History BA (Hons)

Northumbria University

Bachelor's degree

In Newcastle Upon Tyne

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Newcastle upon tyne

Alongside a small number of core modules, you can pick and choose from a wide range of stimulating options that cover a rich tapestry of history. In doing so, you will be able to study a mix of periods and regions, from medieval Europe to contemporary America. Our curriculum provides a historical perspective on present-day challenges and concerns, including environmental change, global connectivity, gender equality, war and conflict, and the power of media and culture. Northumbria University’s breadth of expertise has helped us to be ranked in the top 20 of UK institutions for research outputs in history, as recognised in the government’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework.

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Newcastle Upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
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Ellison Place, NE1 8ST

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry Requirements 2019/20
Standard Entry
GCSE Requirements:
A good GCSE profile is expected including Maths and English Language at minimum grade C or equivalent.  If you have studied for a new GCSE for which you will be awarded a numerical grade then you will need to achieve a minimum grade 4. UCAS Tariff Points:
120-128 UCAS Tariff points including one or more of the following: GCE and VCE Advanced Level:
From at least 2 GCE/VCE A Levels Edexcel/BTEC National Extended Diploma:
Distinction, Distinction, Merit Scottish Highers: be asked to achieve UCAS...

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  • Humanities
  • International
  • Politics
  • Conflict

