Studying History at NTU is not a passive armchair activity but demands passion, focus, an open mind, intellectual curiosity and a willingness to engage in independent learning. You will be introduced to new concepts and perspectives and develop your own research interests alongside set modules.
This course offers a broad and diverse curriculum, covering periods from AD 700 to the present day, and subject areas as diverse as youth, crime, gender, religion, international and urban studies, dictatorship and democracy, warfare and reconstruction. A wide range of options places the emphasis on student choice, enabling you to study in-depth specialist areas. These include The Crusades, Nazi Germany, Aztec and Inca civilisations, and American and British History.
This course is taught by a team of internationally recognised researchers and historians. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, 75% of our History research was assessed as world leading or of international quality. For you, this means that the course is informed by the latest thinking and you will learn from people with a real passion for their subject.
This course is part of our Joint Honours programme so you can put together your own course based on two or three areas of interest. What you learn in one subject will compliment and enhance what you learn in others. As part of our exchange semester you'll also have the exciting opportunity to study at an American, Australian or European university.
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What will I learn?
Year One
Compulsory
Optional
- Creating the Modern: Britain, Europe and America 1750-present
- Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
Year Two
Compulsory
- History: Research, Interpretation and Practical
Optional
- Artful Museums: The Changing Role of the Art Gallery from the 18th Century to the Present
- Balancing The Scales of Justice: Law, Rights, and the Regulation of Society since 1750
- Charlemagne's Europe, 740-850
- Conflict and Stability in Mid-Victorian England 1850-1880
- European Reformations
- Exploring History in the City: 1800-1960
- History in the Workplace (incorporates a work placement)
- Past in the Present: History at Work
- Protest and Reform in the United States of America
Year Three
Compulsory
Optional
- Britain, World War Two and Reconstruction 1939-1951
- Castle to Country House: Symbols of a Nation, c. 11th Century to19th Century
- Crime and Conscience: the rise of the 'policeman' state and the social costs of justice c. 1850-1900
- Death and Remembrance in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- Reading the City
- Rustic and Rude: Rural Englands 1830-1900
- The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- The Great Divergence: Europe and Asia in World History c. 1492-1868
- Knights, Ladies, Priests (and Peasants): Gender and Status in Medieval Society 1000-1500
For full details of the modules available and details of what you will be able to study please download our module booklet. 
Degree options and UCAS codes
Joint Honours History is taken in combination with one or two of the following subjects as part of the BA Joint Honours programme. The numbers in the brackets is the UCAS code for a Joint Honours degree in History alongside the listed subject:
- Communication and Society (LV31)
- English (QV31)
- European Studies (RV91)
- Film and TV (PV3C)
- French (RV11)
- German (RV21)
- Global Studies (LV91)
- International Relations (LV21)
- Italian (RV31)
- Linguistics (QV11)
- Media (PV31)
- Philosophy (VV51)
- Politics (LVF1)
- Spanish (RV41).
How will I learn?
The first year is normally divided equally between the two joint honours subjects and a third drawn from a wide range of subjects within the School (including the University Language Programme). This enables greater flexibility in course selection. At the end of Year One, students have the opportunity to select between an equally weighted joint honours course and a more specialised pathway.
We ensure your learning experience is varied and gives you transferable skills that you can put into practice for years to come. Most modules involve discussions, presentations, group work and independent project work. Tutorials in Year One will help you settle in quickly and to make the jump to university-level study.
Your future career
Our graduates have an excellent employment record across a range of occupations and settings. As one of our graduates you will possess a wide range of academic and transferable skills, including research methodology, problem-solving, time-management and attention to detail. These skills are invaluable for a number of careers.
Recent History graduates have gone onto work in areas such as journalism, teaching, publishing, marketing and advertising.
The course provides you with opportunities to work with external bodies and to take a work placement. This will give you the experience you need to boost your CV.
You can apply for this course through the UCAS website.
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