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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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3 Years
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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This degree combination equips you with the skills to flourish as both a historian and a political analyst, enabling you to develop your knowledge of critical historical events and themes. You’ll develop expertise at working with historical sources and think about how we study the past, applying this to the exciting and expansive range of periods researched by the experts in the Department of History.
Course description
Explore social and political events of the past in order to understand the world we live in today - and anticipate the issues of tomorrow.
In order to better understand the current social and political climate, we must look back on events and historical actors that have shaped how people and states interact. Study past societies from 1000 BCE to the 21st century, exploring political, social, economic and cultural themes from around the globe - laying the historical context necessary for you to engage with the politics of the UK, EU and across the globe.
Using case studies and exploring political theories, you’ll develop and demonstrate your views and explain what can be done to address some of the big issues affecting society today - from food poverty to climate change to free speech.
Over three years, you’ll gain a host of transferable skills and knowledge that suit a huge range of careers - from local, national, and international government, to the charitable sector and the media.
Exam type
A levelA level:
AAB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
AAAAB Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
A Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:36,M:9 Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
34 Grades / Points required
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):
H2,H2,H2,H2,H2,H3 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DD Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDD Grades / Points required
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):
B Grades / Points required
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+ AAABB in Scottish Highers
Award of Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 36 at Distinction, and 9 at Merit
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Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
+ A at A Level
in a relevant subject; DDM in a relevant subejct + A at A Level
+ AA at A Level
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