MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation
Programme Code: TMHYEMCOGL
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 must take courses to the value of four full units, comprising one compulsory paper, a dissertation and optional course as shown.
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) | |
Paper 1 |
HY484L Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 1 (withdrawn 2023/24) or | |
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HY484M Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 2 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
Papers 2 & 3 |
Either courses to the value of 2.5 units from List A: | |
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OR | |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units from List A and courses to the value of 1.0 unit from List B: A | ||
Paper 4 |
HY499 Dissertation (1.0) | |
List A
HY424 The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe (1.0) | |
HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War and Beyond, 1939-2003 (1.0) | |
HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0) | |
HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0) | |
HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0) | |
HY444 Latin America in the Cold War (1.0) | |
HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0) (not available 2024/25) | |
HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (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) (not available 2024/25) | |
HY486 The Anti-Slave-Trade Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0) | |
HY487 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
HY488 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
HY489 China and the External World, 1644-1839 (0.5) | |
HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
HY4A5 Women as Weapons: The Conservative Political Tradition in the Cold War (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
HY4A8 Asian Borderlands (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
HY4A9L China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 3 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
HY4A9M China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 4 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
List B
EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5) | |
EH413 African Economic Development in Historical Perspective (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
EH421 Economic History of Colonialism (0.5) | |
EH436 Economic History of the Early Modern New World (The Americas) (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
EH446 Economic Development of East and Southeast Asia (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
EH454 Human Health in History (1.0) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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) | |
EH486 Shipping and Sea Power in Asian Waters, c 1600-1860 (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
EU475 Europe and the Politics of Secularism (0.5) | |
GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5) | |
GI411 Gender, Post/coloniality and Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions (0.5) # | |
GI429 Archival Interventions: Feminist, Queer and Decolonial Approaches (0.5) # | |
GV465 War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (0.5) (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
A course from another Masters programme taught at LSE which is complementary with the other courses chosen, is suitably timetabled and has the approval of the teacher concerned and the Programme Director. | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
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
Footnotes
A : EH408, EH413, EH482, EH483, GV442 and GV465 are subject to space.
Note for prospective students:
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