Level 3 Module Information 2024-25

How module choice works in the Department of History

We will ask you to provide a list of preferences, via the online module preference form, which opens to students at 9am on Wednesday 20th March, and closes at 5pm on Friday 5th April. 

We will then allocate students to modules according to preference and availability. Places on special subjects and Thematic modules are limited, so please consider your preferences carefully, and make sure you would be happy studying the modules you have selected. While there are no language pre-requisites for special subjects, if you have studied, or speak, a particular language which is relevant to the module, you can indicate this on the preference form, and we will take this into account.

Degree structures 2024-25:

Please check that your module choices fit in with the requirements of your degree programme.

Module Choice - key dates and deadlines


Monday 11th March- Module titles & degree structure information available

Tuesday 19th March, 5-6pm- Level 3 Module Talk (Alfred Denny Building LT01)

If you missed the talk, the recording is available here

Wednesday 20th March, 9am- History module preference form opens

Thursday 21st March, 10-12- Module choice drop in at the History Reception (first floor, Jessop West).

Friday 5th April, 5pm- Deadline to submit module choices to form

Week 9 (date TBC)- module allocations confirmed and released

Tuesday 7th May, 9am- University Online Module Choice (OMC) opens and you will enter your allocated modules, ready for registration in September

Module preference forms: to be completed by 5pm on Friday 5th April


Level 3 Single Honours

Level 3 Dual Honours

Types of modules on offer

There are several types of modules to choose from at Level 3: core modules (for single honours), thematic modules, special subjects, and dissertations. Click the 'degree structures' link at the top of this page to see how your programme is structured, and then read the descriptions below to find out more. 

If you choose to write a dissertation at Level 3, this will usually be linked to your special subject. If you wish to write your dissertation on a topic that differs from your special subject, please ensure you discuss this with the dissertation module convenor.

Thematic modules (Autumn Semester, 20 credits)

Thematic Options take major historical themes and explore these across a broad time-frame and in a variety of different cultural and geographic settings. Each Thematic Option is taught by a team of lecturers whose own research relates to aspects of the topic under discussion, and they are designed to involve students and the teaching staff in a dialogue about how we approach key questions in the study of past societies. The topics selected for the modules all represent areas of lively, current historiographical debate and offer opportunities to respond to interpretations and theories emerging in other disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, geography and political science.

HST3306: A Comparative History of Revolutions

HST3307: Decolonising History: Empires, Colonialism and Power

HST31013: The Family

Special Subjects (Academic year modules, 40 credits)

Dissertation modules (40 or 20 credits)

HST399: Dissertation (Academic year module, 40 credits). Compulsory for single honours History students.

HST398: Short Dissertation (Spring Semester, 20 credits). Optional for dual honours students.

Core module for single honours students (optional for dual)

Module Choice FAQs

If you have any questions, please email history.ugenquiries@sheffield.ac.uk