BA History and International Relations
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 33 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations and History, focusing on the interplay between historical contexts and political systems. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The curriculum explores regional developments across Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Modules
- Exploring History 1
- Perspectives on Politics
- Comparative Politics
- Exploring History 2
- World Politics
- Revolutions
- The Long Road to Black Lives Matter
- International Relations
- Politics and Society in 19th Century Ireland
- The American South 1619-1865
- Ireland since partition
- The American South, 1865-1980
- Politics and Policy of the European Union
- Modern Political Thought
- The Politics of Deeply Divided Societies
- Irish Politics
- Studying Politics
- The Roman Origins of the East and West; From Augustus to Charlemagne
- The Expansion of Medieval Europe, 1000-1300
- American Politics
- The making of contemporary Britain: 1914 to the present
- Democracy, Ethics & Economics
- Revolutionary Europe, 1500-1789
- Security and Terrorism
- International Organisations
- Nationalism and Liberation in 20th Century Africa
- Alexander The Great and the Creation of the Hellenistic World
- Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world
- British Politics in crisis?
- Cabinets of Curiosity: Museums Past and Present
- Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Identity Politics in Diverse Societies
- The Politics of the Planetary Crisis: power, people and place
- Revolution and Disaster in Ireland and Britain 1603-1707
- An Age of Revolutions: Britain and Ireland, 1688-1815
- Political Economy of the Global South
- That Vast Catastrophe: The Great Irish Famine
- The Soviet Union 1921-1991
- Long Placement
- Contemporary Critical Theory
- Gender and Politics
- Comparative Politics of the Middle East
- The Irish Revolution, 1917-1921
- Earth, Energy, Ethics and Economy: The Politics of Unsustainability
- Working Class Communities in the UK 1900-1970
- European Cultural Identities
- Dissertation
- United Irishmen and Unionists: the religion and politics of Ulster protestants
- War and Visual Culture and Surveillance
- Kings, courts and culture in Carolingian Europe
- Politics of the Global Economy
- Religion and Empire: Christian Missions To Africa, Asia and Middle East
- The Politics of the Far Right in Europe and the Americas
- Political Parties and Elections in Northern Ireland
- National and Ethnic Minorities in European Politics
- Challenges to contemporary party politics
- Politics, Public Administration and Policy-Making
- US Foreign Policy
- Asylum and Migration in Global Politics
- Crime & Punishment 19th Century Ireland
- The Rise of Christianity 2: The Conversion of the Roman Empire
- Security and Technology
- Global Pol. Econ. of Energy
- Short Placement
- Thatcher's Britain
- Sin Cities? Everyday Life in the Modern Metropolis
- The Ancient City
- Pop Culture and Protest in U.S. History
- Twentieth-Century China
- Paths to Independence and Decolonisation in India and East Africa
- Radical Hope:Inspiring Present-day Sustainability Transformations through an Examination of Our Past
- Diaspora: Irish 19th-century migration
- Extermination: History and Memory of the Murdered Jews of Europe
- War, Politics, and Identity in Late Medieval Ireland, c.1166-c.1521
- African and Irish Relations in the Americas
- The Politics of European Union Enlargement… and Withdrawal
- The Politics of Global Health: Promise and Perils
- Dissertation - International Relations
- Political and Economic Development in Latin America
- Understanding Africa: Governance, Ethnicity and State Structures
- NATO: History & Current Developments