BA Modern History and International Relations
Entry requirements
A level: BBC in three A Levels. IB: 554 in three Higher Levels or 29 points.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations and History, combining the study of political systems with historical analysis. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Fieldwork, Communication and Writing, and Global and Comparative Perspective. The programme includes optional placement or international study years, with opportunities such as a US Summer School in the American South and crisis simulation and model United Nations activities.
Modules
- Defining Moments in World History, 1000-2000
- Understanding Contemporary World Politics
- History in Media and Film: The Presentation of the Past in Contemporary Culture
- Modern History: From the Industrial Revolution to the Global Pandemic
- Applied History: What’s Past is Present
- Decolonising World Politics: Power and Inequality
- Regional Studies in World Politics: International Relations of the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia
- The Global News Desk
- Becoming a Social Scientist
- Themes, Sources and Debates in History
- Building a Better World? Part I
- Building a Better World? Part II
- History in the Headlines
- Applied History: Working with the Past
- Professional Experience with History (Year 2)
- World Wars and the Age of Extremes
- The American South: US Summer School (Level 5)
- Gender, Identity and Activism in World Politics
- Foreign Policy
- Social Science at Work
- Social Sciences Placement
- Environmental Politics and Policy
- Race, the Environment and Struggles for Justice in American History
- Reformation and Revolution: Creating Britain and America
- Colonial Legacies: The Inconvenient Histories of Individuals, Families, and Communities since 1800
- Persecution in Medieval Europe
- Final Year History Project
- Applied History: Looking to the Future
- Professional Experience with History (Year 3)
- Age of Migration in a Global Perspective
- The Apocalypse will be Televised: Extinction on Film since 1945
- The Twisted Road to Hitler
- The American South: US Summer School (Level 6)
- Dissertation in Politics and International Relations - ISP
- Global Futures: Environment, Security and Development
- Global Challenges: War, Terrorism and Global Violence
- Genocide and Death in World Politics
- Engaged Social Science
- Social Sciences Work Placement