LSE Columbia Double Degree International and World History

LSE-Columbia University Double MA Degree in International and World History

Twenty-two month programme. Students take the first year at Columbia University, and the second year at the LSE as follows:
Optional courses to the value of three full units, a dissertation and a language course as shown:

Paper	Course number and title
1	HY458	LSE-Columbia University Double Degree Dissertation
2, 3, & 4	Courses to the value of three full units from the following:
	International History:
	HY400	Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-2003
	HY411	European Integration in the Twentieth Century
	HY422	Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy: From Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-1989
	HY423	Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation
	HY424	The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe?
	HY426	The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799
	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 Mohamed Abduh 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'?
	Economic History:
	EH404	India and the World Economy (H)
	EH408	International Migration, 1500-2000: from Slavery to Asylum (H) (n/a 14/15)
	EH413	African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (H)

	EH428	History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (H) (n/a 14/15)
	EH429	History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (H)
	EH451	Latin American Development: political economy of growth (H) (n/a 14/15)
	EH452	Latin American Development and Economic History (H)
	EH466	Labour and Work in Preindustrial Europe (H) (n/a 14/15)
	EH467	Epidemics: epidemic disease in history, 1348-2000 (H) (n/a 14/15)
	EH486	Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c1600-1860 (H)
	Regarding Economic History (EH) courses only: it may be possible to take further options among EH courses with the agreement of the course teacher responsible and the Academic Coordinator of the Double Degree. One of the above may be replaced by a further course from other LSE departments (subject to agreement with tutor and teacher responsible for the course).
5	Compulsory Language Requirement Students can fulfil the language requirement of the dual Master's degree in three different ways: 1) By taking two years of language training while at Columbia and the London School of Economics. 2) By taking, and passing, two translation exams. (Both translation exams must be taken at Columbia. See sample translation exams on the CU History Department website). 3) By taking, and passing, one translation exam and studying a language for one year, either at Columbia or at the LSE Language Centre.
Notes	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.