History and Politics (W64)

This wide-ranging course will develop your knowledge of history while providing a critical understanding of political issues, concepts and institutions. You’ll tackle such exciting and challenging issues as power and equality, debates in politics at the national and global level, culture and beliefs, imperialism and resistance, and class and gender. You'll learn the skills of both the political scientist and the historian in studying historical and contemporary political debates, as well as analysing contested political issues and future trends, and investigating a range of critical approaches to analysing history and politics.

Key features of the course

• Discover why the ‘long’ nineteenth century was such an exciting period in the history of the British Isles

• Explore the political ideas, institutions and processes that help govern our world

• Develops skills relevant to political and historical research and writing directed to a range of audiences

Course Modules

This history and politics diploma has two stages, each comprising 120 credits.

Stage 1 begins by exploring critical global challenges, how social science helps us understand them, and how you can respond as an active citizen. You'll then choose between a broad introduction to the arts and humanities or focusing on the turning points that shaped the modern world, looking at revolutionary change from various perspectives.

In Stage 2, the politics module explores how political ideas, institutions and processes help govern our world. In the history module, you’ll learn about the British Isles from 1789 to 1914, a period of rapid transformation and when it was the workshop of the world.