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LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Two-year programme. Students take the first year at Peking University, and the second year at LSE as follows.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Programme Code: TMINAF

Department: International History

For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18

Paper 1

The following compulsory course:

 

HY400 Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003 (1.0) #

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

IR411 Foreign Policy Analysis III (1.0) #

 

IR412 International Institutions (1.0)

 

IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0) #  (not available 2019/20)

 

IR416 The EU in the World (1.0) #

 

IR418 International Politics: Asia & the Pacific (1.0)

 

IR419 International Relations of the Middle East (1.0) #

 

IR431 European Union Policy Making in a Global-Context (0.5)  (withdrawn 2018/19)

 

IR433 The International Politics of EU Enlargement (0.5)  (not available 2019/20)

 

IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5)

 

IR439 Diplomacy (0.5)  (withdrawn 2018/19)

 

IR447 Political Economy of International Labour Migration (0.5) #  (not available 2019/20)

 

IR455 Economic Diplomacy (0.5)  (withdrawn 2019/20)

 

IR467 Global Environmental Politics (0.5)

 

IR468 The Political Economy of Trade (0.5)

 

IR469 Politics of Money in the World Economy (0.5) * A

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the list below, not already taken under Paper 2:

 

GV479 Nationalism (1.0)  (withdrawn 2018/19)

 

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) #

 

HY422 Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy, from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-89 (1.0)

 

HY423 Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (1.0) #

 

HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91 (1.0)  (not available 2019/20)

 

HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0)

 

HY434 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2019/20)

 

HY435 Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0)

 

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0)

 

HY439 War Cultures, 1890-1945 (1.0) #  (withdrawn 2018/19)

 

HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0)

 

HY441 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (1.0)

 

HY444 The Cold War in Latin America (1.0)

 

HY448 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 (1.0)

 

HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0)

 

HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (1.0) #

 

HY463 The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0)  (not available 2019/20)

 

HY465 The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict (1.0)  (not available 2019/20)

 

HY469 Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past (1.0)

 

HY471 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (1.0)  (not available 2019/20)

 

HY472 China and the External World, 1711-1839 (1.0)

 

HY473 The GDR and Communist Parties in Europe 1949-1990 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2018/19)

 

HY477 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1980s (1.0)

 

HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China and India, 1550 - 1840 (1.0)

 

IR411 Foreign Policy Analysis III (1.0) #

 

IR412 International Institutions (1.0)

 

IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0) #  (not available 2019/20)

 

IR416 The EU in the World (1.0) #

 

IR418 International Politics: Asia & the Pacific (1.0)

 

IR419 International Relations of the Middle East (1.0) #

 

IR431 European Union Policy Making in a Global-Context (0.5)  (withdrawn 2018/19)

 

IR433 The International Politics of EU Enlargement (0.5)  (not available 2019/20)

 

IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5)

 

IR447 Political Economy of International Labour Migration (0.5) #  (not available 2019/20)

 

IR455 Economic Diplomacy (0.5)  (withdrawn 2019/20)

 

IR467 Global Environmental Politics (0.5)

 

IR468 The Political Economy of Trade (0.5)

 

IR469 Politics of Money in the World Economy (0.5) * B

Paper 4

HY498 Dissertation: LSE-PKU Double Degree MSc in International Affairs; MSc Theory and History of International Relations (1.0)

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

Footnotes

A : With permission of the course teacher.

B : With permission of the course teacher.


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.