LSE Columbia Double Degree International and World History

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

Programme code: TMINWOHY

Department: International History

For all first and second year students in 2017/18.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

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?
	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
	HY439	War Cultures, 1890-1945 (not available 2017/18)
	HY440	The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy
	HY441	Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia
	HY444	The Cold War in Latin America (not available 2017/18)
	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
	HY459	The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950
	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 (not available 2017/18)
	HY471	European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948
	HY472	China and the External World, 1711-1839
	HY473	The GDR and Communist Parties in Europe 1949-1990
	HY477	Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1980s
	HY478	The Origins of the Modern World: Europe, China and India, 1600-1800
	Economic History:
	EH404	India and the World Economy (H)
	EH408	International Migration, 1500-2000: from Slavery to Asylum (H)
	EH413	African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (H) (not available 2017/18)

	EH428	History of Economics: Making Political Economy into a Social Science (H)
	EH429	History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (H)
	EH451	Latin American Development: Political Economy of Growth (H) (withdrawn 2017/18)
	EH452	Latin American Development and Economic History (H)
	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.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.