BA History (Study Abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in History (Study Abroad), a history degree in the field of History. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Historical Research, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme incorporates an international study year at a partner institution during the third year, alongside specialist archive resources and heritage organisation placement opportunities. The first year establishes historical foundations through Handling Historical Evidence, Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, and Revolutions in History, alongside Controversy in History and Modern Worlds. The second year examines key developments through Who Makes History?, War and Transformation, and Human and Environment, with optional routes exploring society and culture. The third year consists of an international study placement abroad. The fourth year requires completion of the History Dissertation and The Use and Abuse of History, while optional modules enable focused study on topics such as the Cold War, the Spanish Civil War, and global political history.
Modules
- Handling Historical Evidence
- Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
- Revolutions in History
- Controversy in History
- Modern Worlds
- Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- English across Space and Time
- History of Philosophy: Ideas that Shaped the West
- Parties, Populism and Protest
- Thinking Sociologically
- Who Makes History?
- War and Transformation
- Human and Environment
- Body, Mind and Society
- Death
- Britain in the 20th Century
- Inventing Rights
- Employability, Purpose and Social Impact (Discovery module)
- Global Challenges and Collaborative Solutions (Discovery module)
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- Your Year Abroad
- The Use and Abuse of History
- History Dissertation
- A Global History of the Cold War
- Advertising and Consumerism in Britain, 1853-1960
- Big Data and Dead People: Digital Histories of Crime, Justice and Punishment, 1760-1925
- Dangerous Thoughts': Soviet Dissent, Human Rights and the Cold War
- Fascism, Revolution and War in Spain: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
- Forging India: South Asia from Empire to Nation, 1829-1964
- From Balfour to Brexit: Britain as a Great Power since 1914
- From Rebellion to Revolution: The War for the Throne, 1199-1265
- Gender Identities in the People's War: Experiences, Representations and Memories
- Intelligent Design? Science, Religion and the Idea of Design in Nature, 1450-1800
- Paradise Lost: Colonisation and the Jamaican Environment, 1655-1838
- Participation, Splendour and Violence: The Italian City-States, c.1100-1350
- Victorian Bodies: Sex, Gender, Race and Power in Global Britain
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- People Power and Collective Action (Discovery module)
- Confronting the Climate Crisis (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)