Modern Languages and History BA

Please note: You will take 120 credits of modules in each year of study. The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.

Every degree programme at the University is divided into 120 credits of study for each year of the programme. In the first year of a Joint Honours programme, you will study 60 credits in each subject as you learn the core elements of the disciplines. We recognise that students on Joint Honours programmes might come to favour one subject slightly more than another. To account for this, we have added more flexibility into the second and final years of our programmes. In the second year, you can stick with the 60-60 split between the two subjects or shift to a 80-40 credit weighting, effectively a major/ minor combination. You can either go back to 60-60 in the final year, maintain the same 80-40 split or reverse the major and the minor and go to a 40-80 weighting.

During your years of study you will take compulsory French, German, Spanish or Russian modules depending on your language proficiency (Beginner or post A-Level). You will then choose amongst a wide range of optional modules depending on the number of credits you are taking in the language.

You can find out more about the available modules dependent on your credit weighting for your chosen language via the My Choices website. The modules listed may occasionally be subject to change.

Compulsory Modules

• Practising History (A): Skills in History (10)
• Practising History (B): Approaches in History (10)
• Discovering the Middle Ages (20) OR The Making of the Modern World 1500-1800 (20)
• Living in the Middle Ages (20) OR The Making of the Contemporary World: Modern History c.1800 to the Present (20) OR War and Society (20) OR United States History 1865-2000 (20)

Detailed descriptions of Year 1 History compulsory modules

Compulsory Modules

• 80 credits - Group Research; History Option A and B; choose from either History in Theory and Practice, Research Methods OR Professional Skills
• 60 credits - Group Research; History Option; choose from either History in Theory and Practice, Research Methods OR Professional Skills
• 40 credits - Group Research; History Option

Detailed descriptions of Year 2 History compulsory modules

You will make up your remaining History credits with optional modules

The third year is normally spent studying and/or working in the country of your target language.

• Year abroad information
  

Compulsory Modules

• 80 credits - either Special Subject A and B OR History Dissertation; History Advanced Option A and B
• 60 credits - either Special Subject A and B OR History Dissertation; History Advanced Option
• 40 credits - either Special Subject A and B OR History Dissertation

Detailed description of Final Year History modules

You will make up your remaining History credits with optional modules