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BA History and Sociology

Queen's University Belfast

Institution
Queen's University Belfast
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History and Sociology
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
VL13
Typical offer
A-level BBB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: BBB IB: 32 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level

About this course

BA in Sociology and History, exploring social structures alongside historical developments. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students choose from a wide range of modules spanning from the Roman empire to contemporary society.

Modules

  • Rethinking Society
  • The Sociological Imagination
  • Exploring History 1
  • Exploring History 2
  • Introducing Social Policy
  • Revolutions
  • The Long Road to Black Lives Matter
  • The Power of Social Theory
  • Social Inequalities and Diversity
  • Politics and Society in 19th Century Ireland
  • The American South 1619-1865
  • Ireland since partition
  • The American South, 1865-1980
  • Northern Ireland: Identities, Ideologies & Futures
  • The Roman Origins of the East and West; From Augustus to Charlemagne
  • The Expansion of Medieval Europe, 1000-1300
  • The making of contemporary Britain: 1914 to the present
  • Revolutionary Europe, 1500-1789
  • Nationalism and Liberation in 20th Century Africa
  • Alexander The Great and the Creation of the Hellenistic World
  • Questions for an Ageing World
  • Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world
  • Cabinets of Curiosity: Museums Past and Present
  • Understanding Gender and Migration
  • Sociology of Conflict and Peace Processes
  • Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future
  • Revolution and Disaster in Ireland and Britain 1603-1707
  • An Age of Revolutions: Britain and Ireland, 1688-1815
  • Race, racism and Colonialism
  • Issues in Contemporary Irish Society
  • That Vast Catastrophe: The Great Irish Famine
  • The Soviet Union 1921-1991
  • The Irish Revolution, 1917-1921
  • Working Class Communities in the UK 1900-1970
  • Dissertation
  • United Irishmen and Unionists: the religion and politics of Ulster protestants
  • Kings, courts and culture in Carolingian Europe
  • Religion and Empire: Christian Missions To Africa, Asia and Middle East
  • Modern Families: Intimate and Personal Relationships
  • Norms and Social Change
  • Crime & Punishment 19th Century Ireland
  • The Rise of Christianity 2: The Conversion of the Roman Empire
  • Religion: Death or Revival?
  • Thatcher's Britain
  • Sin Cities? Everyday Life in the Modern Metropolis
  • The Ancient City
  • Pop Culture and Protest in U.S. History
  • Twentieth-Century China
  • Paths to Independence and Decolonisation in India and East Africa
  • Emotion, Power, and Politics: The Political Sociology of Emotions, Trump, Brexit, and Populism
  • Diaspora: Irish 19th-century migration
  • Extermination: History and Memory of the Murdered Jews of Europe
  • The cultural politics of memory in a global perspective
  • The sociology of protest and revolution
  • War, Politics, and Identity in Late Medieval Ireland, c.1166-c.1521
  • African and Irish Relations in the Americas