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Updated graduate course and programme information 2023/24 - for current students

The following information provides prospective students with a summary of new course and programme information for the 2023/24 session. It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.

New programmes | Programme title changes | Substantive changes to programme regulations | Suspended programmes | Withdrawn programmes | New courses | Course title changes | Course code changes | Suspended courses | Withdrawn courses | Assessment changes

Graduate programmes

New programmes for 2023/24
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2023/24:

European Institute

MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and Columbia)

Department of Gender Studies

MSc in Gender (Rights and Human Rights)

Department of Government

MSc in Political Science (Political Behaviour)

MSc in Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics)

MSc in Political Science (Global Politics)

MSc in Political Science (Political Science and Political Economy)

Department of International Development

MSc Economic Policy for International Development

School of Public Policy

MPA in Data Science for Public Policy

Department of Social Policy

MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Education)

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Programme title changes for 2023/24
The following programmes have changed title for the 2023/24 session.

Old title

New title

Department of Economic History

MA in Global Studies: A European Perspective

MSc in Global Economic History (Erasmus Mundus)

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳-Leipzig Double Degree in Global Studies and Economic History

MSc in Global Economic History

Department of Health Policy

MSc in Evaluation of Health Care Interventions and Outcomes, in collaboration with NICE

Executive MSc in Healthcare Decision-Making, in collaboration with NICE

MSc in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Science

Executive MSc in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Clinical Sciences

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Substantive changes to programme regulations for 2023/24
The following programmes have had substantive changes for the 2023/24 session:

Department of Economic History

MSc in Financial History

Change to paper 2 semi-core courses.

European Institute

MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Change to paper 1 core courses.

MSc in International Migration and Public Policy (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳-Sciences Po) (Second year students in 2023/24)

Change to paper 1 core courses.

Department of Finance

MSc in Risk and Finance

Change to paper 2 semi-core course from FM429 to FM439.

Department of Gender Studies

MSc in Gender, Peace and Security

Suspension of semi-core course GI427.

Department of Geography and Environment

MSc in Environment and Development

GY489 core for paper 4.

Department of International Development

MSc in Development Management

MSc in Development Management (Sciences Po) (first year students in 2023/24)

MSc in Development Management (Sciences Po) (second year students in 2023/24)

Addition of DV443 as core course for paper 2.  Removal of core 0.0 unit course MY410 from paper 4.

MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

Change to paper 2 core course for DV453 to DV466.

Department of Management

Executive MSc in Social Business and Entrepreneurship

Core course change for paper 3 from MG4H5E to MG4H7E.

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

Executive MSc in Behavioural Science

Paper 6 change from PB457E to PB436E.

MSc in Behavioural Science

Suspension of PB452, PB453, PB4D4 and PB4D5 semi-core courses.

School of Public Policy

Double Master of Public Administration (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳-Columbia) (first year students in 2023/24)

Change to core course for papers 2 and 4.

Double Master of Public Administration (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳-Toronto) (first year students in 2023/24)

Change to core course for papers 2 and 4.

Double Master of Public Administration (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳-Sciences Po) (second year students in 2023/24)

Change to semi-core course for papers.

Department of Social Policy

MSc in Criminal Justice Policy

Paper 1 change from SP470 (1.0) to SP477 (0.5) and SP478 (0.5).

Department of Sociology

MSc City Design and Social Science

Change to semi-core courses for papers 2 and 3.

Department of Statistics

MSc in Quantitative Methods for Risk Management

Paper 3 change from ST433 to MA417.

