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Undergraduate Economic History Courses

Undergraduate Courses and Availability 2023-24

Please note that course availability for non-compulsory courses varies from year to year.

Most of our third year courses are now capped at 18. Please check the list below for more information.  

If you have any queries about course availability please contact us:  h.ivins@lse.ac.uk

First year

  • EH101- The Internationalization of Economic Growth (Compulsory for all first year Economic History undergraduates)
  • EH102 - The Preindustrial Economy. (Compulsory for BSc Economic History, BSc Economic History with Economics, and BSc Economics and Economic History.)

Second Year

  • EH204 - Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity
  • EH207 - China since 1800: Culture, institutions and economic growth
  • EH209 - The Family Economy in History: 1260 to the present day
  • EH211 - Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (n/a 2023-24)
  • EH221 - Boom and Bust: Boom and Bust: Macroeconomic History of the Modern World (n/a 2023-24)
  • EH222 - The Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa
  • EH225 - Latin America and the International Economy
  • EH237 - Theories and Methods in Economic History (Compulsory for all second year Economic History undergraduates)
  • EH238 - The Origins of Growth
  • EH240 - Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context 

Third Year

  • EH304 - The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War (capped at 18) 
  • EH306   - Monetary and Financial History since 1750 (capped at 18)
  • EH307   - The Economic History of South Asia 1600-2000 (capped at 30) (n/a 2023-24)
  • EH308  - Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries (capped at 18)
  • EH312 - Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity (capped at 18)
  • EH313 - Economic History Lab: Cities, Economy and Society, 1550-1750 (not available 2023-24)
  • EH314 - Political economy and economic policies: Europe from the High Middle Ages to the French Revolution (capped at 18) 
  • EH316 - Atlantic World Slavery (capped at 18)
  • EH317 Disease, Health and History (capped at 18)
  • EH326 - Innovation and Its Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries (capped at 18) (n/a 2023-24)
  • EH327 - China's Traditional Economy and its Growth in the Very Long-Term (capped at 18)
  • EC311 - History of Economics: How Theories Change (capped at 60)
  • EH390 - Dissertation in Economic or Social History (required for BSc Economic History, BSc Economic History with Economics, BSc Economics and Economic History, BSc Economic History and Geography)