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MSc in Financial History

Programme Code: TMFH

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2022/23

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take one compulsory course, optional courses to the value of two units and a full-unit dissertation.

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

Course number, title (unit value)

Year 1

Paper 1

EH437 History of Global Finance (1.0)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

 

EH438 History of Financial Markets (0.5) # or

 

EH439 History of Banking Systems (0.5)

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

 

EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5)

 

EH426L Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) #

 

EH426M Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) #  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH427 Topics in Quantitative Analysis in Economic History (0.5) #

Paper 4

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

 

FM447 Global Financial Systems (0.5) #

 

FM472 International Finance (0.5) #

 

FM473L Financial Markets (0.5) #

 

FM473M Financial Markets (0.5) #

 

FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5)

 

FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5)

Paper 5

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following (if not previously taken under paper 2):

 

EH438 History of Financial Markets (0.5) #

 

EH439 History of Banking Systems (0.5)

 

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

 

OR

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

 

EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5)

 

EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5)

 

EH409 Chinese Economic History: Culture, Institutions and Economic Growth (0.5)

 

EH413 African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (0.5)

 

EH421 Economic History of Colonialism (0.5)

 

EH426L Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) # 1 A

 

EH426M Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) # 2 B  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH427 Topics in Quantitative Analysis in Economic History (0.5) #

 

EH428 History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH429 History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (0.5)

 

EH431 Women in Economic History (0.5)

 

EH432 Economic History and Geography: Advanced Topics and Methods (0.5) #

 

EH436 Economic History of the Early Modern New World (The Americas) (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5)

 

EH463 The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (0.5)

 

EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

 

LL4CB Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

Paper 6

EH499 Research Dissertation (1.0)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

1 : EH426L can not be taken with EH426M

2 : EH426M can not be taken with EH426L

Footnotes

A : If not taken under Paper 3

B : If not taken under Paper 3

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

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.