Programme Requirements for 2027/28 Session


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B.A. History and Politics with Year in Environmental Sustainability Full-time

Year: 4
2027/28 Session

Students must choose ONE 40-credit Independent Study module.

Students choosing to do an 80:40 split in one particular department must take the relevant independent study module.

Students taking 40 credits in History must choose TWO co-requisite Specials Subjects to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester).

All optional lists are indicative; not all modules will run year depending on staff availability.

Credits must be evenly balanced across semesters.

Students taking 80 credits in History and 40 credits in Politics
History: Students choose TWO co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) PLUS the 40-credit History Dissertation.

Politics: Students choose 40-credits of options (20 in each Semester).

OR

History: Students choose 40-credits of options (20 in each Semester PLUS the 40-credit History Dissertation.

Politics: Students choose 40-credits of options (20 in each Semester).

Students taking 60 credits in History and 60 credits in Politics
History: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 PLUS the 40-credit History dissertation.

Politics: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 AND TWO 20-credit options in Semester 2.



OR

History: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2 PLUS the 40-credit History dissertation.

Politics: Students choose TWO 20-credit options in Semester 1 and ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.



OR

History: Students choose two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) AND ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.

Politics: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 PLUS the 40-credit Politics dissertation.



OR

History: Students choose two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) AND ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1.

Politics: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2 PLUS the 40-credit Politics dissertation.

Students taking 40 credits in History and 80 credits in Politics
History: Students choose two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester)

Politics: Students choose 40-credits of options (20 in each Semester PLUS the 40-credit Politics Dissertation.

Students must choose one of the following Independent Study modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Dissertation 09 23512 40 Full Term
LH Dissertation 08 20905 40 Full Term

Students taking 40 credits in History must choose TWO co-requisite Specials Subjects to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester)

Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose TWO co-requisite Specials Subjects to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.

History Special Subjects (A) in Semester 1:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject: 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe: A 09 36066 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects A 09 32131 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: After Hitler: Politics and Society in (West) Germany during the Adenauer Era, 1945-1965 A 09 30957 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Beauty, Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Body in Britain, c1680-1820: A 09 35001 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Britain and the First World War A 09 37867 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Britain at Bay in the Age of the Dictators. From Appeasement to World War Two, 1931-1942A 09 40490 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: British Women and Internationalism since 1850 A 09 30931 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Conflict, nationalism and genocide in East Central Europe, ca. 1880 – 1953 A 09 32127 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present A 09 30932 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt A 09 37120 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Empire comes home: India in the making of Britain: A 09 38883 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Games without Thrones? North Atlantic Societies in the wake of the Vikings, c.800-c.1200 A 09 37112 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Global Cities and Urban Lives, 1690-1914 A 09 37122 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities in the British World A 09 37124 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: People of the Aftermath: British Culture in the 1920s and 1930s A 09 30955 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
LH Special Subject: Women and Social Movements in Brazil: A 09 35005 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: ‘The Young Ones’: Youth, popular culture, and social change in twentieth century Britain A 09 39786 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Fighting Over Freedom: American Political Ideas from Revolution to Civil War A 09 38880 20 Semester 1

History Special Subjects (B) in Semester 2:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject: 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe: B 09 36067 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects B 09 32129 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: After Hitler: Politics and Society in (West) Germany during the Adenauer Era, 1945-1965 B 09 31114 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Beauty, Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Body in Britain, c1680-1820: B 09 35002 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Britain and the First World War B 09 37868 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Britain at Bay in the Age of the Dictators. From Appeasement to World War Two, 1931-1942 B 09 40493 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: British Women and Internationalism since 1850 B 09 31109 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Conflict, nationalism and genocide in East Central Europe, ca. 1880 – 1953 B 09 32125 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present B 09 31110 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt B 09 37121 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Empire comes home: India in the making of Britain: B 09 38884 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Games without Thrones? North Atlantic Societies in the wake of the Vikings, c.800-c.1200 B 09 37116 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Global Cities and Urban Lives, 1690-1914 B 09 37123 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities in the British World B 09 37125 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: People of the Aftermath: British Culture in the 1920s and 1930s B 09 31112 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
LH Special Subject: Women and Social Movements in Brazil: B 09 35006 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: ‘The Young Ones’: Youth, popular culture, and social change in twentieth century Britain B 09 39914 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Fighting Over Freedom: American Political Ideas from Revolution to Civil War B 09 38879 20 Semester 2

History Advanced Options:

Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and/or ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.

