BSc International Relations        

For all first, second and 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

IR100

Concepts of International Society

2

HY116

 International History since 1890

3

One from:

 

GV100

Introduction to Political Theory

PH103

Reason, Knowledge and Values: An Introduction to Philosophy

SO100

Key Concepts in Sociology: An Introduction to Sociological Theory

4

An approved paper taught outside the Department

Year 2

5

IR200

International Political Theory

6

IR202.1

Foreign Policy Analysis I

7

IR203

International Organisations

8

One from:

 

EC100

Economics A

EH101

The Internationalisation of Economic Growth

GV247

Theories and Problems of Nationalism

HY203

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion

HY206

The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989

HY208

The History of the United States since 1783

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 (n/a 13/14)

 

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 (n/a 13/14)

HY242

The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History

LL278

Public International Law

 

Or an approved foreign language course from the following:

 

LN100

Russian Language and Society 3 (Advanced)

LN101

Russian Language and Society 1 (Beginner)

LN102

Russian Language and Society 2 (Intermediate)

LN104

Mandarin Language and Society 1 (Beginner)

LN110

German Language and Society 3 (Advanced)

LN120

Spanish Language and Society 3 (Advanced)

LN121

Spanish Language and Society 1 (Beginner)

LN122

Spanish Language and Society 2 (Intermediate)

LN130

French Language and Society 3 (Advanced)

LN131

French Language and Society 1 (Beginner)

LN132

French Language and Society 2 (Intermediate)

LN140

Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced)

LN142

Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate)

LN200

Russian Language and Society 4 (Proficiency)

LN210

German Language and Society 4 (Proficiency)

LN220

Spanish Language and Society 4 (Proficiency)

LN230

French Language and Society 4 (Proficiency)

LN240

Mandarin Language and Society 4 (Proficiency)

LN250

English Literature and Society

LN251

Comparative Literature and Society

LN252

Global Literature and Society

LN253

European Literature and Society

LN270

Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists

LN320

Spanish Language and Society 5 (Mastery)

LN330

French Language and Society 5 (Mastery)

LN340

Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery)

Year 3

9,10 & 11

Three units from:

 

IR304

Politics of International Economic Relations *

IR305

Strategic Aspects of International Relations

IR306

Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory

IR308

Systemic Change in the Twentieth Century: Theories of the Cold War 

IR311

Europe's Institutional Order

IR312

Genocide

IR313

Managing China's Rise in East Asia (n/a 13/14)

IR314

Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security (n/a 13/14)

IR315

The Middle East and International Relations Theory

IR316

United Nations

IR398

Dissertation

LL242

International Protection of Human Rights **

12

A paper relevant to the study of International Relations approved by the candidate's teachers from the Selection List below.
A further Language course from those listed under paper 8 above.

Notes

* Prerequisites for this course are normally EH101 or EC100
** Prerequisite for this course is LL278

 

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.

Selection List of Papers Approved by the Department as Relevant to the Study of International Relations

EC230

Economics in Public Policy

EH220

Comparative Economic Development: Late Industrialisation in Russia, India and Japan (n/a 13/14)

EH225

Latin America and the International Economy 

GV100

Introduction to Political Theory

GV227

The Politics of Economic Policy

GV245

Democracy and Democratisation

GV247

Theories and Problems of Nationalism

GV251

Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union

GV262

Contemporary Political Theory

GV264

Politics and Institutions in Europe

GY202

Introduction to Global Development

GY220

Environment: Science and Society

GY301

The Political Geography of Development and the South

HY203

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion

HY206

The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989

HY226

The Great War, 1914-1918 

HY242

The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History

HY304

Germany's New Order in Europe, 1939-1945 (withdrawn 13/14)

HY319

Napoleon and Europe

LL250

Law and the Environment

LL278

Public International Law

PH203

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

SA313

European Social Policy

Any other paper, not on the exclusion lists, approved by the Departmental Tutor of the Department of International Relations