BA History and Politics
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 34 (6,5,5 HL) BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus one A level at Grade B BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate: D plus two A levels at Grades BB Preferred BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma Applied Science, Business, Health and Social Care, IT, Sport. Other BTEC subjects may be considered when offered in combination with one A level from the following list: Biology, Business, Classical Civilisation, Chemistry, Economics, English Language/Literature, Geography, History, Languages, Law, Maths/Further Maths, Philosophy, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Sociology.
About this course
BA (Hons) in History and Politics, a politics and history degree centred on historical and modern political roots of contemporary issues. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Global & Comparative Perspective. The course is available as a three-year full-time programme or a four-year option incorporating a professional placement year. The first year establishes academic foundations and explores the Atlantic world, historical methods, political systems, and the global Cold War. The second year advances methodologies through specific research and design modules alongside the study of British history in a global context. The final year centres on an independent dissertation enabling extensive investigation into a chosen topic. Optional modules across the degree span subjects such as international political theory, modern Chinese history, political economy, and environmental thought.
Modules
- Academic Foundations in International Relations, Politics and History
- The Atlantic World: The Americas, Europe and Africa since the 15th Century
- What is History?
- Politics and Government (20 credits)
- The Global Cold War
- Power, Politics & Ideology in Modern Europe (10 credit)
- Power, Politics & Ideology in Modern Europe (20 credit)
- The Making and Unmaking of the World Order (20 credit)
- The Making and Unmaking of the World Order (10 credit)
- Slavery to Black Lives Matter: African American Culture 1840 - present
- International Political Theory
- Art and Visual Culture Since 1850
- Families, Relationships and Communities
- University-wide Language Programme
- Research Methods in Politics and International Relations
- Nation and Empire: Sources of British History
- Research Design
- History of Political Thought (10 credit)
- History of Political Thought (20 Credit)
- Modern China in a Global Perspective
- Victorian Values Reconsidered
- The American Century: US Politics and Society in the 20th Century
- From Rebellion to Partition: British India, 1857-1947
- Modern Germany: Recovery from Ruin, 1945-present (20 credit)
- African States and Nations: Before and After Colonialism, 1850-1990
- Your Future Career: Preparing for the World of Work
- Politics of Development
- Political Simulation
- The Politics of Star Wars
- Political Economy: Capitalism, Democracy and the State
- Gender and Global Politics
- University-wide Language Programme
- Dissertation
- Jim Crow, Bootleggers and Okies: American Culture 1865-1940
- The Soviet Security State, 1917-present
- Empire, War, and Popular Culture in Britain, c.1880-1914
- After Empire: South Asia since 1945
- Special Relationship? Anglo-American Relations since 1900
- The Asia-Pacific in Global Politics
- Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Politics at the End of the World
- The Politics of Terrorism
- No Gods! No Masters! Anarchism Past and Present
- International Conflict Management
- Environmental Thought
- The Politics of Monsters
- University-wide Language Programme