BA History and Politics
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in History and Politics is an undergraduate degree centred on Politics and International Relations and History, combining historical analysis with the study of political systems. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course offers optional study abroad and placement opportunities. Year 1 introduces foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Parties, Populism and Protest, Policy Lab, Controversy in History, and Modern Worlds. Year 2 advances subject knowledge with core modules including Theories of Power and the State, Human and Environment, and Understanding Political Research. In the final year, students complete a compulsory Politics and International Relations Dissertation. Across all years, students can choose from a wide range of optional modules spanning global history, political theory, modern conflicts, and specialized policy areas.
Modules
- Parties, Populism and Protest
- Policy Lab
- Controversy in History
- Modern Worlds
- Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime
- English across Space and Time
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- History of Philosophy: Ideas that Shaped the West
- Handling Historical Evidence
- Knowledge and Reality in a Complex World
- Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
- Researching Society: Principles and Practices
- Thinking Sociologically
- Theories of Power and the State
- Human and Environment
- Understanding Political Research
- Body, Mind and Society
- Death
- Democracy, Dictatorship and Everything in Between
- Global Superpowers
- Britain in the 20th Century
- Inventing Rights
- Politics of the Global South
- Philosophical Perspectives on Politics and Economics
- Who Governs Britain? Policy, Politics and Political Change
- Employability, Purpose and Social Impact (Discovery module)
- Global Challenges and Collaborative Solutions (Discovery module)
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- Politics and International Relations Dissertation
- A Global History of the Cold War
- Advertising and Consumerism in Britain, 1853-1960
- Big Data and Dead People: Digital Histories of Crime, Justice and Punishment, 1760-1925
- Critical Political Theory
- Dangerous Thoughts': Soviet Dissent, Human Rights and the Cold War
- Democracy Under Pressure
- Environment and Development
- Europe and America
- Fascism, Revolution and War in Spain: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
- Forging India: South Asia from Empire to Nation, 1829-1964
- From Balfour to Brexit: Britain as a Great Power since 1914
- From Rebellion to Revolution: The War for the Throne, 1199-1265
- Gender Identities in the People's War: Experiences, Representations and Memories
- Intelligent Design? Science, Religion and the Idea of Design in Nature, 1450-1800
- Paradise Lost: Colonisation and the Jamaican Environment, 1655-1838
- Parliamentary Studies
- Participation, Splendour and Violence: The Italian City-States, c.1100-1350
- Policymaking in the Real World
- Politics of Latin America and Africa
- Politics of the Middle East and Asia Pacific
- Russia and China
- Security, Strategy and Technology
- Beyond Captives and Commodities: Life-making in Portuguese West Africa (1450-1800)
- The Politics of Borders and Migration
- The Politics of Crises and the Future of Governance
- The Use and Abuse of History
- Victorian Bodies: Sex, Gender, Race and Power in Global Britain
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- People Power and Collective Action (Discovery module)
- Confronting the Climate Crisis (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)