MSc in Economic History
Programme Code: TMEH
Department: Economic History
For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students must take compulsory courses to the value of 1.5 units, optional courses to the value of two units and a half-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) | |
Paper 1 |
EH401 Historical Analysis of Economic Change (0.5) | |
Paper 2 |
EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0) or | |
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EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) | |
Papers 3 & 4 |
EH498 Dissertation (0.5) | |
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and courses to the value of two full units from the following: | |
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With the approval of their Academic Mentor, students may request to take EH499 (Dissertation: MSc Economic History) and courses to the value of 1.5 units from the Papers 3 and 4 options list, instead of taking EH498: | ||
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and courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following: | |
Papers 3 & 4 options list
EC465 Economic Growth, Development, and Capitalism in Historical Perspective (1.0) # 1 | |
EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5) | |
EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5) | |
EH408 International Migration, 1500-2000: from slavery to asylum (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
EH409 Chinese Economy in Transition: 1850-1950 (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
EH413 African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (0.5) | |
EH421 Economic History of Colonialism (0.5) | |
EH422 Topics in Quantitative Economic History (1.0) # (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
EH423 Japan and Korea as Developing Economies (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
EH426 Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and panel data (0.5) # 2 (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
EH427 Topics in Quantitative Analysis in Economic History (0.5) # 3 | |
EH428 History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
EH429 History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (0.5) | |
EH446 Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (1.0) # | |
EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5) | |
EH454 Human Health in History (1.0) (not available 2021/22) | |
EH463 The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (0.5) | |
EH464 The Historical Context of Business (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
EH476 The Economic History of War (1.0) # (not available 2021/22) | |
EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0) | |
EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) | |
EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
LL4CB Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (0.5) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
* means available with permission
1 : Before taking EC465 you must take EC400
2 : EH426 can not be taken with EH422
3 : EH427 can not be taken with EH422
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
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