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BA (Hons) History and Politics

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Discover how the politics of the past have shaped the world we know today. On this BA (Hons) History and Politics degree, you'll retrace the political and social conflicts, revolutions and protest movements of yesterday in order to make sense of the here and now and create positive change.

Travel back to pivotal political moments in time from around the globe guided by our expert academics. Craft your own learning experience by choosing to study the historical and political subjects and eras that most inspire you, such as the French Revolution, post war Britain and Germany, or the American Civil Rights Movement.

As this is an interdisciplinary course, each year you'll also study a bespoke combined history and politics module as well as delving into each subject separately.

Through the course's overarching theme of 'changing the world', you'll use what you learn to rethink modern societal issues, such as social justice, racial and gender equality, and global migration.

You'll graduate with an insight into the powers and processes that have formed today's societies and how positive changes are made. Armed with this understanding of the past, you'll be empowered to address the challenges of the future.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112-128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent, to include a relevant subject 

  • International Baccalaureate – 25-26

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Placement year

On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry.

We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year.

2 Year 1

Core 

  • Analysing Politics: Britain and Beyond

  • Discovering World Histories: Peoples and Places

  • Political Thought 

  • Revolutions and Activism: History and Politics 

  • Societies, Nations, and Empires: Europe 1750-2000 

3 Year 2

Core Module:

  • Changing the World

Optional Modules:

  • Campaigning in Action

  • Development and Democracy in Latin America

  • East Asian States and Societies

  • Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe, and Africa

  • Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Envisioning Ourselves: Media and the Making of Modern Britain

  • Global Environmental Issues and Concerns

  • Global Security

  • Intercultural Perspectives on Communication

  • Introduction to Teaching

  • Marketing and Communication

  • Modernity and Globalisation

  • Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday

  • News, Discourse and Media

  • Principles of Economic Crime Investigation

  • Professional Experience L5

  • Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Imagining Post-war Britain and Germany

  • Slavery and Resistance in the Atlantic World

  • Space, Place and Being

  • Transitional Justice and Human Rights

  • Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response

  • Working with the Past

4 Year 3

Core Module:

  • History and Politics Dissertation / Major Project

Optional Modules:

  • Civil Rights USA

  • Everyday Slaughter? Accidents and Safety in Britain, c. 1850-1970

  • Looking for Utopia, Finding Dystopia? Ideas and Ideologies in the New Millennium

  • NGOs and Social Movements

  • Professional Experience L6

  • Religion and Politics in Global Perspective

  • Security Challenges in the 21st Century

  • The European Union: A Global Power in the Making?

  • The French Revolution: 1789-1799

  • The Opium War, 1839-1842

  • Racism and Anti-Racism in Post-War Britain

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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