About the Courses
Top reasons to study with us
Our course offers an internship as well as an optional work placement, allowing you to practise your acquired skills in the world of work and further enhance your employment skills
Study key contemporary questions, with a focus on modern history and politics
Join our diverse, international classroom at the heart of central London
See history and politics in action through trips to political and cultural institutions, and field walks and field trips within the UK and Europe
Top reasons to study with us
Our course offers an internship as well as an optional work placement, allowing you to practise your acquired skills in the world of work and further enhance your employment skills
Study key contemporary questions, with a focus on modern history and politics
Join our diverse, international classroom at the heart of central London
See history and politics in action through trips to political and cultural institutions, and field walks and field trips within the UK and Europe
Modules
Year 1
Subjects of study include:
History and Politics Tutorial 1
Democracy in Crisis
Political Ideas in Action
The Making of the Modern World: Global Perspectives on the Long Nineteenth Century
This Imperial Island, 1760-1867
British Politics
Global Governance and Development
Protests: From Bread Riots to Extinction Rebellion
Year 2
Subjects of study include:
History and Politics Tutorial 2
Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 Part 1
New Liberals to New Labour: British Politics since 1906
Theorising Politics and International Relations
Age of Extremes, 1945-1991 Part 2
For Freedom and Equality: Race, Politics, and Activism in the USA, 1850-1970
Geopolitics
Governance in Europe
Murder, Media and Morality in Late Victorian London
Power and the State
Sites of Conflict
The Politics of Killing
Placement Year
Professional experience or study abroad year
Between Years 2 and 3, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake a professional placement year in industry. Completing the placement year will lead to the final award Bachelor of Arts with Honours – History and Politics with Professional Experience.
Alternatively, you can undertake a period of study abroad at one of Westminster’s partner institutions. Successful completion will lead to the final award Bachelor of Arts with Honours – History and Politics with International Experience.
Year 3
Subjects of study include:
Dissertation for History and History and Politics
Postcolonial Politics and International Relations
Special Subjects in History
Politics and Development in the Middle East
Work Placement for Humanities
Archives and Museums Internship
Equality, Justice, Citizenship
Gender and Politics
Policy and Practice
The End of History? Crisis and Conflict since the Cold War
The Politics of Protest: Social and Political Movements Today