Modern History and Politics

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 9 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 14.7 k / Year(s)  
127 place StudyQA ranking:2898 Duration:36 months

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Description

How do we make sense of the events, ideas and problems of the past? History at Southampton challenges you to interpret history of past societies critically and imaginatively.

Similarly, Politics and International Relations encourage you to adopt an informed, critical, analytical, and above all inquiring approach to exploring key questions about the organisation and behaviour of contemporary society, globally and closer to home.

  • • Tailor your degree to your own historical interests through our extensive module options, including courses in East European, Southeast Asian and Jewish history
  • • Teaching and supervision from world-class researchers who will work with you to explore the complexities of the past and why it matters
  • • Learn outside of the classroom – in field trips, individual or small group tutorials, and placements in schools or colleges – as well as inside the classroom, in lectures and seminars
  • • Work with a huge range of historical sources and archival collections, including the University’s Special Collections - the 7th largest UK Higher Education archival collection
  • • Opportunities for language learning and study abroad

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline EEA:January; International (non-EU) : June Tuition fee
  • GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
  • GBP 14660 Year (Non-EEA)
Start date October 2015 Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test
  • English
Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time More information Go To The Course Website

Course Content

Programme StructureCombined degree structure as for RV11/RV21/RV41This is the most popular of the combined history degrees, and includes core skills modules and a range of options in politics, alongside complementary modern history modules exploring state structures and political ideologies in British, European, American and Asian contexts.
  • • In your final year, choose to write a dissertation on a subject of your choice in either Modern History or Politics.
  • • Add breadth to your degree and pursue varied interests by taking the option to complete 25 per cent of your programme in another subject.

Typical course content

The history undergraduate programme is modular. This means that your programme is divided into self-contained modules taught and assessed in a single semester. Taught modules may be single (two hours teaching a week), or double (three to four hours teaching a week, depending on the type of module).

Innovation modules outside of your subject area

Our Curriculum Innovation Programme offers you the chance to take optional modules outside of your chosen subject area. This allows you to personalise your education, to develop new skills and knowledge for your future. Modules range from "Living and working on the web" to "Business skills for employability".

Learn a language

Some of our courses also give you the option of taking a language module, which can count towards your degree. These modules cover ten languages and range from absolute beginner to near-native speaker level.

Requirements

A Levels:

AAB from 3 A levels with a grade A in History

or

ABB from 3 A levels with a grade A in History and A in Extended Project Qualification.

General Studies is not accepted.

We are also able to consider excellent candidates able to meet our AAB offer but who are not studying History at A-level, though such applicants especially should use the personal statement to show their interest in and aptitude for History.

IB:

34 points, 17 at higher level, including 6 in higher level history.

We are also able to consider excellent candidates able to meet our overall offer but who are not studying History at higher level, though such applicants especially should use the personal statement to show their interest in and aptitude for History.

Selection process:

Intake: 150 Average applicants per place: 8

Selection process: UCAS application

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship

    "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

  • Access Bursary

    Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

  • Alumni Bursary

    Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Southampton.

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