History and Politics BA (Hons)

Course at a Glance Year 1

Compulsory Modules:

• Understanding History
• Power, Politics and the State
• British Politics

Optional Modules:

• The Making of Britain, 1688-1815
• State and Society: Europe 1815-1914
• Nations and Empires in Asia: China, India, Japan and Thailand 1857-1949
• Colony to Nation: America 1750-1970
• Public History, Heritage and Society
• Alliances, Coalitions and Organisations in International Relations since 1945

Year 2

Compulsory Modules:

• Sources and Methods in History
• Globalisation: History, Theories and Approaches
• Research Methods in International Relations and Politics

Optional Modules

• Europe in an Age of Atrocity, 1914-2000
• Twentieth Century Britain
• Rebellion to Partition: Ireland, c.1795-1921
• Cold War in Asia: History, Conflict and Society 1949-89
• Colonial Impacts: Africa 1652 - 1910
• Good, Bad & Downright Evil: Perceptions of Crime and Punishment in England 1700-1900
• America and the World 1898-2001
• Community History Project
• State and Society in Britain, c.1700-1918
• Public History in Practice
• History of Political Ideas
• Radical Politics and Political Ideas from Lloyd George to Tony Blair

Year 3

Core Modules:

• History Dissertation

or

• Politics Dissertation

Optional Modules:

• Germany under the Nazis, c.1933-45
• Public Space in the English City: A Social and Cultural History, c.1850-1910
• Education, Society and Culture in England, c. 1790-1914
• India, Pakistan and Afghanistan since 1947: International Conflict, Religion and Democracy
• African Nationalism and Independence 1921-1982
• Riots and Revolution: Popular Politics and the English Working Class, c.1770-1848
• A Place Apart? The Northern Ireland Troubles
• Kennedy, Johnson and the World, 1961-1969
• Thatcher’s Britain 1979-1990
• Work Placement in History
• Museum Exhibition Design
• Terrorism and Security
• Ethics, War and Society
• Contemporary Anglo-American Political Philosophy
• Continuity and Change in British Politics
• Terrorism and Security
• Political Islam and Islamic Movements