Such an appreciation of the past is essential to understanding where we are today and how we’re attempting to shape the future – even societies in the very distant past can be highly relevant in this respect. You’ll learn the skills of the historian as you deepen your understanding of eras, continents and cultures from political, social and religious perspectives.

You’ll develop an understanding of different approaches to history and the range of methods used in its pursuit. You’ll take classes with world-renowned experts who love their subjects and love to teach too. You can choose History by itself or combine it with subjects including English Literature, American Studies, Politics or Law.

Combinations

History is also available as a Combined Honours degree. It can be studied in the following combinations:

• History and American Studies
• History and Criminology
• History and Economics
• History and Education
• History and English Literature
• History and Geography
• History and Human Geography
• History and International Relations
• History and Law
• History and Physical Geography
• History and Politics
• History and Psychology

Course structure

Our degree courses are organised into modules. Each module is usually a self-contained unit of study and each is usually assessed separately with the award of credits on the basis of 1 credit = 10 hours of student effort. An outline of the structure of the programme is provided in the tables below.

There are three types of module delivered as part of this programme. They are:

• Compulsory modules: a module that you are required to study on this course;
• Optional modules: these allow you some limited choice of what to study from a list of modules;
• Elective modules: a free choice of modules that count towards the overall credit requirement but not the number of subject-related credits.

A summary of the credit requirements per year is as follows, with a minimum of 90 subject credits (compulsory plus optional) required for each year.

Year	Compulsory	Optional		Electives
		Min	Max	Min	Max
1	45	45	75	0	30
2	15	75	105	0	30
3	30	60	90	0	30

Year 1 (Level 4)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Defining Moments in History, c.1000-2000	30	Modern History	15
Histories of the Extraordinary and Everyday	15	History, Media and Memory	15
		Medieval Europe	15
		Princes and Peoples: European History c. 1490-1700	15
		Anglo-Saxon England	15
		The American Past (AMS-coded)	15

Year 2 (Level 5)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Sources and Debates	15	State & Empire in Britain, c.1530- c.1720	15
		Castle and Cloister in Medieval Europe, c. 900-1250	15
		Right-Wing Movements in Interwar-Europe 1918-1938	15
		Imperialism & Empire	15
		Power in the Modern World	15
		Natural Cultures: Humans and their Environments since 1700	15
		The History of the Camp: From the GULAG to The Jungle	15
		New World in Chains (AMS-coded)	15
		History of the US in C20 (AMS-coded)	15

Year 3 (Level 6)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Dissertation	30	The English Civil War, c.1640-46	15
		Health, illness and Medicine 1628-1808	15
		Urban Lives in Modern Europe 1890-1914	15
		Religion, Rebellion and the Raj	15
		Gender and Sexuality in Georgian Britain	15
		The Making of Middle Britain: A Northumbrian Nativity	15
		Doctors and medicine 1808-1886	15
		The Making of Contemporary Africa, I	15
		Negotiating Nationalisms	15
		Crisis, Conflict and Commerce 1	15
		Spirituality and Social Change in the Eleventh Century, I	15
		Urban Lives in Modern Europe, 1914-1939	15
		Crisis, Rupture and Opportunity: German ‘Modernity’, 1900-1933 I	15
		Eyes on the Prize: The Struggle for Civil Rights in America (AMS-coded)	15
		Violence and Power in Civil War America (AMS-coded)	15
		The whole United States is southern! The Modern South and America (AMS-coded)	15
		Violence and Power in Antebellum America (AMS-coded)	15

Students may choose to study elective modules which are offered as part of other programmes in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and across the University. These include:

• Modules in other subjects closely related to History such as English Literature or Politics.
• Modules in other subjects in which they may have a particular interest such as Criminology or Film Studies.
• Modules designed to help students for whom it is not their first language to improve their use of English for Academic Purposes.
• Modern foreign languages modules at different levels in French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin).
• Free standing modules related to the development of graduate attributes, student volunteering, and studying abroad as part of the University’s exchange programme.

The entry grades outlined in this section indicate the likely offer or range of offers which would be made to candidates along with any subject specific requirements. This is for general information only. Keele University reserves the right to vary offer conditions depending upon a candidate’s application. Read more about our undergraduate entry requirements for United Kingdom, European Union and International students.

A Level requirements

• A Level requirement BBB/ABC

GCSE requirements

• English Language at C (or 4)

BTEC

• BTEC requirements DDM

International Baccalaureate

• 32 points 

Access to HE Diploma requirements

• Obtain Access to HE Diploma with 122 UCAS Tariff points including a minimum of 15 L evel 3 credits at Distinction.

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We can help you to manage your funds, create a budget and ensure that you receive any funding for which you may be eligible. We also offer financial support such as the Keele University Hardship Fund and emergency loans.

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Studying History at Keele will provide you with important skills to carry through the rest of your life. You’ll develop the sort of enquiring, open-minded and creative attitude which employers are looking for.

Some career options may require further study, but you could go on to work as a teacher, librarian, archivist, museum conservator, heritage manager, barrister, solicitor, civil service administrator, journalist, or a politician’s assistant or researcher.