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MA in Modern History

Programme Code: TMHYMH

Department: International History

For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25

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)

 

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)

 

HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

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)

 

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

 

HY4B4 Maritime Asia in Transition, 1405-1839 (0.5)

 

SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5)

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) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

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 and Beyond, 1939-2003 (1.0)

 

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

 

HY435 Ideology, State, Jihad: Political Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (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)

 

HY446 Geo-Interventions and the Genealogy of the Anthropocene: The Transformation of Nature, Space, and Territory, 19th-21st centuries (1.0)

 

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

 

HY463 The Roots, Origins and Dynamics 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) #

 

HY471 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (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)

 

HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

HY4B1 The Vietnam Wars, 1930-75: Regional and International Perspectives (1.0)

 

HY4B2 The Afterlives of Empires in the Neo-Colonial Caribbean (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

HY4B3A Citizenship in 20th century political thought: intellectual history in case studies (0.5) 1

 

HY4B3W Citizenship in 20th century political thought: intellectual history in case studies (0.5) 2

 

HY4B7 Asian Borderlands (1.0)

 

HY4B9 China and the United States Since 1949 (1.0)

 

HY4C1 Fighting and Enduring the Great War (1.0)

 

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 2024/25)

 

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 2024/25)

 

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) #  (not available 2024/25)

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)

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) #  (not available 2024/25)

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)

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)

HY435 Ideology, State, Jihad: Political Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (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)

HY446 Geo-Interventions and the Genealogy of the Anthropocene: The Transformation of Nature, Space, and Territory, 19th-21st centuries (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) #

HY463 The Roots, Origins and Dynamics 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)

HY471 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (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)

HY4B1 The Vietnam Wars, 1930-75: Regional and International Perspectives (1.0)

HY4B2 The Afterlives of Empires in the Neo-Colonial Caribbean (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

HY4B3A Citizenship in 20th century political thought: intellectual history in case studies (0.5) 3

HY4B3W Citizenship in 20th century political thought: intellectual history in case studies (0.5) 4

HY4B4 Maritime Asia in Transition, 1405-1839 (0.5)

HY4B7 Asian Borderlands (1.0)

HY4B9 China and the United States Since 1949 (1.0)

HY4C1 Fighting and Enduring the Great War (1.0)

MC436 Mediating the Past (0.5) #

SO407 Politics and Society (1.0)

SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5)

SO427 Modern Social Thought (0.5)


Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

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

1 : HY4B3A can not be taken with HY4B3W

2 : HY4B3W can not be taken with HY4B3A

3 : HY4B3A can not be taken with HY4B3W

4 : HY4B3W can not be taken with HY4B3A

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