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BSc in Economic History

Programme Code: UBEH

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students from the 2018/19 academic year

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)

See note

LSE100 The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things

Year 1

Additional course

The following unassessed course is strongly recommended for all first year students:

 

EH103 Making Economic History Count (0.0)

Paper 1

EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)

Paper 2

EC100 Economics A (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2021/22) or

 

EC102 Economics B (1.0) # A  (withdrawn 2021/22)

Paper 3

EH102 Pre-industrial Economic History (1.0)

Paper 4

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

First Year Recommended Outside Option List (BSc in Economic History)

Language Courses

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)

Year 2

Paper 5

EH237 Theories and Evidence in Economic History (1.0)

Papers 6 & 7

Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EH204 Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0)

 

EH207 China since 1800: Culture, institutions and economic growth (1.0) #

 

EH208 Economic History Lab: Cities, Economy and Society, 1550-1750 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH225 Latin America and the International Economy (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH238 The Origins of Growth (1.0)

 

EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context (1.0)

Paper 8

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: H

Papers 6 & 7 options list

Second Year Recommended Outside Option List (BSc in Economic History)

Language Courses

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Year 3

Papers 9 & 10

Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EC311 History of Economics: How Theories Change (1.0)

 

EH304 The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War (1.0) #  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH306 Monetary and Financial History since 1750 (1.0)

 

EH307 The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000 (1.0)

 

EH308 Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)

 

EH309 Slavery from Ancient Greece to the Gulag (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

EH312 Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0)

 

EH313 Economic History Lab: Cities, Economy and Society, 1550-1750 (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

EH316 Atlantic World Slavery (1.0)

 

EH325 Issues in Modern Japanese Economic Development: Late Industrialisation, Imperialism and High Speed Growth (1.0)  (withdrawn 2022/23)

 

EH326 Innovation and its Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) #

 

EH327 China's Economy and its Growth in the Very Long-Term (1.0)

Paper 11

Courses taught by the Department of Economic History to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Papers 6 & 7 options list

Papers 9 & 10 options list

Paper 12

EH390 Dissertation in Economic or Social History (1.0)

Notes

LSE100 is taken by all students in the Lent Term of Year 1 and the Michaelmas Term of Year 2. The course is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification.

Papers 6 & 7 options list

Papers 9 & 10 options list

First Year Recommended Outside Option List (BSc in Economic History)

Language Courses

Second Year Recommended Outside Option List (BSc in Economic History)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

Footnotes

A : EC102 course allocation dependent on Economics A-level or equivalent background. Please view the course guides for further information.

B : LN250 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

C : LN251 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

D : LN252 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

E : LN253 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

F : LN254 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

G : LN270 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

H : Courses selected from the Undergraduate Outside Options List must be level 200 or 300 from outside the Economic History Department.

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

Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.