MA in Comparative Business Economics (180 UCL credits / 72 ECTS)

Overview of the Programme

The MA in Comparative Business Economics (CBE) is focused principally at company level study and offers the chance to examine: the role of multinationals; corporate governance and finance; privatisation; entrepreneurship; and the determinants of innovation and technological change within the European area.

The principal objective of the programme is to offer discipline (economics) based training combined with empirical application drawing on the experiences of the twenty-eight nations that have emerged from the former Soviet block in Europe and Asia. While the trade gravity centre of this region is firmly rooted within the EU, our approach defines Europe - our area of interest - according to its economic links rather than its current borders. The programme equips students with strong foundations in both international business and economics as well as in finance and corporate governance.

The MA in CBE prepares our graduates for both further research in the areas specified above, and for work in international business, for European and national government institutions, and for developing their own entrepreneurial ventures.

Candidates must take 180 credits in total: 120 of taught courses, comprising of 30 compulsory methods courses, a 30 credit module in Political Economy of International Business, at least 15 from a list of core policy papers and 45 from the list of optional papers. In addition all students must undertake a free-standing dissertation worth 60 credits.

Compulsory Dissertation (60 credits)

Compulsory courses (60 credits)

• Quantitative Methods (15 credits, Term 1)
• Advanced Quantitative Methods (15 credits, Term 2)
• Political Economy of International Business (30 credits, Term 1)

• Corporate Governance (15 credits, Term 2)
• Corporate Finance and Investment in Emerging Markets (15 credits, Term 1)
• Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies (15 credits, Term 2)

• Development Economics and Policy (30 credits, Term 1)
• Financial Development (15 credits, Term 2)
• Economics of Health and Population (15 credits, Term 2)
• Trade and FDI with reference to Eastern Europe (15 credits, Term 1)
• Corporate Governance (15 credits, Term 2)
• Corporate Finance and Investment in Emerging Markets (15 credits, Term 1)
• Informal Practices in Post-Communist Societies (15 credits, Term 2)
• Advanced Qualitative Methods (15 credits, Term 2)
• Causes, Consequences and Control: Corruption and Governance (30 credits, Term 2)
• Comparative Analysis in Social and Political Research (15 credits, Term 2)

On approval of the Programme Coordinator further papers may be selected from the list of language courses, up to 30 credits, or other courses offered by SSEES, or from the list of courses offered by other departments at UCL (School of Public Policy, Department of Economics), up to 15 credits.

Entry Requirements

At least an Upper Second Honours degree or equivalent.

At least one full year BA course in introduction to economics or equivalent.

Non-native English speakers to achieve scores of at least 6.0 in each element of the ELTS test and 7.0 overall.

Completed applications will be considered in the order they arrive until the programme is full.

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Applicants to this programme should include a complete Europass CV

This page last modified Tuesday 17 April 2012.