Politics, History & International Relations

Year 1

Semester One

Semester Two

INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC STUDIES [10]
core seminar

WHAT IS HISTORY? [10]
(includes themes such as Modern Britain, Empire and The Holocaust)

MODERN EUROPE: FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE PRESENT [10 or 20]

MODERN WORLD HISTORY: NEW PERSPECTIVES [20]
  

Language Option

Year 2

Semester One

Semester Two

HISTORY FOR THE 21st CENTURY [20]
(includes case study seminars on Environmental History; History and Film; Diplomatic History)

RESEARCH DESIGN [10]
 preparing a dissertation

HISTORY OPTIONS [10 OR 20]

Choice of at least two options:
- Modern South Asia: Politics, Society & Culture
- Cold War Europe
- further options tbd

HISTORY OPTIONS [10 OR 20]
Choice of at least 3 options:
 - Britain since 1900
- Modern Germany: From Racial Dictatorship to Recivilization or
- Modern China in a Global Perspective

Language Option

Year 3

Semester One

Semester Two

DISSERTATION IN HISTORY [40] – BOTH SEMESTERS

HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCE OPTION [10 or 20]

Choice of 2-3 primary source options:
- The Beatles and the 1960s
- Muslim Lives: Autobiography, Identity and the Self in Modern Islamic Societies
- further options tbd

HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCE OPTION [10 OR 20]
Choice of 2-3 primary source options:
- The Rise of the Nazis or The Holocaust in Contexts
- The Culture of Politics in Twentieth-Century China
- further options tbd
 

HISTORY OPTIONS [10 or 20] - Either Semester One or Two

large choice of options, e.g.:
The European Union and the United States; Germany in Europe; Euroscepticism in Britain; Modern Italy; Nationalism; Germany and its Neighbours; Anticapitalism and Alterglobalisation;
Spanish-Latin American Relations; South African Politics and Society.

Language Option