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Welcome to the IR Department!

MSc International Political Economy (IPE) / MSc IPE Research

Orientation Week 2018

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Economics is pro-cyclical. Political economy is counter-cyclical.

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MSc IPE Team

• Dr Florence Dafe
• Dr Robert Falkner
• Dr Martin Hearson
• Dr Ranjit Lall
• Dr Covadonga Meseguer (Lent-Sum)
• Dr James Morrison
• Dr Natalya Naqvi
• Dr Zoe Williams
• Dr Stephen Woolcock (Lent-Sum)
• Administrator: Ms Martina Langer,

Room CLM 6.08

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Enhancements

New

• Redesigned IR470
• Revised Auxiliary Course
• Two new colleagues: Natalya Naqvi; Ranjit Lall
• New course: IR480 Globalisation and the State in

Developing Countries Improved

• Course options balanced across terms
• Offerings coordinated to minimise conflicts
• Several options less than 4 years old
• Nearly all courses redesigned in last 4 years

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MSc IPE Overview

4 Components:

• Core course: IR470 IPE (half unit)
• IR499: IPE Dissertation (no lectures or seminars)
• 2 x IPE Half Units
• 3 x Half Units from IPE or Non-IPE (with

approval)

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IPE Courses

Michaelmas:

• IR470: Core IPE
• IR454: Governing IPE
• IR469: Politics of Money in the World Economy
• IR453: Global Business in International Relations

Lent:

• IR447: Political Econ of Intl Labour Migration
• IR467: Global Environmental Politics
• IR455: Economic Diplomacy
• IR468: The Political Economy of Trade
• IR480: Globalisation and the State in Developing Countries

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Options

• On line sign up on LSE for You
• Controlled access (need to complete

statement box)

• Course Coordinators select from 10am on 28

September; and you will know by 1 Oct

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What to Do Now

• Automatically registered for IR470
• But…select preferred seminar via LSE for You (system goes live at 10 am
• n Friday 28 September 2018)
• Register IR470 Moodle: http://moodle.lse.ac.uk/
• Get started with the required reading for topic 1 for the core course
• Decide what options you want to take
• Library tour
• Check Study Skills Events at LSE Teaching and Learning

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Your Academic Adviser

• Your IR470 teacher is your academic advisor
• First port of call; provide guidance throughout the academic year
• Advise on options choice and have to agree to your selection (outside
• ptions)
• Some advise on dissertation project (Lent and Summer Term); point you

to additional colleagues

• Sign up for office hours via LSE4You (typically)

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Auxiliary Course

Introduction to some concepts in Economics

• IR 470.1: Dr Reza Arabsheibani
• Recommended for MSc IPE students with less

economics background

• Check timetables for time, location
• Michaelmas: review key economics concepts
• Lent: further review; workshops & support using

statistical software

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The General Format

• Each course consists of:
• Weekly lecture to introduce the topic
• Weekly seminar to deepen knowledge and

discuss individual study

• Assessment: presentations; ‘formative’ essays
• Two 11-week terms incl. a reading week; summer

term for revision and dissertation preparation

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Timings

• Coursework: 24 hrs
• Prep = 5.5 hrs
• Lecture = 1 hr
• Seminar = 1.5 hrs
• Dissertation: 10 hrs each and every week

 Total work time: 34 hours (only!)

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Expectations

• Use programme to develop your skills and

understanding of IPE

• Read independently
• Study groups
• Contribute actively to all seminars
• Make presentations in seminars
• Deliver formative and assessed essays
• Take exams in (May / early June 2019)
• Dissertation (10,000 words), due late August 2019

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London is the most…

Expensive Exhausting Exhilarating

…place I have been.

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#FOMO

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What to Do Now

• Read your Student Handbook!
• Attend extra orientation sessions on Friday 28nd September from LSE

Careers Service, Student Wellbeing Service, Widening Participation Team, LSE Language Centre.

• Collect your free IR hoodies from Clement House.

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Next Week

• Lectures for all courses start in week 1 (i.e. next week)
• Most seminars follow lectures in the same week
• Complete reading before lecture; review reading before seminar
• Departmental Party Thursday 4 October in Senior Dining Room (SDR),

Old Building, 5th floor (18:00-20:00)

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SSLC

• Staff/Student Liaison Committee (SSLC)
• Deputy Head of Department (Teaching and Learning)
• Programmes manager
• Undergraduates and General Course representatives
• MSc Programme representatives
• Meets once a term to discuss matters of common interest
• Places: 2 students from MSc IPE; and 1 student from MSc IPE(R)
• If interested, email Adnan Khan: a.khan16@lse.ac.uk
• Election in week 2

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Any Questions?