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MSc in Financial History

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Programme Code: TMFH

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

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) #

EH439 History of Banking Systems (0.5)

EH441 Macroeconomic History (0.5) #

EH443 The History of Premodern Money (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

EH449 History of Corporate Finance and Institutional Investment (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)

EH426A Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) #

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) #

FM473A Financial Markets (0.5) #

FM473W Financial Markets (0.5) #

FM474A 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)

EH441 Macroeconomic History (0.5) #

EH443 The History of Premodern Money (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

EH449 History of Corporate Finance and Institutional Investment (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) (suspended 2025/26)

EH409 Chinese Economic History: Culture, Institutions and Economic Growth (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

EH413 African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (0.5)

EH421 Economic History of Colonialism (0.5)

EH426A Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) #

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

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) # (suspended 2025/26)

EH434 Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (0.5)

EH436 Economic History of the Early Modern New World (The Americas) (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

EH442 Labour Markets in Historical Perspective (0.5)

EH448 Craft, Human Capital and Innovation in Europe, 1400-1800 (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

EH450 Topics in the Economic History of War in Europe (0.5)

EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

EH463 The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

EH468 A Long Road to Capitalism? The Medieval Origins of Modern Economies (0.5)

EH469 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (0.5)

Paper 6

EH499 Research Dissertation (1.0)

Footnotes

# 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.