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录取要求
课程模块
奖学金
就业前景
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课程介绍
通过探索历史事件、思想和决策，深入了解当今重大政治议题的根源，从全球冲突到社会运动。本课程采用跨学科教学方法，结合历史学和政治学双重视角，帮助学生理解过去如何塑造今日世界格局。课程提供灵活的学习选择，包括MA、PGDip和PGCert三种学位选项，拥有丰富的选修模块涵盖全球各地区历史和政治主题。 小班研讨式教学确保高质量的学术互动，每个模块每周安排两小时研讨时间，注重引导式自主学习。学生可选择历史或政治学方向完成毕业论文，深入研究感兴趣的专业领域，为政府部门、媒体机构、慈善组织等多元化职业发展奠定坚实基础。
历史与文化遗产学院隶属于伯明翰大学，提供一流的教学和研究环境。
💡 为什么选择这个课程？ 伯明翰大学作为罗素集团成员，在历史学研究领域享有卓越国际声誉。跨学科课程设计结合历史与政治双重视角，提供从中世纪研究到当代全球政治的广泛选修模块，培养学生批判性思维和全球化视野。
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课程时长
1年全日制
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上课地点
伯明翰校区（Edgbaston）
距伦敦高铁84分钟
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所属学院
历史与文化遗产学院
QS世界百强
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入学时间
9月 2026
课程特色
- 跨学科教学融合历史学与政治学双重视角
- 小班研讨式教学注重学术互动与批判思维
- 丰富选修模块覆盖全球历史与当代政治议题
- 灵活学位选择包括MA、PGDip、PGCert三种选项
录取要求
学术要求
| 院校类型 | 2:2要求（商学院标准） | 2:1要求（部分课程） |
|---|---|---|
| 985 / 211院校 | 75% | 80% |
| 普通本科（双非） | 80% | 85% |
| 海外本科 | 参照985/211标准评估 | |
要求获得英国2:1荣誉学位或同等学历，历史学专业要求均分达到81分以上。雅思总分6.5，各单项不低于6.0。
语言要求
| 考试类型 | 总分要求 | 单项要求 |
|---|---|---|
| 雅思 IELTS | 6.5 | 各项 ≥ 6 |
| 托福 TOEFL | 88 | 各项 ≥ 20 |
| 多邻国 Duolingo | 120 | — |
| PTE Academic | 62 | 各项 ≥ 59 |
💡 语言不足可读Pre-sessional语言班（5.5起），差0.5分读6周，差1分读10周，通过率90%+。
申请材料清单
- ✅ 本科成绩单（英文版或认证翻译）
- ✅ 英语语言成绩（雅思/托福/多邻国）
- ✅ 英文个人陈述（Personal Statement）
- ✅ 两封推荐信（一封学术推荐信即可）
- ✅ 在读证明或毕业/学位证明
- ⭐ 确认录取后：学位押金（金额因课程而异，可抵扣学费）
课程模块
以下为2026/27年课程模块，具体以官网最新公告为准。
课程模块
September - December (11 weeks)
Full-time students normally take three modules per term in the first two terms.
There are two hours of seminar time per module per week, with an emphasis on guided independent learning.
One-third of the MA degree is the dissertation. Full-time MA students begin planning and submit a proposal for the dissertation during term one.
PGCert students finish the course in the autumn term with 60 credits.
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Course highlights
Make the most of our outstanding international reputation for research by engaging with events and research seminars in both disciplines.
Enhance your knowledge from a global perspective with our modules covering topics from all over the world.
Flexible study options. MA, PGCert and PGDip available.
Interdisciplinary approach providing a broad range of skills.
A wide range of optional modules to tailor the course to your interests.
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Course delivery
Taught modules - each module represents a total of 200 hours of study time, including preparatory reading, homework and assignment preparation.
Seminars – modules are mainly taught by small group teaching.
Dissertation – you'll undertake a dissertation in either History or Politics.
