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MSc in Financial History

Programme Code: TMFH

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take one compulsory course, optional courses to the value of two units and a full-unit dissertation.

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)

Year 1

Paper 1

EH437 History of Global Finance (1.0)

Paper 2

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

 

EH438 History of Financial Markets (0.5) #

 

EH439 History of Banking Systems (0.5)

 

EH441 Macroeconomic History (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH443 The History of Premodern Money (0.5)

 

EH449 History of Corporate Finance and Institutional Investment (0.5)

Paper 3

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

 

EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5)

 

EH426A Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) #

 

EH426W Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH427 Topics in Quantitative Analysis in Economic History (0.5) #

Paper 4

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

 

FM447 Global Financial Systems (0.5) #

 

FM472 International Finance (0.5) #

 

FM473A Financial Markets (0.5) #

 

FM473W Financial Markets (0.5) #

 

FM474A Managerial Finance (0.5)

 

FM474W Managerial Finance (0.5)

Paper 5

Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following (if not previously taken under paper 2):

 

EH438 History of Financial Markets (0.5) #

 

EH439 History of Banking Systems (0.5)

 

EH441 Macroeconomic History (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH443 The History of Premodern Money (0.5)

 

EH449 History of Corporate Finance and Institutional Investment (0.5)

 

OR

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

 

EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5)

 

EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5)

 

EH409 Chinese Economic History: Culture, Institutions and Economic Growth (0.5) #

 

EH413 African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH421 Economic History of Colonialism (0.5)

 

EH426A Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) # 1

 

EH426W Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) # 2  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH427 Topics in Quantitative Analysis in Economic History (0.5) #

 

EH428 History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (0.5)  (withdrawn 2024/25)

 

EH429 History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (0.5)

 

EH431 Women in Economic History (0.5)

 

EH432 Economic History and Geography: Advanced Topics and Methods (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH436 Economic History of the Early Modern New World (The Americas) (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH442 Labour Markets in Historical Perspective (0.5)

 

EH448 Craft, Human Capital and Innovation in Europe, 1400-1800 (0.5)

 

EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH463 The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (0.5)

 

LL4CB Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (0.5)  (withdrawn 2024/25)

Paper 6

EH499 Research Dissertation (1.0)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

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

1 : EH426A can not be taken with EH426W

2 : EH426W can not be taken with EH426A

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