LSE-PKU Double Degree in MSc International Affairs
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Two-year programme. Students take the first year at Peking University, and the second year at LSE as follows.
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.
Programme Code: TMINAF
Department: International History
For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24
Paper 1 |
The following compulsory course: | |
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HY400 Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003 (1.0) # | |
Paper 2 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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IR412 International Institutions (1.0) | |
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IR422 Conflict and Peacebuilding (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5) | |
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IR466 Genocide (0.5) | |
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IR467 Political Economy of Climate Change (0.5) | |
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IR468 The Political Economy of Trade (0.5) | |
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IR471 Critical International Law (0.5) | |
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IR479 Eastern Europe: Domestic Regimes and Foreign Policies (0.5) # | |
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IR480 The Politics of Inequality and Development (0.5) | |
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IR488 International Politics of Southeast Asia (0.5) | |
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IR489 Economic Diplomacy (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR490 The Strategy of Conflict in International Relations (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the list below, not already taken under Paper 2: | |
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HY411 European Integration in the Twentieth Century (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY422 Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy, from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-89 (1.0) | |
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HY429 Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War and Beyond, 1939-2003 (1.0) | |
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HY432 From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 (1.0) | |
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HY435 Ideology, State, Jihad: Political Islam from Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0) | |
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HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0) | |
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HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0) | |
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HY444 Latin America in the Cold War (1.0) | |
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HY446 Geo-Interventions and the Genealogy of the Anthropocene: The Transformation of Nature, Space, and Territory, 19th-21st centuries (1.0) | |
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HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (1.0) # | |
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HY463 The Roots, Origins and Dynamics of the Cold War, 1917-1962 (1.0) | |
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HY465 The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict (1.0) # | |
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HY469 Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past (1.0) | |
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HY478 Genesis of the Modern World: Europe, China & India, 1550-1840 (1.0) | |
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HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY486 The Anti-Slave-Trade Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0) | |
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HY487 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY488 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY489 China and the External World, 1644-1839 (0.5) | |
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HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY4A8 Asian Borderlands (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY4B1 The Vietnam Wars, 1930-75: Regional and International Perspectives (1.0) | |
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HY4B2 The Afterlives of Empires in the Neo-Colonial Caribbean (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY4B3 Citizenship in 20th century political thought: intellectual history in case studies (0.5) | |
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HY4B4 Maritime Asia in Transition, 1405-1839 (0.5) | |
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HY4B7 Asian Borderlands (1.0) | |
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HY4B8 On German Memory Politics: From the Cold War to New Global Challenges (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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HY4B9 China and the United States Since 1949 (1.0) | |
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HY4C1 Fighting and Enduring the Great War (1.0) | |
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IR412 International Institutions (1.0) | |
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IR422 Conflict and Peacebuilding (1.0) # (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR434 European Defence and Security (0.5) | |
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IR466 Genocide (0.5) | |
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IR467 Political Economy of Climate Change (0.5) | |
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IR468 The Political Economy of Trade (0.5) | |
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IR471 Critical International Law (0.5) | |
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IR479 Eastern Europe: Domestic Regimes and Foreign Policies (0.5) # | |
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IR480 The Politics of Inequality and Development (0.5) | |
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IR488 International Politics of Southeast Asia (0.5) | |
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IR489 Economic Diplomacy (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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IR490 The Strategy of Conflict in International Relations (0.5) | |
Paper 4 |
HY498 Dissertation: LSE-PKU Double Degree MSc in International Affairs; MSc Theory and History of International Relations (1.0) | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
* means available with permission
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
Footnotes
A : With permission of the course teacher.
B : With permission of the course teacher.
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.