2018/19 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA International History and Politics
Programme code: | BA-HIST/IHP | UCAS code: | VL22 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Nir Arielli | Contact address: | n.arielli@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 365
Entry requirements:
Grades AAA at A-level (including an A in A-level History if taken).
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of History
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of History
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
History
Programme specification:
The International History and Politics programme is a specialised degree within the School of History which focuses on the history of international relations since the late nineteenth century. Students in the programme are given a thorough grounding both in the principles of international politics and the history of relations between states chiefly by specialists within the School of History, which is a large Research-led department. It achieved a grade point average of 2.75 in the last Research Assessment Exercise.
The programme is notable for the in-depth coverage of the long-twentieth century and its focus on issues of contemporary importance in world politics. Students in the programme have access to some of the best library resources in the country. The University's Brotherton Library houses one of Britain's largest historical research collections and is an invaluable resource for student research projects in years two and three.
Students also have easy access from Campus to the British Library branch at Boston Spa, the Leeds Public Library and the West Yorkshire District Archives. Like all history students, graduates of the programme develop advanced skills in critical thinking, information handling, research and communication skills, but they will also have gained a specialised knowledge relating to politics, diplomacy and international relations. They are thus highly sought after by specialist employers the civil service, political journalism and political analysis, as well as by general employers in professions as diverse as Law, the media and accountancy.
The programme will:
- provide students with tools for the critical interpretation of both secondary and primary texts.
- equip students with an in-depth knowledge of international history and politics during the entire period late nineteenth century to the present.
- offer students a choice of specialist topics covering a range of problems and approaches and based on the research specialisms of staff of the International History and Politics programme.
- equip students with a broad awareness of historiographical schools of thought in International History and Politics.
- expose students to a variety of the approaches and conceptual tools in the study of the history and conduct of modern and contemporary international relations.
- equip students with the skills and opportunity to conduct autonomous supervised research projects, including a long essay and a primary source or historiographically based dissertation.
- develop students' competency at communicating their ideas by a variety of methods, including oral presentations, essays, together with a research-based long essay and dissertation.
- offer students the opportunity to take elective modules in related areas such as Politics, International Studies or Law.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
HIST1817 | Skills and Concepts in International History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST1819 | International History, 1919-1989: Conflict, Co-operation and Change | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST1840 | Consensus and Contention: Investigations in International History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ODLM1002 | Studying in a Digital Age (Arts) | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PIED1511 | International Politics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules, to be taken within or outside the School of History.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
HIST2800 | Documents and Debates in International History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2900 | International History and Politics Long Essay | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to take 60 credits from the following modules:
HIST2140 | Imperial Germany 1871-1918 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2152 | Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2658 | Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2856 | From World War to Vietnam War, 1945-75 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2866 | The End of the Cold War to the Age of Terror: US Foreign Policy in a Changing World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2875 | From Versailles to Potsdam: Conferences, Crises and Conflicts, 1919-45 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2878 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2885 | Western Military Intervention since 1945 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates can take up to 20 credits from the following modules. These modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.
FOAR2000 | Research Placement | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2500 | Students as Scholars | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
HIST2540 | History Students in Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2550 | Research Collaboration, Communication and Enterprise | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
HIST2557 | Thinking about History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2560 | History on the High Street | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2570 | History in the Media | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
HIST3800 | IHP Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following special subject modules:
HIST3270 | The Third Reich, 1933-1945 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3330 | Europe in an Age of Total Warfare | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3332 | The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3390 | The Soviet Sixties: Politics and Society in the USSR, 1953-1968 | 40 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
HIST3395 | The Troubles: The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968-Present | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3580 | Empire, State and Society: Britain's Imperial Experience, c. 1870-1914 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3695 | The Korean War | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3740 | Alliance Without Backbone: Germany, its Allies and Satellites Before and During World War Two | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3743 | From Byron to Bin Laden: Transnational War Volunteers | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3745 | Secret Service: The World of British Intelligence | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3746 | War on Tribe or War on Terror? Historicizing Afghanistan and Pakistan | 40 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
HIST3747 | The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 1979 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3785 | Europe on the Move: Refugees and Resettlement, 1919-59 | 40 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
HIST3888 | The Global Vietnam War | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the modules listed below:
HIST3726 | In the Shadow of Franco: Terror and its Legacy in Spain, 1936-Present Day | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST3880 | 'Parasites' and 'Cockroaches': Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Modern World | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST3887 | Changing Enemies: Germany Occupied and Divided, 1945-55 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST3891 | Sweet Enemies? Britain and France from Waterloo to the Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST3900 | The Soviet Union in World Politics, 1917-1991 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST3999 | Doomed to Failure? European Great Power Politics from Bismarck to the Outbreak of World War I | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
The following modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.
HIST2540 | History Students in Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2550 | Research Collaboration, Communication and Enterprise | 20 credits | Not running in 201819 | |
HIST2557 | Thinking about History | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2560 | History on the High Street | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2570 | History in the Media | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
Last updated: 29/06/2018
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