BA (Hons) History and Politics Bachelor's degree at the University of Portsmouth

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You'll develop academic writing skills and critically analyse texts and images. Present your analysis to deepen self-awareness and understand diverse perspectives in a global context.

You'll explore theories of international relations, the nature of the international system, and factors like conflict, globalisation, and international organisations. You'll also dive into key global issues such as climate change, gender, and human rights.

You'll appreciate how these fields intersect and impact each other, gaining insights into the connections between people, their environment, and societal practices. Additionally, you'll be introduced to technological innovations and examine how they are applied in society from a sociological perspective.

You'll develop an awareness of how people, politics and place are intertwined and get introduced to criminology with a sociological analysis of urban crime, its cause and effects on society.

You'll gain an overview of the history of legal scholarship. By the end of the module, you'll have a solid understanding and the ability to apply essential legal knowledge and skills. This will prepare you to progress onto degree level study at the University of Portsmouth.

You'll learn how to use academic databases and journals through a series of tasks which will have direct relevance to topics you studied in other modules. You'll develop your abilities in academic writing by writing a short essay, case study analysis or similar written artefact in each lecture session.

Strengthen your understanding of argumentation, rationalisation of evidence, and assessing the credibility of sources.

Through lectures and group discussions you'll reflect on why politics takes its current formyou'll consider its core principles, historical roots, and contemporary challenges. Learning about the british political system through a comparative lens, you'll develop the skills to establish the key differences between how politics works in different statesyou'll also find out how to trace those differences to their historical and social roots. Along the way, you'll develop vital academic skills. this will include building your confidence and capabilities in presenting clear and complex arguments in oral and written form.

Through the theme of migration, you will investigate topics that illustrate the creation of societies around the world; for example: labour migration, forced movement of peoples, and community and identity formation. Examine how migrants have been shaped by, and have shaped, cultures around the world. you will do this by exploring a wide range of primary sources which represent the voices of those on the move, and which reflect the movement of people, ideas and objects around the globe. This module will also act as your launchpad for a successful university journey: you will practice vital skills for university study and gain experience in group work and project work.

On this module, you'll explore the ideas of political thinkers, from around the world, ancient and modern, from confucius and socrates, through machiavelli and mill, to gandhi and malcolm x. Questions about human nature, individual rights and our duties to others; civil disobedience and violent protest; and whether there is a place for morality in politics comprise just some of this module's concerns. You'll be introduced to different arguments, asked to apply them to contemporary political events and issues, and encouraged to question your own ideas and assumptions.

On this module, you'll learn about the social, cultural, economic and political changes from 1750 until the present, covering periods of war and peace, revolution and protest, imperial rivalry, and national unification. You'll explore how individuals and different communities across europe were affected by conflicts of their times, but also consider how people actively shaped the events and times they lived through. This module will give you a stronger understanding of how our lives have been shaped by the past and empower you to take on the challenges of the present.

You’ll explore social movements around a range of themes such as opposition to war, gender and sexuality, race, the environment and conservative and right-wing movements. You’ll discover how ideas and tactics of social movements have changed over time, as well as examining some areas of continuity across the period. Develop a nuanced understanding of how people organise against power.

You'll explore early modern Europe's complex world through everyday objects, analysing diverse artefacts - shoes, monuments, religious objects, food - and how they offer new perspectives for our understanding of the past and the present. You'll consider how the study of objects can lead to new interpretations of historical narratives such as 'the consumer revolution', the development of a global economy, the emergence of new forms of inequality, and changing understandings of public and private. You'll unearth the multiple lives and 'afterlives' of objects, engaging with debates about their significance and importance in heritage contexts in the 21st century, with access to some of the rich

You’ll evaluate sources such as legal records, cheap print, newspapers and novels, to discover what was considered a crime during this period and explore changing approaches towards ‘deviant’ behaviour. You’ll see how behaviours we now consider private were publicly policed, and how this involved religion and the community. You’ll analyse changes from corporal punishment and torture towards modern ideas of policing. You’ll also consider debates about the impact of urbanisation on patterns of crime, and the use of criminal prosecution as a means of social control, for example in relation to enforcing gender roles and controlling the poor.

You’ll begin by exploring how countries like Argentina, Chile and Brazil transitioned from military dictatorships to democracies towards the end of the 20th century. You’ll also learn about the dramatic public protests and negotiations that eventually toppled these dictatorships in the late 20th century as part of the "Third Wave" of democratisation. However, installing democratic systems has not been easy - you’ll also analyse the political, economic and social challenges that societies across the region are grappling with in the 21st century. To what extent have the region's new democracies been able to challenge deep seated inequalities in class, gender and race/ethnicity? And what do ord

You'll learn to apply political theories like intergovernmentalism and supranationalism to real-world issues such as EU enlargement and global influence. Through case studies and analysis of primary sources, you'll gain the tools to critically assess the EU's evolving role in both European and global politics.

You’ll analyse the powers of key institutions like the Presidency, Congress and Supreme Court, and examine federal-state relations and the influence of lobbies and civil society groups. You’ll also explore hot-button issues like gun control, abortion and capital punishment to see political divides up close.

