BA History
Entry requirements
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed below: A Level – grades BBB-BCC. No specific subject required. BTEC – Extended Diploma grades from Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) to Distinction Merit Merit (DMM). No specific subject required. T Levels – grade Merit. No specific subject required. International Baccalaureate – a minimum of 32 points. No specific subject required. Access to HE courses – Access to HE Diploma or Access to HE Certificate (60 credits, 45 of which must be Level 3, at Merit or higher). No specific subject required. If you don’t meet the entry requirements above, we may be able to accept your prior learning or experience from outside of formal education. See our Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) page to learn more. English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants IELTS 6.0 - for visa nationals, with a minimum score of IELTS 5.5 in each element.
About this course
BA (Hons) History. A placement year option extends the programme to four years of full-time study. Students complete a History Project module and may select from specialist options including Digital Humanities, Propaganda, Censorship and Intelligence, and Gender, Identity and Activism.
Modules
- Europe and the World I: Encounters and Perspectives
- Europe and the World II: Revolution, Nationalism and Modernity
- Worlds of Ideas
- Narratives of Belonging
- Protest and Persuasion
- Thinking Together: Humanities in the 21st Century
- The Practice of History: Archives, Analysis, Evidence
- Presenting the Past
- Intangible Histories (Level 5)
- How to do Things: Objects, People and Place
- People, Politics and Belief in Early Modern Britain
- Digital Humanities
- Working Together
- Propaganda, Censorship and Intelligence
- Professional Placement Year
- History Project
- Conflict and Community: The Politics of Heritage
- Growing up in a global world: 'Youth' in the 20th and 21st centuries
- Nation and Race in the Early Modern Atlantic World
- Gender, identity and activism. Sexual politics and emotions from 1700-2000
- Global Empires
- The Cold War on the Periphery