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BSc in International Relations and History

Programme Code: UBIRHY

Department: International History

For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students from the 2018/19 academic year

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

IR100 International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates (1.0)

Paper 2

HY120 Historical Approaches to the Modern World (1.0)

Papers 3 & 4

Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following: A

 

HY113 Empires and Resistance in Global History (1.0)

 

HY116 International Politics since 1914: Peace and War (1.0)

 

HY118 Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800 (1.0)

 

IR101 Contemporary Issues in International Relations (1.0)

Language Courses

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)

Year 2

Papers 5 & 6

Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

IR200 International Political Theory (1.0) #

 

IR202 Foreign Policy Analysis 1 (1.0)

 

IR203 International Organisations (1.0) #

 

IR205 International Security (1.0)

 

IR206 International Political Economy (1.0)

Papers 7 & 8

Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

HY200 The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International (1.0)

 

HY206 The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989 (1.0)

 

HY221 The History of the Russian Empire, 1676-1825 (1.0)

 

HY226 The Greater War c. 1912-1923 (1.0)

 

HY232 War, Genocide and Nation Building. The History of South-Eastern Europe 1914-1990 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

 

HY235 Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 (1.0)

 

HY238 The Cold War and European Integration, 1947-1992 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2023/24)

 

HY239 People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day (1.0)

 

HY240 From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day (1.0)

 

HY241 What is History? Methods and Debates (1.0)

 

HY242 The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and Intellectual History (1.0)

 

HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800 (1.0)

 

HY244 Britain’s Atlantic World, 1688-1837 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2020/21)

 

HY245 The United States and the World since 1776 (1.0)

 

HY246 The Global Caribbean: Colonialism, Race and Revolutions 1780s-1980s (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

HY247 The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

LN251 Comparative Literature and 20th Century Political History (1.0) #

Year 3

Paper 9

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

Papers 5 & 6 options list

Paper 10

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

 

IR305 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0)

 

IR312 Genocide (0.5)

 

IR313 Managing China's Rise in East Asia (0.5)  (withdrawn 2024/25)

 

IR314 Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security (0.5)

 

IR315 International Relations of the Middle East (1.0)

 

IR317 American Grand Strategy (0.5)

 

IR318 Visual International Politics (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

IR319 Empire and Conflict in World Politics (0.5)

 

IR320 Europe's Institutional Order (0.5) #  (withdrawn 2024/25)

 

IR321 Revolutions and World Politics (0.5)  (withdrawn 2021/22)

 

IR322 Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

IR323 Race and Gender in International Relations (0.5)

 

IR324 The Practices of Transitional Justice (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

IR325 The Situations of the International Criminal Court (0.5)  (withdrawn 2024/25)

 

IR326 The Rule of Law: A Global History (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

IR347 Political Economy of International Labour Migration (0.5)  (withdrawn 2021/22)

 

IR349 Conflict and Peacebuilding (1.0) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

IR354 Governing International Political Economy: Lessons from the Past for the Future (0.5) #

 

IR355 Economic Diplomacy (0.5) #  (not available 2024/25)

 

IR367 Political Economy of Climate Change (0.5) #

 

IR368 The Political Economy of Trade (0.5) #

 

IR369 Politics of Money in the World Economy (0.5) #

 

IR372 Nuclear Non-proliferation and World Politics (Special Topics in International Relations) (0.5)  (not available 2024/25)

 

IR373 China and the Global South (0.5) #

 

IR377 The Politics of Peace & Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (0.5)

 

IR378 Critical War Studies (0.5)

 

IR379 Eastern Europe: Domestic Regimes and Foreign Policies (0.5) #

 

IR380 The Politics of Inequality and Development (0.5) #

 

IR395 The Politics of Displacement and Refuge (0.5)

Papers 5 & 6 options list

Paper 11

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

 

HY311 Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75) (1.0)

 

HY315 The European Enlightenment, c.1680-1799 (1.0)

 

HY319 Napoleon and Europe (1.0)

 

HY320 The Cold War Endgame (1.0)

 

HY322 Nazi Germany's War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945 (1.0)

 

HY323 Travel, Pleasure and Politics: The European Grand Tour, 1670-1825 (1.0)

 

HY325 Retreat from Power: British foreign and defence policy, 1931-68 (1.0)  (withdrawn 2022/23)

 

HY327 The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1939-89 (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

HY328 The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion (1.0)

 

HY329 Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development (1.0)  (withdrawn 2024/25)

 

HY330 From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century (1.0)

 

HY331 Henry Kissinger and the Global 1970s (1.0)

 

HY332 Interwar worlds: the cultural consequences of the First World War (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

HY333 People and Power in West African History, c. 1450 - 1850 (1.0)

 

HY334 Communication Revolutions in Latin America, c.1539 to the Present (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

 

HY335 History of Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China, 1949-2008 (1.0)

 

HY336 The United States and nuclear weapons from the Manhattan project to the end of the Cold War (1.0)  (not available 2024/25)

Paper 12

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

 

HY300 Dissertation (1.0)

Papers 5 & 6 options list

Paper 10 options list

Paper 11 options list

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

Papers 5 & 6 options list

Paper 10 options list

Paper 11 options list

Language Courses

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Year 1)

Undergraduate Outside Options List (Years 2 & 3)

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 : Students can select a maximum of one approved language (LN) course and a maximum of one approved paper taught outside the Department.

B : LN250 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

C : LN251 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

D : LN252 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

E : LN253 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

F : LN254 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

G : LN270 Not available to 2nd and 3rd year students on the BA/BSc in Social Anthropology programmes. 

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.