History with Politics
History with Politics is a combination that reflects the deep connections between the study of the past and the analysis of power, governance, and political change in the present. History provides the long view, revealing how political institutions, ideologies, and conflicts have evolved over centuries and why things turned out the way they did. Politics offers the conceptual and empirical tools to analyse how governments function, how power is distributed and contested, and how international relations and domestic policy are shaped.
Together they provide a rigorous training in evidence-based argument and analytical thinking that is directly relevant to understanding the contemporary world.
At Nottingham Trent University, this part-time programme includes a sandwich year and work placement opportunities, giving you the chance to gain professional experience alongside your academic studies. You will explore major historical periods and themes, from medieval governance to the twentieth century's global upheavals, while also studying political theory, comparative politics, international relations, and public policy. The historical work develops your skills in primary source analysis, archival research, and historiographical debate, while the politics component introduces you to quantitative and qualitative methods in social science, formal models of political behaviour, and the empirical study of political institutions.
Both strands strengthen your ability to construct and defend complex arguments in writing and discussion.
Graduates of History with Politics pursue careers across a wide spectrum, including the civil service, politics and public affairs, journalism, law, education, think tanks, non-governmental organisations, and international institutions. The analytical and communication skills the degree builds are highly transferable, and employers across many sectors value graduates who can research thoroughly, argue logically, and write clearly. Further study options include postgraduate degrees in history, politics, international relations, public policy, law, and journalism.