Programme Specification for the 2023/4 academic year

BA (Hons) History and International Relations

1. Programme Details

Programme name	BA (Hons) History and International Relations	Programme code	UFA3HPSHPSCJ
Study mode(s)	Part Time Full Time	Academic year	2023/4
Campus(es)	Cornwall Campus	NQF Level of the Final Award	6 (Honours)

2. Description of the Programme

The globalising world in which we live presents us with a multitude of opportunities and challenges. Urgent issues such as conflict, development, marginalised communities, poverty and the environment require creative solutions. In this dynamic programme you will explore, understand and engage critically with contemporary socio-political problems through an examination of the past, present and future.

History and International Relations at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus is a unique, integrated degree programme that genuinely combines the research expertise of staff in both disciplines. This programme is committed to using both historical practice and political analysis to gain multiple perspectives on contemporary problems. We offer a diverse range of modules from the Early Modern period to the present day. Module choices include the politics of war and counterinsurgency; British imperialism in the Middle East; race relations in North America; Israel and Palestine; propaganda; foreign policy; protest and NGOs; environmental change; gender; science and technology; security and intelligence; critical military studies; comparative electoral politics; media; political psychology; political theory; and the politics of the European Union.

This programme will equip you with graduate skills sought after by the most competitive employers in the public and private sectors. Our degree in History and International Relations is particularly relevant for those interested in a career in diplomacy, NGOs, law and advocacy, teaching, journalism, the Civil Service and international development.

Advice and guidance on your programme can be sought from your personal tutor and programme director. All staff offer regular office hours that you can drop into without a prior appointment for this purpose.

3. Educational Aims of the Programme

The programme aims to:

Offer an excellent Honours-level education in History and International Relations that explores the interface between the disciplines.
Introduce you to a wide range of historical and political problems and the main analytical and critical approaches of the two disciplines
Produce graduates who can engage imaginatively in the process of understanding and analysing complex and sophisticated problems in the two disciplines by critical approaches that blend detailed and broad levels of analysis.
Develop your independent critical thinking and judgement.

4. Programme Structure

5. Programme Modules

The following tables describe the programme and constituent modules. Constituent modules may be updated, deleted or replaced as a consequence of the annual programme review of this programme.

http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studying/undergraduates/modules/

https://politics.exeter.ac.uk/students/ugmodules_cornwall/

You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module. You can weight your modules primarily in one discipline in stage 2 but if you choose to do more History than International Relations at stage 2 you must do the reverse in the final stage (and vice versa) so that across your degree you will have an equal number of credits from History and International Relations.

You may take elective modules up to 30 credits outside of the programme in any stage of the programme as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.

Stage 1

60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules (including 30 credits of History optional modules and 30 credits of Politics and International Relations optional modules)

Compulsory Modules

Code	Module	Credits	Non-condonable?
HIC1602	Crafts of Research and Writing	15	No
HIC1604	New Approaches to History	15	No
POC1026	Power, Inequality and Global Justice	15	No
POC1031	Political Communication	15	No

Optional Modules

Code	Module	Credits	Non-condonable?
HIC Stage 1 CH History Option Modules 2023-4
HIC1007	People's History: Sources and Skills	15	No
HIC1305	World History: Science, Environment and Sustainability	15	No
HIC1306	World History: Globalisation	15	No
HIC1605	European History: Politics and Society	15	No
HUM1005	Climate Emergency - An Introduction to Environmental Humanities	15	No
POC Stage 1 Politics Option Modules 2023-4 (History and IR)
POC1003	British Government and Politics	15	No
POC1014	The Public Policy Process	15	No
POC1022	Violence in World Politics	15	No
POC1023	Participating in Politics	15	No
POC1028	Modern Political Theory	15	No
POC1029	Work Placement	15	No
HIC1603	Public History	15	No

Stage 2

30 credits of compulsory modules, 90 credits of optional modules.

Compulsory Modules

You will select either Pathway A or B.

a Under Pathway A, you will take the 30-credit compulsory module HUC2002 Perspectives on Sources: Independent Study Project in the Humanities.

^b Under Pathway B, you will take the 15-credit compulsory modules POC2124 Political Analysis and POC2087 Security Studies.