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 Suspended programmes for 2023/24
The following programmes have been suspended for the 2023/24 session:

Department of Sociology

MPhil/PhD in Cities Programme

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 Withdrawn programmes for 2023/24
The following programmes have been withdrawn for the 2023/24 session:

Department of Anthropology

MSc in Anthropology and Development Management

Department of Government

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳-PKU Double Degree in Public Administration and Government

MSc in Conflict Studies

MSc in Comparative Politics

MSc in Global Politics

MSc in Political Science and Political Economy

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

MSc in Economics and Philosophy

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Graduate courses

New courses for 2023/24
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2023/24.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN483 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5)

AN486 Research Methods in Anthropology (0.5)

AN492 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)

AN493 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5)

Department of Economic History courses:

EH441 Macroeconomic History (0.5)

EH442 Labour Markets in Historical Perspective (0.5)

EH443 The History of Premodern Money (0.5)

EH444 Population Dynamics and Economic Growth: A Historical Perspective (0.5)

EH448 Craft, Human Capital and Innovation in Europe, 1400-1800 (0.5)

EH449 History of Corporate Finance and Institutional Investment (0.5)

European Institute courses:

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A7 Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe (0.5)

EU4A9 European Politics, Conflict and Culture: ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳-Columbia European Seminar (0.0)

EU4B1 Political Elites, Leadership and Decision-Making (0.5)

Department of Finance courses:

FM439 Asset Markets for MSc Risk and Finance (0.5)

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY471 Urban environments and more-than-human-cities (0.5)

Department of Government courses:

GV4N1 Qualitative Analysis for Political Science (0.5)

GV4N2 Introduction to Comparative Politics and Conflict Studies (1.0)

GV4N3 The Politics of Globalization (1.0)

GV4N4 Comparative Political Behaviour (1.0)

Department of Health Policy courses:

HP4F5E Health Care Regulation (0.5)

HP4F6E Critical Appraisals of Clinical Trials and Real-World Evidence in Decision Making (0.5)

Department of International Development courses:

DV466 Humanitarian Consultancy Project (0.5)

DV493 Development Management (0.5)

DV494 Foundations of Applied Econometrics for Economic Development Policy (0.5)

DV495 Dissertation in Economic Development Policy (1.0)

Department of International History courses:

HY4B8 On German Memory Politics: From the Cold War to New Global Challenges (1.0)

Department of International Relations courses:

IR491 Globalisation and the State in Developing Countries (0.5)

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Law School courses:

LL4CTE Brands and Trademark Law (0.5)

LL4EA Race, Class, and Law (0.5)

LL4EB Key Issues in Medical Law and Ethics (0.5)

 

Department of Management courses:

MG4H7E The Purpose-Driven Corporation (0.5)

MG523 Work in Progress Seminar in Organisational and Institutional Economics (0.0)

MG524 The Economics of Organisations and Institutions (1.0)

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC440 Children, Youth and Media (0.5)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH440 The Ethics of Data and AI (0.5)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB436E The Science of Time at Work and Beyond (0.5)

PB437 Conversation analysis and the science of social interaction (0.5) (suspended 2023/24)

PB4D8 The Science of Time at Work and Beyond - Dissertation (1.0)

School of Public Policy courses:

PP407 Pre-Sessional Coding and Mathematics Bootcamp (0.0)

PP422 Data Science for Public Policy (1.0)

PP425 Strategic Policymaking: Economic Analysis, Narrative Development, Political Feasibility, and Implementation (0.5)

PP426 Public Policy for Blockchains and Digital Assets (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP442 The Future of Work and Social Policy (0.5)

SP443 Social Policy of Climate Change (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO4C7 Patriarchy and Society (0.5)

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Course title changes from 2023/24
The following courses have changed title for the 2023/24 session.

Old title

New title

European Institute:

EU458 Public Policy and Cultural Narratives in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU475 Racial Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

EU486 Imaging Violence, Imagining Europe (0.5)

EU486 Imagining Religions Violence, Imagining Europe (0.5)

Department of Gender Studies:

GI415 Gender and European Welfare States (0.5)

GI415 Gender and Welfare Regimes: Developments and Change(0.5)

Department of Government:

GV4N2 Introduction to Comparative Politics (1.0)

GV4N2 Introduction to Comparative Politics and Conflict Studies (1.0)

Department of Health Policy:

HP4C2E Quality and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Sciences (0.5)

