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BA History

University of Sussex

Institution
University of Sussex
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History BA (Hons)
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
V100
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

Entry requirements

A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points

About this course

BA (Hons) in History. Core topics include Research Methods. Students complete a history dissertation in the final year and undertake projects with local heritage and charity partners.

Modules

  • Historical Controversy
  • The Early Modern World
  • The History of Now
  • The Making of the Modern World
  • Global History from the Global South
  • Historical Consultancy
  • Engaged Public History
  • Connections and Currents in the Early Modern Atlantic
  • Freedom and Power in the American Century
  • The People's Century? Britain after 1914
  • 1661: Slavery in English America
  • 1776: The Enlightenment
  • 1857: Indian Rebellion
  • 1899: Apex Empires, Savage Wars
  • 1942: Holocaust
  • 1948: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • 1953: Monarchs and Murders
  • 1959 Havana: Revolution in Latin America
  • 1968: Rivers of Blood
  • 1984: Thatcher's Britain (Observing the 1980s)
  • 2015: Fortress Europe and the Migration Crisis
  • Culture and Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa since 1914
  • Ireland: Rebellion, Revolution and Risings
  • The Making and Unmaking of Europe from the 1870s to the present
  • History Dissertation
  • Britain and the Second World War
  • City on a Hill: Faith and the American Project
  • Debating Democracy in the Long 19th Century
  • Freedom Now! The African-American Freedom Struggle After 1945
  • Genocide
  • Guns, Germs and Mai Tais: Culture and Imperialism in the Pacific
  • Palestine from Balfour to Nakba
  • Post-Rave Britain, 1988 - present
  • Producing History
  • Queer Archives
  • The French Empire and Its Aftermath
  • The Global First World War
  • The United States in the Middle East, 1917-Present
  • Witches and Witch-Hunts
  • Beauty, Fashion and History
  • British Childhood, Past and Present
  • DIY History
  • Emotions
  • Life Writing and Life Histories
  • Migrant Ecologies
  • Objects and History
  • Resistance