BA (Hons) History Bachelor's degree at De Montfort University

This module introduces students to the social, cultural, economic, and political history of Britain from the mid-eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. Through close reading of primary source material and the assessment of historiographical debates and trends, students will develop key analytical skills and become confident in identifying change and continuity across the time period. Topics covered may include industrialisation and decline, poverty and the rise of the welfare st

Assessment: Primary Source Analysis (30%) and Portfolio (70%)

This module, with its focus on journeys and places, offers an opportunity for you to explore some of the key concepts underpinning your studies. You will take a post-disciplinary approach to your subject area, using techniques from diverse areas to address key questions related to journeys and places. You will attend interactive lectures with students from across the School of Humanities and Performing Arts. You will have opportunities to apply the concepts addressed in these lectures to History

Assessment: Subject-specific Coursework: 1 (30%) and 2 (70%)

This module will introduce you to the rise of nationalism, the significance of the nation-state as a unit of political organisation, the development and expansion of empires (both European and non-European), and the impact of revolutions throughout the nineteenth century from a global perspective. Through thematic lectures, seminars, workshops, and independent reading, you will explore a range of case studies and develop an understanding of these fundamental building blocks of modern history. St

Assessment: Secondary Source Analysis (35%) and Essay (65%)

This module introduces you to the way the world has evolved throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. It does so by focusing upon specific events such as the First and Second World Wars, the collapse of European empires, and revolutions in Europe. The module will also explore key ideologies and themes related to rise of extremism and terrorism, socialism, capitalism, genocide, and the development of new world order through the spread and clash of civilisations and globalisation

Assessment: Essay (40%) and Exam (60%)

This module introduces you to the history of the Cold War in a global context. It explores the roots of the Cold War and how it played out in specific theatres such as Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. The course deals with a variety of historical topics, which aside from global geopolitics might include sport and diplomacy, the nuclear arms race, the space race, and culture and society in the Cold War era. It also explores the ideological underpinnings of the Cold War, t

Assessment: Essay (50%) and Digital Presentation (50%)

This module is designed to prepare and support you towards the pursuit of post-degree pathways. It will focus on the specific skills, capabilities and knowledge needed to adapt and flourish in professional environments and contexts. There will be an emphasis on enhancement of core attributes, competencies and transferable skills as well as developing familiarity with the world and politics of work. The module will prepare you for diverse and dynamic working environments beyond university by intr

Assessment: Written Portfolio or Recorded Presentation (100%)

This module will examine the centrality of migration, multiculturalism and racism in the development of the modern world. Focusing mainly on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the module will tackle themes that might include theories and criticisms of the concept of multiculturalism, histories and experiences of migration, theories of diaspora, the social and economic status of minorities, the ways in which ethnic, racial, migrant, religious or other types of minorities interact with the do

Assessment: Primary Source Analysis (40%) and Essay (60%)

The module will introduce you to a range of historical sources and research methods used in project work. The module will examine core themes in history and the sources/methods associated with them. The methodologies studied will then be adapted to a personal research project, which will lead to the Level 6 dissertation. Study of sources may include maps; economic data; census; national and local government records; diplomatic and military records; press and media; records of education, health,

Assessment: Primary Source Analysis (40%) and Project Portfolio (60%)

This module will introduce you to cutting-edge research drawn from the expertise available in the History team. Two subjects will be drawn from the following: Photography and Medicine in the Nineteenth Century; the Disintegration of Yugoslavia; the Olympic Games; the United States Empire; the United States and the First World War; the Zimbabwean Diaspora in the UK; the Partition of India/Pakistan; History and Memory in Post-colonial Africa; The Ottoman Empire in Europe: Disintegration and Legaci

Assessment: Portfolio (50%) and Essay (50%)

This module introduces you to the history of anti-imperialist independence movements and the creation of new nation-states through case studies drawn from South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central and South America. It will explore different case studies in the decolonization processes across time and space. The module also explores the relationships between ideologies and resistance against imperial rule, as well as post-colonial conflicts in nation-building and the social and economic legaci

Assessment: Essay (40%) and Portfolio (60%)

This module explores the economic, social, political, and cultural aspects of the home front during the Second World War focusing upon case studies such as Britain and Germany. The module will examine primary sources on the individual case studies and also offer students the opportunity to engage with different historiographical traditions and interpretations during this time frame. The case studies covered will also be placed into wider international context.

Assessment: Primary Source Analysis (50%) and Podcast/Video (50%)

The dissertation provides an opportunity for sustained work of an independent nature in an area of personal interest, allowing the exploration a particular issue, topic or problem in considerable depth. You will define and analyse a question or problem, or test a hypothesis, arising from their historical interest. The dissertation provides an opportunity to look beyond the textbooks and other secondary sources and to get to grips with primary evidence including textual, material or visual source

Assessment: Presentation (10%) and Dissertation (90%)