University of Lincoln
BA (Hons) History

Lincoln, United Kingdom

DEGREE TYPE

DURATION

3 years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

* late applications will be considered if suitable vacancies remain

Key Summary

About: BA (Hons) History at The University of Lincoln covers British, European, Chinese and American history from Rome to the 20th century. You'll analyze primary sources including newspapers, probate records, films, caricatures, novels, art, architecture and oral testimony, and develop analysis, argument and communication skills. Lincoln's medieval castle, 1000-year cathedral, 1215 Magna Carta and local archives support research.

Career Outcomes: Graduates enter education, government, civil service, media, journalism, heritage and the arts; many join museums, archives, policy, public engagement or postgraduate study. Employers value research, writing, analytical and communication skills.

Career opportunities: education, government, media, heritage, museums, archives, postgraduate study.

History may be concerned with questions about the past, but the knowledge it reveals is relevant to how we think about ourselves and our place within society today.

BA (Hons) History at Lincoln is distinctive in the breadth of topics that students can choose to study. These include British, European, Chinese, and American history, from the Roman Empire to the end of the 20th Century.

Students of history have the opportunity to acquire skills of analysis, argument, and communication which can help them to develop as individuals, as responsible contributors to organisations, and as articulate, critical members of a democratic society. There is an emphasis on the critical examination and interpretation of primary source materials, which includes newspapers, probate documents, films, caricatures, novels, works of art, architecture, and oral testimony.

Home to a 1000-year-old cathedral, a medieval castle, and an original 1215 Magna Carta, Lincoln is a great city in which to study history. The programme makes extensive use of specialist local resources including Lincoln's historic buildings, the Lincoln Cathedral archives, and the Collection.

"This information was correct at the time of publishing (October 2024)"

How You Study

The History programme at Lincoln is distinctive in that it provides students with an opportunity to engage with a wide range of periods and cultures. Modules range chronologically from the period of the Roman Empire, through the medieval and early modern periods, to the twentieth century, and geographically from Britain to Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

The programme offers a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of history including the use of film, literature, and visual and material culture, and staff specialisms include medieval studies, political history, media history, gender studies, the history of science, museum history, the history of art, film, and popular culture.

The first year provides students with the chance to develop a solid foundation of historical knowledge and introduces the historical skills required to undertake more advanced work later in the programme. It also provides students with the opportunity to develop a broader set of skills that may prove useful beyond university.

The first year consists of eight modules which cover history from the ancient world through the medieval and early modern periods right up to the 21st Century. There are two skills modules that aim to develop the attributes necessary to tackle university-level work and that examine the historian's craft. There are two survey modules which examine European history from the medieval period to the 20th Century. The remaining core modules focus on visual culture, gender, sexuality, and imperialism whilst students can choose one optional module in semester B. The range of options varies from year to year and may include American History, Chinese History, History of Art, Conservation, Classical Studies, or Philosophy.

The second year contains two compulsory modules and a further six optional modules chosen from around twenty modules run by our historians based on their own research and specialisms. Please note that as a research-intensive department, subjects may occasionally be unavailable where the relevant historian is on research leave.

The third year contains one compulsory Independent Study module that carries a double weighting and a further six optional modules chosen from around twenty modules. These optional modules are run by our historians based on their own research and specialisms, and build upon modules taught at levels one and two.

Students undertaking this course may have the option to study overseas for a semester in the second year at one of the University's partner institutions in Europe or North America, giving them the opportunity to discover new cultures and experiences. Students are responsible for their travel, accommodation, and general living costs during the term overseas.

First Year

Ancient Mythology (Core)
Critical Thinking and Writing (Core)
Empire and After: Colonialism and its Consequences (Core)
Forging the Modern State (Core)
Introduction to Visual and Material Culture (Core)
The Historians Craft (Core)
The Medieval World (Core)
A World History of Art and Architecture 1: from Antiquity to the Revivals. (Option)†
A World History of Art and Architecture 2: Tradition, Change and Modernity (Option)†
Archaic and Classical Greece (Option)†
Archaic and Republican Rome (Option)†
Chairman Mao and Twentieth-Century China (Option)†
Classical Art and Archaeology: from Knossos to Constantinople (Option)†
Conservation Science 1 (Option)†
Elementary Latin I (Option)†
Elementary Latin II (Option)†
Friends and Enemies: Conflict, Coexistence and Cultural Encounters Through History (Option)†
Great Thinkers in Philosophy from Classical to Modern Times (Option)†
Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Option)†
Materials, Techniques, Technologies in the History of Art (Option)†
Philosophical Texts (Option)†
Representing the Past (Option)†
The United States from Colonies to Civil War (Option)†
The United States since Reconstruction (Option)†

