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BA History

University of Huddersfield

Institution
University of Huddersfield
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History BA(Hons)
Duration
3 years full-time ; 4 years inc. placement year ; 5 years part-time
Typical offer
A-level BBB, UCAS 104-120

Entry requirements

BBB-BCC at A Level. 120-104 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications. Merit at T Level. DMM-MMM in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma. Merit in UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma. Merit in RSL Level 3 Extended Diploma. Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above. 120-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.

About this course

BA (Hons) in History. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course is assessed entirely through coursework with no exams. A placement year is available, and students have opportunities to work with archival materials at Heritage Quay and Holocaust Centre North.

Modules

  • Arts and Humanities Placement
  • Portfolio Sandwich Year
  • Enterprise Placement
  • Dissertation
  • Humanities Showcase
  • The Great War: Culture and Society
  • The Body and the City
  • Voices of the Holocaust
  • The Elizabethan Age
  • The Dark Years, 1940-1944: Collaboration, Resistance and Memory in Wartime France
  • Twentieth Century Britain
  • Medieval and Early Modern Sources and Approaches
  • Critical Thinking
  • Professional Writing
  • Introduction to English Literature
  • History of English
  • Video Production
  • Audio Production
  • Online Content Production
  • The Media's Roles, Rights and Responsibilties
  • Work Experience Placement
  • Researching the Humanities
  • Investigating the Archive
  • Reformation and Revolution
  • Growing Up in the Past: Oral Histories of Childhood and Youth
  • Hitler's Germany: Life and Death in the Third Reich
  • Modern India: from Raj to Independence c.1860-1950
  • Refugees in Modern World HIstory