BSc in International Relations and History
Programme Code: UBIRHY
Department: International History
For all second and third year students in 2017/18.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the BA/BSc degrees (other than four-year BA/BSc degrees)
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Course number and title | |
See note |
The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things | |
Year 1 | ||
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Students take the following unassessed course which runs during Weeks 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 of Michaelmas Term only: | |
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Thinking Like a Historian | |
1 |
Theories and Concepts of International Relations | |
2 |
International History since 1890 | |
3 & 4 |
Two from: | |
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From Empire to Independence: The Extra European World in the 20th Century | ||
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Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 | |
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An approved language (LN) course | |
Year 2 | ||
5 |
International Political Theory | |
6 |
Either IR202 Foreign Policy Analysis 1 or IR203 International Organisations | |
7 & 8 |
Two courses from the following: | |
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The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International | ||
HY203 |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion (withdrawn 2017/18) | |
The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 | ||
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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HY233 |
Empire and Nation: Britain and India since 1750 (withdrawn 2017/18) |
Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 | ||
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The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992 | |
Latin America and the United States since 1898 (not available 2017/18) | ||
From Empire to Commonwealth: War, Race and Imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day | ||
What is History? Methods and Debates | ||
The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History | ||
The United States and the World since 1776 | ||
Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 | ||
Year 3 | ||
9 |
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10 |
Courses to the value of one full unit from the following: | |
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Theories and Problems of Nationalism (not available 2017/18) | ||
International History | ||
International Political Economy | ||
Strategic Aspects of International Relations | ||
Genocide (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Managing China's Rise in East Asia | ||
Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security | ||
The Middle East and International Relations Theory | ||
American Grand Strategy (H) | ||
Visual International Politics (H) | ||
Empire and Conflict in World Politics (H) | ||
Europe's Institutional Order (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Revolutions and World Politics (H) | ||
Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory (H) | ||
Gender and International Politics (H) | ||
The Practices of Transitional Justice (H) | ||
The Situations of the International Criminal Court (H) | ||
The Rule of Law: A Global History (H) | ||
Political Economy of International Labour Migration (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (H) | ||
Economic Diplomacy (H) | ||
Global Environmental Politics (H) | ||
The Political Economy of Trade (H) | ||
Politics of Money in the World Economy (H) | ||
China and the Global South (H) | ||
The Politics of Governance, Development and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (H) | ||
11 |
One course from the following: | |
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Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75) (not available 2017/18) | ||
European Enlightenment, c1680-1799 | ||
Napoleon and Europe | ||
The Cold War Endgame | ||
The Struggle for the Persian Gulf, 1945-2003 | ||
Nazi Germany's War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 | ||
Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825 (not available 2017/18) | ||
Muslim-Jewish Relations: History and Memory in the Middle East and Europe, 622-1945 | ||
Retreat from Power: British foreign and defence policy, 1931-68 (not available 2017/18) | ||
Slavery, Capital, and Empire in the British World, 1700-1900 (not available 2017/18) | ||
The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1939-89 | ||
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion | ||
Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development | ||
From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century | ||
12 |
One from: | |
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Dissertation | |
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An approved paper taught outside the Department of International Relations and International History | |
Notes |
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. | |
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Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.
