MSc in Economic History (Research)
Programme code: TMEHRE
Department: Economic History
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (five units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year, five unit programme. Students must take two compulsory half-unit courses, optional courses to the value of two units and a dissertation (which counts as two units) as shown.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
1a |
Historical Analysis of Economic Change (H) | |
1b |
One of the following: | |
Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Economic History (H) | ||
Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and Panel Data (H) ** | ||
Quantitative Topics in Economic History II: Time Series and Economic Dynamics (H) ** | ||
2 |
Courses to the value of one unit from the following: | |
| ||
Topics in Quantitative Economic History | ||
Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (not available 2017/18) | ||
Human Health in History | ||
The Economic History of War (not available 2017/18) | ||
Pre-Modern Paths of Growth: Europe and the Wider World, 11th to 19th Centuries | ||
The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries | ||
3 |
Either another paper from Paper 2 above or two half-units from below: | |
|
India and the World Economy (H) | |
International Migration, 1500-2000: from slavery to asylum (H) | ||
Chinese Economy in Transition: 1850-1950 (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Economic History of Colonialism (H) | ||
Japan and Korea as Developing Economics (H) | ||
Quantitative Topics in Economic History I: Cross-section and Panel Data (H) ** | ||
Quantitative Topics in Economic History II: Time Series and Economic Dynamics (H) ** | ||
History of Economics: making Political Economy into a Social Science (H) | ||
History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (H) | ||
EH451 |
Latin American Development: Political Economy of Growth (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
Latin American Development and Economic History (H) | ||
The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (H) | ||
The Historical Context of Business (H) | ||
The Economic History of War (not available 2017/18) | ||
Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c1600-1860 (H) | ||
Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (H) | ||
4 & 5 |
Dissertation which is assessed as: | |
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Research Dissertation A: Contextualisation, Theory and Research Design and | |
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Research Dissertation B: Implementation: Evidence, Analysis and Contribution | |
** These courses cannot be combined with EH422
Note for prospective students:
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