History and Politics BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Newcastle Upon Tyne

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Newcastle upon tyne

Core modules provide a grounding in both history and politics as well as the links between them. Optional modules offer considerable flexibility to pick and choose from revolutionary movements in Europe and major debates in American history to issues such terrorism and genocide. 

Facilities

Location

Start date

Newcastle Upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
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Ellison Place, NE1 8ST

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry Requirements 2019/20
Standard Entry
GCSE Requirements:
A good GCSE profile is expected including Maths and English Language at minimum grade C or equivalent.  If you have studied for a new GCSE for which you will be awarded a numerical grade then you will need to achieve a minimum grade 4. UCAS Tariff Points:
120-128 UCAS Tariff points including one or more of the following: GCE and VCE Advanced Level:
From at least 2 GCE/VCE A Levels Edexcel/BTEC National Extended Diploma:
Distinction, Distinction, Merit Scottish Highers: e asked to achieve UCAS Tariff...

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Subjects

  • Humanities
  • History Politics
  • Global
  • International
  • Politics
  • International Relations
  • Conflict

Course programme

The Making of Contemporary Europe (Core,20 Credits) Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 1200-1720 (Core,20 Credits) Making History (Core,20 Credits) Democrats and Dictators (Core,20 Credits) International Conflict and Cooperation (Core,20 Credits) Thinking Politically (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (60 credit) (Optional,60 Credits) The San Francisco Bay Area (Explorations in American Studies II) (Optional,20 Credits) Affluence and Anxiety: The US from 1920 to 1960 (Optional,20 Credits) America in the 1960s (Optional,20 Credits) Your Graduate Future (Optional,20 Credits) From Reconstruction to Reunification: Europe, 1945-1991 (Optional,20 Credits) Inquisition and Discovery: Myths and Realities of Late Medieval Spain (Optional,20 Credits) The Holocaust (Optional,20 Credits) Imperial Britain: The Empire in British Politics, Society and Culture, 1783-1982 (Optional,20 Credits) Enlightenment to Empire: France in an Age of Revolution, 1715-1815 (Optional,20 Credits) Land of Rivers, Land of Coal: Making and Breaking Industrial North-East England, 1770-1990 (Optional,20 Credits) Civilians and the Second World War (Optional,20 Credits) Divisive Pasts: Legacies of Conflict and Oppression in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Optional,20 Credits) On Her Own Account: Being an Independent Woman in Britain, 1800-1920 (Optional,20 Credits) Globalising Worlds: Objects, People and Ideas 1600 - 1800 (Optional,20 Credits) Early Modern Monarchies: Power and Representation, 1500–1750 (Optional,20 Credits) At Home in America: Society, Politics and Environment in the Home, 1860 to the present (Optional,20 Credits) Dictatorship and Development: Central America, 1912–1996 (Optional,20 Credits) Taking the King’s Shilling: Ireland and the British Army, 1815–1945 (Optional,20 Credits) Chinese Politics (Optional,20 Credits) Theories and Practice of Democracy (Core,20 Credits) Global Governance (Core,20 Credits) The UN, war and liberal interventionism (Optional,20 Credits) Theories of International Relations (Optional,20 Credits) UK Politics Beyond Westminster (Optional,20 Credits) Foreign Policy Analysis (Optional,20 Credits) From Bastille to Strasbourg- A Journey through Human Rights (Optional,20 Credits) Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits) Year in International Business (This is made up of 5 modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits) States of Nature: An Environmental History of the Americas (Explorations in American Studies III) (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Panther Party (Optional,20 Credits) Civil War and Reconstruction (Optional,20 Credits) Women, Crime and Subversion in Early Modern Europe (Optional,20 Credits) Revolution and the Russian Empire 1860-1924 (Optional,20 Credits) Where Have All the Good Times Gone? Crisis and Change in Western Europe, 1965-1987 (Optional,20 Credits) British India, 1757-1857 (Optional,20 Credits) 'Europe's Greatest Killer: The Black Death, Ethnic Cleansing and Biological Warfare in the Late Medieval World' (Optional,20 Credits) Joint Honours Dissertation (Core,40 Credits) Northern Ireland: The 'Troubles' and the Search for Peace (Optional,20 Credits) Barricades and Boulevards: Revolution, Culture, and Urban Life in Nineteenth-century Paris (Optional,20 Credits) Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional,20 Credits) Recording the Past: Making Your Own History Documentary (Optional,20 Credits) The Art of Power: Tudor Court Culture (Optional,20 Credits) Big Business in Asia? The European East India Companies, 1600–1800 (Optional,20 Credits) The Politics of the Environment in Modern Britain (Optional,20 Credits) Holocaust Testimony and Cultural Memory (Optional,20 Credits) Active Citizens (Optional,20 Credits) Critical Security (Optional,20 Credits) Genocide (Optional,20 Credits) Media Power and Propaganda (Optional,20 Credits) Political Parties and Elections (Optional,20 Credits) Politics of Oil and Global Warming (Optional,20 Credits) Terrorism (Optional,20 Credits) Women in Politics and International Relations (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) The Making of Contemporary Europe (Core,20 Credits) Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 1200-1720 (Core,20 Credits) Making History (Core,20 Credits) Democrats and Dictators (Core,20 Credits) International Conflict and Cooperation (Core,20 Credits) Thinking Politically (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (60 credit) (Optional,60 Credits) The San Francisco Bay Area (Explorations in American Studies II) (Optional,20 Credits) Affluence and Anxiety: The US from 1920 to 1960 (Optional,20 Credits) America in the 1960s (Optional,20 Credits) Your Graduate Future (Optional,20 Credits) From Reconstruction to Reunification: Europe, 1945-1991 (Optional,20 Credits) Inquisition and Discovery: Myths and Realities of Late Medieval Spain (Optional,20 Credits) The Holocaust (Optional,20 Credits) Imperial Britain: The Empire in British Politics, Society and Culture, 1783-1982 (Optional,20 Credits) Enlightenment to Empire: France in an Age of Revolution, 1715-1815 (Optional,20 Credits) Land of Rivers, Land of Coal: Making and Breaking Industrial North-East England, 1770-1990 (Optional,20 Credits) Civilians and the Second World War (Optional,20 Credits) Divisive Pasts: Legacies of Conflict and Oppression in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Optional,20 Credits) On Her Own Account: Being an Independent Woman in Britain, 1800-1920 (Optional,20 Credits) Globalising Worlds: Objects, People and Ideas 1600 - 1800 (Optional,20 Credits) Early Modern Monarchies: Power and Representation, 1500–1750 (Optional,20 Credits) At Home in America: Society, Politics and Environment in the Home, 1860 to the present (Optional,20 Credits) Dictatorship and Development: Central America, 1912–1996 (Optional,20 Credits) Taking the King’s Shilling: Ireland and the British Army, 1815–1945 (Optional,20 Credits) Chinese Politics (Optional,20 Credits) Theories and Practice of Democracy (Core,20 Credits) Global Governance (Core,20 Credits) The UN, war and liberal interventionism (Optional,20 Credits) Theories of International Relations (Optional,20 Credits) UK Politics Beyond Westminster (Optional,20 Credits) Foreign Policy Analysis (Optional,20 Credits) From Bastille to Strasbourg- A Journey through Human Rights (Optional,20 Credits) Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits) Year in International Business (This is made up of 5 modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits) States of Nature: An Environmental History of the Americas (Explorations in American Studies III) (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Panther Party (Optional,20 Credits) Civil War and Reconstruction (Optional,20 Credits) Women, Crime and Subversion in Early Modern Europe (Optional,20 Credits) Revolution and the Russian Empire 1860-1924 (Optional,20 Credits) Where Have All the Good Times Gone? Crisis and Change in Western Europe, 1965-1987 (Optional,20 Credits) British India, 1757-1857 (Optional,20 Credits) 'Europe's Greatest Killer: The Black Death, Ethnic Cleansing and Biological Warfare in the Late Medieval World' (Optional,20 Credits) Joint Honours Dissertation (Core,40 Credits) Northern Ireland: The 'Troubles' and the Search for Peace (Optional,20 Credits) Barricades and Boulevards: Revolution, Culture, and Urban Life in Nineteenth-century Paris (Optional,20 Credits) Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional,20 Credits) Recording the Past: Making Your Own History Documentary (Optional,20 Credits) The Art of Power: Tudor Court Culture (Optional,20 Credits) Big Business in Asia? The European East India Companies, 1600–1800 (Optional,20 Credits) The Politics of the Environment in Modern Britain (Optional,20 Credits) Holocaust Testimony and Cultural Memory (Optional,20 Credits) Active Citizens (Optional,20 Credits) Critical Security (Optional,20 Credits) Genocide (Optional,20 Credits) Media Power and Propaganda (Optional,20 Credits) Political Parties and Elections (Optional,20 Credits) Politics of Oil and Global Warming (Optional,20 Credits) Terrorism (Optional,20 Credits) Women in Politics and International Relations (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

History and Politics BA (Hons)

£ 9,250 + VAT