BA Modern History with Economics
About this course
Modern history with economics brings together two disciplines that illuminate each other with particular force. Modern history traces the development of the world from the late eighteenth century to the present, examining the political, social, cultural, and intellectual transformations that have produced the conditions we inhabit. Economics provides the analytical tools to understand the material dimensions of those changes, examining how industrialisation, trade, financial systems, and economic policy have shaped political outcomes and vice versa. Economic history and political economy sit at the intersection of both disciplines, and this degree is built around that rich and contested territory. At the University of Manchester, this three-year full-time BA is a flexible programme built around the study of modern history, economic history, economics, and political economy. You will engage with the major questions of modern historical change through multiple lenses, combining archival and narrative approaches with quantitative and theoretical economic analysis. This gives you a particularly powerful toolkit for understanding phenomena like industrialisation, empire, the Great Depression, the Cold War, and contemporary globalisation, where the interplay between politics, ideas, and economic forces is decisive. Manchester is one of the UK's leading universities for both history and economics, and the programme benefits from that dual strength. Graduates are well placed for careers in financial services, economic consultancy, the civil service, journalism, policy, international organisations, and academic research. The combination of historical contextual understanding and economic analytical rigour is valuable in roles that require engaging with long-term trends, comparative analysis across societies, and the interpretation of complex and contested evidence. Many graduates go on to postgraduate study in economic history, economics, or history, and the programme is an excellent preparation for research at that level.
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