BA Politics and History
About this course
BA Honours in Politics and International Relations and History, examining political issues and historical events. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Modules span six continents, covering a variety of periods, geographies, and cultures. Students complete a range of research projects during the degree.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 34 points
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 97%: 176 offers from 181 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 26 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 79%
- Assessment and feedback: 77%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 74%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 50 students who started
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 275 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 26%
- North West: 12%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 17%
- East Midlands: 6%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 4%
- London: 20%
- South East: 8%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 2%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 60 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Evidence and Argument
- Order and Disorder: The Shaping of the 21st Century
- Global Middle Ages
- Stuff: living in a material world
- Global Ancient Histories
- Historical Sources and Methods
- History Lab I
- History Lab II
- Introduction to Public History
- What is History For?
- UK Politics: Westminster and Beyond
- Key Concepts in International Politics
- Power and Inequality: How to Study Global Politics ... and Change the World
- Politics of Happiness
- State, People and Politics: Comparative Politics in a Globalised World
- Studying Political Economy: Ideas, Theories and Skills
- From Lascaux to Knossos: Prehistoric Europe
- Archaeologies of the Roman Empire: The Roman World from Augustus to Diocletian
- Colonial Worlds: History and Archaeology
- Hellenistic Empires from Alexander to Cleopatra
- The Roman World from Hadrian to Heraclius
- Greek and Roman Religions
- Slavery in Greco-Roman Antiquity
- Sacred words and dirty deeds: Thriving in Late Antiquity
- The Mediterranean: a connected past
- Africa: History of a Continent
- Oral History of Modern Britain
- 1968: A Global Moment?
- Crafting History: Developing a Research Proposal
- War, Wounds, and Disabilities in Global Perspectives
- Famines in History
- History and Film: Representing the Past
- Researching History
- Reformation and Revolution: Tudors to the Georgians
- Destroying Nature: Disasters, Diseases and Environmental Injustice
- Diversities of Sexuality and Gender in History
- Politics in Britain: National Life since 1945
- Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil: From Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
- Politics of the Middle East
- Becoming a Political Researcher
- Government and Politics of the USA
- The Politics and Policy of the European Union
- Power and Poverty in the Global Economy
- A Global History of Political Thought
- International Politics from ‘elsewhere’
- Political Violence and the Modern State
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: Social Issues in Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Democracy in Deeply Divided Societies
- Critical Security Studies
- Democracy or Autocracy? What are the differences and how do we analyse them
- Sex, Gender and Power
- The Politics of Race
- International Organizations and Diplomacy
- Early Medieval Britain
- Frontier Communities of Roman Britain
- Early Prehistoric Europe: Origins and transformations
- Fundamentals of Digital Humanities: Computer literacy, data analysis and GIS
- Reading History
- Writing History
- Public History In Practice
- The Irish Revolution, 1879-1923
- Reconstruction and the New South, 1865-1900
- British Foreign Policy since Suez
- Birth Control in the 19th and 20th Centuries
- Gender and the British Empire: Violence towards Men and Women in the Making of Modern South Asia
- Lunatic to Citizen? Madness and Society since 1900
- The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1961-1990
- Buddhism and Society in Medieval Japan
- The Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps - Origins, Experiences and Aftermaths
- Nineteenth Century Aotearoa New Zealand: Maori, Pakeha & Tauiwi
- War and Remembering: Recalling War in Oral Histories, c.1950-2022
- May 1968: All Power to the Imagination
- Fictional Histories: from medieval to modern
- Exhausted! The problem of sleep (and not sleeping) from 1500 to the present day
- Beyond Brexit: The UK and European Integration since 1945
- Riot, Reform and Revolution: Britain c.1760-1832
- Read All About It! The News Revolution in Georgian Britain, 1714-1800
- Inter-American Relations from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Cold War (1989/1991)
- Career Development for final year students
- Writing for Foreign Policy Makers: Research Project in Foreign Policy Analysis
- Final Year Dissertation
- Final Year Project: Semester 1
- Final Year Project: Semester 2
- Ethics, Justice and Global Futures
- Political Leadership in Britain
- Who and why votes for far right? Using data for political analysis
- The Politics of Protest in the Middle East
- Political Parties and Elections in the UK
- Community-based Research in Politics
- Politics of Immigration
- Politics of Citizenship
- Apartheid regimes - from the local to the global
- Gender and Sexuality Politics in the Middle East
- Public Policy: Theories, Cases, Skills
- Politics as a Way of Life
- Power and Policy: Understanding Impact
- Envious Show: Wealth, Power and Ambition in Narratives of the Country House, 1550-2000
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Politics and History at Newcastle University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 3 years, £32,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £26,000 and £43,000. The £32,000 median after five years is £2,000 less than the UK median for Politics.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Politics and History at Newcastle University?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Politics and History at Newcastle University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 140 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Politics and History at Newcastle University?
97% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 176 offers from 181 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Politics and History at Newcastle University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Politics and History at Newcastle University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.