Course code: HSTT15 (full-time) | HSTT16 (part-time)
Duration: 1 year (full-time) | 2 years (part-time)
2023-24 students - click here to access the 2023-24 version of this programme
You will choose modules totalling 180 credits over the full year of study - this includes 105 credits of taught modules plus a Dissertation worth 75 credits.
You will take three core modules worth 120 credits and your remaining 60 credits will be made up of option modules.
You will choose modules totalling 180 credits over the two years of study - this includes 105 credits of taught modules plus a Dissertation worth 75 credits.
You will take three core modules worth 120 credits - an approaches module (year one) and both the Research Presentation and the Dissertation (year two). Your remaining 60 credits will be made up of option modules. We recommend spreading your overall credits evenly across both years of study to create a balanced workload.
You will take both modules
Part-time students will take these modules in the second year
HST405: Dissertation in Historical Research (75 credits, semesters 1 & 2)
HST6802: Research Presentation (15 credits, semester 2)
You will take one 30 credit module in semester 1
Part-time students will take this module in the first year
You will take 60 credits of option modules normally including 2 x 15 credit history options and 1 x 30 credit history option. See the full-time or part-time information (links above) for a standard breakdown per semester.
Up to 30 credits can be swapped for modules from the guided (non-history) modules listed below.
Semester one:
HST426 The United States and the Dawn of the Atomic Age, 1945-63 (15 credits)
HST699 The United States in Vietnam, 1945-1975 (15 credits)
HST6042 Presenting the Past: Making History Public (15 credits)
HST6043 Burying the White Gods: Indigenous Peoples in the Early Modern Colonial World (15 credits)
HST6053 Debating Cultural Imperialism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire (15 credits)
HST6085 Under Attack: The Home Front during the Cold War (15 credits)
HST6089 Wikipedia and History (15 credits)
HST6801 Research Skills for Historians (15 credits)
HST6850 Palaeography (15 credits)
HST61025 Approaches and Methods in Media History (15 credits)
Semester two:
HST401 The Global Cold War (30 credits)
HST423 A History of Emotions, from the Medieval Age to the Modern (30 credits)
HST424 Feminist Methods in Historical Practice (30 credits)
HST427 Captivity and Consequences: Race, Gender and the French Empire, 1940-45 (15 credits)
HST681 Work Placement (15 credits)
HST6031 The Dawn of Modernity in the Late Middle Ages (15 credits)
HST6046 Sex and Power: The Politics of Women's Liberation in Modern Britain (15 credits)
HST6076 International Order in the Twentieth Century (15 credits)
HST6087 Before Facebook: Social Networks in History (15 credits)
Teaching and assessment methods may vary for these modules.
Please note that the owning programme has final approval for acceptance onto their modules and, if space becomes limited, priority may be given to students registered on that programme.
Semester one:
EGH445 Romantic Gothic (30 credits) - this module is now full
EGH452 Renaissance Transformations (30 credits)
EGH61009 American Nightmares: Socio-political Discourses in American Gothic Literature (30 credits) - this module is now full
HST412 Heritage, History and Identity (15 credits) - this module is now full
HST416 Bronze Age Worlds (15 credits)
HST420 Society and Culture in the Later Middle Ages (15 credits)
HST422 Digital Mapping for the Humanities (15 credits)
Languages for All modules where relevant to your programme of study. These modules are 10 credits and must be taken alongside the appropriate Enhanced Languages module (5 credits).
Semester two:
EGH444 Humans, Animals, Monsters & Machines: From Gulliver's Travels to King Kong (30 credits)
EGH447 Post-1945 British Drama, Film and Television (30 credits)
EGH448 Confession (30 credits)
EGH449 Memory and Trauma in Contemporary Literature (30 credits)
EGH453 Mid-century Modernism (30 credits)
EGH622 Murderers and Degenerates: Contextualising the fin de siècle Gothic (30 credits) - this module is now full
HST408 Digital Cultural Heritage: Theory and Practice (15 credits) - this module is now full
HST417 Heritage, Place and Community (15 credits)
Languages for All modules where relevant to your programme of study. These modules are 10 credits and must be taken alongside the appropriate Enhanced Languages module (5 credits).
* Please note that the course details set out here may change before you start, particularly if you are applying significantly in advance of the course start date. The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant. Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers. In the event of any change we'll consult and inform students in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.