History and Politics
University of Central Lancashire
UCAS Code: LVF1 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
96 to 112 UCAS points at A2
96 to 112 UCAS points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication.
96 to 122 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
96 to 112 UCAS points
96 to 112 UCAS points
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About this course
**Course overview**
- Understanding the past is crucial to analysing and responding to the political challenges of the future. Our BA (Hons) History and Politics degree will help you to see the bigger picture.
- If you’re interested in the connections between today’s politics and their wider historical contexts, then this is the course for you.
- You’ll learn to understand, evaluate and critically respond to external developments, processes and questions in historical and contemporary form that affect so many aspects of our daily lives. We’ll develop you into an independent thinker and researcher who’s capable of producing your own interpretations of historical events through analysis of the evidence.
- The Politics element of the course provides you with training in political analysis and research methods. You’ll look at theoretical and empirical issues that affect people’s lives and prospects at the local, national and international level – and we don’t shy away from the controversial and practical questions.
**Why study with us**
- Our Politics courses are ranked 1st in the North West and 2nd in the UK for learning opportunities – National Student Survey (NSS) 2019.
- We’re also ranked 3rd in the North West for both ‘overall student satisfaction’ and ‘assessment and feedback’ – National Student Survey (NSS) 2019.
- Opportunities to go on work placements with host organisations such as Lancashire Archives, the People’s History Museum and the Lancashire Museum Service.
**Further information**
On this course you’ll benefit from our Centre for Volunteering and Community Leadership (CVCL) which enables you to get involved in projects which make a positive difference to people’s lives. They offer a range of volunteering projects in the UK and Internationally so you’re bound to find something that inspires you.
Modules
Year 1: Compulsory Modules; Understanding History, Power, Politics and the State, British Politics. Optional Modules: The Making of Britain, 1688-1815, State and Society: Europe 1815-1914, Nations and Empires in Asia: China, India, Japan and Thailand 1857-1949, Colony to Nation: America 1750-1970, Public History, Heritage and Society, Alliances, Coalitions and Organisations in International Relations since 1945
Year 2: Compulsory Modules: Sources and Methods in History, Globalisation: History, Theories and Approaches, Research Methods in International Relations and Politics. Optional Modules: Europe in an Age of Atrocity, 1914-2000, Twentieth Century Britain, Rebellion to Partition: Ireland, c.1795-1921, Cold War in Asia: History, Conflict and Society 1949-89, Colonial Impacts: Africa 1652 - 1910, Good, Bad & Downright Evil: Perceptions of Crime and Punishment in England 1700-1900, America and the World 1898-2001, Community History Project, State and Society in Britain, c.1700-1918, Public History in Practice, History of Political Ideas, Radical Politics and Political Ideas from Lloyd George to Tony Blair
Year 3: Core Modules: History Dissertation, or Politics Dissertation. Optional Modules: Germany under the Nazis, c.1933-45, Public Space in the English City: A Social and Cultural History, c.1850-1910, Education, Society and Culture in England, c. 1790-1914, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan since 1947: International Conflict, Religion and Democracy, African Nationalism and Independence 1921-1982, Riots and Revolution: Popular Politics and the English Working Class, c.1770-1848, A Place Apart? The Northern Ireland Troubles, Kennedy, Johnson and the World, 1961-1969, Thatcher’s Britain 1979-1990, Work Placement in History, Museum Exhibition Design, Terrorism and Security, Ethics, War and Society, Contemporary Anglo-American Political Philosophy, Continuity and Change in British Politics, Terrorism and Security, Political Islam and Islamic Movements
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History is a very popular subject (although numbers have fallen of late) — in 2015, over 10,000 UK students graduated in a history-related course. Obviously, there aren't 11,000 jobs as historians available every year, but history is a good, flexible degree that allows graduates to go into a wide range of different jobs, and consequently history graduates have an unemployment rate comparable to the national graduate average. Many — probably most — jobs for graduates don't ask for a particular degree to go into them and history graduates are well set to take advantage. That's why so many go into jobs in the finance industry, human resources, marketing, PR and events management, as well as the more obvious roles in education, welfare and the arts. Around one in five history graduates went into further study last year. History and teaching were the most popular further study subjects for history graduates, but law, journalism, and politics were also popular postgraduate courses.
Politics
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The numbers of people taking politics degrees fell sharply last year and we'll keep an eye on this one - it can't really be because of graduates getting poor outcomes as politics grads do about as well as graduates on average. Most politics or international relations graduates don't actually go into politics - although many do, as activists, fundraisers and researchers. Jobs in local and central government are also important. Other popular jobs include marketing and PR, youth and community work, finance roles, HR and academic research (you usually need a postgraduate degree to get into research). Because so many graduates get jobs in the civil service, a lot of graduates find themselves in London after graduating. Politics is a very popular postgraduate subject, and so about one in five politics graduates go on to take another course - usually a one-year Masters - after they finish their degrees.
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