BA History (International)

Programme overview

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

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.

Year 1

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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.

Compulsory Modules

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)

Optional Modules

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)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

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)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

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)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Candidates may study up to 20 credits from the following optional History of Science modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HPSC1015	Magic, Science and Religion	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HPSC1030	History of Psychology	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC1046	Introduction to the History of Science	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC1050	Darwin, Germs and the Bomb	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HPSC1080	History of Modern Medicine	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Discovery Modules

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 module is particularly recommended:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MEDV1081	Religion and Culture: Medieval Christianity, Judaism and Islam	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Year 2

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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.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates are required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2025	History in Practice	20

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 80-100 credits from the following baskets of optional modules. Only one choice per basket is allowed. These optional modules will vary year on year.

MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN HISTORY - Basket 1
Students choose one module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2083	Voices of the People: Language and Speech in the Early Modern World	20
HIST2105	Medieval Romans and the shape of Afro-Eurasia today	20	Not running in 202425
HIST2135	Britain and the Industrial Revolution	20	Not running in 202425
HIST2170	Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages	20	Not running in 202425

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

MODERN HISTORY - BASKET 2
Students choose one module:

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)
HIST2360	Bass Culture in Modern Britain	20	Not running in 202425
HIST2432	Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-1939	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2580	Slavery Studies Through Autobiography	20	Not running in 202425
HIST2595	Curiosities and Monstrosities: Stuff on Display in Britain, c. 1753-1851	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

CROSS LISTED WITH BA INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND POLITICS - Basket 3

Students may either choose one module from this basket OR 20 credits of University designated ‘Discovery Modules’.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
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)
HIST2301	The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1921-1993	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2430	The History of Africa since 1900	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2557	Thinking about History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2565	Histories of Black Britain	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN HISTORY - Basket 4

Students choose one module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2045	Transformations of the Roman World	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2073	Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-1715	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2111	Sacred Figures and Social Power: The Saints of Medieval Europe	20
MEDV2085	Medieval Narratives in the Modern World: Nationalism, Terrorism, Popular Culture	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

MODERN HISTORY - Basket 5

Students choose one module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST2079	The Republic in Crisis: Conflict and Identity in France since 1870	20	Not running in 202425
HIST2103	Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2320	The Lucky Country? The Social History of Australia in the Twentieth Century	20	Not running in 202425
HIST2434	The Global Caribbean, 1641-1848	20	Not running in 202425
HIST2658	Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Discovery Modules

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules if needed to bring their overall credits for Level 2 up to 120 credits.

Year 3

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Optional Modules

For Study Abroad Students
If you register for Study Year Abroad, you will select HIST9001 Study Abroad and you will be expected to select mostly History courses at a non-UK University.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST9001	Study Year Abroad	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

OR

For Horizon Year Abroad Students
If you register for Horizon Year Abroad, you will take LEED9000 Horizon Year Abroad (100 credits) and you will also be required to register for MODL3150 Intercultural Communication and Global Citizenship: A Critical Approach for the Horizon Year Abroad (20 credits). Both of these modules must be passed.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LEED9000	Horizon Year Abroad	100	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3150	Intercultural Communication and Global Citizenship: A Critical Approach for the Horizon Year Abroad	20	1 Jun to 30 Sep

Year 4

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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.

Compulsory Modules

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)

Optional Modules

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)
HIST3018	Pieces of A Man: the art, politics and life of Gil Scott-Heron (1949 – 2011)	40	Not running in 202425
HIST3026	People, Water and Sand: An Environmental History of the Middle East	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3071	Debating the Woman Question	20
HIST3235	Dividing India: The Road to Democracy in South Asia, 1939-1952	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3240	The Harlem Renaissance: Black Culture and Politics 1919-1940	40	Not running in 202425
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)
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)
HIST3498	Early Modern Media: Printing and the People in Europe c.1500-c.1800	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3590	White Africans: Intimacy, Race and Power	40	Not running in 202425
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)
HIST3747	The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 1979	40	Not running in 202425
HIST3785	Europe on the Move: Refugees and Resettlement, 1919-59	40	Not running in 202425
HIST3888	The Global Vietnam War	40	Not running in 202425
HIST3930	The First World War: A Global Conflict	40	Not running in 202425

Candidates are required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional modules. Only one choice per basket is allowed. These optional modules will vary year on year.

BASKET 1 - Level 3 History options, Semester 1

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST3100	Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-1900	20	Not running in 202425
HIST3790	Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-1888	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV3411	Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

BASKET 2 - Level 3 History options, Semester 2

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST3073	The First Crusade: The Conquest and Liberation of the Holy Land, 1096-1099	20
HIST3530	Mapping the Middle Ages: space and representation from the Pacific to the Atlantic	20	Not running in 202425
HIST3724	Caribbean Identity, Society and Decolonisation	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV3020	Medieval Manuscripts and New Technologies	20

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

BASKET 3 - Cross Listed with BA INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND POLITCS

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
HIST3710	Nazism, Stalinism and the Rise of the Total State	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3728	The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
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)

Please note that optional modules run subject to enrolments. An optional module may not run if only a low number of students choose it.

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules if needed to bring their overall credits for Level 3 to 120 credits.

Discovery Modules

Candidates may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules from within or outside the School.

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules if needed to bring their overall credits for Level 3 to 120 credits.

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