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BA (Hons) History

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Explore the past to understand the now. Dive into moments of chaos, challenge and change. Uncover evidence that shines new light on societies around the world. Across issues of gender, class, race, inequality and power, you’ll see how diverse people responded to the times they lived in – and how their actions still shape our world today.

The city of Portsmouth is a time traveller's paradise where past and present collide: from historic warships to modern cruise liners, from Southsea Castle to the Spinnaker Tower. It's the ideal place to create your own immersive and relevant BA (Hons) History degree.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112-128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent, to include a relevant subject 

  • International Baccalaureate – 25-26

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Placement year

Optional modules

  • Study Abroad Year

  • Work Placement Year

2 Year 1

Core 

  • Beliefs, Communities And Conflicts: Europe 1400-1750

  • Discovering World Histories: People and Places

  • Societies, Nations And Empires: Europe 1750-2000

  • Thinking like an Historian

  • Traces Of The Past: Exploring Lives Through Sources

3 Year 2

Core Modules:

  • Debating The Past: Historical Case Studies

  • Working with the Past

Optional Modules:

  • A History of US Foreign Policy: From the Great War to 9/11

  • Envisioning Ourselves: Media and the Making of Modern Britain, 1850-2000

  • Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe And Africa

  • Engaged Citizenship In Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Global Security

  • Intercultural Perspectives on Communication

  • Introduction to Teaching

  • Marketing and Communication

  • Modern Foreign Language (Institute-Wide Language Programme)

  • Modernity and Globalisation

  • Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis, and the Everyday

  • News, Discourse and Media

  • Principles of Economic Crime Investigation

  • Professional Experience

  • Rethinking Nazi Germany: Politics, History, Society

  • Space, Place and Being

  • The Hidden Lives of Things: Material Culture in the Early Modern World

  • Transitional Justice and Human Rights

  • Underworlds: Crime, Deviance and Punishment in Britain, 1500–1900

  • Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response

4 Year 3

Core Modules:

  • Dissertation/Major Project

  • Specialist Option: Empires and Identities

  • Specialist Option: Everyday Life, Extraordinary Lives and Challenging Inequality

  • Specialist Option: Popular Cultures

  • Specialist Option: Societies in Revolution

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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