History, Politics and International Relations BA at Royal Holloway, University of London

This joint degree offers a combination of disciplines which allows you to gain a greater understanding of both past and present. Studying History is exciting and rewarding; it encourages you to appreciate the human experience in other places and at other times. Exploring what people have felt, thought and done in the past expands our self-awareness.

Department: History  |  Duration: 3 years full time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Egham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Year 1: History in the Making, Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to Politics and Government; Year 3: History Dissertation, Politics and/or International Relations Dissertation. Optional modules: Year 1: Gods, Men and Power: An Introduction to the Ancient World, from Homer to Mohammed, Republics, Kings and People: The Foundations of European Political Thought from Plato to Rousseau, From Renaissance to Revolutions: Europe and the World, 1500-1800, Conflict and Identity in Modern Europe, c. 1770 to 2000, From Mao to Bin Laden: Twentieth-Century Leaders in the Non-Western World and others; Year 2: The British and the World: 1763-1900, The Decline and Fall of Britain’s Global Empire, 1899-1997, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, Rome and its Empire from Augustus to Commodus, Globalising Capital: Britain and the World, 1846 to 1913 and others; Year 3: The Later Roman Empire, Byzantium and its Neighbours, 641-1081, London Urban Society, 1400-1600, Tudor Queenship: Mary I and Elizabeth I, 1553-1603, The Crusades and the Eastern Mediterranean, 1095-1291 and others.

Career pathways

This joint degree gained at Royal Holloway provides valuable training for many professions as well as a basis for further study. It will equip you with valuable specific knowledge on the workings of diverse political institutions, which places you well to develop a career in the public sector, as a parliamentary researcher, a civil servant or a journalist.

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