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Studying at LSE
This interdisciplinary course offers the following benefits:
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Taught jointly by two internationally respected departments at LSE, this degree is unique in offering students the opportunity both to further their studies in economics and to acquire a deeper understanding of the nature and significance of its methods, normative implications and conceptual foundations.
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The degree offers a good preparation for doctoral research in both economics and the philosophy of economics and social science, as well as for employment in such fields as financial and economic journalism, consulting and policy formulation. To do this degree you must have a strong undergraduate training in economics.
About the MSc programme
To succeed on the programme you need to prove that you can work to a high standard and have excellent analytical ability; the core economics and econometrics courses assume a knowledge of constrained optimisation, matrix algebra and basic statistics. We expect students to have very good undergraduate grades; for most British students these should have concentrated on economics and quantitative subjects.
All graduates of non-UK institutions must have taken the GRE General Test no more than five years before applying, and must include the test scores with their application. Please see Admission Enquiries System|.
Typically we expect candidates to score over 760 in the quantitative, analytical and verbal sections of the test.
This MSc provides the opportunity to study in depth various issues in the philosophy of economics which cannot be taken up sufficiently at the undergraduate level or in existing postgraduate courses. These include the scientific status of economics and the fairness and justice of economic arrangements.
Students are required to attend introductory September courses in mathematics, statistics and economics before the main teaching programme starts in October.
Economics courses
Choose two of the following:
Philosophy Courses
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Compulsory seminars
You also complete a dissertation| of not more than 7,000 words on some aspect of the philosophy of economics seminar.