MSc in Economy and Society
Programme Code: TMECSO
Department: Sociology
For students starting this programme of study in 2026/27
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Course code, title (unit value) |
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Paper 1 |
SO4D1 Economic Sociology (1.0) |
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Paper 2 |
One from the following: SO491 Quantitative Social Research Methods (0.5) |
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SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods (0.5) |
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Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following: A AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5) |
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SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5) |
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SO427 Modern Social Thought (0.5) (suspended 2026/27) |
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SO470 The Sociology of Markets (0.5) (suspended 2026/27) |
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SO471 Technology, Power and Culture (0.5) |
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SO475 Material Culture and Design (0.5) (suspended 2026/27) |
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SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5) |
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SO491 Quantitative Social Research Methods (0.5) |
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SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods (0.5) |
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SO4B9 The Sociology of Consumption (0.5) |
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SO4C5 The Social Life of Infrastructure (0.5) |
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SO4C9 Risk Governance (0.5) |
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SO4D3 Culture and Society (0.5) |
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SO4D6 The Economics of Inequality for Non-Economists (0.5) # |
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SO4E4 Sociology of Ethnoracial Classification and Inequality (0.5) |
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SO4E5 Artificial Intelligence and the Social World: Theory and Practice (0.5) |
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Paper 4 |
SO495 MSc in Economy and Society Dissertation (1.0) |
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Footnotes
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
A: Paper 3: Any of the MSc courses offered in any department or institute at the LSE, so long as they are relevant to the programme of study, and subject to the approval of both Programme Director and course teacher.
Note for prospective students:
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