BA (Hons) History and Politics

The History and Politics undergraduate course provided by Queen Mary University of London is a comprehensive programme designed to help students develop a deep understanding of political systems and historical events. This course enables students to simultaneously explore contemporary issues revolving around power, governance, freedom, tyranny, conflict, and cooperation. Students are provided with an opportunity to interpret and analyze these issues in relation to past events, in an effort to understand how history helps shape the political landscape.Course Content: The course content is divided into three years of study. In the first year, students learn the essentials of politics and history such as the theory and practice of politics and the understanding and using history. Thereafter, in the second and third years, students delve deeper into the modern political theory, global politics, world history and can also pick from a variety of module options that suit their interests.Key Modules: The key modules of this course include ‘History in Practice’, ‘Political Analysis’, ‘Contemporary Political Theory’, ‘Europe since 1945’, ‘Twentieth-Century Britain: Themes and Perspectives’, and ‘Individuals and Identities in History’, among others. Future Careers: The skills developed during this course are transferrable to a wide range of careers. Graduates from this programme pursue roles in politics, non-governmental organisations, journalism, teaching, law, finance, marketing, and public relations. The course also prepares students who wish to continue their academic studies at the postgraduate level.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.