History and Sociology, BA Hons

Bachelor's degree

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Duration

    3 Years

In this history and sociology degree, you will study contemporary and historical social theory, policy and practice in a vibrant, socially dynamic setting. Explore over five hundred years of social change with our creative and inspiring teachers through innovative modules which cover race, gender, violence, mobility and the family.

You'll be based on the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, drawing on the local community resources, and museums of Greenwich, London and beyond. You'll develop IT and communication skills for a wide range of future careers and have the opportunity to undertake a placement in the public, creative or cultural sectors.

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About this course

For entry in September 2021, you will require:

104 UCAS points from A-Levels (we also accept UCAS points from alternative Level 3 qualifications including: BTEC Nationals, the International Baccalaureate and Scottish and Irish Highers)
AND YOU WILL ALSO REQUIRE:

GCSE English (Language or Literature) AND GCSE Maths at grade 4/C or above. We also consider equivalent qualifications in English and Maths at Level 2, in place of GCSEs.

What you should know about this course
This course provides a range of core modules in both History and Sociology, as well as exciting optional modules to help you specialise.
Work with inspiring and innovative specialists on topics including social inequality, race, gender and migration, developing perspectives from around the globe and across the centuries.
In the final year, you can develop your practical and professional skills through a dissertation or a work placement in an area of your choice.
It introduces you to a range of historical methods and studies of the writing of history to develop your skills as a critical, analytical thinker and communicator.
Throughout the course, you are supported to achieve your career goals through innovative applied history and sociology modules and skills-enriching assignments.

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Sociology
  • English
  • Global
  • Writing
  • Trade
  • History Politics
  • British Empire

Course programme

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Introducing History: Ideas and Practice (30 credits)
  • The Changing Faces of Britain 1707 – 1918 (30 credits)
  • Inequality and Social Change (30 credits)
  • Applying Sociology (15 credits)
  • Self in Society (15 credits)
Year 2

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Key Thinkers in Sociology (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
  • Education and Social Formation (30 credits)
  • Drug Use in Society (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.
  • 'The People's War': The Second World War, Society, Culture and Legacy (15 credits)
  • Atlantic Worlds 1650-1783 (15 credits)
  • Empire and Nation in the Middle East (15 credits)
  • Remaking English Society, c. 1550-1760 (15 credits)
  • History in Practice (30 credits)
  • Rebel Earth? History and Politics in the Anthropocene (15 credits)
  • “The Turbulent British”: A history of protest across the British Empire 1770 – 1930 (15 credits)
Year 3

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
  • Gender, Race and Crime (15 credits)
  • Sociology of Gender and Sexuality (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
  • The History Dissertation (30 credits)
  • Work Placement (Level 6) (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
  • Britain and the Suppression of the Slave trade 1807-1867 (15 credits)
  • Cities of the Sultans: Life in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (15 credits)
  • Projecting Nations: Film, History and Propaganda (15 credits)
  • Writing Lives: Narratives of Defiance in North America & Britain 1850 -1950 (15 credits)
  • Footprints of Everyday Life: The Environmental History of Modern Britain (15 credits)
  • A Global History of Genocide (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
  • Migration and Citizenship (15 credits)
  • Family and Society (15 credits)
  • Globalisation: Social and Political Perspectives (15 credits)
  • Family Policy (15 credits)

Additional information

International - £14,500 

History and Sociology, BA Hons

£ 9,250 VAT inc.