**This programme is an innovative and interdisciplinary exploration into how social, cultural, and political institutions, decisions, and events have shaped societies and nations around the world.**<br/><br/>Rather than focusing on chronology or strictly demarcated historical periods, combining history and politics encourages and facilitates explorations and analyses of key issues, controversies, themes, and debates.<br/><br/>**Why study BA History with Politics**<br/>- The study, analysis and understanding of the past is as important today as it has ever been.<br/><br/><br/>- Understanding past societies fosters emotional intelligence and allows us to appreciate the diversity and adaptability of human life.<br/><br/><br/>- Understanding our pasts can help us to shape our futures and, crucially, help us shape those futures intelligently, insightfully, fairly, and with compassion, contributing towards equality, diversity and social justice.<br/><br/><br/>- Our innovative approaches to the study of politics, peel back the formal veneer of political parties and institutions to reveal the major ideological, economic, social, and cultural conflicts<br/><br/><br/>- By exploring politics in this in-depth manner, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of our world.<br/><br/><br/>- We cross boundaries between the traditional and the more radical understandings of political phenomena.<br/><br/><br/>- Politics is much more than simply what happens in parliaments, it pervades the whole of society, domestically and internationally.<br/>