This History and Political Economy BA/BSc will teach you how to incorporate historical analysis into your consideration of current political and economic events to better understand the challenges of today’s globalised world. You’ll learn from an amazing range of optional modules that cover the whole world and span a broad time period, with a focus on politics and economics and how they inform each other. For example, you’ll get to study history and political economy from the fall of Rome to the present day, covering the evolution of the world economy and the history of Western political ideas from Plato to the present. You will develop research skills and gain knowledge of different methodological approaches (quantitative and qualitative) used in the fields of history, political science, and economics. You’ll also enhance your transferable skills in analysis, written and oral communication, presentation and teamwork. After your first year, you’ll decide whether to study for a BA or a BSc degree. If you choose the BSc pathway, you’ll get additional training in political statistics in your second and third years.

Key benefits

• Join a cutting-edge programme jointly offered by the Departments of Political Economy and History, each ranking in the top 10 in Europe in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2024) .
• Study a genuinely global curriculum taught by experts in virtually all parts of the world, including specialist expertise from the Department of European and International Studies and the Russia Institute.
• Learn how to use historical analysis to better understand contemporary challenges.
• Enjoy excellent employment prospects. King’s is ranked 7th in the UK for graduate employability (Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking 2023).
• Develop skills that are transferable to a range of roles where you can make a difference, for example, in the civil service, think tanks, finance, consultancy, law, government, business, and policy.
• Take advantage of our central London location and enjoy unrivalled access to the capital's museums, libraries, historical sites, archives, and cultural resources.
• Study abroad at a partner institution, such as the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore, or Georgetown University.

“What I enjoy most about my course is the worldly breadth of information and exposure we receive as King's students. Not only does our education span across any thinkable geographical region, but we are gifted with an immersive international staff and student body- all concentrated in the heart of London.”

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