2023/24 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 Rachel Utley | Contact address: | R.E.Utley@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 365
Entry requirements:
Grades AAA at A-level.
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:
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) | |
PIED1511 | International Politics | 20 credits | Semester 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:
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 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2430 | The History of Africa since 1900 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2460 | Modern Hatreds: The Destruction of Yugoslavia and its Aftermath, 1991-2001 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2645 | The Rise of Modern Japan: From the Meiji Restoration to the Present Day | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2658 | Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2857 | The Global Cold War | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2868 | US Foreign Policy in a Changing World: the End of the Cold War, the Age of Terror, and the Resurgence of a Multipolar Order? | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2875 | From Versailles to Potsdam: Conferences, Crises and Conflicts, 1919-45 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2878 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 20 credits | Semester 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.
FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2505 | Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2557 | Thinking about History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2565 | Histories of Black Britain | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2575 | Legal Fictions of Slavery, A Documentary | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
HIST2580 | Slavery Studies Through Autobiography | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2590 | Public History and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan 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:
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:
HIST3005 | The 'Russian' Civil Wars, 1916-1922 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3015 | Indonesia from Revolution to Dictatorship, 1945-1967 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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) | |
HIST3395 | The Troubles: The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968-Present | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST3695 | The Korean War | 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) | |
HIST3747 | The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 1979 | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
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:
HIST3251 | Twentieth Century Southeast Asia: From Empire to Independence | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST3723 | Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST3728 | The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST3877 | The World of Terror | 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) | |
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.
FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
HIST2505 | Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2557 | Thinking about History | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2565 | Histories of Black Britain | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
HIST2575 | Legal Fictions of Slavery, A Documentary | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
HIST2580 | Slavery Studies Through Autobiography | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
HIST2590 | Public History and Popular Culture | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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