List A (Semester 1)

This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Advanced Option: America at War: From the Civil War to the War on Terror 09 38799 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Before Globalization?: Afro-Eurasian World History 500-1800 09 38888 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Capital Lives: Experiencing the City in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain 09 38812 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: China in Revolution: China under Mao (1949-1976) 09 38742 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: Conflict in the Modern Middle East 09 38743 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: Faith and Fire: Religion and Rebellion in England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I 09 38801 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: From the OSS to Snowden: A History of American Intelligence Agencies since 1945 09 38745 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Indigenous and Settler Histories 09 38748 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Practising Public History 09 38752 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Reason and Romance: The Cultural History of Nineteenth-Century Britain 09 38753 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Revolution, Regicide, & Republic: The British Civil Wars, 1642-1660 09 39779 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: ‘A Holiday from Reality’: A History of Drugs and Drug Use in the Modern Era 09 38738 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: ‘The Young Ones’: Youth, popular culture, and social change in twentieth century Britain 09 38759 20 Semester 1
LH The United States South: From Plantations to NASCAR 09 28983 20 Semester 1

History Advanced Options:

Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and/or ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.

List B (Semester 2).

This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Adv Option: Feeling Politics in 20th Century Britain: Emotions and Politics in Britain From the Stiff Upper Lip to :) 09 39784 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Black Activisms in the US South: Power, Feminisms, and Black Lives Mattering from 1960-present 09 39783 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: Britain’s Wars of Colonisation and Decolonisation 09 38741 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Experts, Scholars, and Spies: the Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe 09 38744 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities 1885 to the Present 09 38746 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: History of Technology and Culture in the United States 09 38803 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: Land, Law, and Violence in the American West 09 38749 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: Terrorism in the USA: From the Klan to Al Qaeda to White Power 09 38755 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: The Dark Side of History in Public 09 39697 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: The Making of England, 850-1100 09 39785 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: The Making of the British Raj: Gender, Conquest and Race in early colonial India, c.1757-1885 09 38757 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: Women Behaving Badly in Tudor and Stuart England 09 38760 20 Semester 2

With the approval of the programme lead students may also take 20 or 40 credits of approved module or modules offered by a School or Department other than History in place of one or two of the Options from Lists A and/or B.

Credits must still be evenly balanced across semesters.

Theology and Religion Department optional modules available to History students. This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Atlantic Slavery: West Africa and the Caribbean 09 22696 20 Semester 2
LH Anthropology of Migration 09 31404 20 Semester 1
LH Anthropology of the Middle East 09 40763 20 Semester 1
LH Anticolonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial 09 37917 20 Semester 1
LH Development in Africa 09 37919 20 Semester 2
LH Ethnographies of the Marginalised 09 29673 20 Semester 1
LH From Colonialism to Civil War: Nigeria 1861-1970 09 40764 20 Semester 2
LH Gender and Colonialism in African History 09 37921 20 Semester 1
LH Health and Disease in Africa 09 40765 20 Semester 1
LH Kinship, Gender and Sexuality 09 29604 20 Semester 2
LH Political Anthropology 09 35014 20 Semester 2
LH Religion and Ritual 09 28072 20 Semester 1
LH The Anthropology of Sport and Recreation 09 40531 20 Semester 2
LH The Anthropology of Tomorrow 09 38811 20 Semester 2
LH Urban Anthropology 09 31887 20 Semester 2
The Social Life of the Economy 09 24821 20 Semester 1

POLSIS Options. Students choose between 40-60 credits of optional modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Contemporary International Political Economy 08 20911 20 Semester 1
LH International Negotiation 08 37821 20 Semester 1
LH Regionalism and the Global South 08 37823 20 Semester 2
LH Social Justice and Politics 08 37824 20 Semester 1
LH Statelessness and Citizenship 08 37825 20 Semester 2
LH The Politics of Protest and Dissent 08 37822 20 Semester 1
LH Topics in British Politics 08 20912 20 Semester 1