History and Politics

About this course

History and politics is one of the most coherent and professionally useful combinations available to undergraduate students, developing rigorous analytical skills in both the study of the past and the analysis of political life in the present. History provides the long record of human decision-making and its consequences, showing how political institutions and ideas have been forged and contested over time. Politics offers the theoretical frameworks for understanding power, governance, ideology, and the behaviour of states and citizens. Together they produce graduates who can situate the present in its historical context and analyse it with conceptual precision. At Manchester Metropolitan University, this three-year full-time BA in History and Politics provides specialist training in both subjects while encouraging an interdisciplinary perspective. The history component covers a broad r

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 49% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 6% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 8% of graduatescards →

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