Full-year programme. Students take courses to the value of four full units including the dissertation as shown below:
Paper
|
Course number and title |
1
|
One course from the following list:
|
|
HY400
|
Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-1991 |
HY422 |
Presidents, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-1989 |
|
HY426
|
The European Enlightenment, c 1680-1799
|
HY429
|
Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-1991 |
HY433
|
Cultural Encounters from the Renaissance to the Modern World (n/a 11/12)
|
HY435
|
Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to Osama Bin Laden |
HY436
|
Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa |
HY438
|
Western Intellectuals and the Challenge of Totalitarianism |
HY451
|
Persecution in Europe: From Witch-Hunts to Ethnic Cleansing (n/a 11/12)
|
2 & 3
|
Two courses from the following list: |
|
HY411
|
European Integration in the Twentieth Century |
|
HY424
|
The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe? |
|
HY432
|
From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 |
|
HY434
|
The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 |
HY439
|
War Cultures, 1890-1945 (n/a 11/12)
|
HY440
|
The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy
|
HY461
|
East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 |
HY463
|
The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 |
HY464
|
Crises and Detente in the Cold War, 1962-1979 (n/a 11/12) |
HY465
|
The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict |
HY467
|
Media and politics, 1890-c.1970/80 (UK, Germany and the US) |
EH451
|
Latin American Development: political economy of growth (H) (n/a 11/12)
|
EH452
|
Latin American Development: case-studies in growth, poverty and social change (H) |
EU426
|
The West: Identity and Interests (H) |
|
or: A further course from the paper 1 selection list (subject to approval by the programme director) A HY course from another MSc programme run by the Department of International History (subject to approval by the programme director) or a related course from another department (subject to approval by the programme director) |
4 |
HY499 |
Dissertation |