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BA Military and International History

Brunel University of London

Institution
Brunel University of London
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Military and International History BA (Hons)
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
V102
Typical offer
A-level BBB, IB 30

Entry requirements

A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4

About this course

BA (Hons) in History. Core topics include Historical Research, Research Methods, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme includes a final-year dissertation and an optional placement year that extends the course to four years. Based in London, students have access to The National Archives, the Imperial War Museum, and a nearby WWII operations bunker formerly used by Winston Churchill where students volunteer.

Modules

  • Contemporary Challenges
  • Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
  • Special Subjects A
  • Special Subjects B
  • Historians and their Craft
  • The First World War: Causes, Course, Consequences
  • Colonialism and Decolonization in Africa
  • Fascist Italy, 1919-1945: Revolution, Conflict and Collapse
  • Insurgency and Counter-insurgency
  • Middle East: Societies, Religion and Politics
  • Military History and Strategic Thought
  • National Security Intelligence
  • Plato’s Republic
  • South Asia: Cultures, Societies and Development
  • The State and Revolution
  • Advanced Research Skills for Social and Political Sciences
  • Dissertation
  • Apocalypse! Crisis and Society
  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • Lawyers, Guns and Money: Making the Modern World System
  • Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
  • Primary Source Workshop
  • The Second World War
  • Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism
  • Violence and Conflict in Eastern Africa
  • War and Humanitarianism