BA (Hons) History - Part time
Goldsmiths, University of London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
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Part time
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Introduction
BA (Hons) History - Part time
History - the study, analysis and understanding of the past - is as important today as it has ever been and it continues to make vital contributions to how we comprehend and interact with the world around us.
Understanding past societies fosters emotional intelligence and allows us to appreciate the diversity and adaptability of human life. Understanding our pasts can help us to shape our futures and, crucially, help us shape those futures intelligently, insightfully, fairly, and with compassion. History is here and now as well as being there and then.
Students studying History at Goldsmiths have a great deal of choice over what to study, beginning with options in Year One. Our geographic scope covers Europe (including significant British expertise), the Americas, Asia and Africa. Chronologically, we have a strong focus on early modern and modern history, while also covering earlier periods.
We are pioneers in Black British History, Queer History and histories of sexualities, non-traditional military history, the history of emotions and senses, medical humanities and histories of medicine, histories of religion and dissent, histories of politics and power and histories of peoples and places.
The way we approach the study of History extends beyond the textual, with material culture, visual culture, oral history, and spatiality informing our research and our research-led teaching.
As part of the wider University of London, our students can take some subjects in their second and third years at other colleges including Birkbeck; King’s College London; Queen Mary; Royal Holloway; University College London. This means that History students at Goldsmiths have all the benefits of being in a department which is small enough to get to know them as individuals, while also having the opportunity to take options from a vast range of options.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Global Connections: the violence and exchanges that shaped the modern world
- Historical Controversies
- Reading and Writing History
- Historical Perspectives
Year 2
- Early Modern European Philosophy
- Global History of Medicine
- Making Black British Histories: Community, Preservation and Public History
- History of Asian Medicine: From Manuscripts to YouTube
- Nationalism and Unionism in Ireland, 1798-1998
- Imagining Africa: Ideology, Identity and Text in Africa and the Diaspora
- London's Burning: Social Movement and Public Protest in the Capital, 1830-2003
- Queer History Through Film
- Queerman. The History of Homosexualities in 20th C Germany
- The Spanish Civil War: Politics, the Military, and Culture
- Walking Through London's History
- History in the News
- Latin American Revolutions 1945-1990
- Black British Activism & Citizenship in Transnational Perspective
- Decolonising History
- Global History of Buddhism
- London’s History Through Literature
- The Age of News 1850-1990
- Homosexuality and Capitalism
- The Vietnam War and US Presidential Politics, 1954-75
- Bodies and Drugs: A Global History of Medicine
- The Central Powers in the First World War, 1914-18
- Black and British: A Long and Varied History
- Empires in Comparative Perspective: Imperium Romanum to Pax Americana
- History in Practice
- Ireland’s First World War
- Heresy, the Occult and the Millennium in Early Modern Europe
- Britain Through the Lens
- Radicalism During the English Revolution, 1641-1660
- A History of Resistance in the Middle East
- The USA in the Era of the Vietnam War, 1954-75
- Mediterranean Encounters: Venice and the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1797
- Minorities in East-Central Europe: Coexistence, Integration and Annihilation, c.1870-1950
- Modern Revolutions in Comparative Perspective
- Modern South Asia: Body, Society, Empire and Nation c.1600-1947
- The Past on the Move: Migrations and Diasporas of South-East Europe from Late Antiquity until the Modern Era (4th-20th c.)
- The People's Century: Social, Political and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Britain
- Utopian Visions: The Soviet Experience through the Arts
- Visual and Material Culture in Early Modern Europe
- Yugoslavia: History and Disintegration
- Mughals, Munshi and Mistresses: Society and Rule in Early Colonial India
- Histories of Sexualities
- Southeastern Approaches: A History of Serbs and Serbia since the Middle Ages
- Healing, Magic and Mindfulness on the Silk Roads
- Queer History in Practice
- History in Practice
- Ireland’s First World War
- Religious and Political Controversies in Early Modern Europe
- Radicalism During the English Revolution, 1641-1660
- Women and Gender in the Middle East
Year 3
- Early Modern European Philosophy
- Global History of Medicine
- Making Black British Histories: Community, Preservation and Public History
- History of Asian Medicine: From Manuscripts to YouTube
- Nationalism and Unionism in Ireland, 1798-1998
- Imagining Africa: Ideology, Identity and Text in Africa and the Diaspora
- London's Burning: Social Movement and Public Protest in the Capital, 1830-2003
- Queer History Through Film
- Queerman. The History of Homosexualities in 20th C Germany
- The Spanish Civil War: Politics, the Military, and Culture
- Walking Through London's History
- Latin American Revolutions 1945-1990
- Black British Activism & Citizenship in Transnational Perspective
- Decolonising History
- Global History of Buddhism
- London’s History Through Literature
- The Age of News 1850-1990
- Homosexuality and Capitalism
- The Vietnam War and US Presidential Politics, 1954-75
- Bodies and Drugs: A Global History of Medicine
- The Central Powers in the First World War, 1914-18
- Black and British: A Long and Varied History
- Empires in Comparative Perspective: Imperium Romanum to Pax Americana
- History in Practice
- Ireland’s First World War
- Heresy, the Occult and the Millennium in Early Modern Europe
- Britain Through the Lens
- Radicalism During the English Revolution, 1641-1660
- A History of Resistance in the Middle East
- The USA in the Era of the Vietnam War, 1954-75
- Mediterranean Encounters: Venice and the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1797
- Minorities in East-Central Europe: Coexistence, Integration and Annihilation, c.1870-1950
- Modern Revolutions in Comparative Perspective
- Modern South Asia: Body, Society, Empire and Nation c.1600-1947
- The Past on the Move: Migrations and Diasporas of South-East Europe from Late Antiquity until the Modern Era (4th-20th c.)
- The People's Century: Social, Political and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Britain
- Utopian Visions: The Soviet Experience through the Arts
- Visual and Material Culture in Early Modern Europe
- Yugoslavia: History and Disintegration
- Mughals, Munshi and Mistresses: Society and Rule in Early Colonial India
- Histories of Sexualities
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Equipping graduates with the flexibility, skills, and confidence needed to achieve their ambitions and ensuring that all students have clear opportunities to develop within, and beyond, their curriculum (through, for example, work placements and overseas study) are essential components of this degree programme.
History is a very transferable degree and the Department of History at Goldsmiths has an excellent pedigree in providing careers-orientated opportunities for students.
A wide array of transferable skills is acquired throughout the programme. All modules foster skills in: effective reading; critical analysis and evaluation; assessment of arguments, ideas, and evidence; independent thinking and working; academic writing within a specified word-limit; group-working and collaboration; designing and delivering presentations; and creating a wide variety of outputs and materials. Students learn how to: effectively manage their time and their timetable; meet deadlines, to sensibly and pragmatically schedule time and activities; present themselves with self-assurance and confidence. Information and resource management skills are developed and honed as part of wider research processes and a wide range of library and IT skills are also delivered.
Program delivery
3 years full-time or 4-5 years part-time
English Language Requirements
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