What is the difference between the BSc IR and the BSc IR and History?
The BSc IR is a ‘single-subject’ degree, for which the Department of International Relations is wholly responsible. The BSc IR and History (IR&H) is a ‘joint’ degree, in curricular terms: it is so constructed as to ensure that students on this programme study an approximately equal number of courses from International History and from International Relations. But admissions, tutorial and administrative aspects of the IR&H degree are exclusively the responsibility of the Department of International History, on whose initiative this degree was established. IR&H students take the same four IR courses that are compulsory for BSc IR students (Structure of International Society, International Political Theory, Foreign Policy Analysis and International Organisations). They are also able to choose either one or two other IR courses (but not the Dissertation) in their third year. They do not have a right of transfer into the BSc IR degree programme (but please see FAQ Qn 19 below). The main dif
