BA History
Manchester Metropolitan University
Entry requirements
A level: BCC IB: IB Diploma with minimum 26 points overall or 104 UCAS Tariff points from three Higher Level subjects. If you plan to meet the Level 2 course requirements through your IB Diploma you will need to achieve Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 5 in English
About this course
BA (Hons) History, exploring the past through diverse periods and geographical regions. Core topics include Historical Research, Research Methods, Global & Comparative Perspective, and Ethics & Professional Practice. An Independent Project in the final year allows students to pursue a topic of their choosing, with the option to spend the third year on an industry placement or study overseas.
Modules
- Introduction to History: Period Study
- Interactive Learning Skills and Communication
- Changing Nature: Perspectives from History, Philosophy and Politics
- Exploring History: Thematic Study
- Global History
- Further Frontiers in History: Ancient/ Medieval and Early Modern/Modern
- Encountering the Past: Interpreting Primary Sources
- Fit for the Future
- Race and Rights in the Modern World
- Treasure? Material Culture from Ancient Worlds in Museums and Beyond
- Pursuing Change: Revolutions, Conflict and Society in the Modern World
- King and Country? Power and Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- Independent Project
- Debating History
- Ancient Empires
- Modern Britain and Ireland
- New Worlds: Overseas Colonisation, Globalisation and Changing Lives, 1400-1800
- The American Century: The United States, C. 1900-2000
- Sex, Deviance and Power: Gender and Sexuality in Historical Perspective
- Asia and Africa Since 1750: Empires, Decolonisation and Globalisation
- Divided World: Cold War Histories
- Living and Dying in the Ancient World
- Travellers' Tales: Migration, Encounters and Conflict in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean