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2022/23 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA History (International) Year 4 Placement

Programme code:BA-HISTI9UCAS code:
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Kevin Linch Contact address:k.b.linch@leeds.ac.uk

Please note: we do not recruit directly to this programme.

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Candidates transfer to this programme at level 3 after satisfactory completion of BA History at level 2.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of History

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of History

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

History

Programme specification:

History is both a subject and an academic discipline. Students of history attempt to reconstruct and explain the past through the study of its residues, using critical skills and insights particular to the historical profession or drawn from other disciplines. The Leeds School of History is a large Research-led department. It achieved a grade point average of 2.75 rating in the last Research Assessment Exercise, and lecturers in the School generally teach in their specialist research areas.

The School's programme is notable for both the chronological and geographical range of the options it offers, which include modules in British, European, American and wider World history. Leeds students have access to some of the best library resources in the country. The University's Brotherton Library houses one of Britain's largest historical research collections and is an invaluable resource for student research projects in years two and three.

Students also have easy access from Campus to the British Library branch at Boston Spa, the Leeds Public Library, the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and the West Yorkshire District Archives. As Leeds History graduates develop advanced skills in critical thinking, information handling, research and communication skills, they are highly sought after by leading employers in fields as diverse as Law, the media and accountancy, as well as more subject orientated careers such as the heritage industry, archivism and teaching.

The programme will:
- offer students the opportunity to undertake historical study successfully abroad.
- provide students with tools for the critical interpretation of both secondary and primary texts.
- equip students with extensive background and comparative historical knowledge of a number of chronological periods and cultures or geographic regions.
- offer students a wide choice of specialist topics covering many periods, approaches and cultures, based on the research specialisms of staff in the School and their foreign host institution.
- equip students with a broad awareness of general developments in historiography, and in depth knowledge of the historiography of their specialist areas.
- expose students to a variety of the approaches and conceptual tools of some of the sub-disciplines of the historical profession, which may include social history, economic history, cultural history, gender history and political history.
- equip students with the skills and opportunity to conduct autonomous supervised research projects, including a primary source or historiographically based dissertation.
- develop students' competency at communicating their ideas by a variety of methods, including oral presentations, essays and a research-based dissertation.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

HIST1000Exploring History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional modules:

HIST1310The Medieval World in Ten Objects20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1320Medieval Lives: Identities, Cultures and Beliefs20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional modules:

HIST1520Global Decolonization20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1530The Making of the Twentieth Century20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study 20-40 credits from the following optional modules:

HIST1060Faith, Knowledge and Power, 1500-175020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1510Global Empires20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may take up to 40 credits of discovery modules outside the School in place of the option modules listed above.


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study at least 40 credits from the following optional modules. These MUST be taken in different semesters:

GROUP A MODULES

HIST2030The Crusades and the Crusader States in the 12th Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2045Transformations of the Roman World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2065The Tudors: Princes, Politics, and Piety, 1485-160320 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2073Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-171520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2090Sin in Spanish America, 1571-170020 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2105Medieval Romans and the shape of Afro-Eurasia today20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2110The Cult of Saints in Medieval Europe c.400-c.150020 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST2112Jewish Communities in Medieval Europe20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2115Charles the Great to Alfred the Great: Franks, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in the Ninth Century20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2117Conquerors and Conquered: England, 1000-113520 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2135Britain and the Industrial Revolution20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2170Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2220The Body, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500-175020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2315Mughals, Merchants and Mercenaries: 'Company Raj' in India 1600-185720 creditsNot running in 202223
MEDV2085Medieval Narratives in the Modern World: Nationalism, Terrorism, Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

AND at least 40 credits from the following modules. These MUST be taken in different semesters:

GROUP B MODULES

HIST2103Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2140Imperial Germany 1871-191820 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2301The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1921-199320 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2320The Lucky Country? The Social History of Australia in the Twentieth Century20 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST2353America and the Sixties20 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST2360Bass Culture in Modern Britain20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2430The History of Africa since 190020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2432Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-193920 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2435The Popular Caribbean: A History20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2441Race, Gender and Cultural Protest in the US since 186520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2442Black Politics from Emancipation to Obama20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2595Curiosities and Monstrosities: Stuff on Display in Britain, c. 1753-185120 creditsNot running until 202324
HIST2645The Rise of Modern Japan: From the Meiji Restoration to the Present Day20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2658Mao Zedong and Modern China, 1949-Present20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

The following modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.

These modules are excellent preparation for the final year dissertation.

