BA History and Economics
Entry requirements
A level: AAA including either History or Classical Civilisation. A level Mathematics is a preferred subject, but not essential. If you do not have an A level in Mathematics then GCSE Mathematics Grade 7(A) is essential. IB: 36 points, including 6 at Higher Level in History. Grade 5 in Higher Level Mathematics or 7 in Standard Level Mathematics (either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations) is preferred, but not essential. If you do not have HL or SL Mathematics then MYP Mathematics Grade 6 or GCSE Mathematics Grade 7(A) is essential. BTEC: DDD with additional A Levels or equivalent qualifications in either History or Classical Civilisation. A-Level Mathematics is a preferred subject, but not essential. If you do not have an A level in Mathematics then GCSE Mathematics Grade 7(A) is essential. We may also consider relevant units in your BTEC as A Level/GCSE Mathematics equivalent.
About this course
The BA (Hons) History and Economics, an undergraduate degree spanning Economics and History, combines quantitative analysis with the study of past societies. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods. The curriculum allows students to complete a History Dissertation in the final year. The first year covers foundational ground through Principles of Economics, Societies and Economies in World History, and Evidence and Methods. Year two progresses to Microeconomic Theory, Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy, Historical Thinking, and Econometric Analysis. The final year focuses on advanced study through Contemporary Economic Issues and Analysis. Optional modules allow specialisation in areas such as economic history, development economics, environmental economics, financial markets, and diverse historical periods ranging from the medieval era to the twentieth century, alongside a History Dissertation.
Modules
- Principles of Economics
- Societies and Economies in World History
- Evidence and Methods
- Foundations of Economic Theory
- Maths for Economists
- Knowledge and Belief in World History
- Probability and Statistics
- Microeconomic Theory
- Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
- Historical Thinking
- Econometric Analysis
- Topics in Economic History
- Development Economics
- Econometric Theory
- Alternative Perspectives in Economics
- Industrial Organisation Strategy
- Environmental Economics
- Empire and Cultural Exchange in Asia 1500-1700
- Black Radicalism
- Ancien Régime France, 1610-1789
- China: An Economic and Environmental History, 1870-1970
- Difficult Pasts and Haunted Presents: Memory and its Discontents c. 1945- c. 2010
- Before the Mongols: Nomadic Empires of Central Eurasia, 900-1200
- Using and Abusing the Past in Britain, 1835-2018
- Gender, Enlightenment and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Europe
- From the Global Shadows: Africa and the World since the 1950s
- Health for all? International Health from Colonial Medicine to Covid Vaccine
- Powerful Impressions: Culture and Politics in the Post-1945 United States
- Heterosexual Africa? Sexuality, Power, and Politics in Africa since 1900
- Persecution and Toleration in Early Modern Britain
- Catherine the Great
- Social Science and Modern Britain, c1880-c1970
- Crime and Society in Britain and Ireland since 1750
- Bankers, Merchants, and Poets: Florence and the Roots of the Renaissance
- Communist Europe: Crisis, Transformation & Memory after the Second World War
- Historical Fictions and Frictions: Fictionalising the Past
- Chivalry, Identity and Love 1350-1450
- Vikings and Historians: Historiographical Dialogues through the Ages
- The Scientific Revolution, 1500-1700
- Containing Multitudes: Inequality and the City in Britain and its Empire post-1800
- Contemporary Economic Issues and Analysis
- History Dissertation
- Applied Econometrics
- Bubbles, Panics and Crashes
- Commodities Markets and Derivative Securities
- Econometric Methods for Research
- Economics of Social Policy
- Experimental and Behavioural Economics
- Financial and Time-Series Econometrics
- Game Theory
- Health Economics
- International Economic Growth and Development
- International Economics
- Labour Economics
- Macroeconomics: Topics in Theory for Policy
- Monetary Economics
- Political Economics
- Structure and Regulation of Financial Markets
- Empires
- Violence
- Animals
- Commemorations
- Travel
- Beauty
- Communisms
- From Colonial to Post-Colonial States? The Twentieth-Century Caribbean
- Imperial Japan, 1890-1950
- Popular Politics? The History of British Political Culture since 1945
- The French Wars of Religion
- Race, Place and Health in Britain and its Empire, 1880-1960
- Hong Kong: Decolonisation and Development, 1945-97
- Thomas More: Learning, Politics and Religion in England, 1500-35
- Ploughing the Sea? The Spanish American Wars of Independence, 1750-1830
- Rome Reborn: Culture and Society c.1575-c.1655
- Possession: Objects and Ownership in Early Modern England, 1650-1750
- Prussia and the Unification of Germany, 1815-1918
- Mao and Maoism
- Reading and Writing in Medieval England
- The First Islamic Empire
- Exiled Lives: English Nuns in Catholic Europe, 1600-1800
- Poverty and the Welfare State in Post-War Britain
- Rebellion and Revolution: Britain, 1637-1653
- Joan of Arc
- Revolution in the Streets: Faith, Poverty, & Religious Ferment, c.1200
- Francis Bacon: Myth, Magic and Morals
- Black British History and Decolonisation