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MSc in Theory and History of International Relations

Programme Code: TMTHHYIR2

Department: International History

For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21

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.

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.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1

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

 

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

 

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

 

HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91 (1.0)

 

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

 

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (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 2021/22)

 

IR416 The EU in the World (1.0) #

 

IR418 International Politics: Asia & the Pacific (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

 

IR419 International Relations of the Middle East (1.0) #

 

IR422 Conflict and Peacebuilding (1.0) #

 

IR462 International Political Theory (0.5)  (not available 2021/22)

 

IR464 The Politics of International Law (0.5)  (not available 2021/22)

 

IR466 Genocide (0.5)

 

IR471 Critical International Law (0.5)

 

IR479 Russia in World Politics (0.5) #

 

IR480 The Politics of Inequality, Development and the State (0.5)

 

IR481 Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (0.5) #  (not available 2021/22)

Paper 3

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

 

EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5)

 

EU475 Racial Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

 

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

 

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) #

 

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

 

HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0)

 

HY441 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

 

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)  (not available 2021/22)

 

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

 

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

 

HY465 The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict (1.0)

 

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 2021/22)

 

HY472 China and the External World, 1711-1839 (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

 

HY474 Slavery and Emancipation in the British World (1.0)  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

HY477 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1980s (1.0)  (withdrawn 2021/22)

 

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

 

HY479 Environmental History in a Global Context (1.0)  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

HY482 National Socialism. Old theories and new research approaches (1.0)  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0)

 

HY485 Germanness in the 20th century: Identity, Politics, and Violence in Germany from the First World War to Re-Unification (1.0)  (withdrawn 2021/22)

 

HY486 Practicing Abolition in the Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

Paper 2 options list

Paper 1 options list

Paper 4

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

Paper 2 options list

IR411 Foreign Policy Analysis III (1.0) #

IR412 International Institutions (1.0)

IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0) #  (not available 2021/22)

IR416 The EU in the World (1.0) #

IR418 International Politics: Asia & the Pacific (1.0)  (not available 2021/22)

IR419 International Relations of the Middle East (1.0) #

IR422 Conflict and Peacebuilding (1.0) #

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

IR462 International Political Theory (0.5)  (not available 2021/22)

IR464 The Politics of International Law (0.5)  (not available 2021/22)

IR466 Genocide (0.5)

IR471 Critical International Law (0.5)

IR479 Russia in World Politics (0.5) #

IR480 The Politics of Inequality, Development and the State (0.5)

IR481 Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (0.5) #  (not available 2021/22)


Paper 1 options list

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

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

HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91 (1.0) *

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

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


Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

* means available with permission

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
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