History and International Relations : BA Hons : VL12

Lancaster University

Bachelor's degree

In Lancaster

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Lancaster’s History and International Relations degree is taught jointly between our Department of History and the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion. It gives you the opportunity to build an in-depth knowledge of both subjects, learning from scholars who are experts in their field.

Your degree scheme concentrates on the history of international politics since 1780 and introduces you to various theoretical understandings of the modern world. You’ll gain a stronger understanding of the influence of History and International Relations on each other, while engaging with topics such as diplomacy, terrorism, religious conflict and human rights.

Beginning with courses including From the Medieval to the Modern: History and Historians and Politics and Governance in the Contemporary World, you’ll move on to subjects such as Ethics: Theory and Practice; Modern Political Thought, and Introduction to Peace Studies in your second year. You’ll complete your degree following final-year modules that include the Politics of Global Danger; Britain in the World; US Foreign Policy since 1945; Africa and Global Politics, and Islamic Politics.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

The strong research, analysis and writing skills you develop during your studies will create pathways to a wide range of careers in many different sectors.

Our graduates often enter into careers within education, business management, the Civil Service, politics, publishing, tourism, heritage and the media.

Many also progress to postgraduate study with Lancaster, continuing into research and teaching.

Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, but that you also graduate with relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development.

A Level AAB

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • Human Rights
  • International Relations
  • Politics
  • Modern History
  • Foreign Policy
  • History and Historians
  • Contemporary World
  • Histories of Violence
  • Society and Religion
  • Relations and Security

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • From Ancient to Modern: History and Historians
    • Politics and International Relations in the Contemporary World

Optional

    • 'Histories of Violence: How Imperialism made the Modern World'
    • Brave New Worlds? Modernisms and Modernities
    • From Great War to Total War?
    • Reform, Rebellion and Reason: Britain, 1500-1800
    • The Fall of Rome
Year 2

Core

    • Making History: Contexts, Sources and Publics

Optional

    • Athens, Sparta and Alexander the Great, 403-31 BC
    • Athens, Sparta and the Greek World (c. 800-404 B.C.)
    • Comparative Politics of the Asia Pacific and the Middle East
    • Gandhi and the End of Empire in India, 1885-1948
    • Indian Politics, Society and Religion
    • International Relations and Security
    • Introduction to Peace Studies
    • New World Order 1919-1939
    • The Politics of Development
    • The Politics of the European Union
    • The United Kingdom: State, Politics and Policies
    • Three Colours, One Flag, One Empire: the French Colonial World, 1791-1962
    • Virginia, (1585-1685): adventure, war and tobacco in the first American colony
Year 3

Optional

    • Africa and Global Politics
    • Britain in the World
    • China in the Modern World
    • Contemporary Issues in Human Rights
    • Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
    • Dissertation
    • Dissertation with external collaboration
    • Dissertation with field studies
    • Exploring the Persian Gulf
    • International Political Economy of Globalization
    • Islamic Politics
    • Politics of Cultural Diversity
    • Politics of Global Danger
    • PPR in Education
    • PPR in India
    • Religion and Violence
    • The Politics of Global Borders (Special Subject)
    • Understanding External Intervention in Violent Conflicts
    • US Foreign Policy since 1945

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

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Overseas fee - £15,680

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