Outline for Master's Programme in Social Sciences

• 120 credits
• Programme code: SSV2M
• Specialization Code: EKOH
• Established: 2014-10-16
• Revised: 2023-03-09
• Revised by: The Department Board
• Reg. no: SAMFAK 2022/68 Doss:3.2.1
• Outline applies from: Autumn 2023
• Responsible faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Responsible department: Department of Economic History
• Other participating department(s): Department of Human Geography, Department of social work, Department of Sociology, Department of Psychology, Department of Informatics and Media

Semester 1

• Trade, Capitalism and Global Development: Economic Change before the Industrial Revolution, 7.5 credits (2EH413)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1N
• Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences, 7.5 credits (2SC099) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Sociology A1N
• Industrialisation, Modernisation and Globalisation: Economic Development after 1800, 7.5 credits (2EH414)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1N
• Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits (2ST106) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Statistics A1N

Semester 2

• Economic History: History of Economic Thought, 7.5 credits (2EH401)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1N
• Economic History: The Swedish Labour Market - Development and Change, 7.5 credits (2EH415)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1N
• Economic History: Master's Thesis, 15 credits (2EH416)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1E

Semester 3

• Scientific Theory for Social Scientists, 7.5 credits (2EH406)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1N
• Social Scientific Methods, 7.5 credits (2EH407)
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A1N

Semester 4

• Economic History: Master's Thesis, 30 credits (2EH412) *
  Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Economic History A2E

* Mandatory