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BA International History and Politics

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

You'll be able to think critically about information from a range of sources to form your own conclusions. You’ll also be able to present them clearly, either verbally or in writing. As a motivated, independent learner, you’ll have organisational, time management and research skills that will really appeal to employers.

Recent graduates have gone on to work in careers as diverse as diplomacy, international finance and investment, journalism, the civil service, law, education and even the Armed Forces.

General Eligibility

A-level: AAA including A in History if taken.

Other course specific tests:

When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be AAB at A Level (including A in History if taken) and grade A in the EPQ.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Skills and Concepts in International History

  • International History, 1919-1989: Conflict, Co-operation and Change

  • Consensus and Contention: Investigations in International History

  • International Politics

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Documents and Debates in International History

  • International History and Politics Long Essay

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Australia and the World

  • History Wars: The Politics of the Past in Contemporary Europe

  • Imperial Germany 1871-1918

  • Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature

  • 20th Century Britain: Progress and Uncertainty 1945-1990

  • Communist Eastern Europe, 1945-89

  • Nationalism, Colonialism and 'Religious Violence' in India, 1857-1947

  • Modern Hatreds: The Destruction of Yugoslavia and its Aftermath, 1991-2001

  • History of the High Street

  • Histories of Black Britain

  • The Rise of Modern Japan: From the Meiji Restoration to the Present Day

  • Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present

  • The Global Cold War

  • US Foreign Policy in a Changing World: The End of the Cold War, the Age of Terror, and the Resurgence of a Multipolar Order?

  • From Versailles to Potsdam: Conferences, Crises and Conflicts, 1919-45

3 Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • IHP Dissertation

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Dividing India: The Road to Democracy in South Asia, 1939-1952

  • Twentieth Century Southeast Asia: From Empire to Independence

  • The Third Reich, 1933-1945

  • Europe in an Age of Total Warfare

  • The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

  • The Soviet Sixties: Politics and Society in the USSR, 1953-1968

  • The Troubles: The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968-Present

  • The Korean War

  • Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy

  • In the Shadow of Franco: Terror and its Legacy in Spain, 1936-Present Day

  • The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period

  • From Byron to Bin Laden: Transnational War Volunteers

  • The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 1979

  • A Revolutionary Century: Resistance, Reform, and Repression in Central America, 1900- present

  • Europe on the Move: Refugees and Resettlement, 1919-59

  • 'Parasites' and 'Cockroaches': Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Modern World

  • The Global Vietnam War

  • The First World War: A Global Conflict

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic or IELTS for UKVI (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration) (Academic) or IELTS Online at 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each component skill. Please note that we cannot accept results from these tests that are over two years old at the start date of the course you intend to study.

TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) or TOEFL iBT Home Edition at 80 overall with no less than 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 19 in writing. Please note that we do not accept TOEFL My Best scores and we expect candidates to have met the relevant requirements from a single TOEFL test.

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