BA History
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 112 A level: BBC (At least a grade C in Classical Studies, History, Politics or similar (or equivalent qualification)) T Level: Merit BTEC: DMM GCSE: GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 30, Merit: 15, Pass: 0. Must include passes in compulsory Level 3 subjects English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)
About this course
BA (Hons) History explores the past from the early modern period to the present day. Core topics include research methods, historical research, and critical and analytical thinking. A placement year with a cultural or heritage organisation is available between the second and final stage. Students also organise and deliver a public conference presenting their research.
Modules
- Placement Learning and Professional Development
- Historical Methods and Sources (PDP)
- Public Uses of the Past
- Empires, Migrants and Mobility
- Nations and Nationalism, 1789-1914
- Renaissance and Reformation, 1485-1648
- The Atlantic World: 1680-1833
- Public Conference: Marketing and Presenting the Past
- The Cold War: Global Conflict, Culture and Diplomacy, 1945-1991
- Research in Practice
- The Early Modern Body
- Living with Dictatorship: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in Comparative Perspective
- Continuity and Change in Contemporary Britain
- British Country Houses and Their Families
- Advanced Research in Practice
- Historians and Material Culture
- Exploring the Slum: The Politics of Poverty in Britain
- India, Empire, Diaspora: Identity, Violence and Memory Across the Twentieth Century
- Britain and Total War
- Rise of the Dragon? China and the World Since 1793
- History Independent Study (PDP)