MPA options list

MPA Options List

Notes
Students may also seek approval from their Programme Supervisor and the Course Convenor to enrol on other MSc options. Not all courses may be offered each year and are subject to cancellation, substitution and timetabling constraints.
Welfare State Policies
SA429	Social Exclusion, Inequality and the 'Underclass' Debate (H) (n/a 13/14)
SA451	Social Policy Research
GI414	Gender and Social Policy: Theory and Practice (H)
GI415	Gender and European Welfare States (H) +
GI417	Gender, Population and Policy (H)
SA4B9	Education Policy, Reform and Financing (H)
SA4F7	The Economics of European Social Policy (H) +
SA4M1	Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H)
SA4X6	Welfare Analysis and Measurement
Urban Policy
GY430	Contemporary Urbanism (n/a 13/14)
GY439	Cities, Politics and Citizenship (H)
GY454	Urban Policy and Planning (H)
GY457	Applied Urban and Regional Economics
GY479	The Urban Revolution (H) (n/a 13/14)
GY480	Remaking China: Geographical Aspects of Development and Disparity (H)
Environmental Policy
DV413	Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H)
DV415	Global Environmental Governance (H)
GV4F6	The Philosophy and Politics of Environmental Change (n/a 13/14)
GY420	Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy +
GY427	Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy (H)
GY465	Concepts in Environmental Regulation (H)
GY475	Issues in Environmental Governance (H)
International Policy
GV4A5	International Migration and Immigration Management (H) +
IR412	International Institutions (n/a 13/14)
IR429	Economic Diplomacy
IR451	Politics of Money in the World Economy*
IR457	The Political Economy of International Trade
IR460	Comparative Political Economy (n/a 13/14)
MN425	Business in the Global Environment (H)
Development Policy
AN436	The Anthropology of Development (H)
AN456	Anthropology of Economy (1): Production and Exchange (H)
AN457	Anthropology of Economy (2): Development, Transformation and Globalisation (H)
DV409	Economic Development Policy*** ##
DV411	Population and Development: An Analytical Approach (H) ##
DV413	Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H) ##
DV415	Global Environmental Governance (H) ##
DV418	African Development (H) ##
DV420	Complex Emergencies (H) ##
DV421	Global Health and Development (H) ##
DV423	Global Political Economy of Development, I (H) ##
DV424	International Institutions and Late Development (H) ##
DV432	China in Developmental Perspectives (H) ## (n/a 13/14)
DV435	African Political Economy (H) ##
DV441	Development Policy and Management ##
DV447	Public Affairs, International Development and Gendered Violence (H) ##
EC428	Development and Growth**
EC454	Development Economics
GV443	The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H)
GV444	Democracy and Development in Latin America (H)
GY408	Local Economic Development and Policy
GY410	Economics of Local and Regional Development (H)
GY415	Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy (H)
GY421	Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives (H)
SA4H9	Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy & Development (H)
SA4J8	Social Policy and Development: Core Concepts (H)
SA4J9	States, Social Policy and Development (H)
Economic Policy
EC402	Econometrics**
EC406	Economic Policy Analysis
EC411	Microeconomics**
EC413	Macroeconomics**
EC421	International Economics**
EC424	Monetary Economics**
EC426	Public Economics**
EC427	The Economics of Industry**
EC453	Political Economy** (n/a 13/14)
FM492	Principles of Finance
GY455	Economic Appraisal and Valuation (H)
MN429	The World Trading System* (H)
PH413	Philosophy of Economics
Regulatory Policy
GV403	Network Regulation (H) +
LL407	Media and Communications Regulation (H) + (n/a 13/14)
LL4S1	Cyberlaw (H)
LL4AT	Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H)
LL4AU	Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H)
LL4BE	Principles of Financial Regulation (H)
LL4BF	Regulating for Financial Stability (H)
MC403	Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Policy (H)
SO425	Regulation, Risk and Economic Life
Governance
GV442	Globalisation and Democracy (H)*
GV477	Comparative Public policy Change (H) ***
GV482	Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics (H) *** (n/a 13/14)
GV4C4	Legislative Politics: US (H) (L)
GV4C5	Politics of Economic Policy (H)
PH415	Philosophy and Public Policy
PH429	Global Justice (H)
SA4F8	Behavioural Public Policy (H)
SA4L4	Behaviour, Happiness and Public Policy
SO469	Risk and Governance: A Sociological Approach (H)
Europe
EU420	European Union Law (H) ‡
EU421	Policy-Making in the European Union (H) ‡
EU425	Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (H) (n/a/ 13/14)
EU443	European Models of Capitalism (H) +
EU446	The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (H) +
EU453	The Political Economy of European Welfare States (H) +
EU455	Concepts in Political Economy (H) ‡
EU463	European Human Rights Law (H) (n/a/ 13/14)
GV4C6	Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) (L) ~ +
Institutions, Politics and policies of the EU
EU430	Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (H) +
EU439	Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States (H) +
EU466	Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (H) (n/a/ 13/14)
Central and Eastern Europe Transition and Reform
EU449	Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (H) +
Regional courses
EU423	Greece and the European Union (H)
EU434	The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H)
EU438	Turkey: Political Economy and European Integration (H) (n/a/ 13/14)
EU440	Greece and South-East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy (H) (n/a/ 13/14)
Management of Organisations
AC412	Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (H)
AC470	Accounting in the Global Economy (H) (n/a 13/14)
AC490	Management Accounting, Decisions and Control (H)
AC491	Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure (H)
AN421	The Anthropology of Industrialisation and Industrial Life (H) (n/a 13/14)
GV4E4	Public Budgeting and Financial Management
GV483	Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H) #
ID410	Management of Human Resources (H) +
ID411	International and Comparative Human Resource Management (H) (n/a 13/14)
ID419	Cross Cultural Management (H)
ID420	Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (H)
ID430	Organisational Behaviour (H)
ID431	Organisational Change (H)
IS470	Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (H)
IS479	Information Systems for the Public Sector (H)
MG402	Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H)
MG419	Public Management- Strategy, Innovation and Delivery
MN404	Incentives and Governance in Organizations (B) (H)
MN415	The Analysis of Strategy (A) (H)
MN416	The Analysis of Strategy (B) (H) ***
PH425	Business and Organisational Ethics (H)
* With permission of the course teacher. Because of the extremely demanding standard of LSE Economics, these options are available only to students with very good first degrees in Economics and with the permission of the Economics Department. Any student wishing to take these courses must be admitted to the September course in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics (EC400) or Econometrics at the beginning of their first or second year and pass the course examinations (50%). Students taking more than 1 Economics option must take one of EC402, EC411 or EC413. * Courses have prerequisites or pre-screening assessment. # Not available to MPA Public Policy and Management students ## For MPA International Development students or with the permission of the course teacher. + Option falling within the broad area of European public policy (for MPA European Public and Economic Policy). ~ Students must not take both GV4C4 and GV4C6. ‡ Not available to MPA European Public and Economic Policy.