Global History and Politics BA (Hons)

Core modules:

• Introduction to Politics and Global Studies 1 and 2
• Introduction to Politics and Political Philosophy
• Reading and Writing History
• Introduction to Global Political Economy
• Creating and Consuming History

Two History Introductory Study modules from a range of options below:

• Introductory Study: Early Medieval Britain 400-1066
• Introductory Study: The United Kingdom in the 20th Century
• Introductory Study: The United States
• Introductory Study: Early Modern Europe
• Introductory Study: Europe 1300-1500
• Introductory Study: English History 1272-1500
• Introductory Study: British History 1660-1832
• Introductory Study: Twentieth Century Europe
• Introductory Study: Victorian Britain 1815-1914
• Introductory Study: East Asia 1900-present
• Introductory Study: The Classical World 500-31BC
• Introductory Study: Roman Britain
• Introductory Study: The Roman Empire
• Introductory Study: Tudor and Early Stuart England 1500-1660
• Introductory Module: Rise and Fall of Modern Empires, 1783-1997
• Introductory Module : Barbarians, Byzantines and Beyond (400-1050CE)
• Introductory Module: Europe and the Americas (1763-1914)
• Introductory Module: Uniting the Kingdom? Britain, 1660-1837

Core modules:

• US Foreign Policy: Institutions and Concepts
• Past Historians and Current Practice
• History Independent Study

Two History Theme or Civilisation Study modules from a range of options below.

History Theme Study:

• Theme Study: American Slavery
• Theme Study: Women in History
• Theme Study: Soviet Communism
• Theme Study: Reactions to Poverty
• Theme Study: 'Subordinate Independence': Japan's Relationship with the US 1945-present
• Theme Study: Dreams and Nightmares: Britain in 20th Century Europe
• Theme Study: Genocide: Mass Violence and the Making and Breaking of Empire
• Theme Study: Gender in Europe and North America, c. 1500-1914
• Theme Study: Anti-Imperialism
• Theme Study: Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Europe
• Theme Study: Culture, Society and Economy in Early Modern England
• Theme Study: The Atlantic World, c.1700-1850
• Theme Study: War as a Life Experience (18th-20th Centuries)
• Theme Study: History's Eye - Photography and Conflict, Ethnography and Society
• Theme Study: Dreams and Nightmares: Britain in 20th Century Europe

History Civilisation Study:

• Civilisation Study: The American South 1865-1970
• Civilisation Study: The Third Reich
• Civilisation Study: Victorian Culture and Society
• Civilisation Study: Imperial Japan
• Civilisation Study: From Austerity to Affluence: Post-war Britain
• Civilisation Study: Edwardian Britain
• Civilisation Study: Imperial Russia 1825-1914
• Civilisation Study: Georgian England
• Civilisation Study: Nazism and the Holocaust
• Civilisation Study: The British Raj, from the 'Indian Mutiny' To Gandhi - 1857-1947
• Civilisation Study: The Global Hispanic World (1760s-1960s)
• Civilisation Study: From Slavery to Freedom: The Caribbean 1763-1838

Other optional modules include:

• Volunteer Placement or Field Trip
• Value Studies
• Political and Religious Themes in the Near and Middle East
• Global Governance
• Discourses of War
• The War on Terror and the Axis of Evil and Beyond
• Security Studies: Theory and Practice
• The Modern American Presidency
• Christianity and Politics

Core modules:

• Dissertation
• Research Methods
• Debates in Globalisation

Two History Depth Study modules from a range of options below:

• Depth Study: America 1919-1941
• Depth Study: The French Revolution 1786-1795
• Depth Study: The United States and the Cold War 1945-63
• Depth Study: Japan in War and Occupation 1937-52
• Depth Study: The Home Front: Britain 1939-1945
• Depth Study: The Holocaust in History and Memory
• Depth Study: Society, Culture and Everyday Life in Russia: 1928-1985
• Depth Study: Interwar Britain
• Depth Study: The French in North Africa: the Maghreb, 1830-1914 and 1914-Present
• Depth Study: Genocide in History and Memory I & II
• Depth Study: 'The Flag That Sets Us Free'? Britain, Empire and Anti-Slavery, 1787-1838 and 1838-1926
• Depth Study: The Age of Speed: Time, Travel and the Media I (18th-19thc.) and II (19th-20th C.)

Other optional modules include:

• Political Islam in the Middle East
• Diplomatic Studies
• Contemporary Civil War
• Politics, Energy and the Environment (V)
• China : 21st Century Challenges
• Case Study in Political Philosophy: Conservatism
• Liberty and Extremism
• Comparative Study: Minorities in the Past
• Comparative Study: Mediterranean Fascism: Conflict and Dictatorship in Spain and Italy 1914-1947
• Comparative Study: War Crimes Trials and Memories of War: Japan and Germany
• Comparative Study: Bystanders: Local, National and International Responses to Genocide in the 20th Century
• Comparative Study: Communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe
• Comparative Study: Nation Making in Early Modern Europe
• Comparative Study: Health, Disease and Society in Britain and Europe 1500-1800
• Comparative Study: Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Europe
• Comparative Study: Holocaust Memory and Representation in Europe, the United States and Israel
• Comparative Study: Ideas, Ideologies and Colonial Organisation in the British and French Empires
• Comparative Study: Borderlands and Commodities in History
• Comparative Study: Slavery

For further information about modules, please view the course leaflet (see right hand side).

Please note the modules listed are correct at the time of publishing, for full-time students entering the programme in Year 1. Optional modules are listed where applicable. Please note the University cannot guarantee the availability of all modules listed and modules may be subject to change. For further information please refer to the terms and conditions at /termsandconditions. The University will notify applicants of any changes made to the core modules listed above.