History and Politics
Bachelor's degree
In Oxford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Oxford
UCAS code LV21 Duration 3 years (BA)
Entrance requirements AAA Subject requirements
History
Sociology, Politics, Government and Politics
Admissions test(s) ox.ac.uk/hat Written work One piece (History)
Admissions statistics*
Interviewed: 43%
Successful: 11%
Intake: 44
*3-year average 2017-19
Contact
+44 (0) 1865 615013
Email History
+44 (0) 1865 278706
Email Politics
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The History and Politics course brings together complementary but distinct disciplines to form a coherent and stimulating programme. The degree not only enables students to set contemporary political problems in their historical perspective, but also equips them to approach the study of the past with the conceptual rigour derived from political science.
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A special feature of the Oxford course is the chance to choose from a broad range of subjects across the two disciplines, making it possible, for example, to combine medieval history options with analysis of contemporary political systems. The intellectual rigour of this course benefits from the expertise of Oxford’s political theorists and historians in the history of political thought. It is also strengthened by the thematic approach taken to European and World history teaching in the first year, combined with an emphasis on interdisciplinarity in a number of both Politics and History papers.
Oxford also possesses exceptional library provision for History in the Bodleian Library, the History Faculty Library, and the Weston Library’s special collections, as well as the Social Sciences Library.
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“I specialised more in Politics than in History
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Subjects
- Political Sociology
- Government
- British Politics
- University
- Teaching
- Sociology
- Approach
- Options
- Politics
- History Politics
- Historiography
- History
- Analysis
- British
- Theories
- Approaches
- European
- Quantification
Course programme
During the first year, you will be expected to attend around five lectures each week, participate in regular meetings with tutors to discuss work, conduct independent research and write at least one essay a week. In the second and third years you will have the opportunity to choose from an enormous variety of lectures, and your regular tutorials will be supplemented by faculty classes where you will discuss work with a larger number of students. The third-year thesis will give you the opportunity to engage in a piece of independent research. Generally, students are very much in charge of their own timetable throughout their course.
Tutorials are usually 2-4 students and a tutor. Class sizes may vary depending on the options you choose, but there would usually be no more than around 20 students.
Most tutorials, classes, and lectures are delivered by staff who are tutors in their subject. Many are world-leading experts with years of experience in teaching and research. Some teaching may also be delivered by postgraduate students who are usually studying at doctorate level.
To find out more about how our teaching year is structured, visit our Academic Year page.
Academic YearCourse structureYEAR 1COURSES
Four examination papers and a short piece of assessed coursework:
- Either any one of the seven periods in the history of the British Isles or any one of the four periods of European/World history
- Introduction to the theory of politics or Theories of the state
- One optional subject from a choice of:
- Quantification in history
- Approaches to history
- Historiography: Tacitus to Weber
- Any of the optional subjects (see History, except Theories of the state) or any one of six foreign texts
- The practice of politics
- Quantitative methods: political analysis (not examined)
ASSESSMENT
First University examinations: four written papers
YEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
The course has seven components:- A period of the history of the British Isles
- A period of European/World history
- Any two of the five core subjects in Politics:
- Comparative government*
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations*
- Political sociology*
- One of the following combinations:
- A special subject in History (two papers) and an optional subject in Politics (either a core paper not yet taken or a further subject)
- A further subject in History and two optional subjects in Politics
- A further subject in History, one optional subject in Politics and one special subject in Politics
- A thesis in either History or Politics
*these papers require Quantitative methods
For the latest information on all course details and options see the History and Politics websites.ASSESSMENT
Final University examinations: either five written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one thesis in
History or Politics or four written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one extended essay; one thesis in History or Politics
COURSES
Four examination papers and a short piece of assessed coursework:
- Either any one of the seven periods in the history of the British Isles or any one of the four periods of European/World history
- Introduction to the theory of politics or Theories of the state
- One optional subject from a choice of:
- Quantification in history
- Approaches to history
- Historiography: Tacitus to Weber
- Any of the optional subjects (see History, except Theories of the state) or any one of six foreign texts
- The practice of politics
- Quantitative methods: political analysis (not examined)
ASSESSMENT
First University examinations: four written papers
YEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
The course has seven components:- A period of the history of the British Isles
- A period of European/World history
- Any two of the five core subjects in Politics:
- Comparative government*
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations*
- Political sociology*
- One of the following combinations:
- A special subject in History (two papers) and an optional subject in Politics (either a core paper not yet taken or a further subject)
- A further subject in History and two optional subjects in Politics
- A further subject in History, one optional subject in Politics and one special subject in Politics
- A thesis in either History or Politics
*these papers require Quantitative methods
For the latest information on all course details and options see the History and Politics websites.ASSESSMENT