Code	Module	Credits	Non-condonable?
HUC2002	Perspectives on Sources: Independent Study Project in the Humanities [See note a above]	30	No
POC2124	Political Analysis [See note b above]	15	No
POC2087	Security Studies [See note b above]	15	No

Optional Modules

Code	Module	Credits	Non-condonable?
HIC Stage 2 History Option Modules 2023-4
HIC2006	American Slavery since Abolition (1865-to the Present)	15	No
HIC2028	Art and Archaeology in Post-Colonial Nations	15	No
HIC2034	Iron and Steel and Society	15	No
HIC2316	The Occult in Victorian Britain	15	No
HIC2324	Organised Crime in USA	15	No
HUC2012	The Age of Unreason? Modernity and its Discontents	15	No
HUC2013	Enlightenment and the Age of Reason: Philosophy, Politics, Society	15	No
HUC2015	Revolution and Abolition: History and Legacies of the Atlantic Slave Trade	15	No
HUC2016	Rule, Britannia? Politics and Political Thought in Britain and Ireland from the Glorious Revolution to Peterloo	15	No
POC Stage 2 Politics Option Modules 2023-4 (History and IR)
POC2005	American Politics	15	No
POC2012	The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention	15	No
POC2018	National and Community Identity	15	No
POC2041	The Political Psychology of Elites	15	No
POC2047	Work Placement	15	No
POC2085	Imagining the Good Life: From Agora to the American Dream	15	No
POC2088	Understanding Israel and Palestine: One Land, Two People	15	No
POC2098	Comparative Politics	15	No
POC2103	Introduction to Postcolonialism	15	No
POC2108	Political Geographies: Local to Global	15	No
POC2114	Green Politics in Theory and Practice	15	No
POC2120	Power and Democracy	15	No
POC2123	Politics of the Middle East	15	No
POC2128	Global Authoritarianism	15	No
POC2129	Gender and Politics in Africa	15	No
POC2130	Political Behaviour across Generations and the Life Course	15	No
POC2131	Political Economy	15	No

Stage 3

30 credits of compulsory Dissertation, 90 credits of optional modules

You can weight your modules primarily in one discipline at stage 2 but if you choose to do more History than International Relations at stage 2 you must do the reverse in the final stage (and vice versa) so that across your degree you will have an equal number of credits from History and International Relations.

Compulsory Modules

Code	Module	Credits	Non-condonable?
CHP3042	Interdisciplinary Final-Year Dissertation	30	No

Optional Modules

Code	Module	Credits	Non-condonable?
HIC Final Stage History Option Modules 2023-4
HIC3004	Hippies: The US Counterculture of the 1960s	30	No
HIC3006	Indigenous Heritage and Belief	30	No
HIC3300	Britain and the Telecommunications Revolution	30	No
HIC3303	The Three Klans: Ethno-Politics in the 19th and 20th Century US	30	No
HIC3313	Gender, Power and Identity in Early Modern England	30	No
HIC3316	The Environment and Everyday Life in Modern Britain	30	No
HIC3513	Landscape, History and Heritage in Britain Since the Sixteenth Century	30	No
HUC3016	Irish Stories: History, Politics, Literature and Heritage	30	No
HUC3045	Myth in the Modern World: From the Classics to Conspiracies	30	No
HUC3048	Writing Nature	30	No
POC Final Stage Politics Option Modules 2023-4
POC3020	The Politics of War	30	No
POC3023	Entangled Life: Radical Democracy in Theory	15	No
POC3026	Entangled Life: Radical Democracy in Practice	15	No
POC3095	Environmental Knowledge Controversies	15	No
POC3097	The Politics of Gender, Sex and Sexuality	15	No
POC3103	The Resource Paradox: Blessing or Curse?	15	No
POC3105	Negotiating Postcoloniality: History and Politics of Independent India	15	No
POC3117	The Politics of Climate Change	15	No
POC3124	Political Thinkers of the Late Twentieth Century	15	No
POC3128	Post-Soviet Politics and Societies	15	No
POC3130	Controversies in American Politics	15	No
POC3133	Chinese Politics and Society	15	No
POC3134	Queer Theory in the Global Context	15	No
POC3135	Platform Politics: Power, Technology and the Circuits of Social Struggle	15	No
POC3137	The Politics of Knowledge and Ignorance	15	No
POC3138	Field Trip	15	No
POC3139	Research Experience	15	No
POC3141	Displacement and Migration in the Middle East	15	No
POC3142	Social and Islamist Armed Movements	15	No
POC3143	Global Sustainability Challenges	15	No
POC3146	Party Politics, Voters and Elections in Britain	15	No
POC3147	Politics of Work	15	No
POC3148	Political Psychology and Society	15	No

