MSc in Theory and History of International Relations
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four units, including a dissertation as shown.
| Paper | Course number and title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | One course from the following list: | |
| 
 | Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-2003 | |
| Presidents, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: From Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-1989 | ||
| 
 | Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War | |
| Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to Osama bin Laden | ||
| Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa | ||
| 2 | Courses to the value of one unit: | |
| 
 | Foreign Policy Analysis | |
| International Institutions | ||
| Strategic Aspects of International Relations (n/a 14/15) | ||
| The EU in the World | ||
| International Politics: Asia and the Pacific | ||
| International Relations of the Middle East | ||
| Economic Diplomacy | ||
| European Policy-making in a Global Context (H) | ||
| Introduction to International Political Theory (H) | ||
| The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| The Politics of International Law (H) | ||
| Genocide (H) | ||
| Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (H) | ||
| Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies | ||
| 3 | One course from the following list: | |
| 
 | European Integration in the Twentieth Century | |
| 
 | The European Enlightenment, c 1680-1799 | |
| 
 | From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 | |
| 
 | ||
| The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 | ||
| Western Intellectuals and the Challenge of Totalitarianism (n/a 14/15) | ||
| War Cultures, 1890-1945 | ||
| The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy | ||
| Islam, State and Rebellion in the Indonesian Archipelago | ||
| Secret Intelligence in the 20th Century | ||
| The Cold War in Latin America | ||
| East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (n/a 14/15) | ||
| 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 | ||
| What is international about the 'International'? | ||
| Latin American Development: political economy of growth (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Latin American Development and Economic History (H) | ||
| The West: Identity and Interests (H) (n/a 14/15) | ||
| Muslims in Europe (H) | ||
| Turkey and Europe (H) | ||
| Nationalism | ||
| 
 | A further course from the paper 2 selection list | |
| 
 | A further course from the paper 1 selection list (subject to approval by the programme director) | |
| 4 | Dissertation | |
| Notes | Students can also take HY447 Hacking the Archive, a non-assessed course taken in addition to the required four full-units as detailed above. | |

