.5)

SP436 Basic Education for Social Development (0.5)

SP437 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5)

SP439 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5)

SP440 Wellbeing and Public Policy (0.5)

SP471 Issues in Contemporary Policing (0.5)

SP472 Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5)

SO427 Modern Social Thought (0.5)

SO454 Families and Inequalities (0.5)

SO458 Gender and Societies (0.5)

SO473 Crime, Control and the City (0.5)

SO482 Topics in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies (0.5)

SO4B4 The New Reproductive Sociology (0.5)

SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5)

SO505 Becoming a Professional Sociologist (0.0)

SO521 Research Seminar on Cities and Space (0.0)

Department of Statistics courses:

ST418 Non-Linear Dynamics and the Analysis of Real Time Series (0.5)

ST426 Applied Stochastic Processes (0.5)

ST439 Stochastics for Derivatives Modelling (0.5)

ST440 Recent Developments in Finance and Insurance (0.5)

ST442 Longitudinal Data Analysis (0.5)

ST448 Insurance Risk (0.5)

ST542 Longitudinal Data Analysis (0.5)

 

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Withdrawn courses for 2020/21
The following courses have been withdrawn for the 2020/21 session.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN474 Subjectivity and Anthropology (0.5)

 

Department of Economic History courses:

EH408 International Migration, 1500-2000: from slavery to asylum (0.5)

EH422 Topics in Quantitative Economic History (1.0)

EH414 Theories, Paths and Patterns of Late Development (0.5)

EH426 Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and panel data (0.5)

EH464 The Historical Context of Business (0.5)

 

European Institute courses:

EU497E Dissertation (0.5)

 

Department of Finance courses:

FM492 Principles of Finance (1.0)

FM499 Dissertation (1.0)

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY421 Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives (0.5)

GY467 Global Migration and Development (0.5)

Department of Government courses:

GV403 Network Regulation (0.5)

GV427 Democracy in East and South Asia (0.5)

GV442 Globalisation and Democracy (0.5)

GV443 The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (0.5)

GV4A3 Social Choice Theory and Democracy (0.5)

GV4C5 Politics of Economic Policy (0.5)

GV4D4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

GV4H9 Armed Groups: Violence, Governance, and Mobilization (0.5)

GV4J3 Public Opinion, Political Psychology and Citizenship (0.5)

GV555 Political Economy and Public Policy Workshop (0.0)

Department of International History courses:

HY474 Slavery and Emancipation in the British World (1.0)

HY479 Environmental History in a Global Context (1.0)

HY482 National Socialism. Old theories and new research approaches (1.0)

 

Department of Law courses:

LL440 Corporate Law and Accounting (1.0)

LL4BR Trade Marks, Brands and Branding: Contemporary Issues (0.5)

LL4BX Corporate Governance - Advanced Topics (0.5)

LL4CA Law and Social Theory (0.5)

LL4CJ Comparative Corporate Taxation (0.5)

LL4CK Taxation of Corporate Transactions (0.5)

LL4CM Law in the Economy (0.5)

LL4E8 Law in Society: A Joint Course in Law and Anthropology (1.0)

LL4E9 Dissertation: MSc Law, Anthropology and Society (1.0)

LL4F1 Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions (0.5)

LL4G6 International Commodity Sales (0.5)

LL4H7 Foundations of Legal Theory (0.5)

LL4J1 Critical Perspectives on Legal Theory (0.5)

LL4Z3 Taxation of Consumption and Income (0.5)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA430 Efficient Algorithms For Hard Optimisation Problems (0.5)

MA432 Programming in C++ (0.0)

Department of Management courses:

MG420 Dissertation (0.5)

MG425 Global Business Management (0.5)

MG484 Global Sourcing and Management of Business and IT Services (0.5)

MG4A2 Operational Research and Decision Science in Practice (0.5)

MG4A4 Empirical Research Strategy for Managerial Economics (0.5)

MG503 Interpretations of Information (0.5)

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC405 Policy and Practice in ICTs and Development (0.5)

 

Department of Methodology courses:

MY591 Computing Packages for Applied Analysis (1.0)

 

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH432 Effective Philanthropy: Ethics and Evidence (0.5)

 

Department of Sociology courses:

SO469 Risk and Governance: A Sociological Approach (0.5)

SO483 Social Change Organizations (0.5)

SO4A9 White Screens/Black Images: The Sociology of Black Cinema (0.5)

 

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Assessment changes from 2020/21

Updated graduate summative assessment information for 2020/21

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Course title changes from 2020/21 
The following courses have changed title for the 2020/21 session.

