History with Politics & International Relations BA (Hons)
Learn how people have lived, and how states have attempted to shape and influence those lives throughout history from the Roman Empire through to modern day America. Examine the practice and applications of history, and compare political institutions of different countries, analysing their legitimacy to dictate over their subjects.
Courses
In each year of your undergraduate programme, you will study the equivalent of four, 30-credit, courses for your honours degree, plus three non-credit bearing courses for your NCH Diploma.
The courses that run in each academic year are subject to change in line with faculty availability and student demand so there is no guarantee every course will be delivered. For further information, please see here and speak to your admissions contact.
In your first year
World History
World History aims to give students a firm grounding in the deep history of humanity … Read More
16th Century England
This will be a social, political, religious and cultural history of sixteenth-century… Read More
One course from:
Medieval Europe, 1000 – 1300: Faith and Power
The middle ages were one of the most dynamic periods in European history. … Read More
From Roman Empire to Medieval Kingdoms, c. 300 – 900: The Transformation of Power
This course looks at the tumultuous transformation of Western Europe from then end of… Read More
Plus:
International Relations: Theory and Practice
This course covers several international mainstream and critical theories… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Critical Reasoning
Studied in Michaelmas term, introduces students to formal and informal logic… Read More
LAUNCH: Introductory Capabilities
LAUNCH provides students with an understanding of the world of work… Read More
In your second year
History, Heritage & Memory
This course introduces students to the history of historical writing… Read More
One course from:
The City in American Political Life 1776 – Present (NCHHI511)
This course examines the role played by cities in American political and social life … Read More
The Long Civil Rights Movement (NCHHI519)
This course examines civil rights activism in favour of racial equality...… Read More
One course from:
From the Enlightenment to the Cold War: Political Thought from Rousseau to Arendt
An introduction to ancient, early modern and modern thought… Read More
From the Ancient Greeks to Modern Pluralism: Political Thought from Aristotle to Berlin
An exploration of some of the key writers in the History of Political thought… Read More
Plus:
Old Powers, New Powers: Imperialism, Colonialism and the Modern State
This course examines the impact of empire on world history… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Science Literacy
Physics, Cosmology, Evolutionary Biology and Neuroscience literacy… Read More
LAUNCH: Applied Capabilities
Advanced Capabilities course runs over students’ final two years at the College… Read More
In your third year
History Dissertation
A culmination of the undergraduate history degree programme… Read More
Two courses selected from the following five options:
Heap of Shot or Pot of Treacle? Social History in Britain, 1870-1914
This course will examine the way in which British society was transformed … Read More
The Crusades and the Expansion of Europe, c. 1000- c. 1200
This course will investigate the history of the crusades… Read More
Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Early Modern World (NCHHI673)
Cross-Cultural Encounters explores the 16th and 17th Century period of discovery.… Read More
The City in American Political Life 1776 – Present (NCHHI674)
This third-year special subject analyses the role played by cities in America...… Read More
Or:
The Long Civil Rights Movement (NCHHI675)
A focus on civil rights activism in favour of racial equality in the modern period.… Read More
Plus:
International Organisations: Global and Local
Has global governance backfired?… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Applied Ethics
A series of lectures on major ethical challenges and alternative responses… Read More
LAUNCH: Applied Capabilities
Advanced Capabilities course runs over students’ final two years at the College… Read More