History BA Placement offered

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Postgraduate

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Uxbridge

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Studying the societies and events of the past will allow you to look at the modern world from a new perspective, to compare and contrast the past and the present, and understand their connection better.

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Location

Start date

Uxbridge (Middlesex)
Brunel University, UB8 3PH

Start date

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About this course

IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
Pearson: 58 (51 in all subscores)
BrunELT: 65% (min 55% in all areas)

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Gelsemina

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15/04/2018
What I would highlight: Awesome place and nice people. I learned a lot here and it was overall good.
What could be improved: Nothing
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2018

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Course programme

Course Content

You can choose from a wide selection of modules each of which may have a discrete emphasis on social, economic, political, intellectual or cultural history, or may weave one or more of these perspectives together.

The BA consists of both compulsory and optional modules, a typical selection can be found below. Modules can vary from year to year, but these offer a good idea of what we teach.

Level 1

Compulsory

  • Revolution, Liberty and the Origins of American Democracy
  • What is History?
  • Capital, Labour and Power: Britain 1707-1939
  • History, Memory and Culture in Europe since 1789
  • The Making of the Modern World
  • Migration and the Settler World, 1600-1914

Level 2

Compulsory

  • Historians and their Craft

Optional

Choose 5 from the following:

  • US Foreign Policy from World War 2 to the end of the Cold War
  • Issues in American Politics
  • Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World
  • The First World War - Causes, Course, Consequences
  • Australia and The Modern World
  • Themes in the History of Modern Africa
  • The State and Revolution
  • History of the Women’s Movement in the West, c. 1790-1930
  • The Holocaust
  • National Security Intelligence

Level 3

Compulsory

  • Dissertation

Optional

  • Psychogeography
  • Globalisation and Governance
  • Empire, Imperialism and Hegemony
  • Media, Politics and Power in America
  • Marx and Marxism
  • Fascism
  • The Second World War
  • The British Maritime World, 1660-1815
  • Crisis and Critique
  • History of Political Philosophy
  • Violence and Conflict in Eastern Africa

Final Dissertation

Students produce a 12,000 word dissertation on a subject of their choice. This major piece of work, undertaken with the support of a dissertation tutor, will give you the valuable opportunity to demonstrate research and writing skills. It is written on a subject relevant to your particular course of study and may well relate to your future career plans.

Read more about the structure of undergraduate degrees at Brunel and what you will learn on the course.


Additional information

Teaching and Assessment Teaching The influence of scholarship and experience Students benefit directly, of course, from the expertise and experience of their teachers. All our courses are informed by the research of lecturers who publish books and well-regarded scholarly articles, present papers at other universities and appear in the media, both at home and abroad. Student support We are committed to helping you progress confidently through the levels of your degree programme. To achieve this, we devote as much care to your initiation into higher education, both by entry-level courses and study skills teaching, as to the completion of your learning at Level 3. By your final year, therefore, you will be in a position to benefit from the specialist research-led courses and will be prepared for the research and writing involved in your dissertation. Study abroad You will have the opportunity to study abroad at one of several European universities and participate in an exchange programme in China. How will I be taught? Lectures and seminars - Modules are generally taught by a mixture of lectures and seminars. Depending on its credit-rating, you can expect to have one or two hours of lectures per week for each module and a one-hour seminar each week or fortnight. Private study - The bulk of every student’s work, will undoubtedly consist of private study. On average this should absorb approximately 25 to 30 hours of your life each week. Assessment Level 1 does not count towards your final degree mark. Level 2 is worth a third and Level 3 is worth two-thirds. The final year dissertation is worth a third of Level 3 marks. Exact assessment patterns vary, but most are based on a combination of coursework and formal written exams. Typically, coursework marks constitute 25-50 per cent of overall module grades.

History BA Placement offered

Price on request