HP4C2E Quality and Outcomes in Clinical Sciences (0.5)

HP4D5E Research Design for Evaluating Health Programs and Policies (0.5)

HP4D5E Methods for Evaluating Health Programs and Policies (0.5)

HP4G3E Economic Evaluation in Health Care (0.5)

HP4G3E Economic Modelling for Health Care Decision Making (0.5)

Department of International Development:

DV480 Revolution and Development (0.5)

DV480 Transforming Society: Revolutions, Evolutions and Colonialism (0.5) (suspended 2023/24)

Department of International History:

HY435 Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0)

HY435 Ideology, State, Jihad: Political Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0)

HY463 The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0)

HY463 The Roots, Origins and Dynamics of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0)

Department of International Relations:

IR462 International Political Theory (0.5)

IR462 Theory of International Society (0.5)

IR464 The Politics of International Law (0.5)

IR464 The Politics of International Human Rights (0.5)

IR467 Global Environmental Politics (0.5)

IR467 Political Economy of Climate Change (0.5)

IR475 Gender/ed/ing International Politics (0.5)

IR475 Gendered/ing International Politics (0.5)

IR479 Russia in World Politics (0.5)

IR479 Eastern Europe: Domestic Regimes and Foreign Policies (0.5)

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Law School:

LL4CH VAT and VAT Litigation: UK, EU and Global Perspectives (0.5)

LL4CH Taxation of Transactions (0.5)

LL4E7 Investment Treaty Law (0.5)

LL4E7 International Investment Law and Arbitration (0.5)

LL4Z5 EU State Aid Law (0.5)

LL4Z5 State Aid and Subsidies Regulation (0.5)

Department of Management:

MG456 Strategic Decision Making (0.5)

MG456 Group and Team Decision-Making Processes (0.5)

MG475 Organisational Theory (0.5)

MG475 Organisational Theory and Practice (0.5)

MG480 Foundations of Human Resource Management: Strategy and Practice (0.5)

MG480 Foundations of Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice (0.5)

MG447E Foreign Direct Investment and Emerging Markets (modular) (0.5)

MG447E International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (modular) (0.5)

MG4A5 The Analysis of Strategy A (0.5)

MG4A5 Behavioural Strategy (0.5)

MG4A6 The Analysis of Strategy B (0.5)

MG4A6 Strategic Competitive Analysis (0.5)

MG4F4 Strategy and Innovation in a Global Context (0.5)

MG4F4 MiM Capstone Course - International Management in Action (0.5)

MG509 Managing Digital Platform Innovation (0.5)

MG509 Managing Digital Innovation: platforms, ecosystems, blockchain, AI (0.5)

Department of Mathematics:

MA408 Contemporary Discrete Mathematics (0.5)

MA408 Topics in Discrete Mathematics (0.5)

MA420 Quantifying Risk and Modelling Alternative Markets (0.5)

MA420 Topics in Financial Mathematics (0.5)

MA421 Advanced Algorithms (0.5)

MA421 Topics in Algorithms (0.5)

MA429 Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining (0.5)

MA429 Algorithmic Techniques in Machine Learning (0.5)

Department of Media and Communications:

MC429 Humanitarian Communication: Vulnerability, Discourse and Power (0.5)

MC429 Humanitarian Communication: Realities, Challenges and Critiques (0.5)

MC500 Research Seminar for Media, Communications & Culture (0.0)

MC500 Research Seminar for Media and Communications (0.0)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science:

PB436 Behavioural Science for Managing Work, People, and Time (0.5)

PB436 The Science of Time at Work and Beyond (0.5)

School of Public Policy:

PP412 Global Social Protection Design and Delivery (0.5)

PP412 Cold War II? Public Policy Implications of US-China Relations in the 2020s (0.5)

Department of Social Policy:

SP403 Academic and Professional Skills Development (0.5)

SP403 Academic and Professional Skills Development for Social Policy (0.5)

SP415 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South (0.5)

SP415 Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global Souths (0.5)

