This integrated degree brings together the two complementary disciplines of politics and history. * We combine the teaching of comparative 21st century politics and political ideas with modern global, political and social history, with a focus on Britain, Europe, America and the Middle East. * The course examines past issues of conflict, poverty, marginalised communities, the environment and gender. * It aims to enhance your understanding of today’s socio-political problems and associated decision-making.**Key Course Benefits:*** You can develop academic and professional skills which are embedded into the course. We provide you with opportunities to improve your powers of reason, judgment, critical thinking, analysis and problem solving.* You can gain an insight into the working of modern political systems and an understanding of the ideas and theories underlying contemporary political structures, movements and debates.* We teach the transformation of Britain from Victorian Imperialism to the present.* We examine the major developments and themes in world politics since the end of the Second World War.* With an emphasis on contemporary European history, we examine key aspects of world history in the 20th and 21st centuries.

School of Humanities