BSc in International Relations
For all first, second and third year students in 2014-15
Paper |
Course number and title | |
See note |
The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things | |
Year 1 | ||
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1 |
Concepts of International Society | |
2 |
International History since 1890 | |
3 |
One from: | |
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Introduction to Political Theory | |
Reason, Knowledge and Values: An Introduction to Philosophy | ||
Key Concepts in Sociology: An Introduction to Sociological Theory | ||
4 |
An approved paper taught outside the Department | |
Year 2 | ||
5 |
International Political Theory | |
6 |
Foreign Policy Analysis I | |
7 |
International Organisations | |
8 |
One from: | |
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Economics A | |
The Internationalisation of Economic Growth | ||
Theories and Problems of Nationalism | ||
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion | ||
The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 | ||
The History of the United States since 1783 (n/a 14/15) | ||
The History of Russia, 1682-1825 | ||
The Great War, 1914-1918 | ||
War, Genocide and Nation Building. The History of South-Eastern Europe 1914-1990 | ||
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Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750 (n/a 14/15) | |
Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 | ||
The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992 | ||
The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History | ||
Public International Law | ||
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Or an approved foreign language course from the following: | |
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Russian Language and Society 3 (Advanced) | |
Russian Language and Society 1 (Beginner) | ||
Russian Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) | ||
Mandarin Language and Society 1 (Beginner) | ||
German Language and Society 3 (Advanced) | ||
Spanish Language and Society 3 (Advanced) | ||
Spanish Language and Society 1 (Beginner) | ||
Spanish Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) | ||
French Language and Society 3 (Advanced) | ||
French Language and Society 1 (Beginner) | ||
French Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) | ||
Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced) | ||
Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate) | ||
Russian Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) | ||
German Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) | ||
Spanish Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) | ||
French Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) | ||
Mandarin Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) | ||
English Literature and Society | ||
Comparative Literature and Society | ||
Global Literature and Society | ||
European Literature and Society | ||
Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists | ||
Spanish Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (n/a 14/15) | ||
French Language and Society 5 (Mastery) | ||
Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) | ||
Year 3 | ||
9,10 & 11 |
Three units from: | |
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Politics of International Economic Relations * | |
Strategic Aspects of International Relations (n/a 14/15) | ||
Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory (n/a 14/15) | ||
Systemic Change in the Twentieth Century: Theories of the Cold War (n/a 14/15) | ||
Europe's Institutional Order | ||
Genocide | ||
Managing China's Rise in East Asia | ||
Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security | ||
The Middle East and International Relations Theory | ||
United Nations | ||
American Grand Strategy (H) | ||
Visual International Politics (H) | ||
Empire and Conflict in World Politics (H) | ||
Dissertation | ||
International Protection of Human Rights ** (n/a 14/15) | ||
12 |
A paper relevant to the study of International Relations approved by the candidate's teachers from the Selection List below. | |
Notes |
* Prerequisites for this course are normally EH101 or EC100 | |
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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
Economics in Public Policy | |
Latin America and the International Economy | |
Introduction to Political Theory | |
The Politics of Economic Policy | |
Democracy and Democratisation | |
Theories and Problems of Nationalism | |
Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union | |
Contemporary Political Theory | |
Politics and Institutions in Europe | |
Introduction to Global Development | |
Environment: Science and Society | |
The Political Geography of Development and the South | |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion | |
The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 | |
The Great War, 1914-1918 | |
The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History | |
Napoleon and Europe | |
Law and the Environment | |
Public International Law | |
Philosophy of the Social Sciences | |
European Social Policy (n/a 14/15) | |
Any other paper, not on the exclusion lists, approved by the Departmental Tutor of the Department of International Relations | |