SP477 Foundations of Criminology & Criminal Justice (0.5)

SP477 Crime, Justice, & Social Policy (0.5)

Department of Sociology:

SO458 Gender and Societies (0.5)

SO458 Gendering, Identities, Difference (0.5)

Department of Statistics:

ST454 Applied spatio-temporal analysis (0.5)

ST454 Bayesian Data Analysis (0.5)

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Course code changes from 2023/24
 
The following courses have changed codes for the 2023/24 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code

New code

Department of Accounting and Finance:

AC499 Dissertation (1.0)

AC494 Dissertation in Accounting, Organisations and Institutions (0.5)

AC495 Dissertation in Economics of Accounting (0.5)

Department of Economic History:

EH426M Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5)

EH426A Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5)

EH426L Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5)

EH426W Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5)

Department of Finance:

FM431M Corporate Finance A (0.5)

FM431A Corporate Finance A (0.5)

FM431L Corporate Finance A (0.5)

FM431W Corporate Finance A (0.5)

FM473M Financial Markets (0.5)

FM473A Financial Markets (0.5)

FM473L Financial Markets (0.5)

FM473W Financial Markets (0.5)

FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5)

FM474A Managerial Finance (0.5)

FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5)

FM474W Managerial Finance (0.5)

Department of Government:

GV4J7 Introduction to Political Science and Political Economy (0.0)

GV4L8 Introductory Maths for Political Science (0.0)

GV4L9 Introductory Stata for Political Science (0.0)

Department of International History:

HY484M Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5)

HY484A Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5)

HY484L Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5)

HY484W Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5)

HY4A9L and HY4A9M China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5)

HY4B9 China and the United States Since 1949 (1.0)

Department of International Relations:

IR461 Islam in World Politics (1.0)

IR4B1 Islam in World Politics (0.5)

IR487 International Relations: Critical Perspectives (0.5)

IR4A3 International Relations: Critical Perspectives (0.5)

IR517M Special Topics in International Relations (0.5)

IR517A Special Topics in International Relations (0.5)

IR517L Special Topics in International Relations (0.5)

IR517W Special Topics in International Relations (0.5)

Department of Methodology:

MY421M Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY421L Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY421W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY451M Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY451W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY452M Applied Regression Analysis (0.5)

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5)

MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (0.5)

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5)

MY521M Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY521A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY521L Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY521W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY551M Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY551A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY551L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY551W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY552M Applied Regression Analysis (0.5)

MY552A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5)

MY552L Applied Regression Analysis (0.5)

MY552W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method:

PH405 Philosophy of the Social Sciences (1.0)

PH426 Philosophy of Society (0.5)

PH413 Philosophy of Economics (1.0)

PH434 Philosophy of Economics: Methodology and Foundations of Economics (0.5)

PH345 Philosophy of Economics: Ethics and Economics (0.5)

PH419 Set Theory and Further Logic (1.0)

PH436 Set Theory (0.5)

PH437 Advanced Logic (0.5)

School of Public Policy:

PP411M Political Economy Applications for Public Policy (0.5)

PP411A Political Economy Applications for Public Policy (0.5)

PP411L Political Economy Applications for Public Policy (0.5)

PP411W Political Economy Applications for Public Policy (0.5)

PP414L Policy-Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes (0.5)

PP414W Policy-Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes (0.5) (suspended 2023/24)

PP417M The Practice of Effective Climate Policy (0.5)

PP417A The Practice of Effective Climate Policy (0.5)

PP417L The Practice of Effective Climate Policy (0.5)

PP417W The Practice of Effective Climate Policy (0.5)

Department of Social Policy:

SP470 Criminal Justice Policy (1.0)

SP477 Crime, Justice, & Social Policy (0.5)

SP478 Special Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice (0.5)

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Withdrawn courses for 2023/24
The following courses have been withdrawn for the 2023/24 session.