GROUP C MODULES

FOAH2020Towards the Future: Skills in Context20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2260Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2505Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2557Thinking about History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2565Histories of Black Britain20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2575Legal Fictions of Slavery, A Documentary20 creditsNot running until 202324
HIST2580Slavery Studies Through Autobiography20 creditsNot running until 202324
HIST2590Public History and Popular Culture20 creditsNot running until 202324

Students cannot take level 3 modules at level 2. Students are only permitted to take a maximum of 20 credits below their year of study at levels 2 and 3, with the exception of skills discovery modules.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may take up to 40 credits of discovery modules from within or outside the School.


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

HIST3500History Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following special subject modules:

HIST3001Conquest, Convivencia and Conflict: Christian and Muslim Spain, 711-121240 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3002Back to School in the Middle Ages: Schools, Teachers and Pupils in north-western Europe 700-120040 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3005The 'Russian' Civil Wars, 1916-192240 creditsNot running until 202324
HIST3015Indonesia from Revolution to Dictatorship, 1945-196740 creditsNot running until 202324
HIST3025History of the Manuscript Book in the Digital Age40 creditsNot running until 202324
HIST3220Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement40 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3240The Harlem Renaissance: Black Culture and Politics 1919-194040 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3260Tradition and Modernity in Colonial Africa: Uganda's Kingdoms 1862-196440 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3270The Third Reich, 1933-194540 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3290Popular Belief in the Medieval West 1000-c.150040 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3330Europe in an Age of Total Warfare40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3360Body, Mind and Senses: The Social and Cultural History of Disability in Britain, 1833-199840 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3388Teaching & Learning in Early Modern England: Skill, Knowledge, and Education40 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3392Eastern Subjects: British Attitudes to India, 1757-185740 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3395The Troubles: The Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968-Present40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3440The Photographic Age: Photography, Society and Culture in Britain, 1839-194540 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3550Exploration, Conflict and Cultural Encounter in Early European Expansionism40 creditsNot running until 202324
HIST3650Stalin and Stalinism40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3695The Korean War40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3743From Byron to Bin Laden: Transnational War Volunteers40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3745Secret Service: The World of British Intelligence40 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3747The Iron Lady Abroad: Margaret Thatcher and UK Foreign Policy from 197940 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3888The Global Vietnam War40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the option modules listed below:

HIST3100British Politics and Society in the First World War20 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3251Twentieth Century Southeast Asia: From Empire to Independence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3453The Body in Australian History, 1788-200720 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3493War, Regicide and Republic: England, 1642-166020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3515The Baltic Crusades: The Conquest and Conversion of North-Eastern Europe, 1180-141020 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3530Mapping the Middle Ages: space and representation from the Pacific to the Atlantic20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3689Order and Disorder in Early Modern France: Understanding the French Wars of Religion20 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3710Nazism, Stalinism and the Rise of the Total State20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3723Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3724Caribbean Identity, Society and Decolonisation20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3728The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3790Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-188820 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3877The World of Terror20 creditsNot running in 202223
HIST3880'Parasites' and 'Cockroaches': Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Modern World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3999Doomed to Failure? European Great Power Politics from Bismarck to the Outbreak of World War I20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MEDV3411Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Students may take 40 credits of MEDV modules, 20 credits in lieu of a core HIST option module, with prior permission from the Head of the School of History.

The following modules offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.

FOAH2020Towards the Future: Skills in Context20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2240Hands on Heritage20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2260Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2505Archive Intelligence: Unlocking the Archive20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2557Thinking about History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2560History on the High Street20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2565Histories of Black Britain20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST2710Public Historians: Applied History, People’s History and the Uses of the Past20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students at level 3 may choose up to 20 credits of modules below their level. If a level 3 student chooses to study 20 credits below their level of study, these 20 credits must be taken at level 2. Level 1 modules may not be taken at level 3, with the exception of Skills Discovery modules (indicated by the letters 'skd' on the catalogue).

Discovery modules:

Candidates may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules from within or outside the School.


Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Optional modules:

For Study Abroad Students
If you register for Study Year Abroad, you will select HIST9001 Study Abroad and you will be expected to select mostly History courses at a non-UK University.

HIST9001Study Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

OR

For Horizon Year Abroad Students
If you register for Horizon Year Abroad, you will take LEED9000 Horizon Year Abroad (100 credits) and you will also be required to register for MODL3150 Intercultural Communication and Global Citizenship: A Critical Approach for the Horizon Year Abroad (20 credits). Both of these modules must be passed.

LEED9000Horizon Year Abroad100 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3150Intercultural Communication and Global Citizenship: A Critical Approach for the Horizon Year Abroad20 credits1 Jun to 30 Sep

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