Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

EU455 Concepts in Political Economy (0.5)

EU491 Political Economy in Theory and History (0.5)

EU492 Political Economy of Integration and Fragmentation in Europe (0.5)

Students without some background in European politics and policy-making or economics are strongly encouraged to take one or both of the following as an additional course to support their studies:

EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy (0.0)

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:

Political Economy in Action:

EU443 European Models of Capitalism (0.5)

EU446 The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (0.5) ^#

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU453 The Political Economy of European Welfare States (0.5)

EU455 Concepts in Political Economy (0.5)

EU467 The Political Economy of the Neoliberal State (0.5)

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU469 The Political Economy of Finance in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU482 Europe in World Trade (0.5)

EU491 Political Economy in Theory and History (0.5)

EU492 Political Economy of Integration and Fragmentation in Europe (0.5)

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

EU4A7 Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe (0.5)

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following:

Politics and Policy:

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) ^#

EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (0.5)

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) ^#

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) ^#

EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU4A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

EU4A6 Reconciliation and Crisis: Politics in Southern Europe (0.5)

EU4B1 Political Elites, Leadership, and Decision-Making (0.5)

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

SP441 Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

Culture and Society:

EU432 The Philosophy of Europe (0.5)

EU437 Europe Beyond Modernity (0.5)

EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

EU481 The Future: Political Responses to a Challenge (0.5)

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

International Migration:

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) ^#

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

Any course(s) not taken previously from the Paper 2 options list below; or exceptionally: 0.5 units maximum of either an EU-coded course not listed above, or 0.5 units maximum of any course from outside the department, with the approval of the Programme Director and relevant course convenor. Students must refer to the European Institutes approval policy (available via Moodle) when applying for permission to take courses not listed within these programme regulations.

Paper 2 options list

Paper 4

EU499 Dissertation (1.0) and EU470 How do we know? An introduction to research design and methods in political economy (0.0)

Optional

EU410 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design (0.0)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5)

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

Students on the MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe programme are invited to participate in the LSE-Columbia double degree seminars as part of their studies:

EU4A9 European Politics, Conflict and Culture: LSE-Columbia European Seminar (0.0)

Students without some background in European politics and policy-making or economics may consider taking one or both of the following to support their studies:

EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy (0.0)

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Culture and Society

EU432 The Philosophy of Europe (0.5)

EU437 Europe Beyond Modernity (0.5)

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

EU481 The Future: Political Responses to a Challenge (0.5)

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

Conflict studies

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

EU485 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond (0.5)

EU486 Imagining Religious Violence, Imagining Europe (0.5)

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

Politics and Policy

EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (0.5)

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5)

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) ^#

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) ^#

EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

EU4A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

EU4A6 Reconciliation and Crisis: Politics in Southern Europe (0.5)

EU4A7 Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe (0.5)

EU4B1 Political Elites, Leadership, and Decision-Making (0.5)

International Migration

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) ^#

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Identity and Culture

GI421 Sexuality, Gender and Culture (0.5) ^#

GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0)

GV498 Multiculturalism (0.5)

IR465 The International Politics of Culture and Religion (1.0) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

IR4B1 Islam in World Politics (0.5)

SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5)

Conflict in World Politics

GV4B8 Civil Wars: Concepts and Cases (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

GV4B9 The Second Europe (0.5)

GV4K7 Conflict and Cooperation: Key Debates (0.5)

IR452 Empire and Conflict in World Politics (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

IR481 Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (0.5) ^#  (withdrawn 2023/24)

Methodology

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

MY423 Interview Methods for Social Science Research (0.5) ^#

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5)

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

Any course(s) not taken previously from the Paper 2 options list below; or exceptionally: 0.5 units maximum of either an EU-coded course not listed above, or 0.5 units maximum of any course from outside the department, with the approval of the Programme Director and relevant course convenor. Students must refer to the European Institutes approval policy (available via Moodle) when applying for permission to take courses not listed within these programme regulations.

Paper 2 options list

Paper 4

EU499 Dissertation (1.0) and EU410 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design (0.0)

Optional

EU470 How do we know? An introduction to research design and methods in political economy (0.0)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

Foundation

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

OR

Students who can demonstrate equivalent prior knowledge of MY451 may instead take MY421 or MY452, Subject to Programme Director approval:

MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5) ^* or

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# *}

Paper 2

Students with limited background in European politics and policy-making or economics are strongly encouraged to take one or both of the following to support their studies:

EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy (0.0)

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) ^#

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) ^#

EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

Paper 3

Optional courses
Courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following:
If students wish their optional courses to result in a degree specialism, their chosen optional courses must come to a total value of at least one full unit from that specialism. Students may select a maximum of 0.5 units from the section 'Methods', courses from this section cannot result in a specialism.

