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MA in Modern History

Programme Code: TMHYMH

Department: International History

For students starting this programme of study in 2021/22

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

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

Full-year programme. Students take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Year 1

Paper 1

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5)

 

EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5)

 

EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0)

 

GV4F5 Advanced Study of Key Political Thinkers (0.5) #

 

GV4G7 Marx and Marxism (0.5)

 

HY424 The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

HY469 Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past (1.0)

 

HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China & India, 1550-1840 (1.0)

 

HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0)

 

HY484L Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 1

 

HY484M Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 2

 

HY486 The Anti-Slave-Trade Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0)

 

HY489 China and the External World, 1644-1839 (0.5)

 

HY4A7 Islam, Power and Culture in Mughal India (0.5)

 

SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EH429 History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (0.5)

 

EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)

 

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

 

HY400 Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003 (1.0) #

 

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) #

 

HY422 Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy, from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-89 (1.0)

 

HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91 (1.0)

 

HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0)

 

HY434 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (1.0)

 

HY435 Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0)

 

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

HY444 The Cold War in Latin America (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

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 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2022/23)

 

HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (1.0) #

 

HY463 The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0)

 

HY465 The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict (1.0)

 

HY487 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (0.5)

 

HY488 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (0.5)

 

HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5)

 

HY4A5 Women as Weapons: The Conservative Political Tradition in the Cold War (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

 

HY4A6 Technocracy, Social Engineering and Politics in the Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945 (0.5)  (withdrawn 2022/23)

 

HY4A8 Asian Borderlands (0.5)

 

HY4A9L China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 3

 

HY4A9M China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 4

 

MC436 Mediating the Past (0.5)

 

SO407 Politics and Society (1.0)

 

SO427 Modern Social Thought (0.5)

Paper 3

Any course(s) to the value of 1.0 unit(s) listed under Papers 1 and 2 AND not previously selected:

 

AN402 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0)

 

AN404 Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography (1.0)

 

AN405 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0)

 

AN451 Anthropology of Politics (0.5)

 

AN475 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

 

EU432 The Philosophy of Europe (0.5)

 

EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5)

 

GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

 

GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0)

 

PH416 Philosophy, Morals and Politics (1.0)

 

SO434 Cultural Theory and Cultural Forms (1.0)

Language courses

Papers 1 & 2 options list

Paper 4

HY490 MA in Modern History Dissertation (1.0)

Language courses

LN130 French Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN230 French Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN330 French Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0) #

LN110 German Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN210 German Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN140 Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced) (1.0) #

LN240 Mandarin Language and Society 4 (Proficiency) (1.0) #

LN340 Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery) (1.0) #

LN100 Russian Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN200 Russian Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN120 Spanish Language and Society 3 (advanced) (1.0) #

LN220 Spanish Language and Society 4 (proficiency) (1.0) #

LN320 Spanish Language and Society 5 (mastery) (1.0) #


Papers 1 & 2 options list

EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5)

EH429 History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (0.5)

EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5)

EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0)

EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0)

EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5)

GV4F5 Advanced Study of Key Political Thinkers (0.5) #

GV4G7 Marx and Marxism (0.5)

HY400 Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003 (1.0) #

HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) #

HY422 Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy, from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-89 (1.0)

HY424 The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-91 (1.0)

HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0)

HY434 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (1.0)

HY435 Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0)

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

HY444 The Cold War in Latin America (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

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 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2022/23)

HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0)  (not available 2022/23)

HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (1.0) #

HY463 The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0)

HY465 The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict (1.0)

HY469 Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past (1.0)

HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China & India, 1550-1840 (1.0)

HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0)

HY484L Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 5

HY484M Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 6

HY486 The Anti-Slave-Trade Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0)

HY487 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (0.5)

HY488 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (0.5)

HY489 China and the External World, 1644-1839 (0.5)

HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5)

HY4A5 Women as Weapons: The Conservative Political Tradition in the Cold War (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

HY4A6 Technocracy, Social Engineering and Politics in the Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945 (0.5)  (withdrawn 2022/23)

HY4A7 Islam, Power and Culture in Mughal India (0.5)

HY4A8 Asian Borderlands (0.5)

HY4A9L China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 7

HY4A9M China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 8

MC436 Mediating the Past (0.5)

SO407 Politics and Society (1.0)

SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5)  (not available 2022/23)

SO427 Modern Social Thought (0.5)


Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

1 : HY484L can not be taken with HY484M

2 : HY484M can not be taken with HY484L

3 : HY4A9L can not be taken with HY4A9M

4 : HY4A9M can not be taken with HY4A9L

5 : HY484L can not be taken with HY484M

6 : HY484M can not be taken with HY484L

7 : HY4A9L can not be taken with HY4A9M

8 : HY4A9M can not be taken with HY4A9L

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

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.