BSc International Relations and History 

For third year students in 2013-14

Paper

Course number and title

See note

LSE100

The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things

Year 1

1

IR100

Concepts of International Society

2

HY116

International History since 1890

3 & 4

Two from:

 

HY113

From Empire to Independence: The Extra European World in the 20th Century

 

HY114

War and Society from the Renaissance to the Napoleonic Era c.1500-1815

 

EH101

The Internationalisation of Economic Growth

LL278

Public International Law

 

An approved language (LN) course
An approved paper taught outside the Department

Year 2

5

IR200

International Political Theory

6

Either IR202.1 Foreign Policy Analysis I or IR203 International Organisations 

7 & 8

Two  from:

 

HY203

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion

HY206

The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989

HY208

The History of the United States since 1783

HY216

Four Reichs: Austria, Prussia and the Contest for Germany since 1618

HY221

The History of Russia 1682-1825

HY226

The Great War 1914-1918

HY232

Frontiers of Nationalism, Statehood and Independence. The History of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, 1914-1990 (n/a 13/14)

 

HY233

Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750

HY235

Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840

 

HY238

The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992

HY239

Latin America and the United States since 1898

HY240

From Empire to Commonwealth: War, Race and Imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (may not be taken if HY117 was previously taken)

Year 3

9

Either IR202.1 or IR203, not taken above

10

One from:

 

GV247

Theories and Problems of Nationalism

IR304

The Politics of International Economic Relations I *

IR305

Strategic Aspects of International Relations

IR306

Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory

IR308

Systemic Change in the Twentieth Century: Theories of the Cold War

IR311

Europe's Institutional Order

IR312

Genocide

IR313

Managing China's Rise in East Asia

IR314

Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security

IR315

The Middle East and International Relations Theory

IR316

United Nations (H)

11

One from:

 

HY303

Russia in Revolution, 1914-21 

 

HY311

The United States and the Wars in Korea and Vietnam, 1941-75

 

HY315

European Enlightenment, c1680-1799

HY319

Napoleon and Europe

HY320

The Cold War Endgame (may not be taken in the same year as HY206)

HY321

The Struggle for the Persian Gulf, 1945-2003

HY322

Nazi Germany and the Second World War: Causes and Course, 1933-1945

12

One from:
A further paper from 10 or 11 above

 

HY300

Dissertation

 

An approved paper taught outside the Department of International Relations and International History

Notes

* Prerequisites for this course are normally EH101 or EC100

 

LSE100 is taken by all students in the Lent Term of Year 1 and the Michaelmas Term of Year 2. The course is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification.