History
    Duration3 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 12,200 / Year
    Next IntakeSeptember 19, 2022

    History

    About

    About this course

    Our specialism in social and cultural history marks us out as different to History courses elsewhere. Here at BGU you are encouraged to study the past with empathy and see the past from different, sometimes challenging perspectives.

    Here at BGU in Lincoln, won™t just study history through documents, you™ll learn through placements and site visits to archives and museums. Throughout the course you will explore a range of fascinating topics spanning a number of historical eras, in a wide variety of local, national and global contexts. You™ll analyse data, images and texts, construct arguments and engage in original historical research. You will also look at how history is encountered within the community and take a work-based placement at a school, archive, museum or other site that fits your career goals and direction.

    This undergraduate degree will help to build your skills as a historian, from introductory subjects in your first year through to an independent, research-based dissertation in your final year. As well as learning about people in the past, you will investigate how people today engage with history and consider how the past can be brought alive.

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    Course summary

    While studying a History course at BGU, you will explore a range of fascinating topics spanning a number of historical eras, in a variety of local, national and global contexts; from pirates in the early modern Atlantic World to civil rights campaigners in the 1960s. As well as learning about the people in the past on this undergraduate degree, you will investigate how people today engage with history and consider how the past can be brought alive.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Diplôme de Technicien Supérieur

    Minimum score - 14

    English Requirements

    • IELTSMin 5.5

    English Program Requirements

    To meet the English Language Requirements for our courses, you will be required to evidence that you have obtained the minimum requirements of your offer via a Home Office approved Secure English Language Test (SELT).

    Career

    Careers & Further study

    Studying History at BGU enhances your employability by focusing on highly desirable and transferable critical thinking and analytical skills, professional writing practices and the art of constructing persuasive arguments.

    Possible future careers for History graduates include education in the schooling and heritage sectors, marketing, journalism and publishing, law and policing, public policy, information research and management, working as an archivist, librarian or museum curator. History is a highly respected qualification amongst the Top 100 Graduate employers in the finance, commercial, legal and logistics sectors. Successful graduates of this course are also able to continue to study for a PGCE or Masters degrees at BGU and elsewhere.

    All History students are guaranteed an interview for a PGCE Primary or Secondary course at BGU & a free place on our 'Preparing for Teaching' courses.

    Your tutors will utilise long-established, experienced contacts to take you beyond the classroom on educational visits and work placements in Lincoln and further afield and you will be supported in finding the right placements and gaining the right experience to enable you to apply for a range of future roles.

    Fee Information

    How to Apply

    How to join us in September 2022

    • Home (UK) students – apply through UCAS (Roehampton UCAS institution code is R48)
    • International students – apply using our direct application form.

    We are still accepting applications for our courses for September 2022 and have vacancies. Contact us if you have any questions, or apply using the links above. (Please note that if you are not currently within the UK and require a Visa for study we are no longer issuing CAS's for September 2022)  

    If you need any help or advice with your application, or just want to ask us a question before you apply, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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    History

    Bishop Grosseteste University

    Bishop Grosseteste University

    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Lincoln