BA History and ...

Students take 120 credits per year composed of core and optional modules, which allows you to design your own intellectual journey while maintaining a strong grasp of the fundamentals of History. (Please note that 30 credits equal one unit in the table below)

In the first year, students take introductory modules only, moving on to intermediate-level modules in the second year, and then to advanced modules in their final year.

How to structure your programme?

In choosing your modules, some students choose to focus mainly on one region (Africa, Near and Middle East, South, Southeast or East Asia) or topic (e.g. Islam, violence and warfare, gender, modernity). Others choose to range more broadly, exploring various topics and regions. In the Joint Honours programme, whether you aim to develop an in-depth knowledge of one particular region or put more emphasis on the exploration of particular themes and problems and explore them in a comparative context will likely depend on the choice of your second subject.

The Combined Honours degree allows great flexibility. A three-year programme, for which you will need a minimum of 150 credits in your first degree subject, will typically look like this:

Year 1 - You must choose four modules, including:

• H101 Approaching History – the compulsory core introductory module (30 credits)

And three further modules, either

• two modules from the other subject
• OR 100-level introductory History module (30 credits)
• OR one module from the other subject and one approved open option

Year 2 - You must choose four modules, including:

• H201 Historical Research: Approaches, Methods, Design (30 credits) – core
• 30 credits from among the 200-level thematic and regional History modules,

And two further modules, either

• two modules from the other subject,
• OR one module from the other subject and one approved open option

Year 3 - You must choose four modules, including:

• one module chosen from the 300-level modules – core

And three further modules, chosen from among

• the 400-level 'Special Subject' dissertation linked to the 300-level module, OR a 500-level Independent Study Project, OR an intermediate (200-level) History module,
• modules from the other subject
• and an approved open option

• H101 Approaching History
• H102 - The History of the World
• H110 Introduction to the History of Africa
• H120 Introduction to the History of East Asia
• H130 Introduction to the History of the Near and Middle East
• H140 Introduction to the History of South Asia
• H150 Introduction to the History of South East Asia

• H201 Historical Research: Approaches, Methods, Design

• H211 Cities in History
• H212 Frontiers in History
• H213 Gender in History
• H214 Violence in History
• H234 Culture and Identity in Modern South Asia 1800-2000
• H236 State and Society in Mughal India
• H246 Cities of Paradise and Empire
• H247 Medieval Iran: Nomads, Settlers and Dynasts
• H248 The Making of the Modern Middle East
• H253 Islam in Southeast Asia, 1760s-1960s
• H335 Gandhi and Gandhism
• H241 The Middle East in the Period of the Crusades, 1050-1291
• H254 Indigenous Warfare & Society in Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1300-1830
• H270 Society and Culture in Twentieth-Century Africa
• H275 Race, Class and Culture in the History of Southern Africa
• H278 Muslim Societies in West Africa
• H280 Atlantic Slavery and Its Legacies: Western Africa Ca 1500-2000
• H283 Modern Japan
• H297 Modern China
• Islamic Reform Movements in Modern Africa

• H382 Opium and Empires: Eastern Asia's Narcotic Trade and Culture in Global Context
• H398 - The Vietnam War and Asia I
• H333 Urban Modern Eastern Asia (I)
• H343 Reform, Resistance and Revolution: the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909 (I)
• H337 Histories of Partition: India and Pakistan 1947 (I)
• H348 Rulers, Rebels and Scholars in Early Islam (I)
• H353 The Creation of Modern Burma 1852-C.1941 (I)
• H334 The Mongols and the Islamic World (I)
• H378 Violence, Identity & Politics in Modern East and Northeast Africa (I)
• H379 Asante, the Gold Coast and the British, 1807-1935 (I)

• H500 Independent Study Project in History
• H498 - The Vietnam War and Asia II
• H435 Gandhi and Gandhism
• H437 Histories of Partition: India and Pakistan 1947 (II)
• H443 Reform, Resistance and Revolution: the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909 (II)
• H434 The Mongols and the Islamic World (II)
• H448 Rulers, Rebels and Scholars in Early Islam (II)
• H453 The Creation of Modern Burma 1852-C.1941 (II)
• H478 Violence, Identity & Politics in Modern East and Northeast Africa (II)
• H479 Asante, the Gold Coast and the British, 1807-1935 (II)
• H482 Opium & Empires: China's Narcotic Trade and Culture in Global Context (II)
• H433 Urban Modern Eastern Asia (II)

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules