MA in Modern History
Programme Code: TMHYMH
Department: International History
For students starting this programme of study in 2021/22
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
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.
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
Year 1 | ||
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Paper 1 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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EH404 India and the World Economy (0.5) | |
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EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 (1.0) | |
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GV4G7 Marx and Marxism (0.5) | |
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HY424 The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe (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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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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HY484L Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 1 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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HY484M Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 2 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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HY486 The Anti-Slave-Trade Atlantic World, c. 1807-1870 (1.0) | |
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HY489 China and the External World, 1644-1839 (0.5) | |
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HY4A7 Islam, Power and Culture in Mughal India (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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SO426 Classical Social Thought (0.5) | |
Paper 2 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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EH429 History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity (0.5) | |
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EH483 The Development and Integration of the World Economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1.0) | |
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EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (0.5) | |
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HY400 Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003 (1.0) # | |
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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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HY434 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (1.0) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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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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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) (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
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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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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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HY491 Race, Gender and Reproduction in the Caribbean, 1860s-1930s (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY4A5 Women as Weapons: The Conservative Political Tradition in the Cold War (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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HY4A6 Technocracy, Social Engineering and Politics in the Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945 (0.5) (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
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HY4A8 Asian Borderlands (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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HY4A9L China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 3 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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HY4A9M China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 4 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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SO407 Politics and Society (1.0) | |
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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: | |
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AN402 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0) | |
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AN404 Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography (1.0) | |
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AN405 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0) | |
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AN451 Anthropology of Politics (0.5) | |
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AN475 The Anthropology of Revolution (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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EU432 The Philosophy of Europe (0.5) | |
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EU447 Democracy, Ideology and the European State (0.5) | |
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GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0) (not available 2024/25) | |
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GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0) | |
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PH416 Philosophy, Morals and Politics (1.0) | |
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SO434 Cultural Theory and Cultural Forms (1.0) | |
Paper 4 |
HY490 MA in Modern History Dissertation (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) | |
EH457 Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British experience c.1750-2000 (0.5) (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) | |
EU476 Emotions and Memory in European Politics (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) | |
HY434 The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (1.0) (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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) | |
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) (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
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) | |
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) | |
HY484L Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 5 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
HY484M Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation (0.5) 6 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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) 7 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
HY4A9M China and the United States Since 1949 (0.5) 8 (withdrawn 2023/24) | |
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 : 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
5 : HY484L can not be taken with HY484M
6 : HY484M can not be taken with HY484L
7 : HY4A9L can not be taken with HY4A9M
8 : HY4A9M can not be taken with HY4A9L
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