The MA programme comprises 120 credits of taught modules and a 60-credit dissertation.
The PGDip programme comprises 120 credits of taught modules – you don’t complete a dissertation.
The PGCert comprises 60 credits of taught modules.
2026/27 Session
Doing Political Research
Historical Approaches
History Dissertation
Politics Dissertation
Students will choose 80 credits of optional modules, 40 credits from each department.
From Political Science, students will choose two 20 credit optional modules.
History options:
New Directions in Modern British Studies
Approaches to Medieval Studies
Critical Approaches to Heritage
Critical Histories of the Present
From Reformation to Revolution – an Introduction to Early Modern History
Global Histories: Comparisons and Connections
Heritage Conservation Management
Heritage Interpretation
Public History & Heritage: Placement
America at War: From the Civil War to the War on Terror
Before Globalization?: Afro-Eurasian World History 500-1800
Black Activisms in the US South: Power, Feminisms, and Black Lives Mattering from 1960-present
Britain and her Soldiers: Society and the Army from the First World War to Afghanistan
Britain’s Wars of Colonisation and Decolonisation
China in Revolution: China under Mao (1949-1976)
Conflict in the Modern Middle East
Empire, Equality and Environment: Modern France, 1870 to 2020
Experts, Scholars, and Spies: the Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe
LM Option: Faith and Fire: Religion and Rebellion in England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
LM Option: Feeling Politics in 20th Century Britain: Emotions and Politics in Britain From the Stiff Upper Lip to 😊.
LM Option: From the OSS to Snowden: A History of American Intelligence Agencies since 1945
LM Option: Gender and the Making of the Modern Britain, 1650-1832
LM Option: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities 1885 to the Present
LM Option: History of Technology and Culture in the United States
LM Option: Indigenous and Settler Histories
LM Option: Land, Law, and Violence in the American West
LM Option: Life After Death: Europe, 1945-1989
LM Option: Politics and Religion in Islamic History: The Gunpowder Empires, c. 1450-1750
LM Option: Reason and Romance: The Cultural History of Nineteenth-Century Britain
LM Option: Revolution, Regicide, & Republic: The British Civil Wars, 1642-1660
LM Option: Terrorism in the USA: From the Klan to Al Qaeda to White Power
LM Option: The Dark Side of History in Public
LM Option: The Making of England, 850-1100
LM Option: The Making of the British Raj: Gender, Conquest and Race in early colonial India,c.1757-1885
LM Option: The United States South: From Plantations to NASCAR
LM Option: Women Behaving Badly in Tudor and Stuart England
LM Option: ‘A Holiday from Reality’: A History of Drugs and Drug Use in the Modern Era
LM Option: ‘The Young Ones’: Youth, popular culture, and social change in twentieth century Britain
LM Spring Option (Masters): Queer and Trans Histories
LM U.S. History and Historiography
LM 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe (Masters): A
LM 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe (Masters): B
LM A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects (Masters): A
LM A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects (Masters): B
LM Beauty, Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Body in Britain, c1680-1820 (Masters): A
LM Beauty, Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Body in Britain, c1680-1820 (Masters): B
LM British Women and Internationalism since 1850 (Masters): A
LM British Women and Internationalism since 1850 (Masters): B
LM Conflict, nationalism and genocide in East Central Europe, ca. 1880 – 1953 (Masters): A
LM Conflict, nationalism and genocide in East Central Europe, ca. 1880 – 1953 (Masters): B
LM Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present (Masters): A
