History and Politics BA (Exeter)

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The History and Politics degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.

Depending on your programme you can take up to 30 credits each year in another subject, for instance a language or business module, to develop career-related skills or just widen your intellectual horizons.

Please note that modules offered are subject to change, depending on staff availability, timetabling, and demand.

Year 1

The first year gives you a foundational knowledge of historical and political theory and concepts. You will also gain important analytical techniques that will be useful across a range of subjects and research tasks.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits HIH1400Making History 15 Choose either HIH1410 or HIH1420 HIH1410Understanding the Medieval and Early-Modern World30 HIH1420Understanding the Modern World30 POL1025Classical Political Thought 15 POL1026Early Modern Political Thought 15 Optional modules

Select 15 credits of History Level 1 optional modules.

Select 30 credits of Politics Level 1 optional modules.

CodeModuleCredits History (Sources and Skills) HIH1402Britain, America, and the Global Order, 1846-194615 HIH1406The Opium War: Britain and the Birth of Modern China, 1839-184215 HIH1505The First Crusade15 HIH1535British Naval Power in the Age of Nelson15 HIH1542Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe15 HIH1543The Norman Conquest15 HIH1553The Supernatural in Early Modern England15 HIH1585Ladies of the Night: Prostitution in the Victorian World15 HIH1596The Good War? The United States in World War II15 HIH1606The Two Island Empires: Anglo-Japanese Encounters 1600-2000 15 HIH1609The Habsburg Monarchy of Austria-Hungary 1867-191815 HIH1610The Rise and Demise of the Raj: India 1857-1947 15 Year 2

In the second year you will advance your grasp of historical and political knowledge and methodology through a set of compulsory modules. Optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics.

Students take one of four possible pathways. Students planning a History Dissertation at stage 3 must take Pathways C or D (including HIH2001 Doing History).

Pathway A: Take two History Level 2 optional modules - one each term.

Pathway B: Take one optional History module (Term 1) and HIH2002 Uses of the Past.

Pathway C: Take HIH2001 Doing History and one optional History module (Term 2).

Pathway D: Take HIH2001 Doing History and HIH2002 Uses of the Past.

All pathways take POL2059 Political Thought of Modernity.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits Depending on pathway, take HIH2001 and/or HIH2002