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BA International Relations and History

University of Leicester

Institution
University of Leicester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
International Relations and History BA
Duration
3-4 years
UCAS code
LV21
Typical offer
A-level BBB

Entry requirements

A level: BBB

About this course

BA in Politics, International Relations and History. International relations are the product of historical change, so understanding one requires studying the other, linking these three disciplines. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Historical Research. In the second and third years, optional modules allow deeper exploration of specific areas.

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
  • Political Legacies of Conflict in Northern Ireland
  • The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
  • International Migration in the Age of Securitisation
  • Emotions in Conflict and Cooperation
  • Global Justice and Human Rights
  • 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
  • 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
  • After Hitler: Society, Culture and The Politics of The Nazi Past in The Two Germanies, 1945-1990
  • The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Cultures of Struggle and Liberation: Twentieth Century Southern Africa
  • Making History
  • With Liberty and Justice for All? US History since 1776
  • Key Concepts in International Relations
  • Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the present
  • Modern Britain: c1700-Present
  • Order and Disorder: International Relations 1945 to the Present
  • The Shock of the Modern
  • Becoming the Historical Researcher
  • International Theory
  • The Curious Feminist: Gender in Global Politics
  • Politics of the Global South
  • European Union Politics
  • International Security Studies
  • Foreign Policy Analysis
  • Governing Societies in Conflict
  • Preparing for your Dissertation
  • 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