History and International Relations - BA (Hons)

Nottingham Trent University

Bachelor's degree

In Nottingham

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    3 Years

It enables you to shape your study according to your strengths, interests and career ambitions. Combining two subjects can give your degree an international or industry perspective that will make you stand out in the graduate employment market.

Our course combinations are designed so that what you learn in one subject will complement and enhance what you learn in the other. In your final year you can choose to either split your time evenly between your two subjects, or to specialise in one. Our flexible curriculum has been designed to create some amazing opportunities for you too. Your second year of study is divided into two semesters that enables you to take part in optional work placements or go on an international exchange.

By choosing History and International Relations you’ll enjoy the freedom to choose from a wide range of optional modules, depending on your own preferences and interests. These two subjects have natural synergy and will give you a unique insight into the world events that have shaped our lives and how international relationships, beliefs and cultures continue to shape the world we live in.

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Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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About this course

This is a major part of the curriculum. Key transferable skills are emphasised and there are opportunities to develop links with organisations and potential employers. Joint honours courses develop a wide range of skills. These include written and oral communication skills, critical analysis and a variety of IT skills. But you’ll also become more self-motivated, be able to work independently and in teams, and develop excellent time management skills.

104 UCAS tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent)
GCSEs - English and Maths grade C / 4.
If you are unsure whether the qualifications you have, or are currently studying for, meet the minimum entry requirements for this course, please contact us before submitting an application through UCAS.

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • International Relations
  • History
  • Global History
  • Historian's Craft
  • Conflicts
  • Cultures
  • Political Economy
  • Dissertation
  • Professional

Course programme

Year One
  • History: Practice and Purpose
  • Pathways Through Modernity
  • Foundations and Challenges to Politics and International Relations
  • International Relations and Global History
Year Two
  • The Historian's Craft
  • Researching Politics and International Relations
  • Humanities at work
History optional modules
  • Land of Liberty: History of the United States, 1815-2000
  • The Crusades
  • Conflicts and Cultures in Mid-Victorian England 1850-1880
  • Heritage Matters
  • The Age of Reformations
  • Revolutionary Transformations: Russia and China in the 19th and 20th Centuries
  • The Eagle and the Snake: Conquests and Colonisations of Mexico
International Relations optional modules
  • Understanding the Cold War
  • Global Political Economy
  • Change and World Order: International Institutions and Non-State Actors
Year Three
  • Dissertation
History optional modules
  • Real-Life Work Project
  • Memory and Identities in European Writing, Cinema and Society
  • Crusading Cultures and Communities
  • Rustic and Rude: Rural Cultures 1840-1880
  • Early Modern Revolution and War
  • Magna Carta: Origins, Impetus and Legacy
  • Museum Matters
  • The African American Experience in History and Memory
  • Living and Dying in Reformation Britain
  • Mission Impossible? Converting the New World
International Relations optional modules
  • The following modules are currently taught at the Clifton Campus.
  • Emerging Powers of Asia
  • Russian Politics and Society
  • Currently, you can also choose from the following options which are offered at the City Campus. Please note that optional modules can change due to several factors and we retain the right to withdraw modules at any point.
  • Power and Politics in the European Union
  • International Politics and Geostrategy of Eurasia
  • Hyperpower Politics: The USA
  • The Politics of Everyday Life
  • States, Nationalism and Identity
  • Feminist Theory
  • The International Relations of Middle East and North Africa
  • Political Violence and Terrorism

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