Old title

New title

Department of Accounting courses:

AC500 Accounting, Organisations and Society (0.0)

AC500 Topics in Accounting Research (AOI) (0.0)

AC501 Empirical Financial Accounting and Capital Markets (1.0)

AC501 Topics in Accounting Research (EoA) (1.0)

Department of Economic History courses:

EH402 Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Economic History (0.5)

EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5)

EH427 Quantitative topics in economic history II: time series and economic dynamics (0.5)

EH427 Topics in Quantitative Analysis in Economic History (0.5)

Department of Economics courses:

EC424 Monetary Economics (1.0)

EC424 Monetary Economics and Aggregate Fluctuations (1.0)

European Institute courses:

EU476 Turkey and Europe (0.5)

EU476 Politics of Memory: Germany, France, UK and Turkey (0.5)

Department of Gender Studies courses:

GI411 Gender, Post/coloniality and Development (0.5)

GI411 Gender, Post/coloniality and Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions (0.5)

GI413 Gender and Militarisation (0.5)

GI413 Gender, 'Race' and Militarisation (0.5)

GI417 Gender, Population and Policy (0.5)

GI417 Feminist Population Politics (0.5)

GI422 Sexuality, Gender and Globalisation (1.0)

GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0)

GI424 Gender Theories in the Modern World: An Interdisciplinary Approach (0.5)

GI424 Gender Theories: An Interdisciplinary Approach (0.5)

GI425 Women, Peace and Security (0.5)

GI425 Introduction to Gender, Peace and Security (0.5)

GI427 Advanced Issues in Women, Peace and Security (0.5)

GI427 Advanced Issues in Gender, Peace and Security (0.5)

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY457 Applied Urban and Regional Economics (1.0)

GY457 Applied Urban and Real Estate Economics (1.0)

Department of Government courses:

GV481 Political Science and Political Economy (0.5)

GV481 Quantitative Analysis for Political Science (0.5)

GV4B7 The Liberal Idea of Freedom (0.5)

GV4B7 The Idea of Freedom (0.5)

GV4F9 The Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

GV4F9 The Challenges of Governance and Conflict in sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

GV4H5 The Political Philosophy of Environmental Change (0.5)

GV4H5 The Political Philosophy of Epidemics (0.5)

Department of International Development courses:

DV444 Global Health and Population Change (0.5)

DV444 Global Health Challenges: Epidemics, Disease, and Public Health Response (0.5)

DV447 International Development, Youth and Gendered Violence (0.5)

DV447 Youth and Gendered Violence (0.5)

Department of Law courses:

LL432E Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings (0.5)

LL432E Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe (0.5)

LL4AG Competition Law: Challenges and Prospects (0.5)

LL4AG Competition Law, Technology and Intellectual Property (0.5)

LL4AJ Insolvency Law: Principles, Rescue and Reconstruction Processes (0.5)

LL4AJ Corporate Rescue and Reorganisation (0.5)

LL4AK Insolvency Law: Company Liquidation and Stakeholder Interests (0.5)

LL4AK Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law (0.5)

LL4AV Global Trade Governance: Contemporary Issues (0.5)

LL4AV International Economic Law and Development (0.5)

LL4AZ International Tax Systems: Advanced Problems (0.5)

LL4AZ Taxation of Multinational Enterprises: Transfer Pricing (0.5)

LL4B1 Foundations of International Economic Law (0.5)

LL4B1 International Trade Law (0.5)

LL4CG Understanding Tax Law and Policy (0.5)

LL4CG Tax Law and Policy (0.5)

LL4CH Current Issues in Taxation (0.5)

