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BSc in Economics and Economic History

Programme Code: UBECEH

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year Classification Scheme for BA/BSc degrees from the 2018/19 academic year.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

LSE100

LSE100 is a half unit taken by all students, running across Autumn and Winter Terms in the first year. The course provides one of the marks that is eligible to be included in the calculation of the First Year Average for purposes of classification.

Students will choose ONE of the three half-unit options below:

LSE100A The LSE Course: How can we transform our climate futures? (0.5)

LSE100B The LSE Course: How can we control AI? (0.5)

LSE100C The LSE Course: How can we create a fair society? (0.5)

Year 1

Paper 1

EC1A3 Microeconomics I (0.5) # and EC1B3 Macroeconomics I (0.5) #

Paper 2

EH101 The Internationalisation of Economic Growth, 1870 to the present day (1.0)

Paper 3

MA107 Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (0.5) # and ST107 Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (0.5) #

Paper 4

EH102 Pre-industrial Economic History (1.0)

Year 2

Paper 5

EC2A3 Microeconomics II (0.5) # and EC2B3 Macroeconomics II (0.5) # 1

Paper 6

EC2C3 Econometrics I (0.5) # and EC2C4 Econometrics II (0.5) #

Paper 7

EH237 Theories and Evidence in Economic History (1.0)

Paper 8

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

 

EH204 Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0)

 

EH207 China since 1800: Culture, institutions and economic growth (1.0) #

 

EH209 The Family Economy in History: 1260 to the present day (1.0) #

 

EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (1.0)  (not available 2023/24)

 

EH221 Boom and Bust: Macroeconomic History of the Modern World (1.0)  (not available 2023/24)

 

EH222 Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (1.0)

 

EH225 Latin America and the International Economy (1.0)

 

EH238 The Origins of Growth (1.0)

 

EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context (1.0)

Year 3

Paper 9

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

Economics Selection List A

Paper 10

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

Economics Selection List A

Third Year Recommended Outside Option List (BSc in Economics and Economic History)

Language Courses

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Paper 11

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

 

EC311 History of Economics: How Theories Change (1.0)

 

EH304 The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War (1.0) #

 

EH306 Monetary and Financial History since 1750 (1.0)

 

EH307 The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000 (1.0)  (not available 2023/24)

 

EH308 Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)

 

EH312 Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity (1.0)

 

EH314 Political economy and economic policies: Europe from the High Middle Ages to the French Revolution (1.0)

 

EH316 Atlantic World Slavery (1.0)

 

EH317 Disease, Health and History (1.0)

 

EH326 Innovation and its Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) #  (not available 2023/24)

 

EH327 China's Economy and its Growth in the Very Long-Term (1.0) #

Paper 12

EH390 Dissertation in Economic or Social History (1.0)

Economics Selection List A

Language Courses

Third Year Recommended Outside Option List (BSc in Economics and Economic History)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

1 : Before taking EC2A3, EC2B3 you must take EC1A3
     Before taking EC2B3 you must take EC1B3

Footnotes

A : Courses chosen from the undergraduate outside options list would normal be courses that are available to second or third year students.

B : LN250 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

C : LN251 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

D : LN252 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

E : LN253 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

F : LN254 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

G : LN270 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.