Department of Anthropology:

AN461 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being (0.5)

Department of Economic History:

EH454 Human Health in History (1.0)

EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5)

EH476 The Economic History of War (1.0)

EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (0.5)

Department of Finance:

FM430 Corporate Finance and Asset Markets (1.0)

FM457 Applied Computational Finance (0.0)

FM458 Financial Economics Preparatory Course (0.0)

FM478 International Finance for MSc Finance and Economics, MSc Finance and MSc Finance & Private Equity - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T1 Forecasting Financial Time Series - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T4 Corporate Investment and Financial Policy - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T4E Private Equity, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T6 Topics in Portfolio Management - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T6E Topics in Portfolio Management - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T8 Financial Engineering - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4T8E Financial Engineering - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U2 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (Dissertation) (0.5)

FM4U4 Quantitative Security Analysis - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U5 Fixed Income Securities and Credit Markets - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U5E Fixed Income Securities and Credit Markets - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U7 Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U7E Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U9 Risk Management in Financial Markets - Dissertation (0.5)

FM4U9E Risk Management in Financial Markets - Dissertation (0.5)

Department of Government:

GV408 Contemporary Disputes about Justice (0.5)

GV432 Government and Politics in China (0.5)

GV444 Democracy and Development in Latin America (0.5)

GV450 European Politics: Comparative Analysis (0.5)

GV467 Introduction to Comparative Politics (0.5)

GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (0.5)

GV4A5 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

GV4G4 Comparative Conflict Analysis (0.5)

GV4J7 Introduction to Political Science and Political Economy (0.0)

GV4K4 The Politics of Globalization (0.5)

GV4K5 Being Truly Human - Personality Justice and Being (0.5)

GV4K6 The Challenge of Political Theology in some Twentieth Century Political Theory (0.5)

Department of Health Policy:

HP403 Health Systems and Policies in Developing Countries (0.5)

HP4E2E Paying for Healthcare (0.5)

HP4E3E Evidence Review and Synthesis (0.5)

HP4E4E Cost-effectiveness in Health Care (0.5)

HP4E6E Measuring the Performance of Health Services and Systems (0.5)

HP4E7E Dissertation in Health Economics and Policy (1.0)

Department of International History:

HY434 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (1.0)

HY480 Cold War Public Diplomacy: United States Cultural Battles Abroad (1.0)

HY4A5 Women as Weapons: The Conservative Political Tradition in the Cold War (0.5)

HY4A7 Islam, Power and Culture in Mughal India (.05)

HY4B5 Queer Early Modernities (0.5)

HY4B6 German Transformations since 1990 (0.5)

Department of International Relations:

IR418 International Politics: Asia & the Pacific (1.0)

IR433 The International Politics of EU Enlargement (0.5)

IR481 Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (0.5)

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Law School:

LL4AU Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (0.5)

LL4K7 Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context (0.5)

Department of Management:

MG471 Chinese Economy: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth (0.5)

MG4G7 Contemporary Topics in Advanced Technology Management (0.5)

MG4H5E The Altruistic Leader (0.5)

Department of Mathematics:

MA410 Information, Communication and Cryptography (0.5)

MA412 Functional Analysis and its Applications (0.5)

MA413 Games of Incomplete Information (0.5)

 

Department of Methodology:

MY524 Advanced qualitative field methods for researching space and place (0.5)

Department of Social Policy:

SP413 Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (0.5)

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Suspended courses for 2023/24
The following courses have been suspended for the 2023/24 session.

