BA in Modern History

UK entry requirements

• GCE A-level BBB.
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DDM.
• BTEC Level 3 Diploma DM with an A-level at grade B.
• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma D in any subject with A-levels grade BC.
• International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4 and Mathematics SL 4 or HL 4.
• Obtain a minimum of 120 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
• A minimum of five GCSEs are required, including GCSE Mathematics grade C or grade 4 and GCSE English Language grade C or grade 4 or GCSE English Literature grade B or grade 5.

EU and International entry requirements

• If you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you must prove knowledge of the English language so that we can issue you a Certificate of Acceptance for Study (CAS). To do this, you will need an IELTS for UKVI or Trinity SELT test pass gained from a test centre approved by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and on the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) list. This must have been taken and passed within two years from the date the CAS is made.

English language requirements

• IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
• Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
• BrunELT: 63% (min 55% in all areas)
• TOEFL: 92 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)

• The course content is made up of a variety of subject area strands that can be studied across all three years of the programme. At every level, there are modules relating to each strand. After taking the compulsory modules in the first year, you can choose to study across a range of strands, or specialise in particular strands. Below is a list of the strands
• African History: This strand covers the entire sweep of African history, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Emphasis is placed on internal African social, political and military developments, as well as relations between Africa and the rest of the world, with a view to understanding its complex present.
• British & European History: This strand will introduce you to the interconnected histories of Britain and continental Europe. There will be a chance to rethink questions of politics, nationalism, borders and institutions as well as what makes up the disparate and common threads behind the shared experiences of the European peoples.
• Historiography and Sources: This strand trains you in the historical method: what historians do, how they study the past, and what makes an historian. You will examine historical debate and historiography, fake debates (such as Holocaust denial), and the importance of primary sources. This will equip you with the skills for your final-year dissertation.
• Imperial and Commonwealth History: Maritime empire forms the heart of this strand. There will be particular emphasis on Britain’s enduring role in Australia and the Caribbean. Maritime exploration as well as economic exploitation will punctuate this topic.
• International History: This strand focuses on war and diplomacy in the modern era. This can include studying intelligence and national security as well as cold war international relations and major armed conflicts such as the world wars or the Arab-Israeli disputes
• Race and Gender History: This strand explores histories of race and gender in Britain and the Americas, from slavery to mancipation, patriarchy to women’s suffrage, and segregation to civil rights
• This course can be studied 3 years full-time or 4 years full-time with placement, starting in September.

Year 1
Compulsory

• PP1607 The Problem of the Past
• PX1605 - Migration and the Settler World, 1600-1914
• PP1605 Conflict and Diplomacy in the Modern Era
• PP1604 Europe in a Global Context
• PP1608 Africa and the World
• PP1606 Introduction to Race and Gender History

Year 2
Compulsory

• PX2603 - Historians and their Craft

Optional

• PP2030 - US Foreign Policy from World War 2 to the end of the Cold War
• PP2061 Issues in American Politics
• PP2613 - National Security Intelligence
• PX2604 - The First World War - Causes, Course, Consequences
• PX2605 Australia and The Modern World
• PX2606 Themes in the History of Modern Africa
• PX2609 - History of the Women’s Movement in the West, c. 1790-1930

Year 3
Compulsory

• PX3001 - Dissertation

Optional

• PP3001 - Arab-Israeli Conflict
• PX3411 - The Second World War
• PP3605 Parliamentary Studies
• PX3608 The British Maritime World, 1660-1815
• PX3611 Violence
• PX3612 The Creation of the Western Alliance 1945-1955
• PX2602 - Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World
• PP3613 Borders, Nations and Belonging

• UK 
• £9,250 full-time
• £1,385 placement year 
• Fees quoted are per year and may be subject to an annual increase. Home undergraduate student fees are regulated and are currently capped at £9,250 per year; any changes will be subject to changes in government policy.
• Fees for EU applicants – For entry in 2021/22 academic year, eligible EU applicants will have the same tuition fees as UK students to support EU students during this transition period. These fees will be applied for the duration of the course. EU fees for 2022 entry are not yet confirmed.