Second Year

Dissertations and Beyond (Core)
New Directions in History (Core)
100 Years of Photography: Images, History and Impact 1839-1939 (Option)†
Accessing Ordinary Lives: Interpreting and Understanding Voices from the Past, 1880 present (Option)†
Aesthetics (Option)†
Alexander the Great and his Legacy: the Hellenistic World (Option)†
Art and Power: Projecting Authority in the Renaissance World (Option)†
Britons and Romans, 100 BC-AD 450 (Option)†
Classical Reception: from Medieval to Modern (Option)†
Classics in Context (Option)†
Decolonising the Past (Option)†
Digital Heritage (Option)†
Disease, Health, and the Body in Early Modern Europe (Option)†
Early Modern Family: Households in England c.1500-1750 (Option)†
Elementary Greek I (Option)†
Elementary Greek II (Option)†
Existentialism and Phenomenology (Option)†
Experiencing and Remembering Civil War in Britain (Option)†
Fighting for Peace? Politics, Society and War in the Modern Era (Option)†
From Bright Young Things to Brexit: British media and society since 1919 (Option)†
Gender and Sexuality in Britain 1700-1950 (Option)†
Grand Expectations? America during the Cold War (Option)†
History and Literature in the C18th and C19th (Option)†
History of Medicine from Antiquity to the Present (Option)†
Introduction to Exhibitions, Curatorship and Curatorial Practices (Option)†
Italy, a Contested Nation (Option)†
Latin Literature in the Late Republic and the Augustan Age (Option)†
Living and dying in the middle ages, 800-1400 (Option)†
Madness and the Asylum in Modern Britain (Option)†
Material Histories: Objects, Interpretation, Display (Option)†
Media, Controversy and Moral Panic (Option)†
Medicine, Sexuality and Modernity (Option)†
Migration in British Art, 1933 to the Present (Option)†
Moral Philosophy (Option)†
Neoclassicism to Cubism: Art in Transition 1750-1914 (Option)†
People on the move: migration, identity and mobility in the modern world (Option)†
Philosophy of Science (Option)†
Power and the Presidency in the United States (Option)†
Powerful Bodies: Saints and Relics during the Middle Ages (Option)†
Preventive Conservation (Option)†
Renaissances (Option)†
Salvation and Damnation in medieval and early modern England (Option)†
Scrambling for Africa? Cultures of Empire and Resistance in East Africa, 1850-1965 (Option)†
Study Period Abroad: History (Option)†
Teaching History: designing and delivering learning in theory and practice (Option)†
The Age of Improvement: the Atlantic World in the long eighteenth century (Option)†
The Birth of the Modern Age? British Politics, 1885-1914 (Option)†
The Emperor in the Roman World (Option)†
The Forgotten Revolution? The Emergence of Feudal Europe (Option)†
The World of Late Antiquity, 150-750 (Option)†
Themes in American Cultural History (Option)†
Understanding Exhibitions: History on Display (Option)†
Understanding Practical Making (Option)†
Urban Life and Society in the Middle Ages (Option)†
Village detectives: Unearthing new histories (Option)†
Women in Ancient Rome (Option)†
World Heritage Management (Option)†

