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Programme Requirements for 2024/25 Session


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

Year: 2
2024/25 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Comparative Politics 08 29356 20 Semester 1
LI History of Political Ideas: power, revolution and the state 08 37483 20 Semester 1
LI Topics in History 09 39689 20 Semester 2

Students choose 60 credits of optional modules. All optional lists are indicative; not all modules will run each 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 will choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 from History List A AND ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2 from History List B AND ONE 20-credit Research Methods option in Semester 2 from List C. You will also take the compulsory 20-credit Topics in History module in Semester 2.

Politics: Students take the two 20-credit compulsory modules in Semester 1.

Students taking 60 credits in History and 60 credits in Politics
History: Students will choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 from History List A AND ONE 20-credit Research Methods option in Semester 2 from History List C. You will also take the compulsory 20-credit Topics in History module in semester 2.

Politics: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2, PLUS the two 20-credit compulsory modules in Semester 1.

OR

History: Students will choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 from History List A AND ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2 from History List B. You will also take the compulsory 20-credit Topics in History module in Semester 2.

Politics: Students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2, PLUS the two 20-credit compulsory modules in Semester 1.

Students taking 40 credits in History and 80 credits in Politics
History: Students will choose ONE 20 credit option in Semester 1 from History List A. You will also take the compulsory 20-credit Topics in History module in Semester 2.

Politics: Students choose TWO 20-credit options in each Semester 2, PLUS the two 20-credit compulsory modules in Semester 1.

History All students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1. Students taking 60-80 credits in History may also choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability. List A (Semester 1):

History All students choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1. Students taking 60-80 credits in History may also choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2. This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability. List B (Semester 2):

History list C: Students taking 60 or 80 credits in History may choose ONE of the following 20-credit Research Methods options in Semester 2:

With the approval of the programme lead students may also take 20 or 40 credits of approved modules offered by a School or Department other than History in place of one or two Options from Lists A and/or B. Other Departmental Options: Credits must still be evenly balanced across semesters.

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

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Auschwitz in History and Memory 09 28668 20 Semester 2

DASA 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
African Popular Culture 09 20436 20 Semester 1
Atlantic Slavery: West Africa and the Caribbean 09 22695 20 Semester 2
LI Anthropology of Migration 09 31403 20 Semester 1
LI Anticolonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial 09 37918 20 Semester 1
LI Development in Africa 09 37920 20 Semester 2
LI Ethnographies of the Marginalised 09 29674 20 Semester 2
LI From Colony to Nation: Ghana 1874-1966 09 28016 20 Semester 1
LI Gender and Colonialism in African History 09 37923 20 Semester 1
LI History in Theory and Practice 09 39435 20 Semester 1
LI Kinship, Gender and Sexuality 09 29605 20 Semester 1
LI Political Anthropology 09 35012 20 Semester 2
LI Religion and Ritual 09 28073 20 Semester 2
LI The Anthropology of Tomorrow 09 38821 20 Semester 2
LI The Social Life of the Economy 09 24822 20 Semester 1
LI Theory and Ethnography 09 24291 20 Semester 1
LI Urban Anthropology 09 31888 20 Semester 2

Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level I. If successful this will be taken in place of 20 credits of taught modules. The credits to be dropped will be discussed with the programme convenor. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation. Students undertaking a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.

POLSIS Options. POLSIS Options: The following is an indicative list:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Global Governance 08 27732 20 Semester 1
LI British Politics 08 20898 20 Semester 2
LI Comparative Politics 08 29356 20 Semester 1
LI Digital Democracy 08 40164 20 Semester 1
LI International Political Economy 08 20895 20 Semester 2
LI International Relations Theory 08 20900 20 Semester 1
LI International Security 08 20903 20 Semester 2
LI Political Ethics 08 40168 20 Semester 2
LI Politics of Sustainable Development 08 37826 20 Semester 2
LI Post-Colonial Britain: Race, Identity & Belonging 08 37828 20 Semester 2
LI The Politics of the European Union 08 37827 20 Semester 2