BA (Hons) History modules
Modern Britain
Other modules on this course
Year 1 core modules
and one optional module
Year 2 core module
and four optional modules
- An Age of Transition: English History, 1558-1707
- Chaucer's England
- Consensus Britain: Citizens, State and Culture 1945-79
- Festive Histories
- History of Scandinavia, 1890-1970
- Italian Fascism
- North East England, 1500-1700
- Red, White and Black - American History between 1600-1763
- Revolutionary France
- Rome: Foundation, Republic and Empire
- Third Reich
Final-year core module
- Dissertation
and three optional modules
- City Cultures
- Culture and Politics in the USA, 1945-1974
- Culture, Politics and Society in the Age of Thatcher
- Images of Alexander the Great
- Inhumane Bondage: Slavery, Freedom and the American Tropics
- James II
- Our Friends in the North: Images and Representations of the North of England
- Rome: Foundation, Republic and Empire
- State and Revolution: Political thought from Hobbes to Lenin
- Subject and Citizens: Gender, Race and Class in American History
- The Early Stuart Age, 1603-1660
- The People’s War: Making the Home front in Britain 1939-45
- The Rise and Fall of King Cotton: Southern History c. 1792-1877
- The Rise of the Nazis
- Theories of Fascism
Modules offered may vary.
You will gain an essential introduction to the study of history by examining the rapid social changes affecting Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. You will study the history of politics, culture and society and become aware of key concepts that historians use to understand the past, including class, gender and ethnicity. You will also develop your skills in analysing different types of primary sources, including newspapers, parliamentary papers, government reports, memoirs, speeches and letters.