IN THE UK 17 TH COURSE SATISFACTION (Guardian University Guide 2023)
HISTORY SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
On our wide-ranging History degree, you can explore more than 1,500 years of the past in Britain, Europe, the United States, and beyond. You’ll build the skills valued by employers across a range of sectors, while deepening your understanding of how the past has shaped the present.
Foundation Year available – see pages 58-63 for full details Global Opportunities available † Work Placement or Internship Opportunities available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available
You’ll gain a firm grounding in the approaches used by historians to understand and explain different aspects of the past across a wide range of periods. As your studies progress you’ll be able to focus more on the centuries, cultures, and kinds of historical change that interest you most. Our expert staff will guide you in examining themes such as politics, social change, gender, health and medicine, heritage, and war and peace. We also offer a wide range of programme combinations allowing you to study History with another subject. You can study the past outside of the lecture hall and the library, through field trips and study trip modules, and apply your knowledge in a work placement or year in industry. You can choose to spend a semester or a year abroad. TYPICAL MODULES INCLUDE: Year 1 • Britain and the World, 1800-2000 • The Early Modern World, 1500-1800 • Europe of Extremes, 1789-1989 • Field trip Module: The Past in its Place • Medieval Europe: An Introduction
Year 2 • Britain in the Early Middle Ages: Slaves, Dragons, Queens and Vikings • Disunited Kingdom ? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain • History Work Placement • Revolutionary America, 1760-1791 • Ruin and Renewal: Europe 1918-1968 • The First World War • The Practice of History Year 3 • A History of Sex and Gender • From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and Society in Western Political Thought • From Plague to Covid-19: Infections in Global History • Histories of Empire • Observing Britain: Everyday Life in the Mid 20th Century • Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy 1944 • The Placing of History: Digitally Mapping the Historic Past
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 162) †
BA Honours ▲ American Studies and History ♦ American Studies and History ▲ Ancient History and History ♦ Ancient History and History (with Year Abroad) ▲ English Literature and History ♦ English Literature and History
(with Year Abroad / Year in Industry)
(with Year Abroad / Year in Industry) ♦ French and History (with Year Abroad) ♦ German and History (with Year Abroad) ▲ History ♦ History (with Year Abroad / Year in Industry) ♦ History (with Foundation Year) ▲ History and Politics ♦ History and Politics (with Year Abroad) ♦ History and Spanish (with Year Abroad) ▲ History and Welsh (a Pathway for First Language Students) ♦ History and Welsh (a Pathway for First Language Students) (with Year Abroad / Year in Industry) ▲ H istory and Welsh (a Pathway for Second Language Students) ♦ History and Welsh (a Pathway for Second Language Students) (with Year Abroad / Year in Industry)
Typical Offer: BBB
You may also want to consider: Medieval Studies – see page 132
▲ International Relations and History ♦ International Relations and History (with Year Abroad) ▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page
FUTURE CAREERS: • Archives and Libraries • Civil Service • Education • Media • Museums and Galleries • Politics and Law
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