2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA History and Sociology

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

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

School of History

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

History; Sociology

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/24 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA History and Sociology(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

This exciting and challenging joint honours degree will give you the opportunity to study past and present human societies through a combination of historical and sociological perspectives.
You’ll achieve a systematic understanding of the social, cultural, economic and political processes that have shaped human civilisations over time, considering the complexities of class, gender, race and other factors in different societies. This will enable you to build an understanding of the impact of power, resistance, and social change in British, European and global history. This flexible course allows you to develop your own areas of specialism and a range of skills that are attractive to employers.

This BA History and Sociology course brings together two academic disciplines to give insights that neither could provide on their own. A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but take fewer optional and discovery modules, so you can fit in both subjects.
At Level 1, you’ll study core and optional modules that will develop and broaden your historical skills, as well as exploring different approaches to the past. You’ll also analyse contemporary British society and culture and explore the key issues and concepts in global sociology.
At Level 2, you can choose from an impressive variety of optional modules, reflecting the latest research in both subjects. You could focus on major societal challenges, such as climate change, pandemics, disabilities, crime, racial and gender oppression, as well as the evolution of medieval and early modern societies across the globe, or the recent history of Britain, Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australasia. You’ll also take compulsory modules that focus critical skills and practices in both disciplines.
At Level 3, you’ll apply the research and analytical skills you’ve developed in an independently researched dissertation, where you can specialise in a subject of your choice. Working closely with an expert tutor on a research-based ‘Special Subject’ module, you’ll focus on a specific topic in which you engage closely with primary sources, as well as optional Sociology modules that showcase the latest thinking in the discipline.

Year1 - View timetable

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

Candidates are required to take 120 credits, with a minimum of 40 credits in both History and Sociology.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study up to 40 additional credits, either by choosing from the basket below or via University designated ‘Discovery Modules’.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of Discovery Modules

Year2 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits.

Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must pass:

- Sociology: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be taken at level 3)
- History: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be taken at level 3)

The remaining credits can be used for elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 2 and all core modules to proceed to the next level of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following History option modules, including at least one module from each group. These MUST be taken in different semesters.

GROUP A

Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the Group A list below:

GROUP B

Candidates are required to study 20 credits from the Group B list below:

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.

Students are required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules.

Students wishing to enrol on SLSP3041: Sociology Dissertation at level 3 must have taken SLSP2011: Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods.

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 choose to study up to 60 credits of discovery modules over both Level 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Year3 - View timetable

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

Students must study 120 credits.

Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must pass:

- Sociology: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- History: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)

The remaining credits can be used for elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at level 3 and all core modules to proceed to gain the degree.

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study one of the final year projects. Students wishing to enrol on SLSP3041 must have taken SLSP2011 as a pre-requisite and take SLSP3095 as a co-requisite:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following Special Subject modules:

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. Students are permitted to take a maximum of 20 credits below their year of study at level 3.

Candidates will be required to study up to 40 credits from the following optional modules, depending on the choice of final year project, in order to fulfil the programme requirements. Students who have NOT taken their Final Year Project with Sociology MUST take 40 credits from the list below.

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following list of modules, depending on the choice of final year project. (Students are required to study 60 credits of History modules in level 3).

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 60 credits of discovery modules over levels 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

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