MSc in Theory and History of International Relations
Programme Code: TMTHHYIR2
Department: International History
For students starting this programme of study in 2021/22
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four units, including a dissertation 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.
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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HY400 Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003 (1.0) # | |
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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, 1939-91 (1.0) | |
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HY435 Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (1.0) | |
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HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (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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IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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IR418 International Politics: Asia & the Pacific (1.0) (not available 2021/22) | |
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IR462 International Political Theory (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
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IR464 The Politics of International Law (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
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IR466 Genocide (0.5) | |
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IR471 Critical International Law (0.5) | |
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IR480 The Politics of Inequality, Development and the State (0.5) | |
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IR481 Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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IR488 International Politics of Southeast Asia (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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EH452 Latin American Development and Economic History (0.5) | |
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EU475 Racial Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5) | |
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EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5) | |
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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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HY434 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (1.0) | |
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HY440 The Iranian Revolution (1.0) | |
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HY444 The Cold War in Latin America (1.0) | |
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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) (not available 2021/22) | |
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HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 (1.0) | |
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HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 (1.0) # | |
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HY463 The Origins 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) (not available 2021/22) | |
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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 and India, 1550-1840 (1.0) | |
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HY483 Land and Conflict in Latin America since 1750 (1.0) | |
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HY486 Practicing Abolition in the Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0) (not available 2021/22) | |
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HY487 Islam, State and Conflict in Southeast Asia (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
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HY488 European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 (0.5) | |
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HY489 China and the External World, 1711-1839 (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
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HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5) | |
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HY4A5 Women as Weapons: The Conservative Political Tradition in the Cold War (0.5) | |
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HY4A6 Technocracy, Social Engineering and Politics in the Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945 (0.5) | |
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HY4A7 Islam, Power and Culture in Mughal India (0.5) | |
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HY4A8 Asian Borderlands (0.5) | |
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HY4A9 China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) | |
Paper 4 |
HY498 Dissertation: ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳-PKU Double Degree MSc in International Affairs; MSc Theory and History of International Relations (1.0) |
Paper 2 options list
IR412 International Institutions (1.0) | |
IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations (1.0) # (not available 2021/22) | |
IR418 International Politics: Asia & the Pacific (1.0) (not available 2021/22) | |
IR462 International Political Theory (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
IR464 The Politics of International Law (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
IR466 Genocide (0.5) | |
IR471 Critical International Law (0.5) | |
IR480 The Politics of Inequality, Development and the State (0.5) | |
IR481 Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
IR488 International Politics of Southeast Asia (0.5) | |
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.
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