History BA
University of Essex
Key Information
Campus location
Colchester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
History BA
At the University of Essex we’re about social conscience, wondering why, and understanding the bigger picture. We teach you to find your own critical voice and view history through the eyes of different people, telling hidden histories that might otherwise be forgotten.
Our BA History allows you to explore challenging questions about the impact of political, social and cultural change on individuals, social groups and regions. From African-American slavery to Stalin’s Russia—from households in Essex to witchcraft in Germany—from the history of disease to revolutions in China, we urge you to explore the past in order to better understand the present.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Rebellious Pasts: Challenging and Creating Histories
- Early Modern Europe in Global Context: Encounters, Exchanges, and Exploitation
- History Works: Career Portfolio
Year 2
- History Works: Career Portfolio
- Exploring History: Research Workshop
Final Year
- Research Project
- History Works: Career Portfolio
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
In addition to the opportunity to learn about the past and come to a better understanding of the present, a course in history also provides you with important skills that will be of value after leaving university. You learn to absorb, analyse and assess a wide variety of information and viewpoints, to express your arguments in oral and written form, and to think and work both independently and in co-operation with others.
You therefore graduate prepared for a wide range of careers. Our graduates have gone on to have careers in a wide variety of fields including:
- teaching
- librarianship
- museum and archive services
- the Civil Service
- local government
- law enforcement
- charity administration
Program delivery
History BA: 3 years
History BA (Including Year Abroad): 4 years
History BA (Including Placement Year): 4 years
- Taught by a weekly lecture followed by a seminar, where groups of about 15 students meet with their tutor to discuss their reading, to work together with primary sources, or to make presentations to the rest of the group
- One-to-one tuition for your final-year project