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BA History and Politics (HSTU105)     FT

2019 - 2020

 
 

Year 1


units (40 credits)
1A
A student will take

Semester 1
HST120  History Workshop AUT SEM 20 credits
POL120  Analysing Politics AUT SEM 20 credits

units (40 credits)
1B
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL119  Introduction to Global Political Economy AUT SEM 20 credits
POL121  Introduction to Western Political Thought AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL109  Introduction to Comparative Politics SPR SEM 20 credits
POL117  Introduction to International Relations SPR SEM 20 credits
POL118  British Politics SPR SEM 20 credits
AND

units (20 credits)
1C
A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HST112  Paths from Antiquity to Modernity AUT SEM 20 credits
HST116  Empire: From the Ancient World to the Middle Ages AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
HST115  The Disenchantment of Early Modern Europe SPR SEM 20 credits
HST117  The Making of the Twentieth Century SPR SEM 20 credits
HST119  The Transformation of the United Kingdom, 1800 to the Present SPR SEM 20 credits

units (20 credits)
1D
A student will take unrestricted units to the value of 20 credits.

Year 2


units (40 credits)
2A
A student will take

Semester 1
HST202  Historians and History AUT SEM 20 credits
POL229  Political Analysis: Research Design and Data Analysis AUT SEM 20 credits

units (40 credits)
2Bi
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
AAP243  The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2010  The Myth of Venice AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2011  The Medieval Inquisition AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2028  Tenochtitlan, City of Blood and Flowers: Aztec society in the early sixteenth century AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2030  Appeasement, the Munich Crisis and the British People AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2041  Murder in the cathedral: the Becket Affair AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2042  Religion in an Age of Terror: Ancient Texts and the Making of Modern Israel. AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2046  The Irish Republican Brotherhood, 1858-85 AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2512  Shell-Shock to Prozac: Mental Health in Britain AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2516  The Rise of Rome and its Empire (c.500-90 BCE) AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2520  Revolution, Reform and Crusade in 11th-c. Europe AUT SEM 20 credits
HST2522  Gender in Britain in the Long Eighteenth-Century AUT SEM 20 credits
HST255  Social Crisis and Political Change in England, 1550-1640 AUT SEM 20 credits
HST297  The History of American Foreign Relations AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
AAP240  The Celtic West: from the fall of Rome to the Viking Age SPR SEM 20 credits
AAP241  The Ancient Greek Economy SPR SEM 20 credits
EAS2034  Modern Japanese History SPR SEM 20 credits
HST209  Writing History SPR SEM 20 credits
HST230  The Family in Late Antiquity: Romans, Barbarians and Christians SPR SEM 20 credits
HST247  A Protestant Nation? Religion, Politics and Culture in England 1560-1640 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST2504  Two Germanys, 'One People'? Central Europe, 1945-1990 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST2513  Trumpism: An American Biography SPR SEM 20 credits
HST2514  Decolonisation: The End of Empire & the Future of the World SPR SEM 20 credits
HST2517  Culture in Early Modern Europe SPR SEM 20 credits
HST2519  Empire, Sexuality and the Family in Modern Europe SPR SEM 20 credits
HST2521  From the Pharaohs to Alexander the Great: The Battle for the Ancient World SPR SEM 20 credits
HST265  The Making of Modern India, 1780-1965 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST287  From World War to Cold War: Europe 1945-1968 SPR SEM 20 credits
a student can take unrestricted F5 units to the value of 20 credits.

2Bii

A student taking HST209, must attach this to another taught HST unit

AND

units (40 credits)
2C
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL2000  The Left: Past, Present & Future AUT SEM 20 credits
POL217  The Political Economy of Global Capitalism AUT SEM 20 credits
POL223  International Relations Theory AUT SEM 20 credits
POL234  Political Theory in Practice AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL206  The Politics and Government of the European Union SPR SEM 20 credits
POL230  Contemporary Security Challenges SPR SEM 20 credits
POL235  Development SPR SEM 20 credits
POL237  Human Rights, Power and Politics SPR SEM 20 credits
POL238  Oppression and Resistance SPR SEM 20 credits
POL239  Autocracies and Democracies SPR SEM 20 credits

Year 3


There are 2 routes (A and B) through the History element of Level 3.  A student should select either History Route A and take units listed at 3Ai and 3Aii below or History Route B and take units listed at 3Bi and 3Bii below.

