History, BA Hons

History is a BA Honours degree offered by the School of Humanities & Social Sciences. It allows students to specialise in national and international history whilst also incorporating courses from a variety of other subject pathways.

Students study history at the Greenwich World Heritage Site, itself a living legacy of British scientific, maritime and imperial history, as well as a thriving multicultural centre of contemporary Britain. The pathway explores a wide range of historical topics, from global events to community history, and from Witchcraft to the World Wars. History students also have the opportunity to develop practical and professional skills through work placements.

Aims of the programme:

To provide students with a substantial grounding in modern British, European and world history.
To nurture the development of open, creative and critical thinkers who are able to apply these qualities of mind in a variety of intellectual contexts.
To encourage an appreciation of the nature of historical enquiry and the links between history and other disciplines.
To provide a structure and an environment in which skills relevant to citizenship, employability, and lifelong learning may be developed.

UCAS code

Please telephone our Enquiry Unit on 020 8331 9000

School

Humanities & Social Sciences

Location

Greenwich Campus

Attendance

3 years full-time
6 years part-time

Entry requirements

Applicants should have:

240 UCAS points

INCLUDING at least 120 from two A-levels or from a relevant vocational qualification

PLUS GCSE English at grade C or above.

• At time of press entry requirements are subject to change. Please check the online prospectus to confirm UCAS points before making your application.

Assessment

Assessment is through examinations and coursework tasks, including individual and group projects, presentations, critical reviews and portfolios, as well as conventional analytical essays.

Career options

Graduates can purse careers in market research, teaching, administration and government, librarianship and information services, and museums and heritage management.

Combined honours degrees

It is possible to combine this subject with another. Please log on to www.gre.ac.uk/combined.

Year 1

Headlines in History: Britain at War, 1850-1945
A Tale of Two Cities: Poverty and Wealth in the Metropolis 1750
Two options chosen from another discipline such as: How to Argue: Critical Reasoning, Logic and Rhetoric; Politics of Conflict Resolution: Oedipus to Star Wars; Inequality and Social Change OR two opions chosen from related subject disciplines

Year 2

Making History: Ideas and Practice
Early Modern England: Economy, Culture and Society
Family and Community History in the 19th and 20th Centuries
OR an option from a related subject discipline

Year 3

Year 3 students have the opportunity to undertake either a dissertation or a work-based placement. The dissertation enables you to work on a topic of your own choosing and to put into practice the skills of analysis and research developed in years 1 and 2; the work placement allows you to gain practical experience of working in a history-related profession.
Witchcraft in the Early Modern World
Further courses from related subject disciplines

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