MSc in Global Economic History (Erasmus Mundus)

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Programme Code: TMGLHY3

Department: Economic History

For students starting this programme of study in 2022/23

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Two-year programme. Students attend 番茄社区 for either their first or second year and also attend, for a year, one of the following participating institutions: Ghent, Leipzig, Roskilde, Vienna or Wroclaw. During their year at 番茄社区 students will be required to take the MSc in Global Economic History (Erasmus Mundus) based in the Department of Economic History. This programme is only available to students on the MA in Global Studies: A European Perspective.

Full-year programme. Students must take compulsory courses to the value of 2.5 units, a dissertation and optional courses. Students at 番茄社区 for Year 1 (route 1) must take compulsory courses to the value of 2.5 units, optional courses to the value of one unit, and a half-unit dissertation (EH498). Students at 番茄社区 for Year 2 (route 2) must take compulsory courses to the value of 2 units, optional courses to the value of one unit, and a full-unit dissertation (EH499).

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 at 番茄社区
Paper 1	EH401 Historical Analysis of Economic Change (0.5) (withdrawn 2025/26) and EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5)
Paper 2	A
	Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following: DV423 Global Political Economy of Development (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
	EU455 Concepts in Political Economy (0.5)
	GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) #
	GY409 Globalisation and territorial development: Theory, Evidence and Policy (0.5)
	HY484L Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
	HY484M Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)

Paper 3
	Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following: EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

Paper 4
	Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following:
	Options List
Paper 5	EH498 Dissertation (0.5)

	Year 2 at participating institution: Leipzig, Roskilde, Vienna, Ghent or Wroclaw.

	Year 1 at participating institution
	Year 2 at 番茄社区:
Paper 1
	Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following: EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

Paper 2	A
	Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following: EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)
	EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

Paper 3
	Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following:
	Options List
Paper 4	EH499 Research Dissertation (1.0)

Options List



EH402 Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I (0.5)
EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
EH409 Chinese Economic History: Culture, Institutions and Economic Growth (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
EH413 African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (0.5)
EH421 Economic History of Colonialism (0.5)
EH426A Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) #
EH426W Quantitative Analysis in Economic History II (0.5) # (withdrawn 2025/26)
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)
EH430 Monetary and Financial History (1.0) # (withdrawn 2025/26)
EH431 Women in Economic History (0.5)
EH432 Economic History and Geography: Advanced Topics and Methods (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)
EH436 Economic History of the Early Modern New World (The Americas) (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
EH442 Labour Markets in Historical Perspective (0.5)
EH443 The History of Premodern Money (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
EH446 Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (1.0) # (withdrawn 2025/26)
EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
EH454 Human Health in History (1.0) (withdrawn 2023/24)
EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
EH463 The Long-Run Analysis of Firms and Industries (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
EH476 The Economic History of War (1.0) # (withdrawn 2023/24)
EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)
EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)
EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)

Footnotes

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

A: Paper 2: OR any HY400-level course(s), subject to availability, timetabling and the approval of the programme director.

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

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