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Undergraduate Economic History Courses

Undergraduate Courses and Availability 2024-25

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

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 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 (n/a 2024-25)
  • EH211 - Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000
  • EH221 - Boom and Bust: Boom and Bust: Macroeconomic History of the Modern World 
  • EH222 - The Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (n/a 2024-25)
  • 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
  • EH306   - Monetary and Financial History since 1750 (n/a 2024-25)
  • EH307   - The Economic History of South Asia 1600-2000 (n/a 2024-25)
  • EH308  - Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  • EH312 - Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity 
  • EH314 - Political economy and economic policies: Europe from the High Middle Ages to the French Revolution
  • EH316 - Atlantic World Slavery (n/a 2024-25)
  • EH317 Disease, Health and History (n/a 2024-25)
  • EH326 - Innovation and Its Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries (n/a 2024/25) 
  • EH327 - China's Traditional Economy and its Growth in the Very Long-Term (n/a 2024-25)
  • EC311 - History of Economics: How Theories Change (capped at 75)
  • EH390 - Dissertation in Economic or Social History (compulsoryfor BSc Economic History, BSc Economics and Economic History, BSc Economic History and Geography)