MSc in Theory and History of International Relations
Programme code: TMTHHYIR2
Department: International History
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four units, including a dissertation as shown.
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
One course from the following list: | |
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Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-2003 | |
Presidents, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: From Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-1989 | ||
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Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91 | |
Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS | ||
Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa | ||
2 |
Courses to the value of one unit: | |
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Foreign Policy Analysis | |
International Institutions | ||
Strategic Aspects of International Relations | ||
The EU in the World | ||
International Politics: Asia and the Pacific (not available 2017/18) | ||
International Relations of the Middle East | ||
Conflict and Peacebuilding (H) | ||
Economic Diplomacy (H) | ||
European Policy-making in a Global Context (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Introduction to International Political Theory (H) | ||
IR463 |
The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
The Politics of International Law (H) | ||
Genocide (H) | ||
Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies (not available 2017/18) | ||
3 |
One course from the following list: | |
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European Integration in the Twentieth Century | |
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From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 | |
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The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 | ||
War Cultures, 1890-1945 (not available 2017/18) | ||
The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy | ||
Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia | ||
The Cold War in Latin America (not available 2017/18) | ||
Living with the Bomb: An International History of Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race from the Second World War to the end of the Cold War | ||
The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 | ||
East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 | ||
The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 | ||
The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict | ||
Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past (not available 2017/18) | ||
European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 | ||
China and the External World, 1711-1839 | ||
The GDR and Communist Parties in Europe 1949-1990 | ||
Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1980s | ||
The Origins of the Modern World: Europe, China and India, 1600-1800 | ||
EH451 |
Latin American Development: Political Economy of Growth (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
Latin American Development and Economic History (H) | ||
The West (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Muslims in Europe (H) | ||
Turkey and Europe (H) | ||
Nationalism (not available 2017/18) | ||
The Situations of the International Criminal Court (H) | ||
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A further course from the Paper 2 selection list | |
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A further course from the Paper 1 selection list (subject to approval by the programme director) | |
4 |
Dissertation: LSE-PKU Double Degree MSc in International Affairs; MSc Theory and History of International Relations | |
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
