Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and History (History major)

at New College of the Humanities United Kingdom

Develop quantitative skills and study the structures which affect real-life decisions around the world while looking closely at works of art, architecture and design, in order to understand their aesthetic, cultural, and economic contexts.

Through your Economics major, you will learn to develop quantitative skills and study the structures which affect real-life decisions around the world. Your Art History minor will complement your major by training you to look closely at works of art, architecture and design, and to understand their aesthetic, cultural, and economic contexts.

The Combined Honours Law LLB is a Qualifying Law Degree, covering all of the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board required areas of study to permit progression onto the professional training courses for qualification as a solicitor or barrister.

Your Law with English LLB (Hons) will allow you to prepare for your career and follow your passions. In your degree, you will take all of the courses required for a Qualifying Law Degree, preparing you to take the professional training courses for qualification as a solicitor or barrister. You will also study three courses in English, allowing you to develop complementary skills of analysis – of legal and fictional texts – and essay writing.

Engage with two of the major traditional methods of viewing the world, studying the practice and applications of the historical discipline itself and assessing historical views about the constitution of the world and how we ought to act within it.

Learn how people have lived, and how states have attempted to shape and influence those lives throughout history from the Roman Empire through to modern day America. Examine the practice and applications of history, and compare political institutions of different countries, analysing their legitimacy to dictate over their subjects. 

Your study of the History with Politics & International Relations BA (Hons) will provide a full understanding of how people have lived, and how states have attempted to shape and influence those lives throughout history. You will study periods from the Roman Empire through to modern day America, drawing on complex and often contradictory sources. You will also take courses examining the practice and applications of the historical discipline itself. In the Politics & IR minor, you’ll compare the political institutions of different countries, analysing their legitimacy to dictate over their subjects and how they interact with other organisations. 

The Philosophy with Data Science BA (Hons) combines the study of Philosophy and Data Science. This innovative undergraduate degree equips you with a combination of communications, critical thinking and technological expertise that is highly prized in the evolving employment market.

The Philosophy with Data Science BA (Hons) combines the study of Philosophy and Data Science.
Engage with the central questions, arguments theories and texts concerning the world and our place within it, developing rigour, clarity and originality in your thinking and writing, alongside fellow students of the Philosophy major. Learn about the logic behind language and meaning, while studying topics such as ethics, metaphysics and aesthetics. Complement these studies with the Data Science minor to consider the philosophical and ethical issues related to computer data, while learning robust coding skills, and how to use databases, systems and analytical tools effectively to generate insights and intelligence.

This innovative undergraduate degree equips you with a combination of communications, critical thinking and technological expertise that is highly prized in the evolving employment market.

With the Philosophy, Politics & History BA (Hons) at NCH, you can choose one of Politics, Philosophy or History as your major, and will study the other two as joint minors. The central aim of our PPH programme is to increase your understanding of, and ability to engage with, central questions, arguments, and texts in Philosophy, Politics and History, and to provide a lively sense of interrelations between these subjects.

The Art History with Data Science BA (Hons) will allow you to study the full range of artistic expression and hone your writing skills. The programme combines cultural surveys with more intense, media-specific subjects including architecture, landscape and painting. Through your Data Science minor, you’ll be able to analyse data to effectively extract useful information.

Study political theory and political science examining governance, institution-building and decision-making while gaining thematic basis to academic legal studies which align to career paths for which knowledge and understanding of corporate, commercial and employment matters are valuable.

The study of Politics comprises political theory looking at normative questions, and political science looking at the organisation of government. International Relations examines governance, institution-building and decision-making through an analysis of historical phenomena, economic conditions, diplomatic relations, security and socio-cultural linkages among state and non-state sectors.
The Law minor aims to provide a thematic basis to academic legal studies which align to career paths that are attractive to alumni of the College, in particular, careers in which knowledge and understanding of corporate, commercial and employment matters are valuable; provide legal knowledge and skills.

This degree programme enables you to study Art History and Philosophy for your combined honours degree. The study of Art History gives you the opportunity to see and interpret moments in history through their architecture and material culture. The central aim of the Philosophy minor is to bring clarity and rigour to your thinking and to advance your understanding of, and ability to engage with, fundamental philosophical questions, arguments, theories and texts.

The MSc Project Management programme is designed to provide you with the practical skills and theoretical concepts you need to lead complex projects.

The Master of Science in Project Management is an exciting opportunity to gain a Northeastern University US Masters degree whilst studying at NCH London.