History and Politics BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Preston
Description
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Bachelor's degree
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Location
Preston
Studying for a degree in history and politics will introduce you to two distinctive and yet related and mutually supportive academic disciplines. If you are interested in the connections between today's politics and their wider historical contexts, then this is the course for you. You’ll understand, evaluate and critically respond to external developments, processes and questions in historical and contemporary form that affect so many aspects of our daily lives.
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About this course
Entry Requirements 2017/18 104 points at A2; General Studies accepted OCF BTEC Extended Diploma: Merit, Merit, Merit
OCF BTEC Diploma: Distinction, Distinction
Pass Access to Higher Education: 106 UCAS points
Pass International Baccalaureate Diploma: 26 Points
GCSE: 5 GCSEs at grade C including Maths and English or Equivalent
IELTS: grade 6.0 with no subscore lower than 5.5 ...
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Subjects
- Politics
- History Politics
- Public
- International
Course programme
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
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
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- 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
History and Politics BA (Hons)