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You'll build a foundation to become an independent learner and critical reader/thinker through compulsory modules.

Optional modules give an overview of our range, whether that be the major pathways in Politics (such as political thought and international politics), or the chronological and cultural variety of History.

Modules

Compulsory Modules Credits
Evidence and Argument 20
Order and Disorder: The Shaping of the 21st Century 20
Optional Modules Credits
Global Middle Ages 20
Stuff: living in a material world 20
Global Ancient Histories 20
Historical Sources and Methods 20
History Lab I 20
History Lab II 20
Introduction to Public History 20
What is History For? 20
UK Politics: Westminster and Beyond 20
Key Concepts in International Politics 20
Power and Inequality: How to Study Global Politics ... and Change the World 20
Politics of Happiness 20
State, People and Politics: Comparative Politics in a Globalised World 20
Studying Political Economy: Ideas, Theories and Skills 20

You’ll choose six optional modules in total – three each from Politics and History. Through these modules you’ll deepen your subject knowledge and build on your skills from Stage One.

You'll critically engage with the topics you're studying and become a confident participant in our learning community. If you are thinking about undertaking an optional dissertation in Stage Three, you’ll select modules to prepare you for this.

Modules

Optional Modules Credits
From Lascaux to Knossos: Prehistoric Europe 20
Archaeologies of the Roman Empire: The Roman World from Augustus to Justinian 20
Colonial Worlds: History and Archaeology 20
Hellenistic Empires from Alexander to Cleopatra 20
The Roman World from Hadrian to Heraclius 20
Greek and Roman Religions 20
Slavery in Greco-Roman Antiquity 20
Sacred words and dirty deeds: Thriving in Late Antiquity 20
The Mediterranean: a connected past 20
Africa: History of a Continent 20
Social Histories of Alcohol: Britain and Ireland, 1700 - Present 20
Oral History of Modern Britain 20
1968: A Global Moment? 20
Culture and Communication in Medieval Eurasia 20
Crafting History: Developing a Research Proposal 20
Famines in History 20
Researching History 20
The Aftermath of War in Europe and Asia, 1945-56 20
Revolutions of the Mind: European Thought, 1550–1750 20
Destroying Nature: Disasters, Diseases and Environmental Injustice 20
Diversities of Sexuality and Gender in History 20
Career Development for second year students 20
Politics of the Middle East 20
Becoming a Political Researcher 20
Government and Politics of the USA 20
The Politics and Policy of the European Union 20
Power and Poverty in the Global Economy 20
A Global History of Political Thought 20
Political Violence and the Modern State 20
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: Social Issues in Contemporary Political Philosophy 20
Democracy in Deeply Divided Societies 20
Democracy or Autocracy? What are the differences and how do we analyse them 20
Sex, Gender and Power 20
The Global Politics of Race 20
International Organizations and Diplomacy 20

You will continue to study a mixture of Politics and History modules. This can be through an even split of modules, or a weighting towards History or Politics. You may include a research dissertation in either subject or a research or community-partnership project on a political theme or issue.

Through study in the recommended modules you'll critically reflect on History and your own ideas through close study of an influential work. You can also broaden your horizons by considering the uses and abuses of history in public life.

Modules

Optional Modules Credits
Neolithic & Early Bronze Age Britain in its European Context 20
Fundamentals of Digital Humanities: Computer literacy, data analysis and GIS 20
Reading History 20
Writing History 40
Public History In Practice 20
The Irish Revolution, 1879-1923 20
Reconstruction and the New South, 1865-1900 20
British Foreign Policy since Suez 20
Birth Control in the 19th and 20th Centuries 20
Civil Rights in America, 1948-1975 20
Gender and the British Empire: Violence towards Men and Women in the Making of Modern South Asia 20
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1961-1990 20
The Rising Generation: Youth, Age and Protest in Cold War Britain 20
Buddhism and Society in Medieval Japan 20
May 1968: All Power to the Imagination 20
British Colonialism in Sudan: Violence, Gender and Race, 1899-1956 20
Fictional Histories: from medieval to modern 20
Exhausted! The problem of sleep (and not sleeping) from 1500 to the present day 20
Insiders and Outsiders: Migrants, Refugees, and the Making of Modern Europe 20
Beyond Brexit: The UK and European Integration since 1945 20
Riot, Reform and Revolution: Britain c.1760-1832 20
Read All About It! The News Revolution in Georgian Britain, 1714-1800 20
Career Development for final year students 20
Writing for Foreign Policy Makers: Research Project in Foreign Policy Analysis 20
Final Year Dissertation 40
Final Year Project: Semester 1 20
Final Year Project: Semester 2 20
The Ethics of Killing 20
Political Leadership in Britain 20
Who and why votes for far right? Using data for political analysis 20
Political Parties and Elections in the UK 20
Community-based Research in Politics 40
Politics of Immigration 20
Politics of Citizenship 20
Gender and Sexuality Politics in the Middle East 20
Public Policy: Theories, Cases, Skills 20
Politics as a Way of Life 20
Power and Policy: Understanding Impact 20
Global Justice and Human Rights 20
Envious Show: Wealth, Power and Ambition in Narratives of the Country House, 1550-2000 20