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BSc in Economic History and Geography

Programme Code: UBEHGY

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year Classification Scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students

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

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

Paper 2

GY100 Introduction to Geography (1.0)

Paper 3

GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research (1.0)

Paper 4

EITHER

 

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

 

OR

 

EC1A5 Microeconomics I (0.5) and EC1B5 Macroeconomics I (0.5) #

Year 2

Paper 5

GY209 The Economic Geography of Trade, Production and Development (0.5) # and GY210 The Economics of Cities (0.5) #

Paper 6

EH237 Theories and Evidence in Economic History (1.0)

Paper 7

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) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 (1.0)

 

EH221 Boom and Bust: Macroeconomic History of the Modern World (1.0)

 

EH222 Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH225 Latin America and the International Economy (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH238 The Origins of Growth (1.0)

 

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

Paper 8

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

 

GY202 Introduction to Global Development (1.0)

 

GY204 Political Geography (0.5) #

 

GY206 Urban Geography and Globalisation (0.5)

 

GY207 Economy, Society and Place (0.5)

 

GY212 Pathways in Human Geography (0.5) #

 

GY220 Environment: Science and Society (1.0)

 

GY222 Applied Environmental Economics (1.0)

 

GY245 Quantitative Methods in Geography and GIS (0.5) #

 

GY248 Field Methods in Geography & Environment (0.5)

Year 3

Paper 9

GY313 Firms and Economic Geography: Location, Technology and Innovation (0.5) # and GY314 The Economics of Housing Markets and Migration (0.5) #

Paper 10

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

Paper 11

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

 

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)  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH307 The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000 (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

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)  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH326 Innovation and its Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

EH327 China's Economy and its Growth in the Very Long-Term (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

GY307 Regional Economic Development (0.5)

 

GY308 The Economic Geography of Growth and Development (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

GY309 The Political Geography of Development (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

GY310 Urban Politics (0.5)

 

GY311 The Political Economy of Urbanisation (0.5)

 

GY315 Geographies of Race (0.5)

 

GY326 Sustainable Business and Finance (0.5)

 

GY327 Global Environmental Governance (0.5)

 

GY328 Political Ecology of Development (0.5)

 

GY329 Applied Economics of Environment and Development (0.5) #

 

GY331 Geographies of Global Migration (0.5)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Language Courses

Third Year Recommended Outside Options List (BSc in Economic History and Geography)

Paper 12

EH390 Dissertation in Economic or Social History (1.0)

Language Courses

Third Year Recommended Outside Options List (BSc in Economic History and Geography)

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.

Footnotes

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

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

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

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

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

F : 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.