Programmes & Modules Handbook

B.A. History and Political Science with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 3
2022/23 Session

History Modules:

Students must take at least 40 credits from the Sources (A) and Essays (B) lists OR the 40-credit Dissertation module listed below:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
Dissertation	09 23512	40	Full Term

Special Subjects

Sources (A):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject: British Women and Internationalism since 1850 A	09 30931	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present A	09 30932	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Empire-wallahs: India in the British Imagination A	09 30927	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Facing the Fuhrer, the Duce and the Emperor: British Foreign and Defence Policies, 1931-1942 A	09 30956	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I A	09 37956	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Terrorising History: Terrorist Motivations, Methods, and Mayhem A	09 30960	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject: The Revolting Right: Conservative Activism in Post-war Britain A	09 30958	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich A	09 31842	20	Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain A	09 30959	20	Semester 1

Essays (B):

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Special Subject: British Women and Internationalism since 1850 B	09 31109	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present B	09 31110	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Empire-wallahs: India in the British Imagination: B	09 31106	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Facing the Fuhrer, the Duce and the Emperor: British Foreign and Defence Policies, 1931-1942 B	09 31113	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I B	09 37958	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Terrorising History: Terrorist Motivations, Methods, and Mayhem B	09 31117	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject: The Revolting Right: Conservative Activism in Post-war Britain B	09 31115	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich B	09 31840	20	Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain B	09 31116	20	Semester 2

Students may also take between 0 and 40 credits from the following modules (including the Advanced Options lists) providing their total History credits add up to no more than 80:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Joint Honours Dissertation (History)	09 23756	20	Full Term
LH Joint Honours Link Dissertation	09 27510	40	Full Term

Advanced Options

Autumn Options:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Autumn Advanced Option: Reason and Romance: The Cultural History of Nineteenth-Century Britain	09 30987	20	Semester 1
LH Inside Out: Interior and Interiority in French Art, Design and Culture 1840-1940	10 28862	20	Semester 2
LH The United States South: From Plantations to NASCAR	09 28983	20	Semester 1 or 2

Spring Options:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Contemporary Art and Home	09 30798	20	Semester 1
LH Spring Advanced Option: China in Revolution: China under Mao (1949-1976)	09 31020	20	Semester 2
LH Spring Advanced Option: ‘A Holiday from Reality’: A History of Drugs and Drug Use in the Modern Era	09 31016	20	Semester 2

Subject to the approval of the programme lead students may also include in their history total up to 40 credits of optional modules offered by departments other than history. 09 24699 and 09 24695 must be taken together. Students may only take one dissertation module and their credit total must include at least one non-dissertation module.

POLSIS Optional Modules:

Module Title	Code	Credits	Semester
LH Contemporary International Political Economy	08 20911	20	Semester 1
LH Global Capitalism and Migration	08 27334	20	Semester 1
LH Law, Politics and the International System: Mediating Power beyond the State	08 27837	20	Semester 1
LH Strategy and Decision-Making	08 29054	20	Semester 2
LH Topics in British Politics	08 20912	20	Semester 1