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2020/21 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA International History and Politics

Programme code:BA-HIST/IHPUCAS code:VL22
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Matthew Frank Contact address:m.frank@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]

Students must study 120 credits in total.
These 120 credits will comprise any compulsory modules stated as well as a mix of Optional and/or Discovery modules as required by the rules of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

HIST1817Skills and Concepts in International History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1819International History, 1919-1989: Conflict, Co-operation and Change20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1840Consensus and Contention: Investigations in International History20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED1511International Politics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

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]

Students must study 120 credits in total.
These 120 credits will comprise any compulsory modules stated as well as a mix of Optional and/or Discovery modules as required by the rules of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

HIST2800Documents and Debates in International History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2900International History and Politics Long Essay20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to take 60 credits from the following modules:

HIST2140Imperial Germany 1871-191820 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST229120th Century Britain: Progress and Uncertainty 1945-199020 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2309Communist Eastern Europe, 1945-8920 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2420Nationalism, Colonialism and 'Religious Violence' in India, 1857-194720 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2430The History of Africa since 190020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2645The Rise of Modern Japan: From the Meiji Restoration to the Present Day20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2658Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2856From World War to Vietnam War, 1945-7520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2867The End of the Cold War to the Age of Terror: US Foreign Policy in a Changing World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2875From Versailles to Potsdam: Conferences, Crises and Conflicts, 1919-4520 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2878The Arab-Israeli Conflict20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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.


CSER2207Students Into Schools (Arts Humanities and Culture)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2505Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2557Thinking about History20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2565Histories of Black Britain20 creditsSemesters 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]

Students must study 120 credits in total.
These 120 credits will comprise any compulsory modules stated as well as a mix of Optional and/or Discovery modules as required by the rules of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

HIST3800IHP Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following special subject modules:

HIST3270The Third Reich, 1933-194540 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3330Europe in an Age of Total Warfare40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3332The Spanish Civil War, 1936-193940 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3390The Soviet Sixties: Politics and Society in the USSR, 1953-196840 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3395The Troubles: The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968-Present40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3695The Korean War40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3740Alliance Without Backbone: Germany, its Allies and Satellites Before and During World War Two40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3745Secret Service: The World of British Intelligence40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3746War on Tribe or War on Terror? Historicizing Afghanistan and Pakistan40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3747The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 197940 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3785Europe on the Move: Refugees and Resettlement, 1919-5940 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3888The Global Vietnam War40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the modules listed below:

HIST3723Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3726In the Shadow of Franco: Terror and its Legacy in Spain, 1936-Present Day20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3728The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3877The World of Terror20 creditsNot running in 202021
HIST3880'Parasites' and 'Cockroaches': Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Modern World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3887Changing Enemies: Germany Occupied and Divided, 1945-5520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3900The Soviet Union in World Politics, 1917-199120 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3999Doomed to Failure? European Great Power Politics from Bismarck to the Outbreak of World War I20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

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.

CSER2207Students Into Schools (Arts Humanities and Culture)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2505Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2557Thinking about History20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2565Histories of Black Britain20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

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