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BA History and Politics

University of Leicester

Institution
University of Leicester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History and Politics BA
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
VL12
Typical offer
A-level ABB

Entry requirements

A level: ABB-BBB at A-Level

About this course

BA in Politics and International Relations and History. Core topics include Research Methods and Historical Research. The course provides flexibility from the first year onwards, and students undertake a final-year dissertation in either Politics or History. A Heritage Field Project module is also available.

Modules

  • History Dissertation
  • Politics Dissertation
  • 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
  • Parliamentary Studies
  • Political Legacies of Conflict in Northern Ireland
  • International Migration in the Age of Securitisation
  • Comparative Public Opinion
  • Animals and the Environment
  • 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
  • The Politics of Slavery
  • The Politics of Contemporary British Foreign Policy
  • Politics, Conflict and Statecraft in Africa
  • Race, Caste and Political Theory
  • The Political Theory of Disobedience and Protests
  • 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
  • Making History
  • Introduction to Comparative Politics: Europe and the USA
  • Key Concepts in Politics
  • Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the present
  • Modern Britain: c1700-Present
  • Europe 1861-1991: Emancipation and Subjugation
  • With Liberty and Justice for All? US History since 1776
  • The Shock of the Modern
  • Becoming the Historical Researcher
  • Political Ideas
  • Political Parties in Contemporary Britain
  • The Curious Feminist: Gender in Global Politics
  • European Union Politics
  • Governing Societies in Conflict
  • Contemporary Political Philosophy: Theories of Justice
  • Preparing for your Dissertation
  • The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
  • 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