Politics and History BSc
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Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Uxbridge
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
September
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Subjects
- Political Thought
- Democracy
- History Politics
- Foreign Policy
- Governance
- Political Institutions
- International Relations
- Political Science
- Law
- Politics
Course programme
This degree draws on the skills and expertise of all the disciplines that make up the Department of Politics, History and the Brunel Law School.
In addition to the Politics half of the course, and the writing of a dissertation at Level 3, you will take modules in historiography and historical skills, covering a wide variety of historical periods and substantive themes.
The BSc consists of both compulsory and optional modules, a typical selection can be found below. Modules can vary from year to year, but these offer a good idea of what we teach.
Level 1
Compulsory
Political Science Methods
Central Themes in Political Thought
Modern British Politics
What is History?
Optional
Revolution, Liberty and the Origins of American Democracy
Capital, Labour and Power: Britain, 1707-1939
History, Memory and Culture in Europe since 1789
The Making of the Modern World
Migration and the Settler World, 1600-1914
Level 2
Compulsory
Democracy and Democratisation
Comparative Political Institutions
Historians and their Craft
Optional
US Foreign Policy from World War 2 to the End of the Cold War
Issues in American Politics
Political Geography
Theories of International Relations
Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World
The First World War - Causes, Course, Consequences
Australia and The Modern World
Themes in the History of Modern Africa
The State and Revolution
The History of Political Cinema
History of the Women’s Movement in the West, c. 1790-1930
Level 3
Compulsory
Dissertation (This may be taken in Politics, or jointly between Politics and History)
European Union Politics: Problems and Prospects
Optional
Psychogeography
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Monstrosity in Political Thought and Literature, 1500-1900
Globalisation and Governance
Empire, Imperialism and Hegemony
Media, Politics and Power in America
Marx and Marxism
Parties and Voters in the UK
Intelligence and National Security
Public Policy Analysis
Parliamentary Studies
Fascism
The Second World War
The History and Politics of Heritage
The British Maritime World, 1660-1815
Crisis and Critique
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Special Features
- Ranked third for History in The Guardian University Guide 2014, with only Cambridge and St. Andrews ahead of Brunel University London.
- Ranked first for Politics and third for History in the UK for student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2013).
- Ranked sixth in London for Politics in The Complete University Guide 2014.
- You will have access to some the best research facilities in the UK. Westminster and Whitehall are within easy reach.
- We have good links with key political figures and institutions. You will have the opportunity to at one of several European universities and participate in an exchange programme in China.
- You will be able to take advantage of the University’s exchange scheme with the State University of New York at Brockport. This includes optional work placement in Washington or Albany. We also have partnerships with EU universities in the Socrates programme, including the universities of Rennes, Stuttgart, Malta, Cyprus, Ireland and Helsinki (subject to change).
- Our courses are designed and taught
Politics and History BSc
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International Career Institute
Course Distance Learning£ 798 -
Open Learning College
Course Distance Learning£ 356 £ 456 -
St Dominic's Sixth Form College
A Level Middlesex / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
Saylor Academy
Course OnlineFree -
Start Learning
Vocational qualification Distance Learning£ 375 VAT inc. -
Alison
Course OnlineFree -
Oxford Open Learning
GCSE Distance Learning£ 295 + VAT
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