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BA (Hons) History and Media

Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

As part of your course, you’ll:

  • Study in a truly interdisciplinary way as you explore how history and media intersect

  • Join the vibrant, research-led academic community in the School of Cultural Studies & Humanities

  • Be taught by active researchers who can help guide your studies

  • Have the opportunity to choose practical, career-focused option modules to boost your CV and improve your employability upon graduation

General Eligibility

Access to HE Diploma:

  • Pass overall with a minimum of 104 UCAS tariff points.

T Levels:

  • Pass overall with a minimum of 104 UCAS tariff points, including a C or above on the core.

Scottish Awards:

  • 104 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 5 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade B or above.

Irish Leaving Certificate:

  • 104 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 5 subjects at a higher level of which at least 3 must be grade H3 or above.

International baccalaureate:

  • 104 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 3 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade H5 or above.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • The emergence of Modern Europe

  • Society & Culture in Modern Britain, 1780-1914

  • Media Interactions

  • Researching Television

  • BBC Radio: Cultural Talk, Public Purposes

  • 20th-Century Europe

2 Year 2
  • Media: Past & Present, Where & When

  • Swinging Britain: Turned on & Tuned in to the 60s

  • Researching Media & Culture

Option modules may include

History option modules:

  • Beyond Men & Women: Themes in Western Gender History, c. 1870-2000

  • Atlantic Revolutions

  • Thatcher's Britain

  • Bringing the Empire Home, 1851-1914

  • Digital History

  • Genocide & the Politics of Memory

  • Landscapes of History

  • Radicals, Reformers & Revolutionaries in the British Isles, 1760-1922

  • Revolution! Europe 1789-1871

  • Slavery & Unfree Labour in the British Empire: Comparative Case Studies

  • Totalitarianism: State Ideology & Mass Politics in the 20th Century

  • War, Welfare & Society: Modern Britain, c. 1900-1950

Media option modules:

  • Comedy, Media & Diversity

  • Youth, Crime & Culture

  • Media Professionals' Workshop

Interdisciplinary option module:

  • Applied Humanities: Live-Brief Learning

3 Year 3
  • History & Media Dissertation

Or

  • Working with the Past Major Project

  • Mediating Modernities

Option modules may include

History option modules:

  • Beyond the Ballot: Politics & Society in Britain, 1918-2018

  • Communist Eastern Europe 1945-1990: Peeking behind the Iron Curtain

  • Apartheid & After: 20th-Century South Africa

  • Britishness: Nation & Society since 1707

  • Britons Abroad: Histories of Overseas Travel & Holidaying, c. 1750-1990

  • Civil Rights in North America

  • Environmentalism in World History

  • Streetlife: Urban Culture & Society since c. 1850

  • The Four Seasons of Modern Italy: Nationalism, Liberalism, Fascism, Democracy

  • Under-Represented Heritage

  • Public History Project

  • "People's War": Understanding the British Home Front, c.1939-45

  • Decolonisation Past & Present

Media option modules:

  • Race, Culture & Media

  • Sports Media

  • Lifestyle, Media, Identity

  • Media Celebrity & Film Stardom

  • Digital & Media Cultures

  • Challenging Gaming Culture

  • Human Obsolescence

  • Music & the Digital

  • Space Media

  • Surveillance Cultures

Interdisciplinary option module:

  • Career Cartographies

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79
IELTS 6.0 with no skills below 5.5, or an equivalent qualification.

Additional Information

This course is available: Part-time, 6 years

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