123 Short courses offered by the university

Accounting has been defined as 'the language of business'. In a global business environment, transparent accounting plays a critical role in helping businesses track their performance and ensure regulatory compliance. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Principles of Accounting programme.

Gain a holistic overview of the key concepts, drivers, and frameworks of corporate transactions. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the The Law and Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions programme.

Accounting information is of critical importance to capital markets. This introductory course combines academic theory and world cases to provide students with a thorough grounding in the use of financial statements for investment analysis and banking. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Financial Statement Analysis for Investment Banking and Asset Management programme.

Develop a financial and managerial accounting toolkit to inform business decision-making and enhance organisational performance. London School of Economics and Political Science's Courses include:Financial Analysis and Management Accounting

London School of Economics and Political Science's Probability and Statistics for Economics and Econometrics course provides a precise and accurate treatment of probability, distribution theory and statistical inference.

Democracy and capitalism have had a complex and often conflictual relationship, shown recently in political upheaval amid the lingering aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality - The Crisis of Market Liberalism in Wealthy Democracies programme.

Maximise your negotiation skills for business and career success in this six-week online course. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Negotiation Programme programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's The Political Economy of Public Policy course enhances a student’s understanding of the characteristics, determinants and consequences of public-policy making in liberal democracies.

In a world composed of similar people, why is it that we live in relative comfort while about 1.4 billion people live on less than $1 a day? And, more importantly, what can be done about it? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Development Economics programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's Applied Econometrics and Big Data course will provide a solid grounding in recent developments in applied micro-econometrics, including state-of-the art methods of applied econometric analysis. Some of these methods are related to work by recent Nobel Prize in Economics winners J. Angrist, D. Card and G. Imbens.

Knowledge of fundamental analysis and security valuation is essential to assess the information content of financial statements, isolate the long-term value drivers of a business, and successfully implement trading strategies. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Business Analysis and Valuation programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's Introduction to International Human Rights - Theory, Law and Practice course attempts a critical exploration of the idea of human rights and in particular the possibility that international human rights can provide the basis of a universal ethical and legal order.

In this era of deep uncertainty, rapid change and big data, making the right strategic decisions is more vital than ever. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the The Science and Art of Decision Making programme.

Data Science and Big Data Analytics are exciting new areas that combine scientific inquiry, statistical knowledge and computer programming. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning programme.

London School of Economics and Political Science's War, Power and Morality - Divisive Debates and Contentious Conflicts course will introduce students to the state-of the-art in debates on how and why wars arise, along with the complex ethical dilemmas they create, while illustrating competing arguments from political theory with studies of key cases of violent political conflict. 

Digital innovations transform the ways in which companies and individuals create and share information, offer innovative value creation propositions, define new economics patterns, and make possible unique business models. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Management and Economics of Digital Innovation programme.

Gain a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the healthcare industry through the lens of economics, and learn how policy can be used to address contemporary global healthcare challenges with London School of Economics and Political Science's Health Economics and Policy. 

Is a growing gap between the ultra-rich, and the rest, necessary for economic growth? What are the historical precedents for our current global inequity? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the The Economic History of Inequality programme.

Why do some countries get rich but others remain poor? Will trade wars and climate change slow down economic growth? How can we build democracy and gender equality in poorer countries? London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Development in the International Political Economy programme.

From chatbots, personalised recommendations on social media, traffic predictions and virtual personal assistants including Siri and Alexa, advances in machine learning are becoming an integral tool that help individuals navigate the modern world. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the Machine Learning in Practice programme.