with a ba history and economics students can understand the cultures and societies that shaped the past and explore the critical economic issues that influence the world today. discover a thousand years of history whilst experiencing all the specialist areas on offer at the university of reading. the history department's expertise covers a wide and diverse range of regions – from europe and africa to america, south asia and the middle east – and periods, with module choices ranging from the crusades to the 1960s, slavery in america to tudor monarchy, and cold war berlin to medieval magic.

in the first year, student's core modules will explore people, politics, and revolution - finding out how people struggled for power in past societies - and the culture and concepts those societies developed. students will be taught the skills they need to study and research history through an individual project of their choice. this joint degree enables students to address contemporary issues and trace them back to their historical roots.

in economics, students will study practical issues and explore the relationship between economics and society. this course places less emphasis on mathematical and statistical content, and instead will focus on the relevance of these techniques to applied problems. students will still learn necessary maths skills in their core modules, but extensive support is available should they need it. core modules span a number of topics including business, policy, economic history and even the economics of climate change.