LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs

Programme code: TMINAF

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

 

IR411

Foreign Policy Analysis III

IR412

International Institutions

IR415

Strategic Aspects of International Relations  

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 15/16)

IR431

European Union Policy Making in a Global Context (H) (n/a 15/16)

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)

IR455

Economic Diplomacy (H)

IR460

Comparative Political Economy (n/a 15/16) 

IR467

International Political Economy of the Environment (H) (n/a 15/16)

IR468

The Political Economy of Trade (H)

IR469

Politics of Money in the World Economy (H)‡

3

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

 

IR411

Foreign Policy Analysis III

IR412

International Institutions

IR415

Strategic Aspects of International Relations  

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  

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)

IR455

Economic Diplomacy (H)

IR460

Comparative Political Economy 

IR467

International Political Economy of the Environment (H)

IR468

The Political Economy of Trade (H)

IR469

Politics of Money in the World Economy (H)‡

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 ISIS

HY436

Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa

HY438

Western Intellectuals and the Challenge of Totalitarianism (withdrawn 15/16)

HY439

War Cultures, 1890-1945 (n/a 15/16)

HY440

The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy

HY441

Islam, State and Rebellion in the Indonesian Archipelago (n/a 15/16)

HY442

Secret Intelligence in the 20th Century (withdrawn 15/16)

HY444

The Cold War in Latin America (n/a 15/16)

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

HY460

Ideologies and Political Thought in Germany in the Era of Extremes (1914-1990)

HY461

East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945  

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'? (withdrawn 15/16)

4

HY498

Dissertation: LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs

Notes

‡ With permission of the course teacher.

 

Students can also take HY449 Long-term History: The Patterns of the Past and the Shape of Things to Come, a non-assessed course taken in addition to the required four full-units as detailed above.