BA (Hons) History and Politics with Year Abroad

at Queen Mary University of London

Structure
You can complete your History and Politics degree in three or four years.

YEAR 1

Compulsory

• History in Practice
•  Thinking Politically: Introducing Concepts, Theories and Ideologies

Choose from: 

•  Unravelling Britain: British History since 1801
•  Global Encounters: Conquest and Culture in World History

Remaining choices from:

• Background to British Politics
• Building the American Nation 1756-1900
• Controversies of Science and Technology in the Making of the Modern World
• Europe 1000-1500: The Middle Ages and their legacy
• Europe in a Global Context since 1800
• Global Histories
• Reformation to Revolution: Europe and the World 1500-1800
• Screening History: Representing the Past in the Contemporary Historical Film
• The Foundations of Modern Thought: Introduction to Intellectual History

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

YEAR 2

Compulsory

• History Research Project

Choose one from

• History of Modern Political Thought
• History of Western Political Thought
• Modern Political Thought 1

Choose from over 25 modules, such as

• A Century of Extremes: Germany 1890 - 1990
• A History of Terror in the Modern Age 1858-2008
• Human Rights in History: Origins, Foundations, Prospects
• Modernity: Theories of State, Economy and Society
• Political Research
• Politics of International Law
• Race in the United States: Plantation Slavery to #BlackLivesMatter
• The American Century: The History of the United States, 1900-200
• US Politics
• Violence and Modernity in Twentieth-Century India
• War in World Politics

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

YEAR 3

Compulsory

Either a History special subject and dissertation or the Dissertation in Politics / International Relations

Special subjects may include

• Global History of Pandemics from Plague to Coronavirus
• Making Thatcher's Britain: the Thatcher Revolution, 1975-1997
• The Kennedy Years
• The War on Terror

Choose from over 25 modules, such as

• Africa and International Politics
• American Politics, Carceral State and Social Movements
• Gender and Politics
• Global Politics of Health and Disease
• Latin American Politics
• Parliamentary Studies
• Political Violence and Liberal Modernity
• Politics of South Asia
• Populism: A Global Perspective
• Race and Racism in World Politics

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

International Tuition Fees:

£25000 per year

Our History and Politics graduates are highly employable, with invaluable political knowledge and research, analytical and communication skills that open doors to a huge variety of roles. They move into domestic and international careers in areas such as government, policy research, education, journalism, publishing, media and business.

Recent History and Politics graduates have been hired by:

• Four Communications
• Members of Parliament
• the NHS
• The Times
• Warrener Stewart Chartered Accountants.