LL4CH Tax in the Digital Economy (0.5)

LL4L1 The Theory and Practice of Dispute Resolution (0.5)

LL4L1 The Theory and Practice of Alternative Commercial Dispute Resolution (0.5)

LL4L7 Advanced Mediation (0.5)

LL4L7 Advanced Mediation and Negotiation (0.5)

LL4S5 Piracy, Content and Ownership in the Information Society (0.5)

LL4S5 Copyright Law (0.5)

LL4Z2 Principles of Taxation (0.5)

LL4Z2 Principles of Taxation and Tax Disputes (0.5)

Department of Management courses:

MG460 Handling Disruption: Humanitarian Emergencies Management and Development (0.5)

MG460 Emergencies Management: Humanitarian Intervention and Digital Innovation (0.5)

MG463 CEMS Global Management Practice (0.5)

MG463 CEMS Global Leadership (0.5)

MG468 Foundations of Management III: Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, and Leadership (0.5)

MG468 Foundations of Management III: Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and Leadership (0.5)

MG486 Social Computing, Data and Information Service (0.5)

MG486 Social Computing, Data Analytics, and Information Services (0.5)

MG496 Study Skills and Research Methods (0.0)

MG496 Study Skills and Contemporary Topics in Information Systems and Digital Innovations (0.0)

MG505 Research into Organisational Behaviour (1.0)

MG505 Research into Organisational Behaviour I (0.5)

MG512 Marketing Consumer Behaviour (0.5)

MG512 Marketing I: Consumer Behaviour and Quantitative Modelling (0.5)

MG518 Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Seminar (0.5)

MG518 Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Seminar I (0.5)

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA431 Advanced Topics in Operational Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5)

MA431 Advanced Topics in Operations Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5)

Department of Methodology courses:

MY405 Research Methods for Evaluation in Health, Development and Public Policy (0.5)

MY405 Research Design for Policy and Programme Evaluation (0.5)

MY505 Research Methods for Evaluation in Health, Development and Public Policy (0.5)

MY505 Research Design for Policy and Programme Evaluation (0.5)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB424 Issues in Organizational and Social Psychology: Organizational Life (0.5)

PB424 Organisational Life (0.5)

PB425 Identity and Group Dynamics in Organisational and Social Settings (0.5)

PB425 Organisations, Groups and Identity (0.5)

PB428 Political Psychology: Inequality and Prejudice (0.5)

PB428 Political Psychology: Inequality & Intergroup Relations (0.5)

PB432 Social Representations (0.5)

PB432 Social Representations: Social Knowledge and Contemporary Issues (0.5)

PB433 Theory and Practice of Organisation Development (0.5)

PB433 Theory and Practice of Organisational Development (0.5)

PB452 Behavioural Science for Health (0.5)

PB452 Behavioural Science for Health in the Time of a Pandemic (0.5)

PB4D4 Behavioural Science for Health - Dissertation (1.0)

PB4D4 Behavioural Science for Health in the Time of a Pandemic - Dissertation (1.0)

School of Public Policy courses:

PP411L Developments in Contemporary Policy-Making (0.5)

PP411L Developments in International Conflict Resolution and Transformation (0.5)

PP450 Making governments and policies deliver for development (0.5)

PP450 Public Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO4A1E Governing Cities in an Urban Age: Challenges and Opportunities (0.5)

SO4A1E Cities in an Urban Age: Challenges and Opportunities (0.5)

Department of Statistics courses:

ST444 Statistical Computing (0.5)

ST444 Computational Data Science (0.5)

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Course code changes from 2020/21
The following courses have changed department codes for the 2020/21 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

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Department of Economic History courses:

EH426 Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and panel data (0.5)

EH426L Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5)

EH426M Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5)

European Institute courses:

EU483 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (1.0)

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5)
EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

Department of Government courses:

GV4D4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

Department of Management courses:

MG502 Foundations of Social Research in Information Systems: Paradigms and Traditions (0.5)

MG522 Research Traditions and Paradigms in IS and Organisations (1.0)

MG4G5 Dissertation: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (0.5)

MG4J5 Dissertation: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (1.0)

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