BA History and Modern Languages
Entry requirements
A level: AAA IB: 38 (including core points) with 666 at HL
About this course
BA in History and Modern Languages, an Italian and History degree centred on the combined study of historical periods, cultural developments and foreign language work. Students spend a compulsory year abroad, typically during the third year, undertaking a university placement, working as a language assistant, or completing an internship. The course culminates in a final-year dissertation project that integrates both subject areas. The first year covers European and World history, a British Isles history period or historical methods paper, practical language work, and two literature papers. The third year includes further European and World history, a history special subject, literature papers, a bridge essay, and optional history or modern languages options alongside an optional additional thesis in history.
Modules
- European and World history (four options: 370–900; 1000–1300; 1400–1650; 1815–1914)
- Either a British Isles history period, or a historical methods paper, or a foreign text or an optional subject
- Practical language work (two papers)
- Two literature papers
- A period or theme paper European and World history
- Either a special subject in History (two papers), with one additional history or literature option; or three papers selected from history (British history, further subject, thesis) or Modern Languages (special subjects, prescribed authors, extended essay)
- An optional additional thesis in History
- A period of literature
- A paper on one of a wide range of options
- A bridge essay