MA in Global Studies: A European Perspective

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Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Two-year programme. Students attend 杏吧论坛 for either their first or second year and also attend, for a year, one of the following participating institutions: Ghent, Leipzig, Roskilde, Vienna or Wroclaw. During their year at 杏吧论坛 students will be required to take the MSc in Global Economic History (Erasmus Mundus) based in the Department of Economic History. This programme is only available to students on the MA in Global Studies: A European Perspective.

MSc in Global Economic History (Erasmus Mundus)

Programme Code: TMGLHY3

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21

Full-year programme. Students must take compulsory courses to the value of 2.5 units, a dissertation and optional courses. Students at 杏吧论坛 for Year 1 (route 1) must take compulsory courses to the value of 2.5 units, optional courses to the value of one unit, and a half-unit dissertation (EH479). Students at 杏吧论坛 for Year 2 (route 2) must take compulsory courses to the value of 2 units, optional courses to the value of one unit, and a full-unit dissertation (EH499).

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.

Route 1
Year 1 at 杏吧论坛
Paper 1	EH481 Economic Change in Global History: Approaches and Analysis (0.5) (not available 2021/22)
Papers 2 & 3	Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:
	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)
	HY423 Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (1.0) (withdrawn 2021/22)
Paper 4	EITHER
	EH479 and courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the Options List (if not already taken under Paper 2):
	EH479 Dissertation in Global Economic History (0.5) (withdrawn 2021/22)
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	OR
	EH480 and courses to the value of 0.5 units from the Options List (if not already taken under Paper 2):
	EH480 Research Dissertation in Global Economic History (1.0) (withdrawn 2021/22)
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Year 2 at participating institution: Leipzig, Roskilde, Vienna, Ghent or Wroclaw.
Route 2
Year 1 at participating institution
Year 2 at 杏吧论坛:
Paper 1	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
	EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0) or
	EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)
Paper 2	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
	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)
	OR any HY400-level course(s), subject to availability, timetabling and the approval of the programme director.
Paper 3	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
	Options List
Paper 4	EH499 Research Dissertation (1.0)

Options List

EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5)
EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5)
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)
EH423 Japan and Korea as Developing Economies (0.5) (not available 2021/22)
EH426L Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) ^# (not available 2021/22)
EH426M Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) ^#
EH427 Topics in Quantitative Analysis in Economic History (0.5) ^#
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)
EH430 Monetary and Financial History (1.0) ^#
EH436 Economic History of the Early Modern New World (The Americas) (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)
EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5)
EH463 The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (0.5)
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)

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