History - BA(Hons)

Year one

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Sources for Courses: History and Evidence
• British History from The Black Death to the Modern Day
• Foundations of Modern Europe
• International History 1890-2000: The Century Of The Superpowers.

Year two

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Project Management in History
• International History 1914-1945: The End of European Dominance in World Politics.

In addition, you will study two optional modules from the list below:

• Problems of Power: US History, 1766-Present
• Public History: Representations of the Past from 1400 to the Present
• Politics and Society in Ireland since, 1750
• Men and Women in Imperial Britain, c.1700-1800
• Themes in the Social and Political History of Fascism: Europe, 1890-1945
• Crime and Protest in England, 1750-1930
• The First English Empire - Britain, Ireland and France, c.1000-1540
• Modern South Africa: Segregation, the State and the Origins of Apartheid, 1820-1948
• Divine Right, Regicide and Revolution: Politics in Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1509-1689.

If you choose to study on the four year sandwich route you will spend your third year on placement. The curriculum in the second year provides support for the process of securing this.

Final year

You still study the following compulsory module:

• Applied Historical Research.

In addition, you will study three optional modules from the list below OR two if a Study Year Abroad (SYA) or Placement Year has been completed:

• Resistance to Fascism and Nazism in Western Europe: The Spanish Civil War and Occupied France, 1936-1945
• Politics Culture and Society in Tudor and Stuart England, c.1485-1689
• Crowds, Disorder and the Law in England, 1730-1820
• Stalin and Stalinism
• The Collapse of Empire and Colonial War: British and French Decolonisation, 1918-1965
• Arc of Crisis: Great Power Rivalries in the near East, c1821-1991
• Culture, Authority and Crisis: England and its Neighbours, 1348-c.1520
• History in Public Space
• Mafias, Mythologies and Criminal Networks: The United States and the Globalisation of Crime.

Please also note this structure is for the full-time course delivery only. For part-time delivery, the same modules will be studied. However, the structure will differ.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

With the exception of the dissertation, all modules in History are taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials, and the use of electronic resources is positively encouraged.

Lectures are intended to introduce the subject, discuss interpretations and approaches and provide guidance for further reading.

A seminar programme is normally linked to the lectures and issues raised there may be subjected to more detailed scrutiny or criticism through discussion. The primary purpose of the seminar is to provide you with the opportunity to discuss ideas collectively in a critical and thoughtful manner.

We are serious about student support offering academic advice in the form of essay feedback tutorials and workshops. In addition, all tutors have allocated office hours when they are available to help you with your work. You will be provided with a personal tutor from the permanent History staff and professional student advisers are also on hand to offer advice and support.

Find out more about our academic staff, their teaching expertise and research interests.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

Assessment methods, which vary for each module, may include essays, extended essays, document tests and exercises, assessed seminar papers and presentations, book and/or periodical reviews, projects, a dissertation and examinations. The ratio of coursework to examinations varies greatly; some modules are almost entirely based on coursework or project work, while others have split assessment with up to a maximum of 50% of the module being assessed by formal examination.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.