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BA Modern and Contemporary History

University of Leicester

Institution
University of Leicester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Modern and Contemporary History BA
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
V140
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB-BBB at A-Level

About this course

BA in History, offered jointly with Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Research Methods and Policy Analysis. The first year builds foundational knowledge before allowing module choices in later years. A Heritage Field Project and dissertation are available in the final year.

Modules

  • History Dissertation
  • Politics Dissertation
  • After Hitler: Society, Culture and The Politics of The Nazi Past in The Two Germanies, 1945-1990
  • Cultures of Struggle and Liberation: Twentieth Century Southern Africa
  • The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sport and the British
  • You are what you Wear? Clothing, Fashion and Belonging in the Modern World
  • Daring to be Free: The Women's Movement, 1850s to 1970s
  • Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
  • The Making of a Nation: India and the British Empire 1857-1947
  • Feminism
  • The American Presidency
  • The Conservatives: Crisis and Recovery
  • Political Legacies of Conflict in Northern Ireland
  • The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
  • International Migration in the Age of Securitisation
  • Emotions in Conflict and Cooperation
  • The Imperial Economy: Britain and the Wider World 1830-1914
  • The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968
  • The Death Penalty and its Abolition: A Global History
  • Brexit and British Politics
  • American Political Development
  • Politics of Contemporary War and Conflict
  • The Politics of Slavery
  • The Politics of Contemporary British Foreign Policy
  • Politics, Conflict and Statecraft in Africa
  • Grenfell: Violence and the Possibility of Non-Violence
  • The Political Theory of Disobedience and Protests
  • Queer IR: Sexuality and Global Politics
  • Gender, Race and War
  • Making History
  • Introduction to Comparative Politics: Europe and the USA
  • People and Places
  • Modern Britain: c1700-Present
  • Order and Disorder: International Relations 1945 to the Present
  • Europe 1861-1991: Emancipation and Subjugation
  • With Liberty and Justice for All? US History since 1776
  • The Shock of the Modern
  • Perceiving the Past
  • Political Parties in Contemporary Britain
  • The Curious Feminist: Gender in Global Politics
  • Politics of the Global South
  • Global Cities
  • Jack-the-Ripper: Crime, Popular Culture and Policing in Victorian Times
  • Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
  • History in the Classroom
  • Working with History: The Heritage Field Project
  • World's End: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Environmental Crises
  • International Security Studies
  • Foreign Policy Analysis
  • Governing Societies in Conflict