Course programme

The Making of Contemporary Europe (Core,20 Credits) A Disunited Kingdom? The British and Irish Isles since 1689 (Core,20 Credits) From Sea to Shining Sea: US History from 1776 to 2008 (Core,20 Credits) Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 1200-1720 (Core,20 Credits) Making History (Core,20 Credits) Cultures, Structures and Ideas: Making Sense of Historical Concepts (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (60 credit) (Optional,60 Credits) The San Francisco Bay Area (Explorations in American Studies II) (Optional,20 Credits) Affluence and Anxiety: The US from 1920 to 1960 (Optional,20 Credits) America in the 1960s (Optional,20 Credits) Your Graduate Future (Optional,20 Credits) From Reconstruction to Reunification: Europe, 1945-1991 (Optional,20 Credits) Inquisition and Discovery: Myths and Realities of Late Medieval Spain (Optional,20 Credits) The Holocaust (Optional,20 Credits) Imperial Britain: The Empire in British Politics, Society and Culture, 1783-1982 (Optional,20 Credits) Enlightenment to Empire: France in an Age of Revolution, 1715-1815 (Optional,20 Credits) Debating History (Core,20 Credits) Land of Rivers, Land of Coal: Making and Breaking Industrial North-East England, 1770-1990 (Optional,20 Credits) Civilians and the Second World War (Optional,20 Credits) Divisive Pasts: Legacies of Conflict and Oppression in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Optional,20 Credits) On Her Own Account: Being an Independent Woman in Britain, 1800-1920 (Optional,20 Credits) Globalising Worlds: Objects, People and Ideas 1600 - 1800 (Optional,20 Credits) Early Modern Monarchies: Power and Representation, 1500–1750 (Optional,20 Credits) At Home in America: Society, Politics and Environment in the Home, 1860 to the present (Optional,20 Credits) Dictatorship and Development: Central America, 1912–1996 (Optional,20 Credits) Taking the King’s Shilling: Ireland and the British Army, 1815–1945 (Optional,20 Credits) Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits) Year in International Business (This is made up of 5 modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits) States of Nature: An Environmental History of the Americas (Explorations in American Studies III) (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Panther Party (Optional,20 Credits) Civil War and Reconstruction (Optional,20 Credits) Women, Crime and Subversion in Early Modern Europe (Optional,20 Credits) Revolution and the Russian Empire 1860-1924 (Optional,20 Credits) Where Have All the Good Times Gone? Crisis and Change in Western Europe, 1965-1987 (Optional,20 Credits) British India, 1757-1857 (Optional,20 Credits) 'Europe's Greatest Killer: The Black Death, Ethnic Cleansing and Biological Warfare in the Late Medieval World' (Optional,20 Credits) Northern Ireland: The 'Troubles' and the Search for Peace (Optional,20 Credits) Barricades and Boulevards: Revolution, Culture, and Urban Life in Nineteenth-century Paris (Optional,20 Credits) History Dissertation (Core,40 Credits) Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional,20 Credits) Recording the Past: Making Your Own History Documentary (Optional,20 Credits) The Art of Power: Tudor Court Culture (Optional,20 Credits) Big Business in Asia? The European East India Companies, 1600–1800 (Optional,20 Credits) The Politics of the Environment in Modern Britain (Optional,20 Credits) Holocaust Testimony and Cultural Memory (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) The Making of Contemporary Europe (Core,20 Credits) A Disunited Kingdom? The British and Irish Isles since 1689 (Core,20 Credits) From Sea to Shining Sea: US History from 1776 to 2008 (Core,20 Credits) Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 1200-1720 (Core,20 Credits) Making History (Core,20 Credits) Cultures, Structures and Ideas: Making Sense of Historical Concepts (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (60 credit) (Optional,60 Credits) The San Francisco Bay Area (Explorations in American Studies II) (Optional,20 Credits) Affluence and Anxiety: The US from 1920 to 1960 (Optional,20 Credits) America in the 1960s (Optional,20 Credits) Your Graduate Future (Optional,20 Credits) From Reconstruction to Reunification: Europe, 1945-1991 (Optional,20 Credits) Inquisition and Discovery: Myths and Realities of Late Medieval Spain (Optional,20 Credits) The Holocaust (Optional,20 Credits) Imperial Britain: The Empire in British Politics, Society and Culture, 1783-1982 (Optional,20 Credits) Enlightenment to Empire: France in an Age of Revolution, 1715-1815 (Optional,20 Credits) Debating History (Core,20 Credits) Land of Rivers, Land of Coal: Making and Breaking Industrial North-East England, 1770-1990 (Optional,20 Credits) Civilians and the Second World War (Optional,20 Credits) Divisive Pasts: Legacies of Conflict and Oppression in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Optional,20 Credits) On Her Own Account: Being an Independent Woman in Britain, 1800-1920 (Optional,20 Credits) Globalising Worlds: Objects, People and Ideas 1600 - 1800 (Optional,20 Credits) Early Modern Monarchies: Power and Representation, 1500–1750 (Optional,20 Credits) At Home in America: Society, Politics and Environment in the Home, 1860 to the present (Optional,20 Credits) Dictatorship and Development: Central America, 1912–1996 (Optional,20 Credits) Taking the King’s Shilling: Ireland and the British Army, 1815–1945 (Optional,20 Credits) Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits) Year in International Business (This is made up of 5 modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits) States of Nature: An Environmental History of the Americas (Explorations in American Studies III) (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Panther Party (Optional,20 Credits) Civil War and Reconstruction (Optional,20 Credits) Women, Crime and Subversion in Early Modern Europe (Optional,20 Credits) Revolution and the Russian Empire 1860-1924 (Optional,20 Credits) Where Have All the Good Times Gone? Crisis and Change in Western Europe, 1965-1987 (Optional,20 Credits) British India, 1757-1857 (Optional,20 Credits) 'Europe's Greatest Killer: The Black Death, Ethnic Cleansing and Biological Warfare in the Late Medieval World' (Optional,20 Credits) Northern Ireland: The 'Troubles' and the Search for Peace (Optional,20 Credits) Barricades and Boulevards: Revolution, Culture, and Urban Life in Nineteenth-century Paris (Optional,20 Credits) History Dissertation (Core,40 Credits) Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional,20 Credits) Recording the Past: Making Your Own History Documentary (Optional,20 Credits) The Art of Power: Tudor Court Culture (Optional,20 Credits) Big Business in Asia? The European East India Companies, 1600–1800 (Optional,20 Credits) The Politics of the Environment in Modern Britain (Optional,20 Credits) Holocaust Testimony and Cultural Memory (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

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