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BA History and Education Studies

University of Derby

Institution
University of Derby
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History and Education Studies
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
V1X3
Typical offer
A-level BBC

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff: 112 A level: BBC T Level: Merit BTEC: DMM GCSE: GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification Access to HE: A minimum of Distinction: 15 credits, Merit: 24 credits, Pass 6 credits. English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)

About this course

BA (Hons) in History and Education. Core topics include research methods, historical research, and critical and analytical thinking. The programme includes a 12-day educational placement and a placement year between the second and final stages. A collaborative conference module enables students to write and deliver a paper on public history.

Modules

  • Placement Learning and Professional Development
  • Historical Methods and Sources (PDP)
  • Empires, Migrants and Mobility
  • Nations and Nationalism, 1789-1914
  • Another Brick in the Wall: An Introduction to the Sociology of Education
  • Education Through the Ages
  • Teaching, Thinking and Reasoning
  • The Cold War: Global Conflict, Culture and Diplomacy, 1945-1991
  • Continuity and Change in Contemporary Britain
  • Public Conference: Marketing and Presenting the Past
  • Living with Dictatorship: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in Comparative Perspective
  • The Early Modern Body
  • Research in Practice
  • Lessons from History of Education
  • Motivation and Achievement
  • Research Methods in Education
  • Is it all just words? Language, Society and Education
  • Educational Alternatives
  • Education in Context: a reflection
  • India, Empire, Diaspora: Identity, Violence and Memory Across the Twentieth Century
  • Exploring the Slum: The Politics of Poverty in Britain
  • Historians and Material Culture
  • Rise of the Dragon? China and the World Since 1793
  • Britain and Total War
  • British Country Houses and Their Families
  • Advanced Research in Practice
  • History Independent Study (PDP)
  • The Future of Education
  • Left Behind and Left out: Social Exclusion and Education
  • The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching
  • ‘Entrepreneurial’ Education
  • Educational Independent Study