Politics and History BA Honours (VL12)

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

• POL1000 Introduction to Politics and History
• HIS1030 Evidence and Argument

You must take at least one module in History and one module in Politics from the lists below. You must take at least one History module and one Politics module in each semester:

• HIS1027 European History
• HIS1044 Aspects of British History
• HIS1025 World Empires
• HIS1029 Varieties of History
• HIS1046 The History of the Americas

• POL1046 Order and Disorder: The Shaping of the 21st Century
• POL1047 Power, Participation and Democracy: Comparative Perspectives
• POL1017 Governing Under Pressure: The Politics of the UK and EU
• POL1048 Foundations of Modern Political Thought
• POL1032 Introduction to International Politics

Other optional modules may also be available from outside History and Politics.

You choose three History modules and three Politics modules from the lists below. You must take at least one History module and one Politics module in each semester.

• HIS2003 Religion and Politics in Tudor England, c.1470-1558
• HIS2012 Clash of Civilisations: Islam, the Crusades, and the Mongol invasions (c. 750-1300)
• HIS2055 The Later Russian Empire 1796-1917
• HIS2072 Anglo-Saxon England: from Roman Britain to the Norman Conquest, 410-1066
• HIS2078 Approaches to the History of Western Medicine
• HIS2082 Twentieth Century Spain, 1898-2004
• HIS2084 Europe's Reformations
• HIS2085 Pre-Columbian and Spanish America
• HIS2087 A Civilians' War: the Second World War, 1939-1945
• HIS2103 The Dark Ages: Early Medieval Europe and its Neighbours, 500-900
• HIS2114 Death, Dying and the Dead in Early Modern England, 1500-1800
• HIS2123 The Family, Sex and Society in Early Modern England
• HIS2124 A History of Contemporary Britain
• HIS2131 American Slavery, American Freedom: Black and White America in the Age of Revolutions
• HIS2132 The Criminal Atlantic in the Long Eighteenth Century: Pirates, Convicts and Rebels
• HIS2133 Society and Politics in Colonial India, 1880s-1947
• HIS2140 Survey History of Japan
• HIS2212 History and Memory in the United States
• HIS2219 Oral History and Memory
• HIS2239 New: Middle East/Ottoman Empire
• HIS2234 Atlantic Slave Trade 1450-1870
• HIS2235 The Soviet Experiment: 1917-1991
• HIS2238 Disease in Society in England ca 1700-1900 Responses, Representations and Experiences
• CAH2206 In Alexander's Footsteps: Classical and Hellenistic Empires
• CAH2207 Caesar's Gift: Rome under the Emperors (V100 VL12 only)
• LAS2030 Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil: from Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)

• POL2012 Politics of the Middle East
• POL2034 The Politics and Policy of the European Union
• POL2078 Critical International Politics
• POL2088 The Politics of Africa: Africa's Place in Global Politics
• POL2022 Government and Politics of the USA
• POL2081 Research Methods in Politics
• POL2082 Political Violence and the Modern State
• POL2087 Contemporary Russian Politics
• POL2090 Contemporary Political Philosophy
• POL2091 The Politics of Happiness
• POL2092 Party Politics: Quantitative Analysis of Parties Systems and Voter Choice
• POL2093 Politics, Participation and Citizenship in the Digital Age
• POL2094 The United Nations - An Introduction to International Organisation and Global Governance

You may select, subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director, one of the following modules:

• NCL2007 Career Development for Second Year Students
  
• NCL2100 Developing Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability

You choose modules from the History and Politics lists below, totalling no more than 60 credits but at least 40 credits from each subject. Some prerequisites may apply.

• HIS3000 Reading History
• HIS3020 Writing History
• HIS3030 History and Society
• HIS3035 Elizabeth I: the Politics of Religion
• HIS3131 China in Revolution
• HIS3134 The Great Patriotic War and its Aftermath
• HIS3135 The Nazi New Order in Europe
• HIS3138 Art of Empires, 1750-1850
• HIS3181 The American Civil War, 1861-1865
• HIS3203 Madness, Nerves and Narratives in Georgian Britain, c. 1714-1830
• HIS3204 The English Revolution, 1640-1660
• HIS3205 Fascism in Italy, 1914-1945
• HIS3206 The Irish Revolution, 1879-1923
• HIS3212 Reconstruction and the New South, 1865-1914
• HIS3218 Hogarth! The Artist and his life in Georgian London 1697-1764
• HIS3219 Living Together: Christians, Muslims and Jews in Medieval Iberia
• HIS3222 Jarrow Crusade
• HIS3227 Latin America Through the Foreign Gaze
• HIS3229 The Spanish Second Republic and Civil War, 1931-1939
• HIS3240 Civil Rights in America, 1948-1975
• HIS3278 England, 1714-1820: The Birth of a Consumer Society
• HIS3279 Popular Politics and Reform in Britain, 1811-1850
• HIS3283 The Russian Revolution
• HIS3295 Royal Portraits: Christian Kings and Kingship, c. 870-c. 930
• HIS3321 Viking-Age Scandinavia
• HIS3326 Women in Colonial South Asia: Tradition, Reform and Modernity
• HIS3328 Imagined Futures
• HIS3330 New: Middle East/Ottoman Empire
• HIS3322 Aspects of Nineteenth Century British History
• LAS4001 Inter-American Relations Since the Spanish-American War (1898)

• POL3046 Dissertation in Politics
• POL3047 Project in Politics: Semester 1
• POL3059 Democracy and the Constitution
• POL3078 Britain and the European Union
• POL3100 History of World Political Thought
• POL3092 Political Parties and Elections in the UK
• POL3048 Project in Politics: Semester 2
• POL3077 Global Poverty and Global Politics
• POL3079 The Government and Politics of Italy
• POL3098 War, Genocide, Terror: Understanding Organised Violence
• POL3099 Power, Security and Protest in the Middle East
• POL3104 The Fall and Rise of China
• POL3106 Democracy in Deeply Divided Societies
• POL3108 The Politics of the Far Right in Europe
• POL3109 Gender, Campaigns and Media
• POL3110 International Organisation and Diplomacy
• POL3111 UK Parliamentary Studies
• POL3112 Revitalising British Democracy

Subject to the approval of the Degree Programme Director, you may select the following module:

• NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students

The skills you develop as a historian are highly regarded by employers in many sectors. You will learn to critically evaluate evidence, organise ideas and present a coherent argument. You will assess problems in the light of considerable amounts of information, often conflicting, and will present complex material accurately, clearly and convincingly, both orally and on paper.

Such skills are essential in a wide range of careers – including commercial management and administrative roles in the public, private and charitable sectors. As a result our graduates enter a variety of careers:

• finance
• management
• information
• education
• human resources
• media
• marketing
• legal services

A survey by David Nicholls of Manchester Metropolitan University revealed that History turns out more directors of top companies than any other subject.

You can also make direct use of your knowledge of history in certain sectors including undertaking specialised research, publishing, information management, archivist, museum and curatorial work, plus other opportunities across the cultural and heritage sector.

Qualities such as self-motivation, teamwork ability and leadership may also be gained through non-academic activities and work experience and prepare you for a range of careers.

Find out more about the career options for Politics and History from Prospects: The UK's Official Careers Website.