Year 1

Compulsory, not examined

MY599 Department of Methodology MPhil/PhD Students Seminar (0.0)

Optional, examined or not examined

In the first year, students will typically take 0.5-1.5 units of computational and other methodological and/or substantive courses. These are selected in discussion with the supervisors dependent on assessed needs. The courses will normally be taught by the Department of Methodology (any courses with course codes MY5**) but they may also include courses from other LSE departments. The supervisors may require that a student be formally assessed for some such courses, and that the results of these assessments be included as part of the conditions for progression to the second year. Any such conditions will be communicated to the student in writing early in the Autumn term of Year 1.

Computational Methods courses:

MY559 Computational Text Analysis and Large Language Models (0.5) #

MY561 Social Network Analysis (0.5)

MY570 Computer Programming (0.5)

MY572 Data for Data Scientists (0.5)

MY574 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science (0.5) #

MY575 Applied Deep Learning for Social Science (0.5) #

Relevant methods or substantive courses:

MY500 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (0.5)

MY505 Research Design for Policy and Programme Evaluation (0.5)

MY521A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY521W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY523 Interview Methods for Social Science Research (0.5) #

MY525 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5) #

MY526 Doing Ethnography (0.5) #

MY528 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) # (suspended 2026/27)

MY555 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (0.5) #

MY556 Survey Methodology (0.5) #

MY557 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) #

Other relevant methods and substantive courses, subject to supervisor and course convenor approval

Year 2

Compulsory, not examined

MY599 Department of Methodology MPhil/PhD Students Seminar (0.0)

Optional, not examined

Students are encouraged to take short courses on methods which are useful to them, with the agreement of their supervisors.

MY580 Methodology Short Courses (0.0)

Year 3

Compulsory, not examined

MY599 Department of Methodology MPhil/PhD Students Seminar (0.0)

Optional, not examined

Students are encouraged to take short courses on methods which are useful to them, with the agreement of their supervisors.

MY580 Methodology Short Courses (0.0)

Year 4

Compulsory, not examined

MY599 Department of Methodology MPhil/PhD Students Seminar (0.0)

Optional, not examined

Students are encouraged to take short courses on methods which are useful to them, with the agreement of their supervisors.

MY580 Methodology Short Courses (0.0)