- The MSc Economic History provides a historical and interdisciplinary perspective on important economic problems such as the causes of long-run economic development, the expansion of businesses and financial markets, the role of the government in the economy, and the origins of globalization.
- Economic history combines the skills of the economist and statistician with those of the historian, political scientist, and sociologist.
- The program provides broad training in social science research methods and their application to historical study, including the role of theory, evaluation, analysis and explanation, quantitative techniques and computing, the use of sources, and presentational skills.