LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in Affaires Internationales and either International Relations or International Political Economy

Year 1 at Sciences Po
Joint IR seminar with the whole group (28 hours)
Political Issues or World Politics (56 hours)
Social Science (including Economics) (56 hours)
Specialisation (140 hours)
Compulsory French/English language class (28 hours)
Second foreign language for all students (28 hours)

 

Year 2 at LSE
Students will enrol in either the MSc International Relations or the MSc International Political Economy as follows:

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

MSc International Relations

Programme code: TMIR2

Department: International Relations

This information is for the 2017/18 session.

Full-year programme. Students must take one compulsory course, optional courses to the value of two full units and a dissertation.

Paper

Course number and title

1

IR410

International Politics

2

Courses to the value of one full unit:

 

IR411

Foreign Policy Analysis III

IR412

International Institutions

IR415

Strategic Aspects of International Relations 

IR416

The EU in the World

IR418

International Politics: Asia and the Pacific (not available 2017/18)

IR419

The International Relations of the Middle East

IR431

European Union Policy Making in a Global Context (H) (not available 2017/18)

IR433

The International Politics of EU Enlargement (H)

IR434

European Defence and Security (H)

IR439

Diplomacy (H) (not available 2017/18)

IR445

China and the World

IR447

Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H) (not available 2017/18)

IR449

Conflict and Peacebuilding (H)

IR452

Empire and Conflict in World Politics (H) (not available 2017/18)

IR453

Global Business in International Relations (H)

IR454

Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (H)

IR461

Islam in World Politics

IR462

Introduction to International Political Theory (H)

IR463

The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (withdrawn 2017/18)

IR464

The Politics of International Law (H)

IR465

The International Politics of Culture and Religion

IR466

Genocide (H)

IR471

The Situations of the International Criminal Court (H)

IR472

Advanced Topics in International Politics (H)

IR473

China and the Global South (H)

IR474

Revolutions and World Politics (H)

IR477

Africa: Governance, Peace, and Security (H)

IR481

Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (H) (not available 2017/18)

IR482

Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies (not available 2017/18)

3

A further course or courses from Paper 2 to the value of one full unit or a course from another programme approved by the Department.

4

IR499

Dissertation

MSc International Political Economy

Programme code: TMIPE2

Department: International Relations

This information is for the 2017/18 session.

Full-year programme. Students must take one compulsory course, optional courses to the value of 2.5 units and a dissertation as shown.

Paper

Course number and title

1

IR470 

International Political Economy (H)

2

Courses to the value of 1.0 full unit from the following:

 

IR447

Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H) (not available 2017/18)

IR453

Global Business in International Relations (H)

IR454

Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (H)

IR455

Economic Diplomacy (H)

IR467

Global Environmental Politics (H)

IR468

The Political Economy of International Trade (H)

IR469

Politics of Money in the World Economy (H)

3

Additional courses to the value of 1.5 units from paper 2 or from another programme approved by the Programme Director.

4

IR499

Dissertation

 

 

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.