History

Fuel your passion for history as you study a dynamic subject

Explore events and people from across the world
BA (Hons) History is a three-year degree in which you will study the past from the medieval period to the present day. You will also gain the opportunity to develop different approaches to history including political history, military history, social history and many other variations.

Our students learn from lectures, seminars, prestigious guest speakers and study visits to the internationally recognized local heritage industry. Each year you develop your knowledge and skills so that in your final year you will not only study your modules but undertake your own research dissertation.

Learn from experts
You will learn from internationally recognised staff who use the latest research to underpin their teaching to ensure you engage with the current debates. The bonus of taking this degree is you will access a kaleidoscope of amazing subjects. From the black death, to Henry VIII’s court intrigues, to the Victorians and the making of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Prepare for your career
Along with learning about history, we will prepare you through bridging activities to consider a career in teaching, heritage and law. We know these are classic careers for you as a history graduate.

Our BA (Hons) History course offers you the chance to study key historical topics from the medieval period to the present day and in each year you will gain and develop your research skills.

Studying the past means immersing yourself in the time period that fascinates you. Our modules will let you explore history using written, visual, material, and oral history sources and at each level you will explore how historians debate and reinterpret what the past means today.

You will be accessing both the subjects you love already and learning about new ones. Our approach is to share national and international contexts and explore common sources (e.g. treaties, diaries and maps) and more unconventional ones (e.g. comics, films, computer war games, military strategy games).

Year One
In your first year, you will be introduced to the world of studying history at university and given the chance to study what you love while also dipping into new subjects.

Year Two
In your second year, you will begin to shape your degree around your interests.

Year Three
By your final year, you will have a strong sense of what historical area you would like to focus on for your final dissertation project. You will have also had the opportunity to undertake a work placement that will prepare you for your future career.

Our BA (Hons) History course uses a range of assessments methods, including:

Essays
Source evaluations and reviews
Research projects
Collaborative project work
Dissertation

Modules are assessed at every stage of the course, allowing you to clearly see your academic progress throughout your degree