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Welcome to the University of Northampton.BA (Hons) History.
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BA (Hons) History
Why study at Northampton?
o 95.3% of students satisfied with teaching (Guardian League Table)
o Home to the Searchlight Archive
o Study trips
o Small, friendly department
o 9 lecturers
o Average intake = 40-50 students (single and joint honours), lots of personal attention!
o Serious researchers, but also take our teaching seriously
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BA (Hons) History course overview.
• Small group lectures
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Workshops
• Independent and group study
• One-to-one supervisions
Entry criteria.
• A typical offer would be BCC at A Level or DMM at BTEC
• Expected to have achieved grade C or higher in History at A Level
• Access students are expected to have studied History modules with 12 credits at level 3
Teaching style
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Learning & Teaching at Waterside.
➢You will study in small interactive group sessions, enhanced by the latest developments in technology.
➢Our Learning Hub, the heart of Waterside Campus combines resources, staff and learning spaces that would traditionally be separate.
➢Waterside has been designed to give you a personalised learning experience, excellent opportunities to develop your academic experience and life skills.
* Valid for 2021/22 entry. For 2020/21 academic year, please refer to our website for the latest information: https://www.northampton.ac.uk/about-us/situation-updates/
Stage one.
Core modules
• Themes and Perspectives in History*
Optional modules
Single Honours only
• Blood and Iron: Europe, 1815-1914
• The Medieval World 1200-1500
• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: France from 1789
• Health and Healers: Introduction to the History of Medicine
• The Holocaust: Sources and Contexts*
• Early Modern Europe 1500-1800*
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*Compulsory module for History as Joint Honours
Stage two.
Core modules
• Dissertation Research Skills
• Professional Research Skills
Optional modules
• Power and Protest: British Society in the Long Eighteenth Century
• Empires Through History
• Crime, Policing and Punishment in England 1700-1900
• Comrades and Revolutions! A Global History of the Communist Movement
• First World War
• Family and Life-Cycles in Early Modern England
• Decline and Fall: The English Artistocracy, 1750-1950
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Stage three.
Core modules
• History Dissertation
Optional modules
• Citizenship and Gender in Britain 1760-1918
• Crime and Popular Culture in the late Nineteenth Century City
• Movements and Regimes: A Century of Fascism
• Witchcraft and Heresy in Early Modern Europe
• Secret State: British Intelligence, 1558-1945
• The English Country House, c.1660-1830
• Gender and Work in Early Modern England
• Algeria: French Rule and the War for Independence
• Death and Bereavement in Britain, c.1500-1914
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Integrated Foundation Year
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The Integrated Foundation Year at the University of Northampton is an opportunity for you to successfully study a four-year version of the three-year degree without the standard entry qualifications, whilst gaining critical study skills.
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Joint honours.
A B C D
Advertising Education Studies Business Accounting
Economics English Drama Business Entrepreneurship
History Law Education Studies Criminology
Popular Music Marketing Management Events Management Human Geography
Psychology Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production
Film and Screen Studies Human Resource Management
International Tourism Management
Sport Studies Health Studies International Politics
International Development Management Multimedia Journalism
Sociology Applied Social Care
For 2020 entry can be taken with:
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Business Finance
TelevisionPolitics Media
TeachingMuseum / Heritage
SectorLaw
Arts
Careers.
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Personal Tutor.
• You will be allocated a personal tutor at the start of the year
• They are there to help you with every aspect of university life
• They’ll be in touch at various point in the academic year
• You can arrange to meet them at any time
Money Matters.
• A range of scholarships and bursaries to support you
• Financial Guidance Team on hand to help you with any money queries from student loans to financial hardship, and budgeting to loans
Accommodation.
• Halls of Residence on campus, in the town centre and BoughtonGreen Road
• Private Sector Officer to give advice and guidance if you’re looking to go into private sector accommodation
Health.
• Doctor’s surgery on campus
• Counselling and Mental Health Team
• Additional Needs and Disability Support (ASSIST)
• Residential Life Team are there to support and advise students living in halls
Support.
We are here for you.
