History
University of Northampton
UCAS Code: V100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Accepted at DM with an BTEC Subsidiary Diploma or Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma at Merit, or with an A-level at C.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Higher
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About this course
Studying History at the University of Northampton will take you on a journey through time and help you prepare for your future. You will encounter medieval knights, early modern Muslims, American revolutionaries and Far Right extremists, as well as exploring First World War trenches, Victorian slums, Georgian country houses, and the legacies of European imperialism in Africa and Asia.
You will study with internationally recognised experts who take teaching as seriously as research, and lecturers offer a supportive environment for learning where you can develop your love of history and learn vital life skills for your future career.
**Career Prospects**
History graduates from the University of Northampton go on to work in all parts of the economy from teaching to business, to law, the civil service, research and libraries, the heritage and tourist industries, TV, film and publishing. Studying history provides you will the transferable skills of analytical thinking, research, and presentation that will make you in demand in the 21st-century workplace.
The programme mixes academic study with field trips* and opportunities to go on placements with local museums, heritage organisations and other relevant employers.
**By studying at the University of Northampton, you can be sure that:**
- You will experience student life at the University’s £330 million Waterside Campus. Come along to an Open Day and find out more.
- Students enrolling on this course at Northampton will be provided with their own brand new laptop** to keep at no additional cost. All sports clubs and societies are free to join at Northampton and every essential course text book is available via the library, meaning you won’t have to purchase copies. For more information on this visit our website (northampton.ac.uk/benefits).
- Based on the evidence available, the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Panel judged that the University of Northampton delivers consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for its students. It is of the highest quality found in the UK.
- Our expert academics teach in small groups supported with one to one assistance. Our academics and students form a tight bond, providing individualised support and guidance whilst challenging students academically.
- We invest more money into your education than 90% of Universities in the UK***
- Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd.
**The Northampton Employment Promise**
- In fact, we’re so confident in our careers and employability support that if you achieve at least a 2:2 degree and complete either our Employability Plus Gold programme or achieve a Changemaker Gold Certificate during your time studying with us, but still haven’t secured full-time employment 12 months after graduating, we will secure a three – six month paid internship for you or support you into postgraduate study.
? All study trips subject to national and local Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions. See our situation updates page for more on the University’s response to Covid-19: northampton.ac.uk/about-us/situation-updates/
? ? see Eligibility criteria and Terms and Conditions: northampton.ac.uk/student-life/university-living-laptops-trips-and-internships/
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Modules
**STAGE 1** • Themes and Perspectives in History (compulsory) • Early Modern Europe 1500-1800 (designated) • Blood and Iron: Europe, 1815-1914 (designated) • The Holocaust: Sources and Contexts (designated) • The Medieval World 1200-1500 (designated) • Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: France from 1789 (designated) • Health and Healers: Histories of Disease and Disability (designated). **STAGE 2** • Dissertation Research Skills (compulsory) • Professional Research Skills (compulsory) • Power and Protest: British Society in the Long Eighteenth-Century (designated) • Empires Through History (designated) • Crime, Policing and Punishment in England 1700-1900 (designated) • Comrades and Revolutions! A Global History of the Communist Movement in Europe and Asia (designated) • First World War (designated) • Family and Life-Cycle in Early Modern England (designated) • Decline and Fall: The English Aristocracy, 1750-1950 (designated) • Medieval Chivalry and its Afterlives (designated). **STAGE 3** • History Dissertation (compulsory) • Citizenship and Gender in Britain 1760-1918 (designated) • Crime and Popular Culture in the late Victorian City (designated) • Movements and Regimes: A Century of Fascism (designated) • Witchcraft and Heresy in Early Modern Europe (designated) • Secret State: British Intelligence, 1558-1945 (designated) • The English Country House, c.1660-1830 (designated) • Gender and Work in Early Modern England (designated) • Algeria: French Rule and the War for Independence (designated) • Death and Bereavement in Britain, c. 1500-1914 (designated). Module information is quoted for 20/21 entry. Please note that modules run subject to student numbers and staff availability, any changes will be communicated to applicants accordingly.
Assessment methods
The course is assessed in a number of ways:
• Essays
• Exams
• Individual presentations
• Group projects
• Poster presentations
• Audio and visual podcasts
• Role play
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University of Northampton
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History is a very popular subject (although numbers have fallen of late) — in 2015, over 10,000 UK students graduated in a history-related course. Obviously, there aren't 11,000 jobs as historians available every year, but history is a good, flexible degree that allows graduates to go into a wide range of different jobs, and consequently history graduates have an unemployment rate comparable to the national graduate average. Many — probably most — jobs for graduates don't ask for a particular degree to go into them and history graduates are well set to take advantage. That's why so many go into jobs in the finance industry, human resources, marketing, PR and events management, as well as the more obvious roles in education, welfare and the arts. Around one in five history graduates went into further study last year. History and teaching were the most popular further study subjects for history graduates, but law, journalism, and politics were also popular postgraduate courses.
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