2021 History 2021 Undergraduate Course Guide Welcome to History at the University of Hull History Courses History at the University of Hull What we offer ... Course Typical Example UCAS At the University of Hull, we believe that history is a offer A levels code powerful lens through which to view the present day. BA History 120 BBB V100 Our exciting range of modules reflect this – we use the BA History and Politics 112 BBC LV21 social, political and environmental challenges of the Your points can be from any qualification on the UCAS tariff, but at least 80 points should be from two or more A levels, or a combination of appropriate Level 3 qualifications. contemporary world as a starting point for our approach to exploring the past, enabling you to deepen your For more information, please visit www.hull.ac.uk/ughistory understanding of the past and to prepare you to navigate the rapidly-changing present. You’ll study under active researchers and authors whose professional expertise encompasses the histories of five continents across a span of 3,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. Your modules will balance the thrill of fresh discoveries with looking at familiar topics in new, eye-opening ways. We aim to equip you for the workplace and enable you to create a brighter future for yourself and the world we live in, fuelled by your passion for history. Our assessments will unlock your creativity, allowing you to gain the skills you will need no matter what path you take after graduation. You’ll be encouraged to express your ideas in a variety of ways, to analyse sources of historical information from newspapers to computer games, and develop and present your own ideas through channels such as podcasts or online exhibitions. Our extensive network of partnerships will give you opportunities to gain skills and experience. There’ll be opportunities to work with local museums, archives and galleries, including the University’s own art collection. The historic city of Hull has world-class resources, from the Wilberforce Institute to the Hull History Centre in the ‘old town’ to our refurbished Brynmor Jones Library – housing cutting edge digital resources, along with more than a million books and We’re always looking to improve our courses. Which means we do review our modules from time to time, plenty of private and social workspaces. to make sure they’re of a high standard and are relevant to you and to your potential future employers. The information in this guide is correct at the time of going to print, but some of the modules could change before 2021. Please contact our admissions team if you do have any questions or for further information on [email protected]. 4 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 5 Course structure How are degrees taught? Most of our undergraduate courses are made up of study units called modules. You’ll be assessed after each module, and the average of all your module assessments for the year is your overall result for that year. Can I pick and choose modules? Yes, to an extent. Some modules are compulsory, so you have to take them. Within that compulsory group are some ‘core’ modules, too. They’re essential to the course (to make sure our degrees qualify for relevant accreditation, for example), so they’ll never change and you have to pass them. That said, some of our modules are optional – so you can pick what you study to suit your interests and career goals. How many modules will I take? Usually, you’ll take six modules a year: three from the start of term to Christmas, and three more between January and the summer. Later in your course, some modules – like larger-scale projects or a dissertation – might count as two modules and run for the full year. 6 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 7 HistoryAccounting and Finance “You learn how to Careers research, you learn how to organise yourself. And you end up coming out of The way we teach history gives you skills that employers university and wishing you could go back and do value. By explaining, supporting and defending your it all again.” ideas, you’ll become a better communicator. Andy Ede We also develop your digital literacy through diverse teaching and learning MA History Graduate methods, helping you build skills that you can draw on throughout your career. 2016 And researching trains you to analyse and prioritise information – vital for decision making at work. Graduate careers • Researcher • Teacher • Civil servant • Historian • Archaeologist • Museum or gallery conservator • Journalist • Marketing professional Career advice and support Our team give you expert career advice and training. We’ll help you explore your options and progress into a career you’ll love. You’ll learn how to apply for jobs, prep for interviews and impress potential employers. We can also get you into the room with a range of employers at on-campus events. Networking helps you plan your career path and can open doors to internships and job offers. of students in work or further study six months 95% after graduating.* * UK domicile full-time first degree leavers; Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey for the academic year 2016/17, published by HESA 2018. 8 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 9 History Human Worlds You’ll have the freedom to choose the BA History How have humans shaped their historical topic and the means by which environment, and how has the you present it – a podcast, a website, or environment shaped them in return? another effective tool. Year 1 modules How has the availability of resources Typical offer 120 Optional encouraged migration and movement, Compulsory for example on the trade routes of the The First Superpowers Example A levels BBB History of Freedom Silk Road? How have cities like Paris and The ancient and modern world was What does it mean to be free and how St Petersburg grown? formed by superpowers, from the UCAS code V100 has the answer to this question changed Qin Dynasty of ancient China, to the World War Tudors over time? In ancient and medieval equestrian empires of the Lakota and What idea of Britain is conveyed when times, there were degrees of unfreedom Comanche, to the Holy Roman and TV programmes and computer games History at Hull addresses for all. In the age of empire, race Ottoman empires that shaped history at focus on a narrow range of stories like the most pressing global determined who could be enslaved. the centre and edges of an expanding Boudicca’s fight against Rome, Henry Europe. challenges by studying the Revolutions: Continuity and Change VIII’s wives or the Battle of Britain? What stories of five continents and Before the great revolutions in America, gets left out of British history in these Three Sixties: Decades that Changed the vast maritime spaces in France, Haiti and Russia, global history simplified versions of the past? the World experienced sweeping changes in between. With such a broad Tracing how themes such as war & society, ideas and technology. This Year 2 modules technology, ideas & rights, and culture curriculum, you’re certain module will widen your perspective on & morality changed in three different Compulsory to find what you’re looking ‘revolutions’ from ancient times to the decades: the 1760s, the 1860s and the for here. Under the guidance present. Global Britain and its Past 1960s. This module will enable us to Develop specialist skills such as reflect on the interconnectedness of of expert academics – and History in the News using technology to map time and these ideas and their spread around the Every headline has a history. You will benefiting from facilities space, visual literacy, or oral history globe. like the Hull History Centre – help to shape the course by identifying interviewing whilst learning about the some of the most pressing and Trends and Treasures you’ll discover the drama of expansion of the English across the interesting issues of the world today. British Isles and then across the world as Looking at trends, fashion and the the past and how it continues The decision as to what we should an empire was built. material remains of the past as a to shape the present. explore together lies in your hands. barometer of taste, popularity, and History: Then and Now consumerism allows us to explore All Roads Lead from Rome: the This module explores how historians Classical Present ways in which these have been shaped shape and debate the past. We will by complex networks of trade and No matter how modern we think we consider questions of objectivity, facts, are, we’re still shaped by the classical exchange that connect local and national bias, distortion, as well as the need for histories with wider global forces. past. Using artworks, archaeology and historians to return to the past and artefacts, this module will explore how consider it from points of view that are Interactions and Exchanges: The Roots the classical world provided a blueprint relevant to the present. of Globalisation for the projection of power through Focusing on the period of the Columbian imagery and architecture. History Group Project Exchange (1492), the emergence of Using all of the skills you’ve developed global empires in the 18th and 19th through the programme to date to centuries, and the present-day ‘global create a piece of public-facing history. village’, the module will examine the 10 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 11 History movement and flow of people, things, Year 3 modules Insiders and Outsiders: Community Innovation and Invention and ideas, and the disruptive effects of and Belonging in History What have been the major innovations war and environmental change.