BA History and Business
Entry requirements
A-Level: AAB-ABB IB: 34/665-32/655 BTEC: DDD-DDM
About this course
BA in History and Business, a business and management and history degree centred on historical and commercial perspectives across different eras and sectors. Core topics include Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Historical Research, Project Management, and Research Methods. The course is taught at the Penryn campus in Cornwall. Following foundational studies, the first year features compulsory modules such as Business and Society, Marketing in a Digital Age, Theory and Practice of Management, Understanding Work and Organisations, New Approaches to History, and Generative AI and Sustainable Futures: Ethics, Society, and Scholarship. Optional modules at this stage include Climate Emergency! Environmental Humanities Fieldschool, Foundations of Environmental Humanities, Historical Sources and Skills: Microhistory and History from Below, Public History, European History: Politics and Society, An Introduction to Histories of Science and Environment, and Global History: Twentieth Century Transformations. The second year includes compulsory study through The Practice of History alongside various options. Optional modules span areas like Business Beyond Profit, Strategic Concepts for Business, Finance for Business, Research Inquiry for Practice, Workplace Wellbeing, Digital Technologies and the Future of Work, Ecological Economics, Understanding Financial Statements, Circular Enterprise Economy, Apocalyptic Narratives: Disaster Writing, Ecology and Empire, Art and Archaeology in Post-Colonial Nations, Stolen Histories: Colonialism, Looting, and the Illicit Trade of Cultural Heritage, Critical Elements of Environmental Humanities: Cultures of Earth and Water, The Occult in Victorian Britain, Germany 1500-Present: Cultural and Political Histories, Humanities in the Workplace (Penryn), Enlightenment and the Age of Reason: Philosophy, Politics, Society, and Revolution and Abolition: History and Legacies of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Modules
- Business and Society
- Marketing in a Digital Age
- Theory and Practice of Management
- Understanding Work and Organisations
- New Approaches to History
- Generative AI and Sustainable Futures: Ethics, Society, and Scholarship
- Climate Emergency! Environmental Humanities Fieldschool
- Foundations of Environmental Humanities
- Historical Sources and Skills: Microhistory and History from Below
- Public History
- European History: Politics and Society
- An Introduction to Histories of Science and Environment
- Global History: Twentieth Century Transformations
- The Practice of History
- Business Beyond Profit
- Strategic Concepts for Business
- Finance for Business
- Research Inquiry for Practice
- Workplace Wellbeing
- Digital Technologies and the Future of Work
- Ecological Economics
- Understanding Financial Statements
- Circular Enterprise Economy
- Apocalyptic Narratives: Disaster Writing
- Ecology and Empire
- Art and Archaeology in Post-Colonial Nations
- Stolen Histories: Colonialism, Looting, and the Illicit Trade of Cultural Heritage
- Critical Elements of Environmental Humanities: Cultures of Earth and Water
- The Occult in Victorian Britain
- Germany 1500-Present: Cultural and Political Histories
- Humanities in the Workplace (Penryn)
- Enlightenment and the Age of Reason: Philosophy, Politics, Society
- Revolution and Abolition: History and Legacies of the Atlantic Slave Trade