Final University examinations: either five written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one thesis in
History or Politics or four written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one extended essay; one thesis in History or Politics
COURSES
Four examination papers and a short piece of assessed coursework:
- Either any one of the seven periods in the history of the British Isles or any one of the four periods of European/World history
- Introduction to the theory of politics or Theories of the state
- One optional subject from a choice of:
- Quantification in history
- Approaches to history
- Historiography: Tacitus to Weber
- Any of the optional subjects (see History, except Theories of the state) or any one of six foreign texts
- The practice of politics
- Quantitative methods: political analysis (not examined)
ASSESSMENT
First University examinations: four written papers
COURSES
Four examination papers and a short piece of assessed coursework:
- Either any one of the seven periods in the history of the British Isles or any one of the four periods of European/World history
- Introduction to the theory of politics or Theories of the state
- One optional subject from a choice of:
- Quantification in history
- Approaches to history
- Historiography: Tacitus to Weber
- Any of the optional subjects (see History, except Theories of the state) or any one of six foreign texts
- The practice of politics
- Quantitative methods: political analysis (not examined)
COURSES
COURSESFour examination papers and a short piece of assessed coursework:
- Either any one of the seven periods in the history of the British Isles or any one of the four periods of European/World history
- Introduction to the theory of politics or Theories of the state
- One optional subject from a choice of:
- Quantification in history
- Approaches to history
- Historiography: Tacitus to Weber
- Any of the optional subjects (see History, except Theories of the state) or any one of six foreign texts
- The practice of politics
- Quantitative methods: political analysis (not examined)
- Quantification in history
- Approaches to history
- Historiography: Tacitus to Weber
- Any of the optional subjects (see History, except Theories of the state) or any one of six foreign texts
ASSESSMENT
First University examinations: four written papers
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENTFirst University examinations: four written papers
YEARS 2 AND 3YEARS 2 AND 3YEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
The course has seven components:- A period of the history of the British Isles
- A period of European/World history
- Any two of the five core subjects in Politics:
- Comparative government*
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations*
- Political sociology*
- One of the following combinations:
- A special subject in History (two papers) and an optional subject in Politics (either a core paper not yet taken or a further subject)
- A further subject in History and two optional subjects in Politics
- A further subject in History, one optional subject in Politics and one special subject in Politics
- A thesis in either History or Politics
*these papers require Quantitative methods
For the latest information on all course details and options see the History and Politics websites.ASSESSMENT
Final University examinations: either five written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one thesis in
History or Politics or four written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one extended essay; one thesis in History or Politics
COURSES
The course has seven components:- A period of the history of the British Isles
- A period of European/World history
- Any two of the five core subjects in Politics:
- Comparative government*
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations*
- Political sociology*
- One of the following combinations:
- A special subject in History (two papers) and an optional subject in Politics (either a core paper not yet taken or a further subject)
- A further subject in History and two optional subjects in Politics
- A further subject in History, one optional subject in Politics and one special subject in Politics
- A thesis in either History or Politics
*these papers require Quantitative methods
For the latest information on all course details and options see the History and Politics websites.COURSES
COURSES- A period of the history of the British Isles
- A period of European/World history
- Any two of the five core subjects in Politics:
- Comparative government*
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations*
- Political sociology*
- One of the following combinations:
- A special subject in History (two papers) and an optional subject in Politics (either a core paper not yet taken or a further subject)
- A further subject in History and two optional subjects in Politics
- A further subject in History, one optional subject in Politics and one special subject in Politics
- A thesis in either History or Politics
- Comparative government*
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations*
- Political sociology*
- Comparative government*
- British politics and government since 1900
- Theory of politics
- International relations*
- Political sociology*
- A special subject in History (two papers) and an optional subject in Politics (either a core paper not yet taken or a further subject)
- A further subject in History and two optional subjects in Politics
- A further subject in History, one optional subject in Politics and one special subject in Politics
- A special subject in History (two papers) and an optional subject in Politics (either a core paper not yet taken or a further subject)
- A further subject in History and two optional subjects in Politics
- A further subject in History, one optional subject in Politics and one special subject in Politics
*these papers require Quantitative methods
*these papers require Quantitative methodsFor the latest information on all course details and options see the History and Politics websites.HistoryPoliticsASSESSMENT
Final University examinations: either five written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one thesis in
History or Politics or four written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one extended essay; one thesis in History or Politics
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENTFinal University examinations: either five written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one thesis in
History or Politics or four written papers; one portfolio of submitted essays; one extended essay; one thesis in History or Politics
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