BA 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, 2 & 3

Three from:

 

HY113

From Empire to Independence: the Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century

 

HY114

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

 

HY116

International History since 1890

EH101

The Internationalisation of Economic Growth

4

An approved paper taught outside the Department

Year 2

5

One from:

 

EH205

Towns, Society and Economy in England and Europe 1450-1750

 

EH238

The Industrial Revolution

HY216

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

HY221

The History of Russia 1682-1825 

HY233

Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750

HY235

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

HY315

The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799

HY319

Napoleon and Europe

6

One paper from the Selection List A

7

One paper from Selection List A or EH225 Latin America and the International Economy or EH207 The Making of an Economic Superpower: China since 1850

8

An Approved paper taught outside the Department

Year 3

9

HY314

Representing the Past: Historiography and Historical Methods

10

A paper from the Selection List B

11

A further paper from Selection List A or Selection List B or a further paper from paper No 5 above (not already taken)

12

HY300

Dissertation

Notes

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

History Selection List A

HY203

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion

HY206

The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 (may not be taken in the same year as HY320)

HY208

The History of the United States since 1783

HY216

Four Reichs: Austria, Prussia and 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

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 selected if HY117 previously taken)

HY242

The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History

HY243

The Islamic World in the Era of Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires, ca 1400-ca 1800

History Selection List B

HY303

Russia in Revolution, 1914-1921 

HY311

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

HY315

The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799

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