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN419 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5)

AN424 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5)

AN444 Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts (0.5)

AN458 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5)

AN463 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)

AN467 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5)

AN469 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5)

AN475 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5)

AN476 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)

AN481 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives (0.5)

AN484 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5)

Department of Economic History courses:

EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5)

EH421 Economic History of Colonialism (0.5)

EH426W Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5)

EH428 History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (0.5)

EH432 Economic History and Geography: Advanced Topics and Methods (0.5)

EH439 History of Banking Systems (0.5)

EH518 The Economic History of Firms & Industries Seminar (0.0)

European Institute courses:

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5)

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5)

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)

EU4A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5)

Department of Finance courses:

FM408 Financial Engineering (0.5)

FM409 Risk Management in Financial Markets (0.5)

FM481 Financial Econometrics for Research Students (1.0)

Department of Gender Studies courses:

GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0)

GI423 Globalisation and Sexuality (0.5)

GI427 Advanced Issues in Gender, Peace and Security (0.5)

GI428 Bodies, Culture and Politics (0.5)

GI430 Intersectional Inequalities in the Agro-Food System (0.5)

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY415 Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy (0.5)

GY431 Cities, People and Poverty in the South (0.5)

GY438 Urban Asia: Cities and Social Change (0.5)

GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship (0.5)

GY477 Race and Capitalism in North America (0.5)

GY479 Urban Transformations (0.5)

Department of Government courses:

GV4B7 The Idea of Freedom (0.5)

GV4B8 Civil Wars: Concepts and Cases (0.5)

GV4C9 Globalization and Democratization in Southeast Asia (0.5)

GV4E3 Statebuilding and Self-Determination in Eastern Europe and Eurasia (0.5)

GV4F2 Popular Politics in the Middle East (0.5)

GV4H1 Chinese Political Thought (0.5)

GV4H6 Behavioural Political Economy (0.5)

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5)

GV4J6 Game Theory for Research (0.5)

GV4L1 Analytical Approaches to British Politics (0.5)

GV4L4 Critical Theory and Political Action (0.5)

GV513 Qualitative Methods in the Study of Politics (0.5)

Department of Health Policy courses:

HP412 Global Health Security (0.5)

HP4B4E Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Trials (0.5)

HP4B5E Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Trials (0.5)

HP4F2E Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Healthcare Programs and Policies (0.5)

HP4F3E Randomised Evaluation of Health Programmes and Policies (0.5)

HP4F4E Dissertation in Evaluation of Healthcare Interventions and Outcomes (0.5)

Department of International Development courses:

DV411 Population and Development: an Analytical Approach (0.5)

DV421 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (0.5)

DV432 China in Developmental Perspective (0.5)

DV434 Human Security (0.5)

DV447 Youth and Gendered Violence (0.5)

DV460 Bayesian Reasoning for Qualitative Social Science: A modern approach to case study inference (0.5)

DV461 Critical Population Health Issues in High and Middle-Income Countries (0.5)

DV463 Civil society, security and development (0.5)

DV472 Covid-19 pandemic: health, socio-economic and political implications for development (Special Topics in International Development) (0.5)

DV480 Revolution and Development (0.5)

DV524 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5)

DV532 China in Developmental Perspective (0.5)

DV560 Bayesian Reasoning for Qualitative Social Science: A modern approach to case study inference (0.5)

Department of International History courses:

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0)

HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0)

HY441 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (1.0)

HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0)

HY469 Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past (1.0)

HY471 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (1.0)

HY472 China and the External World, 1711-1839 (1.0)

HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5)

HY4B2 The Afterlives of Empires in the Neo-Colonial Caribbean (0.5)

 

Department of International Relations courses:

IR452 Empire and Conflict in World Politics (0.5)

IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0)

IR471 Critical International Law (0.5)

IR472 Diplomacy in the 21st Century (0.5)

IR476 Gender and Political Violence (0.5)

IR478 Critical War Studies (0.5)

IR488 International Politics of Southeast Asia (0.5)

Law School courses:

LL468 European Human Rights Law (0.5)

LL4A9 Law in War (0.5)

LL4AM International Business Transactions: Advanced Procedure and Tactics (0.5)

LL4AP International Business Transactions: Contracts and Property

LL4CB Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (0.5)

LL4F4 Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US (0.5)

LL4K4 The International Law of Self-Determination (0.5)

LL4K5 International Commercial Contracts - General Principles (0.5)

LL4L1 The Theory and Practice of Alternative Commercial Dispute Resolution (0.5)

LL4L7 Advanced Mediation and Negotiation (0.5)

