What to Expect

Here you can find some departmental guides on what you can expect - and what is expected of you - from different aspects of your degree.

History Department Glossary

Encountering academic terminology you're not familiar with? Struggling to distinguish your periodicals from your gobbets?  You won't be alone - getting used to the lingo of a scholarly field takes time. To help acquaint you with our disciplinary and departmental vocabulary, you can find our breakdown of terms you might encounter in your History degree. Let us know if there are ones you'd like us to add. 

Departmental Guides

We have put together some quick guides based on what you might expect from different areas of your degree. These introduce you to settings and habits we think are really important, and provide some tips on how to make the most of them

What Makes a Good Historian?

A survey, intended for first years, that borrows from Medicine's 'what makes a good doctor?' question to incoming students. See where you stand, take a look at the resources covered in the feedback, and consider logging your responses to discuss with your personal tutor. 

Getting around campus

AccessAble provides detailed access guides for venues and organisations across UK, including the University of Sheffield. You can find facts, figures and photographs of each building, including access details for lecture theatres, and even plan routes across the campus: