BA History and Politics
Entry requirements
A level: AAA IB: 38 (including core points) with 666 at HL
About this course
BA in History and Politics, a politics and international relations and history degree uniting complementary historical and political disciplines. Core topics include Historical Research. The programme is split evenly between both academic departments. The first year covers core foundations through Introduction to the Theory of Politics, The Practice of Politics, Approaches to History, and Quantification in History. Students also select from historical periods covering the British Isles or European and World history, alongside methodological study.
Modules
- Either any one of the seven periods in the history of the British Isles or any one of the four periods of European and World history
- Introduction to the Theory of Politics or Theories of the State
- Quantification in History
- Approaches to History
- Historiography: Tacitus to Weber
- Any of the optional subjects (see History , except Theories of the State) or any one of six foreign texts
- The Practice of Politics
- Quantitative methods: Political Analysis (marked but not formally examined)