BA Modern History, Politics and International Relations
About this course
BA in Politics and International Relations and History. Core topics include Research Methods and Policy Analysis. The course splits studies equally between two disciplines, with modules covering regions including Europe, the Americas, East Asia, and the British Isles. Some modules are available through the medium of Welsh.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 1 UCAS decision for BA Modern History, Politics and International Relations (LV22) at Cardiff University for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is ABB at A level.
What students say
Based on about 128 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 82%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 76%
- Learning resources: 91%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 325 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 91%
- Left higher education: 6%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 3%
What graduates do next
Based on about 117 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 58%
- Working and studying: 12%
- Further study: 14%
- Unemployed: 7%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 23%
- Elementary occupations: 11%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 9%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 7%
- Find their work meaningful: 67%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 260 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 4%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- West Midlands: 8%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 19%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 16%
- Wales: 37%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 275 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 96%
- Access course: 1%
- No formal qualifications: 1%
Modules
- The Making of The Modern World, 1750-1970
- History in Practice Part 1: Questions, Frameworks and Audiences.
- Introduction to Political Thought
- Comparative Government and Politics
- Histories and Texts in International Relations
- Inventing a Nation: Politics, Culture and Heritage
- History in Practice Part 2: Sources, Evidence and Argument.
- Global Histories
- Reading History
- International Relations Theories
- Governing the UK
- Comparative European Politics
- Sex, Drugs and Public Policy
- Justice and Politics
- Gwleidyddiaeth Cymru Fodern
- Credoau’r Cymry
- Damcaniaethu Cyfalafiaeth
- International (In)Securities
- Spies, Secrets and Policy: Intelligence in Contemporary Politics
- Colonialism and Decolonisation
- European Enlightenment(s): The View from the Margins
- America: From Revolution to Reconstruction
- Modern France
- Europe's Dark Century
- Close Neighbours, Dangerous Foes: China, Japan and Modern East Asia
- Politics and People in Modern Britain: Protest, citizenship and the state
- Chwyldro, Diwylliant a Radicaliaeth, 1789–1914
- Inside the Minds of Voters: Political Psychology and Opinion
- The European Union and the Wider World
- Economi Wleidyddol Cymru
- US Government and Politics
- Global Justice
- Cenedlaetholdeb, Crefydd a Chyfiawnder: Hanes Athroniaeth yr 20fed Ganrif yng Nghymru
- International Law in a Changing World
- International Politics in the Nuclear Age
- Cyfiawnder Byd-eang
- Critical Approaches to Middle East Politics
- Global Environmental Politics
- Researching History: Dissertation
- Divided Memory in post-1945 Germany
- East Asia in a Global Second World War
- Slavery and Enslaved Life in the United States, 1775-1865
- Utopias of Extremism: Revolutions in Comparative Context
- Czechoslovakia: The Twentieth Century in Miniature
- Inside the Third Reich
- Violence and Ideology in the Inter-War Soviet Union
- Change, Conflict, and Mass Mobilisation in Republican China, 1911-1945
- Peripheral Reverberations of the French Revolution
- The Making of British Socialism
- Britain at War: Culture and Politics on the Home Front, 1939-1945
- Public and Private: Gender, Identities and Power in Twentieth Century Britain
- Meiji Restoration, Meiji Revolution – Japan’s 19th century transformation
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £23,500 after 3 years, £29,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,000 and £36,000. The £29,500 median after five years is £4,500 less than the UK median for Politics.
What do graduates of BA Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University do next?
84% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University?
89% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 132 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University?
91% of students continued into their second year, and 6% left higher education.