| Programme details | |
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| Degree: | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (BA (Hons)) |
| Discipline: |
History
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| Duration: | 48 months |
| Study modes: | full-time |
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This degree offers you the chance to strengthen your skills, knowledge and confidence before you advance to stage one of your honours degree.
History is a subject for anyone with a sense of curiosity and a desire for a deeper understanding of the world around them.
History has the power to make us question who we are, how we have come to act the way we do, and the experiences that have shaped people’s lives in the past. Studying History will turn you into a critical thinker, ready to challenge received wisdoms.
This course provides you with a firm grounding in the skills and knowledge you need and introduces you to the subject of history, enabling you to achieve your full honours degree in four years.
With particular emphasis on modern and contemporary history, this course is academically rigorous, intellectually stimulating and politically relevant. As well as covering broad historical themes, you will explore a wide range of specific topics - everything from the First World War to the history of medicine and nineteenth-century slums.
You will also explore the history of non-European societies, with modules spanning the history of China, the Cold War and the impact of European imperial rule in Africa and Asia.
In a unique project, you will inspire others by organising and marketing a public history conference and presenting your research to a wider audience. Topics explored at this conference have included the experience of British prisoners-of-war during the First World War, the fight against the Apartheid regime in South Africa, and gay riots in 1960s America.
At our 2014 Public History Conference, students attracted TV and radio coverage with their thought-provoking papers on forgotten aspects of the Great War. They will now see their work in print as published scholars: the conference proceedings are set to be published by an academic publishing house.
You will use your research and creative skills to interpret the past for the benefit of the wider community. We provide exciting opportunities for projects involving international arts and heritage organisations, including work placements.
We offer study visits and fieldtrips to bring your learning to life. You will explore the practical and intellectual applications of history in museums, art galleries, country houses, parks and heritage sites.
Recent visits have taken us to the Imperial War Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the city of Chester and the urban heartland of Manchester. And, of course, Derbyshire is the ideal location to study history - with its rich industrial past and thriving heritage industry, including a UNESCO World Heritage site.
You can spend part of your second stage in America, experiencing a different academic culture and deepening your global perspectives. You will study at one of our partner universities:
You will also have opportunities to engage in ‘real-world learning’, giving you a chance to apply the skills you have acquired to real-world settings. ‘Contemporary Issues in the Creative and Cultural Industries’ will present you with a challenge facing a real organisation or business in the creative and cultural industries and will require you to use your research and problem-solving skills to find solutions which you will pitch to an audience external to the university. This will allow you to demonstrate your capacity for leadership and will equip you with the skills necessary to manage high-level professional projects.
In your final year you also have the chance to complete a year-long ‘Work-based Learning’ project, which allows you to carry out a major piece of research for an external organisation, from businesses to schools and museums.
Combine History with another subject - find out more about our joint honours degrees. Or consider our Integrated Masters in History where you can combine both undergraduate and Masters-level study.