LL4S4 Digital Rights, Privacy and Security (0.5)

 

Department of Management courses:

MG412 Globalization and Strategy (0.5)

MG422 Thinking Strategically (0.5)

MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5)

MG460 Emergencies Management: Humanitarian Intervention and Digital Innovation (0.5)

MG466 Supply Chain Management (0.5)

MG467 Strategy and Change in Public Sector Management (0.5)

MG476 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (0.5)

MG486 Social Computing, Data Analytics, and Information Services (0.5)

MG4B8 Evolutionary Psychology and Management (0.5)

MG4D3 The Dark Side of the Organisation (0.5)

MG4D4 Cross Cultural Management (0.5)

MG505 Research in Organisational Behaviour Seminar I (0.5)

MG512 Marketing I: Consumer Behaviour and Quantitative Modelling (0.5)

MG515 Social Organisation (0.5)

MG518 Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Seminar I (0.5)

 

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA414 Stochastic Analysis (0.5)

MA431 Advanced Topics in Operations Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5)

MA434 Algorithmic Game Theory (0.5)

 

Department of Media and Communications courses:

MC407 International Media and The Global South (0.5)

MC428 Media Culture and Neoliberalism in the Global South (0.5)

Department of Methodology courses:

MY410 Fundamentals of Research Design for International Development (0.0)

MY424 Advanced qualitative field methods for researching space and place (0.5)

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5)

MY528 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH418 Dissertation Seminar - Economics and Philosophy (0.0)

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB400 Psychological and Behavioural Science (0.0)

PB415 Behavioural Science (0.5)

PB416 Cognition and Culture (0.5)

PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5)

PB420 Current Communication Research (0.5)

PB422 Health Communication (0.5)

PB425 Organisations, Groups and Identity (0.5)

PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5)

PB427 Organisational and Social Decision Making (0.5)

PB430 Social Influence Modes and Modalities (0.5)

PB437 Conversion Analysis and the Science of Social Interaction (0.5)

PB452 Behavioural Science for Health and Pandemic Responses (0.5)

PB452E Behavioural Science for Health (0.5)

PB453 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making (0.5)

PB4D4 Behavioural Science for Health and Pandemic Responses - Dissertation (1.0)

PB4D5 Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making - Dissertation (1.0)

School of Public Policy courses:

PP414W Policy-Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes (0.5)

PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5)

PP416 Beyond the Policy Cycle: How Theory Explains Practice (0.5)

PP417A The Practice of Everyday Climate Policy (0.5)

PP4J4 Designing and Implementing Evidence-Informed Policies and Programmes (0.5)

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP414 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5)

SP416 International Planning and Children's Rights (0.5)

SP435 Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities (0.5)

SP436 Basic Education for Social Development (0.5)

SP437 International Housing and Human Settlements; Conflicts and Communities (0.5)

SP439 Social Rights and Human Welfare (0.5)

SP441 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5)

SP471 Issues in Contemporary Policing (0.5)

Department of Sociology courses:

SO470 The Sociology of Markets (0.5)

SO475 Material Culture and Design (0.5)

SO490 Contemporary Social Thought (0.5)

SO4B3 Seeing like an NGO: Human Rights in Practice (0.5)

SO4B6 Nature and Technology: More than Human Sociology (0.5)

SO4C2 Racial Capitalism (0.5)

SO521 Research Seminar on Cities and Space (0.0)

 

Department of Statistics courses:

ST418 Non-Linear Dynamics and the Analysis of Real Time Series (0.5)

ST426 Applied Stochastic Processes (0.5)

ST433 Computational Methods in Finance and Insurance (0.5)

ST439 Stochastics for Derivatives Modelling (0.5)

ST440 Recent Developments in Finance and Insurance (0.5)

ST448 Insurance Risk (0.5)

ST450 Advanced Lectures on Special Topics in Statistics (0.0)

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Assessment changes for 2023/24

Postgraduate summative assessment information for 2023/24

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