You’ll get familiar with the big issues and contemporary debates in education studies as well as the role and expectations of a teacher. You’ll develops fundamental knowledge and skills that teachers require, as well as your capability to structure and critique a lesson plan.

Although this module focuses on the teaching of English, it can apply to other languages too. If you’re doing the Trinity course, this is the second of three modules you’ll need to complete to achieve the internationally recognised professional teaching qualification, Trinity College London Cert TESOL.

The learning objectives of this module are to be confirmed.

With a minimum 80-hour commitment, you’ll apply what you’ve learned so far on your degree to real-world professional settings within our community of local businesses, social enterprises, and third-sector organisations. You’ll have support from interactive workshops, tutorials, and guest speaker events, encouraging you to set achievable professional goals and evolve your professional identity.

You’ll explore real-world questions, like is there a link between fake news and the outcome of elections? Or how far does aid help in establishing 'safe' and 'secure' societies and liberal democratic norms? This will help you develop the tools to critically assess evidence, and then carry out your own independent research.

On this module, you’ll learn how the practice of academic history can be transferred and applied to a vast range of practical projects that involve thinking about, working with, or drawing-upon knowledge and understanding of the past. You’ll also carry out a self-guided project, with support from tutors and potentially in collaboration with internal or (subject to availability) external partners. Your project will reflect the opportunities that history will provide for your future career.

You’ll explore the rise of the US across the twentieth century from a regional power to a global superpower and the domestic and international pressures upon the USA that caused it to go through alternating periods of isolationism and global engagement. You’ll also delve into the two global wars and why the US entered them later than most other nations, the isolationist interwar years, the start of the Cold War, the Vietnam Conflict and the War on Terror.

You will look at what a wide range of artefacts, from automobiles and advertising to music and television, can tell us about the changes and challenges that faced ordinary people in twentieth-century Europe. These cultural artefacts not only changed the ways in which people perceived and understood the world around them, they also provide the means to explore the profound and transformative changes wrought by the destruction and renewal of Europe's turbulent century.

In this module, you’ll explore European colonisation of Africa, asking questions like - how did they justify colonial rule, and how did African peoples respond to these colonisers? You’ll learn how, after World War II, colonial rule was increasingly challenged from both within the empire, by growing African demands for political rights, and in the international arena, with the global trend towards trusteeship, development and self-determination. You’ll also explore European relations with Africa in the post-colonial era, looking at themes which may include ideas about civilisation, universalism and race, modern attempts to 'rehabilitate' empire in the media, and the legacies of colonialism i

You'll think about what core concepts like freedom truly mean and why they ignite such passion and conflict. You'll also examine your own assumptions on contested issues like gender, class, race and social justice. By evaluating ties between visionary ideas and real-world movements, policies and power dynamics, you'll develop nuanced understanding the forces behind political change.

You’ll analyse diverse transitional justice approaches balancing community healing and judicial accountability after mass atrocities. Comparing mechanisms like war crimes tribunals, truth commissions and reparations programmes, you’ll evaluate effectiveness in restoring dignity and preventing recurrence. With case studies from Europe to Africa, from Latin America to Asia, you'll examine tensions between western models and local cultural perspectives, assessing what ‘justice’ means to vulnerable peoples. Throughout, you'll trace incremental human rights legislation advances, assessing global institutions’ roles protecting civilians from authoritarian regimes and wartime abuses.

You'll develop a research project which can take many forms, depending on the aims and focus of the dissertation. As an extended project requiring significant levels of critical engagement with subject knowledge, independent research and initiative, ethical research practice, and project management, this module enhances many key areas of knowledge and critical skills.

This real-world, project-based module lets you address an identified need or gap by designing an innovative product, service or resource. With support from university staff and external partners, you'll demonstrate critical thinking, ethical awareness and project management abilities. Your final project and presentation will showcase your employability and capacity for high-impact solutions.

You'll learn about the job application process from the perspective of both candidates and recruiters, thinking about what employers look for in graduates and how you can optimise your own professional profile. Through mock interviews and assessments, you'll hone your skills and learn how to communicate your achievements and career goals, ready to take the next step after you graduate.

Led by a subject specialist, you'll study how the practice and ideas related to empires and/or identities shaped the lives of people in a specific time period, and how they themselves resisted or negotiated the impositions of forms of inequality. Example topics include: The Opium War, 1839-1842 Explore how two empires – Great Britain and China – came into direct confrontation for the first time in the nineteenth century and how the military campaign has been remembered by successive regimes in generations afterward. Reformers, Rebels and Refugees: Religious Identities in Elizabethan England Investigate how a range of people supported, resisted or conformed to a period of profound religious a

In doing so, you'll explore how they were impacted by political change, and also how they challenged inequalities. You'll start by studying two topics for the first half of the module. For the second half of the module, you'll choose to focus on one of the strands to prepare for the module’s final assessment. Example topics may include: Sex, Gender and Power in Early Modern England Explore how gender and sexuality were debated and understood, and how these ideas impacted the lives of people across English society c.1450-1700. Examine the role that sex and gender played in the exercise of power and influence in early modern society. Shock Cities: Slums, Crime and Cultural Conflict in Victoria