History
Entry requirements
Access - at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2 from a relevant Open College Network accredited course.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
English Language or English Literature at grade C or 4.
UCAS Tariff
This must include at least two A levels or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. For example: BBB-BBC at A Level. DMM in BTEC Extended Diploma. Merit overall from a T Level Qualification. A combination of qualifications, which may include AS Levels, EPQ and general studies.
About this course
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**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.**
**Course summary**
- Learn how to navigate the waters of history as a dynamic and ever-changing subject.
- Develop your critical understanding of a wide range of historical topics.
- Cultivate a range of real-world skills that enhance your employability when you graduate.
- Work on projects with organisations such as museums, libraries and archives.
- Enhance your understanding of the past and its impact on the present.
On this course you’ll create your own pathway across the globe – studying modules from Britain and Europe to the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. Through a variety of coursework, project work and individual research you’ll think critically about the way history is presented and understood. You’ll learn how to apply a range of practical skills to the world beyond university – including research, analysis and communication.
**How you learn**
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
You’ll be taught in a variety of different settings – all centred on research. All our staff are active researchers and world-leading historians in their specialist areas of expertise. They’ll introduce you to new and exciting fields of history, using a wide variety of academic texts and primary sources, facilitated by our outstanding digital and library services. You can find out more about student experiences and research projects at SHU History.
You learn through
large group lectures
small group seminars and workshops
group work activities
working with external partners on a variety of projects
field trips and away days
group projects
a range of assessments that focus on coursework, including essays, posters, topic reports, document analysis and presentations
There are opportunities to study abroad at one of our partner universities with the possibility of funding through the Turing Scheme.
**Applied learning - Work placements**
In your second year you’ll have the opportunity to take a work placement or collaborate on a research project with an external partner.
Previous work placements have included primary and secondary schools, local museums such as Kelham Island Industrial Museum, and other heritage organisations and local businesses. Students have also worked on projects with organisations such as the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library, Sheffield General Cemetery, Stobs Military Camp Hawick and the National Maritime Museum.
**Live projects**
Throughout the course, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a range of exciting historical projects – on individually commissioned briefs with external partners. Previous briefs have come from History of Parliament, Sheffield Archives, Sheffield Libraries and a graphic artist working on radicalism and radical figures.
**Field trips**
You’ll also learn by going on field trips to a range of locations, such as the Manchester People's History Museum.
**Networking opportunities**
There are chances to study abroad at one of our partner universities and take elective language modules. We have connections with a wide variety of institutions across the world, including universities in Europe, North America and Australia. You may also be able to work or study abroad with the possibility of funding through the Turing scheme.
Modules
Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.
Important notice: The structure for this course is currently being reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment are all likely to change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Once the changes have been confirmed, updated module information will be published on this page.
You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.
**Year 1**
**Compulsory modules**
Britain Transformed: Economic And Social Change Since 1800
Communicating History
Making History
Nations, Regions And Borders In Modern Europe, C.1870-1970
Revolutions In The Atlantic World, 1760-1848
**Elective modules**
Empires And Encounters
Foreign Language
**Year 2**
**Compulsory modules**
Ideas Into Action
**Elective modules**
Britain Between The Wars: Crisis, Transformation And The People, 1918-1939
Enslavement And Emancipation In The British Atlantic, 1763-1838
European And American Encounters With Asia Since The 19th Century
Foreign Language
Germany, 1890 - 1933: From Reich To Republic
London: Literary And Historical Perspectives 1728-1914
Race: Difference And Power In The Modern World
The City Of London And The British Economy Since 1870
The Cold War Era
**Year 3**
**Optional modules**
Placement Year
**Final year**
**Compulsory modules**
History Research Project
**Elective modules**
American Politics And Society Since 1968
Australia - From Penal Settlement To Nation, 1788-2000
Chartism: Working-Class Politics And Culture In Britain, 1838-48
Citizenship, Violence And Race: Germans And Africans In Colonial And Postcolonial Encounters
Foreign Language
India And The British Raj, 1765-1947
Industrial Warfare And The Great War, 1914 To 1918
Modern Europe C 1860-1939:Health, Environment, And Welfare
Northern Soul: Constructing Regional Identities In The North Of England 1800-Present
South Africa In The Twentieth Century
The Third Reich And Its Aftermath: Germany, 1933-1961
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The Uni
Sheffield Hallam University
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History is a very popular subject (although numbers have fallen of late) — in 2015, over 10,000 UK students graduated in a history-related course. Obviously, there aren't 11,000 jobs as historians available every year, but history is a good, flexible degree that allows graduates to go into a wide range of different jobs, and consequently history graduates have an unemployment rate comparable to the national graduate average. Many — probably most — jobs for graduates don't ask for a particular degree to go into them and history graduates are well set to take advantage. That's why so many go into jobs in the finance industry, human resources, marketing, PR and events management, as well as the more obvious roles in education, welfare and the arts. Around one in five history graduates went into further study last year. History and teaching were the most popular further study subjects for history graduates, but law, journalism, and politics were also popular postgraduate courses.
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