The School of History has a long-established international reputation for excellence in research and teaching. Our programme is notable for its chronological, geographical, and thematic range. Students have access to the outstanding resources of the university’s Brotherton Library, which houses one of the UK’s largest historical research collections.
This programme will:
• Provide students with an understanding of a range of societies and cultures across a broad chronological and geographical span;
• Enable students to identify and appreciate difference and diversity in interpretations of the past;
• Offer students a wide choice of specialist topics covering many periods, approaches and cultures, drawn from the research expertise of staff in the School;
• Develop students’ skills in the selection and interpretation of primary sources and historical scholarship;
• Develop students’ understanding of the range, value and challenges of primary source material available for historical study;
• Expand students’ knowledge of the uses of the past and the challenges of the historical discipline;
• Allow students to present interpretations based on historical sources, in a variety of formats;
• Develop students’ skills with respect to inclusive historical practice;
• Offer students the opportunity to conduct a supervised research project.
As well as developing students’ subject-specific knowledge and proficiencies, the School of History is committed to promoting students’ wider skills across five specific skill domains. Our graduates will:
Communication:
• Communicate clearly and persuasively with a variety of audiences and through a variety of means, including digitally enabled communication
• Articulate well-reasoned interpretations and arguments in answering meaningful questions about the past and, by implication, the present and future.
Collaboration:
• Work as part of a team as an effective collaborator;
• Engage respectfully in constructive debate.
Research & Analysis:
• Formulate clearly defined research questions;
• Conduct structured research enquiries that consist of setting tasks, and locating, synthesising and analysing evidence.
Independence and reflection:
• Work independently, while engaging positively with supervision and guidance;
• Apply effective learning strategies that demonstrate intellectual integrity, maturity, and self-direction;
• Reflect on and evaluate progress and respond positively to constructive feedback;
• Plan and mobilise resources effectively to meet deadlines.
Inclusivity and accessibility:
• Engage positively with issues raised by academic integrity and ethics and the responsibilities that arise through research and the use of the research and writing of others;
• Critically navigate the challenges faced in interpreting complex, ambiguous, conflicting, and often incomplete materials and evidence.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates must study 120 credits in total. These 120 credits will comprise any compulsory modules stated as well as a mix of optional and/or University designated Discovery modules as set out below.
Candidates are 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) |
Candidates are required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional 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) |
Candidates are required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST1060 | Faith, Knowledge and Power, 1500-1750 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| HIST1510 | Global Empires | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates are required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST1520 | Global Decolonization | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| HIST1530 | The Making of the Twentieth Century | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of discovery modules if needed to bring their overall credits for Level 1 up to 120 credits.
The following Discovery modules are particularly recommended:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH1100 | Creative Africas: Culture and the Arts in Modern Africa | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MEDV1081 | Religion and Culture: Medieval Christianity, Judaism and Islam | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules. These MUST be taken in different semesters:
GROUP A MODULES
| 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) |
AND at least 40 credits from the following modules. These MUST be taken in different semesters:
GROUP B MODULES
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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.
These modules are excellent preparation for the final year dissertation.
GROUP C MODULES
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| 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 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 take up to 40 credits of discovery modules from within or outside the School.
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH8001 | Work Placement Year | 120 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST3500 | History Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
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) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the option modules listed below:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| HIST3493 | War, Regicide and Republic: England, 1642-1660 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) |
Students may take 40 credits of MEDV modules, 20 credits in lieu of a core HIST option module, with prior permission from the Head of the School of History.
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) | |
| HIST2560 | History on the High Street | 20 | ||
| HIST2565 | Histories of Black Britain | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2710 | Public Historians: Applied History, People’s History and the Uses of the Past | 20 | Not running in 202425 |
Students at level 3 may choose up to 20 credits of modules below their level. If a level 3 student chooses to study 20 credits below their level of study, these 20 credits must be taken at level 2. Level 1 modules may not be taken at level 3, with the exception of Skills Discovery modules (indicated by the letters 'skd' on the catalogue).
Candidates may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules from within or outside the School.
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