 


units (20 credits)
3Ai
History Route A
A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HST3304  Money, Power and Society AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3306  A Comparative History of Revolution AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3307  Conflict, Cultures and (De)Colonisation AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
HST3000  The Uses of History SPR SEM 20 credits
HST398  Short Dissertation SPR SEM 20 credits
AND

units (40 credits)
3Aii
(Note - these units are linked pairs and must be taken together e.g HST3027 and HST3028 are co-requisites)
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HST3027  Stalinism and De-Stalinisation, 1929-1961 I AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3071  The Weimar Republic - Laboratory of Modernity I AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3085  Art, Power and History: Ideals and Reality in Renaissance Florence I AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3095  Permissive Britain? Social and Cultural Change 1956-74 I AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3122  Britain's Social Revolution: Welfare, State and Society, c. 1870-1914 AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3136  The Irish Revolution, 1912-1923 AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3142  Merchants, Mariners and Migrants: The English Overseas, 1570-1624 AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3144  Ending the Cold War AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3150  Mao and the Making of Twentieth-Century China AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3176  The American War in Vietnam, 1945-1975 AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3178  Resistance & Liberation in South Africa: Gandhi to Mandela AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3182  Humour and Laughter in Eighteenth-Century Britain AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3184  From Julius Caesar to Augustus: Rome's Revolution (89 BC-14 AD) AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3190  Slavery in the American South, 1789-1861 AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3192  Empire of Faith: The Making of Global Catholicism, 1500-1700 AUT SEM 20 credits
HST384  The Spanish Civil War I AUT SEM 20 credits
HST386  The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry I AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
HST3028  Stalinism and De-Stalinisation, 1929-1961 II SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3072  The Weimar Republic - Laboratory of Modernity II SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3086  Art, Power and History: Ideals and Reality in Renaissance Florence II SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3096  Permissive Britain? Social and Cultural Change 1956-74 II SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3123  Britain's Social Revolution: Welfare, State and Society, c. 1870-1914 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3137  The Irish Revolution, 1912-1923 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3143  Merchants, Mariners and Migrants: The English Overseas, 1570-1624 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3145  Ending the Cold War SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3151  Mao and the Making of Twentieth-Century China SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3177  The American War in Vietnam, 1945-1975 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3179  Resistance & Liberation in South Africa: Gandhi to Mandela SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3183  Humour and Laughter in Eighteenth-Century Britain SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3185  From Julius Caesar to Augustus: Rome's Revolution (89 BC-14 AD) SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3191  Slavery in the American South, 1789-1861 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST3193  Empire of Faith: The Making of Global Catholicism, 1500-1700 SPR SEM 20 credits
HST385  The Spanish Civil War II SPR SEM 20 credits
HST387  The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry II SPR SEM 20 credits
AND

units (20 credits)
3Bi
History Route B
A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HST3304  Money, Power and Society AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3306  A Comparative History of Revolution AUT SEM 20 credits
HST3307  Conflict, Cultures and (De)Colonisation AUT SEM 20 credits
AND

units (40 credits)
3Bii
History Route B
A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
HST3000  The Uses of History SPR SEM 20 credits
HST398  Short Dissertation SPR SEM 20 credits

3D

A student will take a total of 60 credits from 3Di and 3Dii.

AND

units (20 credits)
3Di
A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL3001  The Political Economy of Africa AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3005  Civilisation, Empire and Hegemony AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3026  War, Peace and Justice AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3028  Political Ecology: Power, Nature and Society AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3030  Marx and Contemporary Marxism AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3032  Anti-Politics and Democratic Crisis AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3033  Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3034  Narcopolitics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3035  Justice in World Politics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3043  The Politics of Security AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3046  Corporations in Global Politics: Possibilities, Tensions, and Ambiguities AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3119  Party Politics: Competition, Strategies & Campaigns AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3129  Parliamentary Studies AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3137  Peacekeeping, State-building and International Intervention AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3139  Pandemics and Panics: Health, Security and Global Politics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3151  Animals, Ethics and Politics AUT SEM 20 credits
POL3161  Political Theory in An Age of Total War AUT SEM 20 credits

Semester 2
POL3019  Terrorism, Violence and the State SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3031  The Making of the Modern Middle East SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3042  The Political Economy of Social Policy SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3044  Hunger in the Global North SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3045  Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3109  Britain and the European Union SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3123  Liberalism and its Critics SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3153  Sex, Race and Death: Feminist Perspectives on War, Violence and (In)Security SPR SEM 20 credits
POL3155  German Politics: Domestic Contestation and Global Impact SPR SEM 20 credits
POL348  Framing Politics? Economic Ideas as Political Weapons SPR SEM 20 credits
AND

units (20 credits)
3Dii
A student will take a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 credits from this group.

Semester 2
POL3040  Research Project 1 SPR SEM 20 credits

Full academic year
POL3039  Dissertation in Politics ACAD YR 40 credits
POL3103  Dissertation (Work Related) ACAD YR 40 credits
POL3104  Dissertation in Political Analysis ACAD YR 40 credits

 
 
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