BA History

Comments about BA History - At the institution - York - North Yorkshire

• Objectives
  Our History degree programmes give you the chance to study a broad range of types and periods of history, from medieval to modern, with opportunities for individual specialisation and research. We provide an excellent learning environment in the historic centre of the City of York, with a rich selection of museums, libraries and historical sites to complement and enhance the academic programme.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements You will need three GCSEs at grade C or above (or equivalent), including English Language (Maths also needed for Business Management and Psychology options), plus one of the following: * 160 points (including a minimum of two A2 Levels or a 12 unit AVCE or a combination) or * 160 points from BTEC National Diploma/Certificate or * Equivalent Scottish, Irish, Welsh or overseas qualifications or * An equivalent qualification to those listed above (eg Access to Higher Education Certificate, International Baccalaureate)
• Academic title
  BA History
• Course description
  BA History
  
  Modules include
  
  Level 1
  
      * War & Society
      * Empires
      * Popular Protest Since 1300
      * Historic Buildings
      * Sacred & Secular: Christianity in World History
      * History of Sport
      * Contemporary History
      * The Making of Britain
      * America's Century
      * Researching & Presenting the Past
  
  Level 2
  
      * Medieval Europe
      * The Renaissance
      * Roads to Revolution: England 1558-1642
      * Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1848-1914
      * Modern Britain
      * The Rise & Fall of Soviet Communism
      * Affluence & Anxiety: the USA, 1920-1960
      * Ireland & America
      * African Diaspora
      * From Slavery to Freedom
      * History, Media & Popular Culture
      * History & Heritage
  
  Level 3
  
      * The Nature of History
      * The First Crusade
      * Reformation & Resistance in Tudor England
      * The English Civil War
      * Early Victorian England
      * Late Victorian & Edwardian Britain
      * Britain & the First World War
      * The Origins of the Second World War
      * Nation Divided: the US Civil War
      * Politics, War & Protest in 1960s America

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