6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods

Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:	Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...
...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):	...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:
1. Describe core subject areas in History and International Relations, and demonstrate a specialised knowledge in certain areas. 2. Understand a range of political theories, their significance and the major critical positions adopted towards them. 3. Describe the variety of approaches taken to historical and social science research, evaluate the professionalism and scholarly value of historical texts, and evaluate the reasons for changes in historiographical approaches. 4. Use different types of historical and social science sources; evaluate different and complex types of historical and social science sources; use primary sources in a professional manner. 5. Appreciate the different approaches to evidence and argument in the two disciplines and be aware of the potential of interdisciplinary work. 6. Define a suitable interdisciplinary research topic and pursue it to completion.	ILOs 1-4 are developed in stages 1 and 2 of the programme through lectures and tutorials. Specialisation is developed in the final stage in small-group teaching. ILOs 5-6 are developed in project work and the Interdisciplinary Dissertation respectively.	ILOs 1-4 are assessed by a combination of written examinations, continuous assessment essays, oral presentations and group project work. ILO 5 is assessed by project work. ILO 6 is assessed by the dissertation.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...

...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):

...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:

1. Describe core subject areas in History and International Relations, and demonstrate a specialised knowledge in certain areas.
2. Understand a range of political theories, their significance and the major critical positions adopted towards them.
3. Describe the variety of approaches taken to historical and social science research, evaluate the professionalism and scholarly value of historical texts, and evaluate the reasons for changes in historiographical approaches.
4. Use different types of historical and social science sources; evaluate different and complex types of historical and social science sources; use primary sources in a professional manner.
5. Appreciate the different approaches to evidence and argument in the two disciplines and be aware of the potential of interdisciplinary work.
6. Define a suitable interdisciplinary research topic and pursue it to completion.

ILOs 1-4 are developed in stages 1 and 2 of the programme through lectures and tutorials. Specialisation is developed in the final stage in small-group teaching.

ILOs 5-6 are developed in project work and the Interdisciplinary Dissertation respectively.

ILOs 1-4 are assessed by a combination of written examinations, continuous assessment essays, oral presentations and group project work.

ILO 5 is assessed by project work.

ILO 6 is assessed by the dissertation.

Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:	Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...
...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):	...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:
7. Answer questions concisely and persuasively both orally and in writing. 8. Evaluate critically theoretical models and competing views. 9. Summarise the basic philosophical questions arising from academic research. 10. Comprehend complex terminology and discourses, and deploy such terminology in a comprehensible manner. 11. Plan, execute and present an extended piece of original research.	ILOs 7-8 form the backbone of all modules taken at all stages, but the level of complexity develops according to stage. ILOs 9-10are developed throughout the programme in lectures, seminars and continuous assessment. You are encouraged to use the stage 2 project work as a way of addressing ILO 11 and concentrate on doing so in the final stage Dissertation.	These skills are assessed through a combination of term-time essays and other assignments, oral presentations, project and dissertation work, and examinations. The criteria of assessment pay full recognition to the importance of the various skills outlined.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...

...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):

...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:

7. Answer questions concisely and persuasively both orally and in writing.
8. Evaluate critically theoretical models and competing views.
9. Summarise the basic philosophical questions arising from academic research.
10. Comprehend complex terminology and discourses, and deploy such terminology in a comprehensible manner.
11. Plan, execute and present an extended piece of original research.

ILOs 7-8 form the backbone of all modules taken at all stages, but the level of complexity develops according to stage.

ILOs 9-10are developed throughout the programme in lectures, seminars and continuous assessment.

You are encouraged to use the stage 2 project work as a way of addressing ILO 11 and concentrate on doing so in the final stage Dissertation.

These skills are assessed through a combination of term-time essays and other assignments, oral presentations, project and dissertation work, and examinations. The criteria of assessment pay full recognition to the importance of the various skills outlined.

Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:	Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...
...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):	...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:
12. Think critically, creatively and independently. 13. Identify and solve complex problems with confidence and flexibility. 14. Use electronic information retrieval and management tools proficiently; access information from a variety of sources. 15. Interact effectively within a group. 16. Self-manage effectively (autonomy, time management, self-motivation, self-reflection, seeking and using feedback, personal responsibility, self-criticism).	ILOs 12-14 are developed through the processes of acquiring subject knowledge and core academic skills (see A and B above). ILO 15 is developed through group work in specific parts of the syllabus as well as group work in second and final stage optional History and Politics and International Relations modules. ILO 16 is developed by student progression through a learning and teaching programme that is gradually more self-managed, the personal tutor and Personal Development Planning systems. Independent study forms a major part of our learning and teaching programme, most notably in the stage 2 project and the final stage dissertation.	ILOs 12-14 are assessed primarily through summative and formative essays and other assignments, assessed presentations, project work, the dissertation and examinations. ILO 15 is assessed directly in specific parts of the syllabus as well as in assessed group work/presentations in second and final stage optional History and Politics and International Relations modules. ILOs 15-16 are assessed indirectly throughout the programme, in that where modules require the development of these skills, it would be very difficult to achieve a good mark in the assessments without having developed such skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
On successfully completing this programme you will be able to:

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be...

...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class):

...and evidenced by the following assessment methods:

12. Think critically, creatively and independently.
13. Identify and solve complex problems with confidence and flexibility.
14. Use electronic information retrieval and management tools proficiently; access information from a variety of sources.
15. Interact effectively within a group.
16. Self-manage effectively (autonomy, time management, self-motivation, self-reflection, seeking and using feedback, personal responsibility, self-criticism).

ILOs 12-14 are developed through the processes of acquiring subject knowledge and core academic skills (see A and B above).

ILO 15 is developed through group work in specific parts of the syllabus as well as group work in second and final stage optional History and Politics and International Relations modules.

ILO 16 is developed by student progression through a learning and teaching programme that is gradually more self-managed, the personal tutor and Personal Development Planning systems.

Independent study forms a major part of our learning and teaching programme, most notably in the stage 2 project and the final stage dissertation.

ILOs 12-14 are assessed primarily through summative and formative essays and other assignments, assessed presentations, project work, the dissertation and examinations.

ILO 15 is assessed directly in specific parts of the syllabus as well as in assessed group work/presentations in second and final stage optional History and Politics and International Relations modules.

ILOs 15-16 are assessed indirectly throughout the programme, in that where modules require the development of these skills, it would be very difficult to achieve a good mark in the assessments without having developed such skills.

7. Programme Regulations

Classification

Full details of assessment regulations for all taught programmes can be found in the TQA Manual, specifically in the Credit and Qualifications Framework, and the Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook. Additional information, including Generic Marking Criteria, can be found in the Learning and Teaching Support Handbook.

8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning

You will have an academic personal tutor for your entire programme of study who is available at advertised ‘office and feedback hours’. There are induction sessions to orientate you at the start of your programme. A personal tutoring system will operate with regular communication throughout the programme. Academic support will be also be provided by module leaders. You can also make an appointment to see individual teaching staff.

9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning

Please refer to the University Academic Policy and Standards guidelines regarding support for students and students' learning.

10. Admissions Criteria

Undergraduate applicants must satisfy the Undergraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.

Postgraduate applicants must satisfy the Postgraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.

Specific requirements required to enrol on this programme are available at the respective Undergraduate or Postgraduate Study Site webpages.

11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards

Each academic programme in the University is subject to an agreed College assessment and marking strategy, underpinned by institution-wide assessment procedures.

The security of assessment and academic standards is further supported through the appointment of External Examiners for each programme. External Examiners have access to draft papers, course work and examination scripts. They are required to attend the Board of Examiners and to provide an annual report. Annual External Examiner reports are monitored at both College and University level. Their responsibilities are described in the University's code of practice. See the University's TQA Manual for details.

(Quality Review Framework.

14. Awarding Institution

University of Exeter

15. Lead College / Teaching Institution

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)

16. Partner College / Institution

Partner College(s)

Not applicable to this programme

Partner Institution

Not applicable to this programme.

17. Programme Accredited / Validated by

18. Final Award

BA (Hons) History and International Relations

19. UCAS Code

VLF2

20. NQF Level of Final Award

6 (Honours)

21. Credit

CATS credits		ECTS credits

22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group

[Honours] History

23. Dates

Origin Date	12/05/2016	Date of last revision	31/08/2022

Programme Specification for the 2023/4 academic year

BA (Hons) History and International Relations

1. Programme Details

2. Description of the Programme

3. Educational Aims of the Programme

4. Programme Structure

5. Programme Modules

Stage 1

Compulsory Modules

Optional Modules

Stage 2

Compulsory Modules

Optional Modules

Stage 3

Compulsory Modules

Optional Modules

6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods

Intended Learning Outcomes A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge

7. Programme Regulations

8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning

9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning

10. Admissions Criteria

11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards

14. Awarding Institution

15. Lead College / Teaching Institution

16. Partner College / Institution

Partner College(s)

Partner Institution

17. Programme Accredited / Validated by

18. Final Award

19. UCAS Code

20. NQF Level of Final Award

21. Credit

22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group

23. Dates

Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge

Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge