This exciting and challenging joint honours degree will give you the opportunity to study past and present human societies through a combination of historical and sociological perspectives.
You’ll achieve a systematic understanding of the social, cultural, economic and political processes that have shaped human civilisations over time, considering the complexities of class, gender, race and other factors in different societies. This will enable you to build an understanding of the impact of power, resistance, and social change in British, European and global history. This flexible course allows you to develop your own areas of specialism and a range of skills that are attractive to employers.
This BA History and Sociology course brings together two academic disciplines to give insights that neither could provide on their own. A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but take fewer optional and discovery modules, so you can fit in both subjects.
At Level 1, you’ll study core and optional modules that will develop and broaden your historical skills, as well as exploring different approaches to the past. You’ll also analyse contemporary British society and culture and explore the key issues and concepts in global sociology.
At Level 2, you can choose from an impressive variety of optional modules, reflecting the latest research in both subjects. You could focus on major societal challenges, such as climate change, pandemics, disabilities, crime, racial and gender oppression, as well as the evolution of medieval and early modern societies across the globe, or the recent history of Britain, Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australasia. You’ll also take compulsory modules that focus critical skills and practices in both disciplines.
At Level 3, you’ll apply the research and analytical skills you’ve developed in an independently researched dissertation, where you can specialise in a subject of your choice. Working closely with an expert tutor on a research-based ‘Special Subject’ module, you’ll focus on a specific topic in which you engage closely with primary sources, as well as optional Sociology modules that showcase the latest thinking in the discipline.
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Candidates are required to take 120 credits, with a minimum of 40 credits in both History and Sociology.
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST1000 | Exploring History | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST1065 | Diverse Histories of Britain | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP1201 | Making Sense of Society: Reading Social Theory | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP1213 | Formations of Coloniality and Modernity | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study up to 40 additional credits, either by choosing from the basket below or via University designated ‘Discovery Modules’.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST1310 | The Medieval World in Ten Objects | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST1320 | Medieval Lives: Identities, Cultures and Beliefs | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST1510 | Global Empires | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST1520 | Global Decolonization | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST1530 | The Making of the Twentieth Century | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MEDV1081 | Religion and Culture: Medieval Christianity, Judaism and Islam | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 40 credits of Discovery Modules
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Students must study 120 credits.
Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must pass:
- Sociology: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be taken at level 3)
- History: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be taken at level 3)
The remaining credits can be used for elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 2 and all core modules to proceed to the next level of the programme.
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP2731 | Central Problems in Sociology | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following History option modules, including at least one module from each group. These MUST be taken in different semesters.
GROUP A
Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the Group A list below:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST2030 | The Crusades and the Crusader States in the 12th Century | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2045 | Transformations of the Roman World | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2065 | The Tudors: Princes, Politics, and Piety, 1485-1603 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2073 | Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-1715 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2080 | Voices of the People: Speech, Language and Oral Culture in Early Modern Europe | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2090 | Sin in Spanish America, 1571-1700 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2112 | Jewish Communities in Medieval Europe | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2315 | Mughals, Merchants and Mercenaries: 'Company Raj' in India 1600-1857 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MEDV2085 | Medieval Narratives in the Modern World: Nationalism, Terrorism, Popular Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
GROUP B
Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the Group B list below:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST2011 | Mud, Blood and Poetry: The Cultural History of War in Britain | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2015 | Australia and the World | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2103 | Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2140 | Imperial Germany 1871-1918 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2152 | Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2291 | 20th Century Britain: Progress and Uncertainty 1945-1990 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2301 | The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1921-1993 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2309 | Communist Eastern Europe, 1945-89 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2353 | America and the Sixties | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2420 | Nationalism, Colonialism and 'Religious Violence' in India, 1857-1947 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2430 | The History of Africa since 1900 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2432 | Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-1939 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2595 | Curiosities and Monstrosities: Stuff on Display in Britain, c. 1753-1851 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2645 | The Rise of Modern Japan: From the Meiji Restoration to the Present Day | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST2653 | American Business History | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2654 | Global Business History | 20 | ||
| HIST2658 | Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
The following modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2240 | Hands on Heritage | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2505 | Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2557 | Thinking about History | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2565 | Histories of Black Britain | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2575 | Legal Fictions of Slavery, A Documentary | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2590 | Public History and Popular Culture | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students are required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules.
Students wishing to enrol on SLSP3041: Sociology Dissertation at level 3 must have taken SLSP2011: Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSS2002 | Social Sciences and Emergencies: Theories, Contexts and Approaches | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2011 | Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLSP2021 | Crime, Law and Regulation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP2041 | Disability Studies: An Introduction | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP2052 | Gender and Society | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2146 | Crime, Race and Ethnicity | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2151 | Debates in Childhood and Youth | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2181 | The Sociology of Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP2933 | Sociology and the Climate Crisis | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Students cannot take level 3 modules at level 2. Students are only permitted to take a maximum of 20 credits below their year of study at levels 2 and 3, with the exception of skills discovery modules.
Candidates may choose to study up to 60 credits of discovery modules over both Level 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
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Students undertake an Industrial Work Placement. Students should expect to pass this element of the programme in order to proceed to the final year.
Students must take the following:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH8001 | Work Placement Year | 120 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Students must pass the industrial placement year in order to be awarded the degree entitled 'Industrial'.
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Students must study 120 credits.
Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must pass:
- Sociology: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- History: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)
The remaining credits can be used for elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at level 3 and all core modules to proceed to gain the degree.
Candidates will be required to study one of the final year projects. Students wishing to enrol on SLSP3041 must have taken SLSP2011 as a pre-requisite and take SLSP3095 as a co-requisite:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3500 | History Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLSP3041 | Sociology Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLSP3096 | Research Skills for your Dissertation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following Special Subject modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3001 | Conquest, Convivencia and Conflict: Christian and Muslim Spain, 711-1212 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3005 | The 'Russian' Civil Wars, 1916-1922 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3015 | Indonesia from Revolution to Dictatorship, 1945-1967 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3026 | People, Water and Sand: An Environmental History of the Middle East | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3070 | Transnational Jewish History at the Turn of the 20th Century | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3220 | Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3235 | Dividing India: The Road to Democracy in South Asia, 1939-1952 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3260 | Tradition and Modernity in Colonial Africa: Uganda's Kingdoms 1862-1964 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3270 | The Third Reich, 1933-1945 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3290 | Popular Belief in the Medieval West 1000-c.1500 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3330 | Europe in an Age of Total Warfare | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3332 | The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3390 | The Soviet Sixties: Politics and Society in the USSR, 1953-1968 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3392 | Eastern Subjects: British Attitudes to India, 1757-1857 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3395 | The Troubles: The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968-Present | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3498 | Early Modern Media: Printing and the People in Europe c.1500-c.1800 | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3550 | Exploration, Conflict and Cultural Encounter in Early European Expansionism | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3650 | Stalin and Stalinism | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3685 | Georgians at War | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3687 | The Later Elizabethan Age: Politics and Empire | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3695 | The Korean War | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3745 | Secret Service: The World of British Intelligence | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST3760 | A Revolutionary Century: Resistance, Reform, and Repression in Central America, 1900- present | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
The following modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University. Students are permitted to take a maximum of 20 credits below their year of study at level 3.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2240 | Hands on Heritage | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2505 | Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2557 | Thinking about History | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST2560 | History on the High Street | 20 | ||
| HIST2565 | Histories of Black Britain | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2575 | Legal Fictions of Slavery, A Documentary | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2580 | Slavery Studies Through Autobiography | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2590 | Public History and Popular Culture | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules, depending on the choice of final year project, in order to fulfil the programme requirements. Students who have NOT taken their Final Year Project with Sociology MUST take 40 credits from the list below.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSS3001 | State of Emergency: Social science and the COVID-19 pandemic | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3065 | Quantitative Social Research | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3075 | Disability and Development | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3211 | State Crime and Immorality | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3220 | Contemporary Children, Young People and Families | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3230 | Global Terrorism and Violence | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3250 | The Sociology of Objects | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3995 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following list of modules, depending on the choice of final year project. (Students are required to study 60 credits of History modules in level 3).
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3100 | Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-1900 | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST3251 | Twentieth Century Southeast Asia: From Empire to Independence | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST3450 | American History, American Historians | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3453 | The Body in Australian History, 1788-2007 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3455 | Consumer Society in Historical Perspective | 20 | ||
| HIST3493 | War, Regicide and Republic: England, 1642-1660 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3530 | Mapping the Middle Ages: space and representation from the Pacific to the Atlantic | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST3689 | Order and Disorder in Early Modern France: Understanding the French Wars of Religion | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3710 | Nazism, Stalinism and the Rise of the Total State | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3723 | Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3724 | Caribbean Identity, Society and Decolonisation | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3726 | In the Shadow of Franco: Terror and its Legacy in Spain, 1936-Present Day | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST3728 | The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3790 | Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-1888 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3877 | The World of Terror | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3880 | 'Parasites' and 'Cockroaches': Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Modern World | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST3920 | People and Protest: Transnational Activism in the 20th Century and Beyond | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST3999 | Doomed to Failure? European Great Power Politics from Bismarck to the Outbreak of World War I | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MEDV3411 | Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MEDV3610 | The Age of Chivalry: The Idea of Knighthood in Medieval Europe, 1050-1450 | 20 | Not running in 202425 |
Candidates may choose to study up to 60 credits of discovery modules over levels 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
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