Modules

Our BA (Hons.) History spans three years (or levels). Full-time students take six twelve-week modules at each level, three in the autumn semester and three in the spring semester. Part-time students can take one or two modules per semester. Students on either scheme can choose from the following modules, though a small number of specific modules will be mandatory for each scheme.

Prospective module titles for 2011/12 include:

 

Level One:

History Skills|

British Society and Culture 1530-1780|

British Society and Culture 1780-1918|

Early Modern Europe 1500-1789  |

Modern Europe 1789-1914  |

The Decline of the West? 1905-2001|

 

Level Two:

British Rural Society 1780-1914|

Gender in British Society since 1500|

Europe in the Age of Total War 1914-45|

The Cold War|

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset|

Maritime Nation: Britain and the Sea since 1500|

Family History and Genealogy|

Local Histories: People and Place|

Group History Project|

 

Level Three:

Dissertation|

The Home Front: 1914-1918 and 1939-45|

Gender, War and Empire in British Society 1760-1930|

The Unquiet Countryside|

Suffolk and the Sea|

The Witch-Hunt in East Anglia and Beyond|

A History of Genocide|

Career Planning| (work placement)