Public Policy & Policy-Making in Europe

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) ^#

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) ^#

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe (0.5)

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A1 The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's changing relationship with the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU4B1 Political Elites, Leadership, and Decision-Making (0.5)

GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (0.5) ^#

GV4A5 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)

MG402 Public Management: A Design-Oriented Approach (0.5)

PP414 Policy-Making: Process, Challenges and Outcomes (0.5)

Democracy and Governance in Europe

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) ^#

EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (0.5)

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) ^#

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

GV450 European Politics: Comparative Analysis (0.5)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

GV454 Parties, Elections and Governments (0.5)

GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

GV4E8 Power Sharing and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (0.5)

GV4J4 Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

GV4K1 Opening Government: Transparency, Accountability, and Participation (0.5)

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

LL4BG Rethinking EU Law (0.5)

LL4BH Law and Government of the European Union (0.5)

European and International Political Economy

EU446 The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (0.5) ^#

EU453 The Political Economy of European Welfare States (0.5)

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU469 The Political Economy of Finance in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU482 Europe in World Trade (0.5)

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

EU4A7 Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe (0.5)

GI415 Gender and Welfare Regimes: Developments and Change (0.5)

LL4CS Law and Economics of Network Industries (0.5)

Europe in the International System

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

EU485 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond (0.5)

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) ^#

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

IR416 The EU in the World (1.0) ^#

IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5)

LL468 European Human Rights Law (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

Regional and Domestic Politics

EU440 The Balkans in Europe: Transition, Democratisation, Integration (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU449 Emerging Markets, Political Transition and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

EU4A6 Reconciliation and Crisis: Politics in Southern Europe (0.5)

GV439 Government and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5)

GV4B9 The Second Europe (0.5)

LL4Z5 State Aid and Subsidies Regulation (0.5)

Methods (maximum 0.5 units)

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5)

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# *}

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^{# *}

MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) ^#

Or exceptionally: 0.5 units maximum of either an EU-coded course not listed above, or 0.5 units maximum of any course from outside the department, with the approval of the Programme Director and relevant course convenor. Students must refer to the European Institutes approval policy (available via Moodle) when applying for permission to take courses not listed within these programme regulations.

Paper 4

Choose from one of the following:

EU495 Applied Policy Project (1.0) ^# or

EU499 Dissertation (1.0)

Optional

EU410 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design (0.0)

EU470 How do we know? An introduction to research design and methods in political economy (0.0)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5)

Students without some background in European politics and policy-making or economics are strongly encouraged to take one or both of the following to support their studies:

EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy (0.0)

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

International Migration

DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5)

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) ^#

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) ^#

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5)

SO489 Family and International Migration (0.5)

SO4C4 Global Mobilities: International Migration (0.5)

SP410 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Politics and Policy

DV465 Global Health Work: Expertise and Labour (0.5)

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) ^#

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) ^#

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) ^#

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

EU4A6 Reconciliation and Crisis: Politics in Southern Europe (0.5)

EU4B1 Political Elites, Leadership, and Decision-Making (0.5)

GV4F4 Policy Advice in Theory and Practice (0.5)

Law and Justice

DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5)

DV434 Human Security (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

EU485 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond (0.5)

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

LL4BA International Law and the Movement of Persons within States (0.5)

LL4BB International Law and the Movement of Persons Between States (0.5)

SO424 Approaches to Human Rights (1.0)

SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5)

SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5)

Society

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0)

GV498 Multiculturalism (0.5)

GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5)

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0)

SO454 Families and Inequalities (0.5)

SO477 Urban Social Theory (0.5)

SP414 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

Political Economy

DV435 African Political Economy (0.5)

EU467 The Political Economy of the Neoliberal State (0.5)

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

EU4A7 Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe (0.5)

SO4C2 Racial Capitalism (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

Methodology

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (0.5)

MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY421W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5)

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) ^#  (not available 2023/24)

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY451W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^#

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^#

Any course(s) not taken previously from the Paper 2 options list below; or exceptionally: 0.5 units maximum of either an EU-coded course not listed above, or 0.5 units maximum of any course from outside the department, with the approval of the Programme Director and relevant course convenor. Students must refer to the European Institutes approval policy (available via Moodle) when applying for permission to take courses not listed within these programme regulations.

Paper 2 options list

Paper 4

EU499 Dissertation (1.0) and SO476 Researching Migration: research questions and research methods (0.0)

Optional

EU410 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design (0.0)

EU470 How do we know? An introduction to research design and methods in political economy (0.0)