MPA Options List

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.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
 

Welfare State Policies

SA429

Understanding Social (Dis)advantage (H)

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) (n/a 16/17)

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

GY400

The Economics of Urbanisation (H)

GY439

Cities, Politics and Citizenship (H)

GY454

Urban Policy and Planning (H)

GY457

Applied Urban and Regional Economics

GY479

The Urban Revolution (H)

GY480

Remaking China: Geographical Aspects of Development and Disparity (H)

Environmental Policy

DV413

Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H)

DV415

Global Environmental Governance (H)

GV4H5

The Politics and Philosophy of Environmental Change (H)

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

IR455

Economic Diplomacy (H)

IR469

Politics of Money in the World Economy (H) *

IR468

The Political Economy of Trade (H)

IR460

Comparative Political Economy (withdrawn 16/17)

MG4B5

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): Transformation and Globalisation (H)

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) (n/a 16/17)

DV421

Global Health and Development (H)

DV423

Global Political Economy of Development (H)

DV424

International Institutions and Late Development (H)

DV432

China in Developmental Perspectives (H)

DV435

African Political Economy (H)

DV447

Public Affairs, International Development and Gendered Violence (H)

DV448

Political Economy of Development I (H) 

DV449

Political Economy of Development II (H) 

DV451

Money in an Unequal World (H) (n/a 16/17)

DV490

Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development (H)

DV491

Economic Development Policy II: Microeconomic Analysis (H) *** (n/a 16/17)

DV492

Economic Development Policy III: Government Policy Analysis (H) ***

EC428

Development and Growth **

EC454

Development Economics

GV443

The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H) (n/a 16/17)

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) (n/a 16/17)

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 (withdrawn 16/17)

EC410

Public Economics for Public Policy (H)

EC411

Microeconomics **

EC413

Macroeconomics **

EC418

Globalisation and Economic Policy (H)

EC419

Methods of Economic Policy Analysis (H)

EC421

International Economics **

EC424

Monetary Economics **

EC426

Public Economics **

EC427

The Economics of Industry **

EC452

Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy (H)

EC453

Political Economy **

FM492

Principles of Finance

GY455

Economic Appraisal and Valuation (H)

MG4B9

The World Trading System* (H)

PH413

Philosophy of Economics

Regulatory Policy

GV403

Network Regulation (H)

LL4AT

Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H)

LL4AU

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H)

LL4BE

Principles of Financial Regulation (H) (n/a 16/17)

LL4BF

International Financial Regulation (H)

MC403

Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Policy (H)

SO425

Regulation, Risk and Economic Life 

Governance

GV442

Globalisation and Democracy (H) * (n/a 16/17)

GV477

Comparative Public policy Change (H) ***

GV482

Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics (H) *** 

GV4C4

Legislative Politics: US (H) (L) (not to be taken with GV4C6) (n/a 16/17)

GV4C5

Politics of Economic Policy (H)

PH415

Philosophy and Public Policy

PH429

Global Justice (H) (withdrawn 16/17)

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)

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)

EU477

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

GV4C6

Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) (L) (not to be taken with GV4C4) (n/a 16/17)

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) (n/a 16/17)

GV4J4

Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (H)

Central and Eastern Europe Transition and Reform

EU449

Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (H) (n/a 16/17)

Regional courses

EU434

The Political Economy of Southeast Europe (H) (n/a 16/17)

EU440

The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (H)

Management of Organisations 

AC412

Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (H)

AC470

Accounting in the Global Economy (H)

AC490

Management Accounting, Decisions and Control (H)

AC491

Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure (H)

AN421

The Anthropology of Industrialisation and Industrial Life (H) (withdrawn 16/17)

DV450

Policy, Bureaucracy and Development: Theory and Practice of Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation (H)

GV483

Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H) (not to be taken with MG419)

GV4D5

Organisations, Power and Leadership (H)

GV4E4

Public Budgeting and Financial Management

MG402

Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG419

Public Management- Strategy, Innovation and Delivery

MG479

Information Systems for the Public Sector (H)

MG487

Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (H)

MG4A3

Incentives and Governance in Organizations (B) (H)

MG4A6

The Analysis of Strategy (B) (H) ***

MG4B7

Organisational Change (H)

MG4C2

Organisational Behaviour (H)

MG4D1

International and Comparative Human Resource Management (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG4D4

Cross Cultural Management (H)

MG4D5

Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (H)

MG4G3

Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector (H)

PH425

Business and Organisational Ethics (H)

Notes

* 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 Introductory Course in Mathematics and Statistics (EC400) at the beginning of their first or second year and pass the course examinations. Students taking more than one Economics option must take one of EC402, EC411 or EC413.
*** Courses have prerequisites or pre-screening assessment.