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BA (Honours) History

Open University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This wide-ranging course will develop and deepen your knowledge of different periods of history from around 1500 to the late twentieth century. You’ll tackle such exciting and challenging issues as power and warfare, culture and beliefs, health and medicine, imperialism, race, class, and gender. In doing so you'll learn the skills of the historian in studying historical materials; exploring how we understand, interpret, and debate past events; and investigating a range of critical approaches.

  • Explore a wide range of historical topics, periods, and places

  • Find out what it means to be a historian

  • Have the opportunity to develop a project based on independent study

  • Study using custom-made teaching materials 

  • Develop skills in research, analysis, and communication that are beneficial to a wide range of careers 

General Eligibility

This subject has no language prerequisite.

Part Time Work Details

In a distance learning course, there are typically no strict regulations regarding part-time employment, providing students with the flexibility to pursue work opportunities while studying remotely. This autonomy allows individuals to manage their schedules and balance professional commitments with their educational pursuits.

What You'll Study

1 Stage-1 (120 Credits)
  • Discovering the arts and humanities

  • Revolutions

2 Stage-2 (120 Credits)
  • Early modern Europe: society and culture c.1500-1780

  • The British Isles and the modern world, 1789–1914

3 Stage-3 (120 Credits)
  • Empires: power, resistance, legacies

  • Europe 1914-1989: war, peace, modernity

  • The making of Welsh history

  • Art and its Global Histories

  • The Roman Empire

  • Why is religion controversial?

  • Medieval and early modern Scotland: 1100 to 1707

  • Modern Scottish History: 1707 to present

Language Requirement

  • IELTS00
  • TOEFL00
  • PTE000
  • Duolingo00

There are no formal entry requirements to study this qualification.

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