BA (Hons) War Studies

Campus/location Wolverhampton City Campus
Full-time 3 years
Sandwich -
Part-time 4-6 years
UCAS code Route A - LV93 , Route B - X123 Route B - W441 Route B - W440 Route B - W241 Route B - W190 Route B - L510 Route B - 056W
School School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications

Course aims

  • This highly-topical course focuses on issues such as contemporary security and the future of warfare, as well as the social and psychological impact of war.
  • Study morality and ethics in war, and images of war and peace in the media.
  • Benefit from field trips overseas (for example to Normandy).
  • Examine other forms of international conflict and internal strife, in addition to external war.
  • Taught by leading scholars in the field, this course allows you to gain skills in critical analysis, debate, reasoning and composition.
  • Assessment methods include fieldwork reports and computer simulation studies.
  • Read more about History, Politics and War Studies
  • This course can be studied on its own or jointly with another subject - see all our Joint Honours
  • Find out how to apply
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Career and employability

  • Careers exist in management, the heritage industry, teaching and the armed forces

What will I study?

  • Year 1 provides an introduction to international relations, and investigates the main themes of European history. It looks at war in the modern world, reconstruction in the Balkans and the study and practice of history. It also investigates the Holocaust.
  • Year 2 examines the debates around how to counter insurgencies. It considers the Battle for Normandy in 1944, offers an American perspective of the Vietnam War, and addresses key themes surrounding terrorism. It also examines how war is depicted in film and literature.
  • Your final year focuses on the study and practice of modern warfare and what constitutes just war. It explores conflict resolution, examines democracy and terrorism Northern Ireland and the Middle East and whether war has become more barbarous. The role and evolution of war gaming are considered and the US Civil War 1861-1865, and the Great War 1914-1918 are appraised.

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