LM Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present (Masters): B
LM Games without Thrones? North Atlantic Societies in the wake of the Vikings, c.800-c.1200 (Masters): A
LM Games without Thrones? North Atlantic Societies in the wake of the Vikings, c.800-c.1200 (Masters): B
LM Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I (Masters): A
LM Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I (Masters): B
LM People of the Aftermath: British Culture in the 1920s and 1930s (Masters): A
LM People of the Aftermath: British Culture in the 1920s and 1930s (Masters): B
LM Special Subject: Britain and the First World War (Masters) A
LM Special Subject: Britain and the First World War (Masters) B
LM Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt (Masters) A
LM Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt (Masters) B
LM Special Subject: Global Cities and Urban Lives, 1690-1914 (Masters) A
LM Special Subject: Global Cities and Urban Lives, 1690-1914 (Masters) B
LM Special Subject: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities in the British World (Masters) A
LM Special Subject: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities in the British World (Masters) B
LM Special Subject: ‘The Young Ones’: Youth, popular culture, and social change in twentieth century Britain (Masters) A
LM Special Subject: ‘The Young Ones’: Youth, popular culture, and social change in twentieth century Britain (Masters) B
LM Terrorising History: Terrorist Motivations, Methods, and Mayhem (Masters): A
LM Terrorising History: Terrorist Motivations, Methods, and Mayhem (Masters): B
LM The Revolting Right: Conservative Activism in Post-war Britain (Masters): A
LM The Revolting Right: Conservative Activism in Post-war Britain (Masters): B
LM The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (Masters) A
LM The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (Masters) B
LM Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain (Masters): A
LM Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain (Masters): B
LM Women and Social Movements in Brazil (Masters): A
LM Women and Social Movements in Brazil (Masters): B
LM After Hitler: Politics and Society in (West) Germany during the Adenauer Era, 1945-1965 (Masters): A
LM After Hitler: Politics and Society in (West) Germany during the Adenauer Era, 1945-1965 (Masters): B
LM Empire comes home: India in the making of Britain (Masters): A
LM Empire comes home: India in the making of Britain (Masters): B
LM Special Subject: Britain at Bay in the Age of the Dictators. From Appeasement to World War Two, 1931-1942 A
LM Special Subject: Britain at Bay in the Age of the Dictators. From Appeasement to World War Two, 1931-1942 B
Political Science options:
LM Globalisation & Governance
LM Nuclear Weapons in International Relations
LM Politics and the State
LM The European Union and Global Politics
LM The Politics of NATO
LM US Foreign and Defence Policy
LM Varieties of Politics: The Comparative Politics of Parties, Institutions and Regimes
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奖学金
以下奖学金对本课程学生均适用，无需单独申请，录取时自动评估。通过Edmate申请可同步提名。
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课程学费£27,090
— High Fliers Scholarship（自动评估）- £5,000
- £5,000
实际缴纳（最优情况）£22,090
Postgraduate High Fliers Scholarship
金额：£5,000（一次性，直接抵扣学费）。条件：国际硕士生自动评估，无需单独申请。确认入学后自动抵扣。以官网当年公告为准。
CSC联合博士奖学金 / 志奋领
CSC联合博士全额奖学金（约10名额/年）和志奋领全额奖学金另需单独申请。以大学官网公告为准。
High Fliers £5,000自动评估，无需单独申请，确认入学后自动抵扣学费。通过Edmate提交申请，全程免费。
就业前景
毕业生主要就业方向
典型雇主行业
- 政府部门（外交部、文化部）
- 媒体传播（BBC、卫报等）
- 文化教育（博物馆、大学、智库）
专业认证加持
毕业生广泛就职于政府机构、国际组织、智库研究机构、新闻媒体、文化遗产保护、教育培训等领域。课程培养的研究分析能力、批判性思维和跨文化理解能力，使学生在公共政策分析、国际关系、历史研究、文化传播等专业领域具有竞争优势。许多毕业生选择继续攻读博士学位，进入学术研究或高等教育行业。英国相关领域入门级职位年薪通常在22,000-28,000英镑。
毕业后签证
伯明翰大学毕业生可申请 2年PSW毕业生工作签证（博士生3年），在英国自由寻找工作，无需雇主担保。选择带薪实习版本的学生还可在实习期间积累1年真实英国工作经验。
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