BA (Hons) History with Politics

at Goldsmiths University of London

Program structure

The programme can be undertaken full-time (three years across three levels) or part-time (four to six years across three levels). You take a total of 360 credits, 120 credits at each level.

Year 1

In your first year, you will take the following compulsory modules.
 

You will also select two 15 credit modules from a list approved annually by the Department of History.

Year 2

You will take 75 credits of modules offered by the History department. Up to 30 credits of these may be a 'related studies' module offered by another Goldsmiths department, and a further 30 credits may be a University of London intercollegiate group II module.

You will also take 45 credits of Politics and International Relations modules from a list approved annually by the department. The following is an indicative list.
 

Year 3

You will choose a Special Subject module offered by the Department of History, which is coupled with your dissertation and worth 60 credits. You will also choose 45 credits of modules offered by the Department of Politics (indicative list below), and 15 credits offered by the Department of History.
 

• Higher Secondary School Certificate at Standard XII from either CBSE, CISCE/ICSE and Metro state boards
• Diploma (2-4 years) from a Polytechnic/College of Technology/Professional Institute

International Tuition Fees:

£20650 per year

Career Opportunity

Equipping graduates with the flexibility, skills, and confidence needed to achieve their ambitions and ensuring that all students have clear opportunities to develop within, and beyond, their curriculum (through, for example, work placements and overseas study) are essential components of this degree programme.

History and Politics and International Relations are both very transferable disciplines and, in combination, they offer graduates a great many exciting and prosperous career options.  Students who have studied the BA History and Politics programme could pursue careers in politics, business and management, central and local government, education, heritage, publishing, journalism, the museum sector, charities and non-governmental organisations, PR and communications, Social research organisations, and think tanks.

A wide array of transferable skills is acquired throughout the programme. All modules foster skills in: effective reading; critical analysis and evaluation; assessment of arguments, ideas, and evidence; independent thinking and working; academic writing within a specified word-limit; group-working and collaboration; designing and delivering presentations; and creating a wide variety of outputs and materials. Students learn how to: effectively manage their time and their timetable; meet deadlines, to sensibly and pragmatically schedule time and activities; present themselves with self-assurance and confidence. Information and resource management skills are developed and honed as part of wider research processes and a wide range of library and IT skills are also delivered.