Third Year

History Independent Study Part 2 (Core)
History Independent Study Part I (Core)
'O Bella Ciao' Fascism and Anti-fascism in Italy (Option)†
A Tale of Two Cities in Medieval Spain: From Toledo to Córdoba (Option)†
Air War and Society from Zeppelins to Drones (Option)†
Alexander the Great and his Legacy: the Hellenistic World (Third Year) (Option)†
Ancient Graffiti (Option)†
Ancient Philosophy (Option)†
Arabia in Antiquity: Religion, Culture, and Warfare from the Bronze Age to the Umayyads (Option)†
Anarchy is order. Anarchism and social movements in Modern Europe (Option)†
Britons And Romans, 100 BC-AD 450 (third year) (Option)†
Chivalry in Medieval Europe (Option)†
Clio's Children: Walking along the Path of Greek Historiography (Option)†
Consuming Societies: Western Europe 1600-1800 (Option)†
Curatorial Practice (Option)†
Early Modern Cultural and Artistic Encounters: Hybridity and Globalisation (Option)†
English Landscape Painting: A Social and Cultural History (Option)†
Eugenics, Race and Reproduction across the Atlantic, 1800-1945 (Option)†
Exhibiting the World in the Nineteenth Century (Option)†
From Revolution to the New Republic: The United States 1760-1841 (Option)†
Gothic Visions: Stained Glass in Britain c. 1220-1960 (Option)†
Greek and Roman Drama (Option)†
Heroes and Villains: The Reigns of Richard the Lionheart (d. 1199) and Bad King John (d. 1216) (Option)†
History at the End of the World (Option)†
History of Chinese Medicine: Tradition and Modernity (Option)†
History Work Placement (Option)†
Imperial Cities of the Early Modern World. (Option)†
Intermediate Greek I: History and Philosophy (Option)†
Intermediate Greek II: Drama and Poetry (Option)†
Into the Workhouse: Poverty and Society in England and Wales 1780-1929 (Option)†
Latin Letter-Writing from the Republic to Late Antiquity (Option)†
Mad or Bad? Criminal Lunacy in Britain, 1800 1900 (Option)†
Making Militants: Teaching violence in late antiquity (Option)†
Medicalised Bodies in Art and Visual Culture, c. 1900 to the Present (Option)†
Memory, Belief, and Power in the British Landscape: Late Iron Age to Early Medieval (Option)†
Men, Sex and Work: Sexuality and Gender in 20th Century Britain (Option)†
Newton's Revolution (Option)†
Objects of Empire: the material worlds of British colonialism (Option)†
Pre-Raphaelites and Aesthetes: Progressive British Culture (1840-1898) (Option)†
Queer Film and Television (Option)†
Race, Media, and Screen Culture in 20th Century Britain (Option)†
Republicanism in Early Modern England, 1500-1700 (Option)†
Roman Lincoln (Option)†
Rome and Constantinople: Monuments and Memory, 200-1200 (Option)†
Rulers and Kings: Visualising Authority in Medieval Europe (Option)†
Sexualities and Gender in Modern Britain and Europe: From the French Revolution to the Present (Option)†
Teaching History: designing and delivering learning in theory and practice - level 3 (Option)†
The City and the Citizen: urban space and the shaping of modern life, 1850 to present. (Option)†
The Emperor in the Roman World (Third Year) (Option)†
The European Union since 1945 (Option)†
The Philosophy and History of Colour (Option)†
The Roman City (Option)†
The Roman Countryside (Option)†
The Vikings in the North Atlantic: Living at the Fringes of Medieval Europe (Option)†
The World of Late Antiquity, 150-750 (Third Year) (Option)†
What is the Renaissance? (Option)†

† Some courses may offer optional modules. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by staff availability.

How You Are Assessed

We use a variety of assessment forms from traditional essays and examinations to presentations, critical book reviews, and projects.

How You Study

The History programe at Lincoln is distinctive in that it provides students with an opportunity to engage with a wide range of periods and cultures. Modules range chronologically from the period of the Roman Empire, through the medieval and early modern periods, to the twentieth century, and geographically from Britain to Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

The programe offers a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of history including the use of film, literature, and visual and material culture, and staff specialisms include medieval studies, political history, media history, gender studies, the history of science, museum history, the history of art, film, and popular culture.

The first year provides students with the chance to develop a solid foundation of historical knowledge and introduces the historical skills required to undertake more advanced work later in the programe. It also provides students with the opportunity to develop a broader set of skills that may prove useful beyond university.

The second year contains two compulsory modules and a further six optional modules chosen from around twenty modules run by our historians based on their own research and specialisms. Please note that as a research intensive department, subjects may occasionally be unavailable where the relevant historian is on research leave.