BA History and Education
Entry requirements
A level: BBC in three A Levels. IB: 554 in three Higher Levels or 29 points.
About this course
BA (Hons) in History and Education, combining the study of past societies with education theory and policy. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Fieldwork, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme offers an optional placement year or study abroad at a partner university. In the final year, students complete an independent research project, producing either a dissertation or a digital public-facing piece.
Modules
- Defining Moments in World History, 1000-2000
- Education Past and Present
- History
- Power, Belief and Identity: The Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, 500-1789
- Modern History: From the Industrial Revolution to the Global Pandemic
- Applied History: What’s Past is Present
- Understanding Learning in the Classroom
- Education Identities and Spaces
- Children and Learners in Society
- Becoming a Social Scientist
- Themes, Sources and Debates in History
- Diversity and Inclusion in Education
- History in the Headlines
- Applied History: Working with the Past
- Professional Experience with History (Year 2)
- World Wars and the Age of Extremes
- Reformation and Revolution: Creating Britain and America
- Colonial Legacies: The Inconvenient Histories of Individuals, Families, and Communities since 1800
- Persecution in Medieval Europe
- The American South: US Summer School (Level 5)
- Social Science at Work
- Work Placement for Social Sciences
- Educational Inequalities
- Critical Issues in Higher Education
- Final Year History Project
- Education Independent Research Project
- Applied History: Looking to the Future
- Professional Experience with History (Year 3)
- Age of Migration in a Global Perspective
- Killing the King: The English Revolution, 1640-49
- Christians, Muslims and Crusaders, 1094-1204
- The American South: US Summer School (Level 6)
- Sites of Sexual Conflict in South Asia
- Engaged Social Science
- Social Sciences Work Placement
- Education Trends and Futures
- What is Education For?
- Educational Policy: Making Change