BA History and Sociology(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

1. Initiate, research, and complete an extended research project;
2. Critically evaluate primary sources related to a highly specialised area of history;
3. Evaluate theories, approaches and methods in sociology at an advanced level;
4. Synthesise and use research, theory and contemporary studies in sociology and adjacent fields.

Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Effectively communicate information, arguments, and analysis in a range of formats;
2. Apply effective learning strategies that demonstrate intellectual integrity, maturity, and self-direction;
3. Conduct structured research enquiries that consist of setting tasks, and locating, synthesising and analysing evidence;
4. Work independently, while engaging positively with supervision and guidance;
5. Critically navigate the challenges faced in interpreting complex, ambiguous, conflicting, and often incomplete materials and evidence.

Assessment

BA History and Sociology uses a combination of different assessment methods to capture the range of ways that students learn on the programme. At Level 3 assessment types across our compulsory and optional modules typically include: a final year project, primary source analyses (‘gobbets’), literature reviews; presentations; essays; and online exams.