Heritage Studies

BA (Hons) Heritage Studies
Mode: full-time

Heritage Studies is an innovative, exciting and challenging subject that looks at Heritage from, cultural, social and political perspectives. You will critically debate Heritage policy and practice to get beneath the skin of the ever-changing face of the contemporary Heritage scene.

We offer a wide range of modules that fit you with the knowledge understanding and skills to become a full fledged Heritage professional. Apart from work placements, a typical week usually involves three days on campus. Dynamic, research-informed teaching is delivered by enthusiastic, knowledgeable and experienced tutors. We use a wide range of teaching styles, including lectures, interactive seminars, workshops and tutorials.

Placements

Placements are a key element of this programme. We believe that you can't study Heritage out of context and so we make sure that you have plenty of time in all kinds of heritage settings from natural heritage centres to local and national architectural gems. We give you the opportunity to choose the kind of placement that suits your academic and professional needs best.

• You can choose from placements in castles, stately homes, museums or reminiscence centres.
• You can choose your task from conserving an ancient pot to developing an educational trail or putting on a local history display.
• You can choose your placement location from local, national and international sites in Lincoln, London, Norway and America.

Modules

We offer a wide choice of modules in Heritage Studies including:

• Hovel House Home-domestic architectural history
• The Lie of the Land-the history of British landscape
• The Mirror and the Veil-art and design history
• Early Modern Britain
• Brideshead Revisited: country house history
• Digging up the Past: the archaeology of Britain
• Archaeological Field School
• Collections Care-conservation and restoration
• Collections Interpretation-exhibitions and educational resources
• Access and Participation-at heritage sites
• The Making and Breaking of Modern Britain
• A Common Thread-the history of everyday things-food and clothing
• Global and Cyber Heritage
• Cathedral, Church, Chapel-the history of ecclesiastical architecture

In the third year you complete a research study on any aspect of Heritage Studies that interests you.

Assessment
Your first year is important. We know that you will need time to settle in to University and build up your academic skills and so, although you have to pass all of your first year modules to progress to the second year, your first year work doesn't count towards your degree. Instead, we give you detailed feedback on how you are doing and set you targets to improve your work. We use a wide range of different types of assessment throughout the degree including coursework portfolios, group discussions, multi-media technology presentations and individual projects as well as essays and exams. And by the end of the third year there are even opportunities for you to get your dissertation research work published if you wish to!

Entry Requirements
You will normally need:

• a range of GCSEs
• the equivalent of two A-levels/A2s, one of which should be at least a C (80 points) in History or a related subject, and the other at least a D (60 points);
• an Access to HE Certificate or Diploma with a suitable Heritage Studies or humanities related content;
• alternative qualifications;

We welcome students who have completed an Access course with relevant subject content and recognise that mature students are likely to have different qualifications to those shown above.

In addition all students will need a successful Enhanced Disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau and to register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). This is arranged by the University College.

Students will be legally required to register with the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) which is administered by the ISA. The ISA has recently been established as a single agency to monitor all individuals who want to work or volunteer with vulnerable people. Following successful registration you will be issued with an ISA Registration Number which will stay with you for the rest of your career. We will send you further instructions on registering with the VBS as part of the admissions process.

Please note that the University College is committed to widening access and participation and we adhere to a strict policy of non-discrimination.