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BA (Hons) History

Northumbria University Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Alongside a small number of core modules, you can pick and choose from a wide range of stimulating options that cover a rich tapestry of history. In doing so, you will be able to study a mix of periods and regions, from medieval Europe to contemporary America. Our curriculum provides a historical perspective on present-day challenges and concerns, including environmental change, global connectivity, gender equality, war and conflict, and the power of media and culture. Northumbria Universitys breadth of expertise has helped us to be ranked 23rd of UK institutions for History (Guardian University Guide, 2021). Our staff members make innovative use of media, including film, music, and digital technology. History at Northumbria means much more than seminars and lectures: joint knowledge creation, place-based learning, and public engagement are embedded in our curriculum which includes group projects, work placements, excursions, and student-led conferences. The undergraduate course deliberately teaches transferable skills, with options for a work placement as well as a period of study abroad. The first year emphasizes the acquisition of research and communication skills, the second employability and project management, and the third independent learning on a research project of your choice. A wide range of option modules is offered on this course. To ensure the quality of the student learning experience, some modules are subject to minimum and maximum student numbers. Staff is dedicated to supporting their students and they do so through our Guidance Tutor system, one-to-one essay tutorials, and dissertation workshops.

General Eligibility

120 UCAS Tariff points From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A-level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas, or the International Baccalaureate. GCSE Requirements: Applicants will need Maths and English Language at minimum grade 4/C, or an equivalent.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

  • The Making of Contemporary Europe (Core)

  • A Disunited Kingdom? The British and Irish Isles since 1689 (Core)

  • From Sea to Shining Sea: US History from 1776 to 2008 (Core)

  • Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 1200-1720 (Core)

  • Making History (Core)

  • Cultures, Empires and Ideas: Global Histories of Power and Ideology (Core)

  • Academic Language Skills for Humanities and Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only)

2 Year 2

  • Humanities Study Abroad (Optional)

  • The American West (Optional)

  • Slavery, Sectionalism and Manifest Destiny (Optional)

  • Your Graduate Future (Optional)

  • From Reconstruction to Reunification: Europe, 1945-1991 (Optional)

  • Into the Dark Valley: Europe, 1919-1939 (Optional)

  • Inquisition and Discovery: Myths and Realities of Late Medieval Spain (Optional)

  • The Holocaust (Optional)

  • Debating History (Core)

  • Civilians and the Second World War (Optional)

  • Divisive Pasts: Legacies of Conflict and Oppression in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Optional)

3 Year 3

  • Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional)

  • Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional)

  • Year in International Business (This is made up of modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional)

  • Year in International Multidisciplinary Innovation (4 modules studied in Amsterdam (Semester 1) & Newcastle (Semester 2) (Optional)

4 Year 4

  • States of Nature: Environments and Peoples in the Americas (Optional)

  • The African American Freedom Struggle Since 1945 (Optional)

  • The Black Panther Party (Optional)

  • Women, Crime and Subversion in Early Modern Europe (Optional)

  • Italian Fascism (Optional)

  • Peace, Love and Understanding: International Political Activism in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Optional)

  • 'Europe's Greatest Killer: The Black Death, Ethnic Cleansing and Biological Warfare in the Late Medieval World' (Optional)

  • Barricades and Boulevards: Revolution, Culture, and Urban Life in Nineteenth-century Paris (Optional)

  • History Dissertation (Core)

  • Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional)

  • Holocaust Testimony and Cultural Memory (Optional)

  • Environmental disaster in modern Britain (Optional)

  • History of Antisemitism (Optional)

  • The British Women's Suffrage Movement in History and Memory (Optional)

  • Nicaragua in Revolution, 1979-1990 (Optional)

  • Creatures of Empire: an Animal History of British Colonialism (Optional)

  • Tudor Music and Popular Culture (Optional)

  • Academic Language Skills for Humanities and Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79
International applicants should have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or an approved equivalent*).

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