LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs

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

Paper

Course number and title

1

HY400 

Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-2003

2

Course(s) to the value of one full unit from the list below

 

IR407

International Political Economy of the Environment

IR411

Foreign Policy Analysis III

IR412

International Institutions

IR415

Strategic Aspects of International Relations (n/a 14/15)

IR416

The EU in the World

IR418

International Politics: Asia and the Pacific

IR419

International Relations of the Middle East

IR422

Conflict and Peace Studies (n/a 14/15)

IR429

Economic Diplomacy

IR431

European Union Policy Making in a Global Context (H)

IR433

The International Politics of EU Enlargement (H)

IR434

European Defence and Security (H)

IR439

Diplomacy (H)

IR447

Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H)

IR451

Politics of Money in the World Economy‡

IR457

The Political Economy of International Trade

IR460

Comparative Political Economy (n/a 14/15)

3

Course(s) to the value of one full unit from the list below, not already taken under paper 2:

 

IR407

International Political Economy of the Environment

IR411

Foreign Policy Analysis III

IR412

International Institutions

IR415

Strategic Aspects of International Relations  (n/a 14/15)

IR416

The EU in the World

IR418

International Politics: Asia and the Pacific

IR419

International Relations of the Middle East

IR422

Conflict and Peace Studies  (n/a 14/15)

IR429

Economic Diplomacy

IR431

European Union Policy Making in a Global Context (H)

IR433

The International Politics of EU Enlargement (H)

IR434

European Defence and Security (H)

IR447

Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H)

IR451

Politics of Money in the World Economy‡

IR457

The Political Economy of International Trade

IR460

Comparative Political Economy (n/a 14/15)

GV479

Nationalism

HY411

European Integration in the Twentieth Century

 

HY422

President, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: from Roosevelt to Reagan 1933-89

 

HY423

Empire, Colonialism and Globalization 

 

HY429

Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91

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

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 (n/a 14/15)

HY439

War Cultures, 1890-1945

HY440

The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy

HY441

Islam, State and Rebellion in the Indonesian Archipelago

HY442

Secret Intelligence in the 20th Century

HY444

The Cold War in Latin America

HY461

East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945  (n/a 14/15)

HY463

The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962

HY465

The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict

HY469

Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past

HY470

What is international about the 'International'?

4

HY498

Dissertation: LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs

Notes

‡ With permission of the course teacher.

 

Students can also take HY447 Hacking the Archive (in 2014/15), a non-assessed course taken in addition to the required four full-units as detailed above.