History
University of Kent
UCAS Code: V100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Kent
UCAS Code: V100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
If we make you an offer, you will need to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
30 points in the IB Diploma or 120 UCAS Tariff points
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
The University will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and National Extended Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF; OCR) on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us for further advice on your individual circumstances. A typical offer would be to achieve Distinction, Merit, Merit.
Scottish Higher qualifications are considered on an individual basis.
T Level
M-Pass (C and above)
UCAS Tariff
About this course
**History**
Delve into history and discover the impact of political, social and cultural change on class, gender, race, injustice and power throughout hundreds of years of history across the globe, and how this has shaped our world today. Find your own critical voice and make it heard. A history degree from Kent is the first step to wherever you want to go.
As a Kent student, you will benefit from living and learning in the ancient city of Canterbury. You meet history face-to-face from day one while learning from world-leading academics who help to sharpen your skills of analysis, argument and communication.
If you want to explore History through the lens of warfare, we also offer a Military History BA, alternatively, if you are more interested in exploring the secrets of the ancient world, you could study on our Ancient History BA.
**Your future**
As a Kent graduate, you will be ready to construct and lead engaging arguments, be quick to recognise context and skilled to propose alternative solutions. And your wide-ranging work with historical sources will improve your ability to think critically, take part in debate and make informed decisions, allowing you to effect change in the places you want to see it.
Career prospects for history graduates are wide ranging, with our students launching careers in everything from teaching to business, research to politics.
The creative problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills you develop at Kent can prepare you for a career in any field. The study of History at Kent equips you with the adaptability to thrive in an exciting career in whatever area you are passionate about. This means Kent’s History graduates are ready to step into a career of limitless opportunities, from education to business, charity to government; you’ll have the talent and insight to build the career you want.
**Location**
Our city, your time.
It has never been a better time to study in Canterbury. Our high student population creates a vibrant, diverse and student-friendly atmosphere.
We are a hub of exciting new ideas emerging from a stunning historic city - join us and get involved!
Modules
The following modules are what students typically study, but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations.
Stage 1
You take the compulsory modules then choose one of three module pairings: 'Early Medieval History, (c. 400 - c. 1050)' and 'Late Medieval History (c. 1050 -b c. 1450)', 'The Rise of the United States Pt. 1' and 'The Rise of the United States Pt. 2' or 'The Making of Modern Europe' and 'The Making of Modern Britain'. Then you choose 2 more optional modules from the remaining list.
Compulsory modules currently include the following
Controversial Histories
History Makers
Optional modules:
Early Medieval History, (c. 400 - c. 1050)
Late Medieval History, (c. 1050 - c. 1450)
The Rise of the United States Pt. 1
The Rise of the United States Pt. 2
The Making of Modern Europe
A Global History of Empire
Histories of Health and Medicine since 1800
Renaissance to the Enlightenment
The Making of Modern Britain
War and Society in Europe, c. 1789 - 1945
Stage 2
Compulsory modules currently include the following
The Medieval World: Power and Faith
The Modern World: Revolution and Crisis
Undergraduate Dissertation: Design and Planning
Optional modules:
A History of Eastern Europe in 10 Objects
Armies at War, 1792-1815
Blitzkrieg to Baghdad: Armoured Warfare in the Theory, Practice and Imagery, 1916-2003
Cholera to Climate Change: Environment and Society in Modern Britain
Churchill's Armies: The Armies of the British Empire and the Second World War
Civil War America, 1848-1877
Conquest and Resistance in Southern Africa, 1750-1918
Europe in Extremes: Communism, Fascism and Nazism, 1917-1939
From Crisis to Revolution: France 1774-1799
How The West was Won (or Lost): The American West in the 19th Century
Marvels, Monsters and Freaks 1780-1920
Modern German History since 1918
Surgery, Science and Society since 1750
Telegraph to Television: War and the British Media, 1853-1945
The Art of Death: Representations, Rituals and Records in Medieval Europe
The Cold War
The Crusades
The German Wars of Unification, c. 1813-1871
The Imperial Presidency: U.S. Foreign Policy from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama
'The Jewel in the Crown': India and the Making of Imperial Britain
Vikings: A Global Saga
Violence and Justice in Medieval Europe (c. 500 - c. 1400)
War and Modern Medicine 1850-1950
Stage 3
Compulsory modules:
Dissertation
Optional modules:
Fight The Power: African American History from Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter
From Buffalo Bill to Bison Burgers: The American West in the 20th Century
Global Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the Modern Era
Gothic Art: Image and Imagination in Europe
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes: A History of the Modern Body (1800-1950)
To Do No Harm: Medical Ethics and Patient Rights in the Modern World, 1800-2000
From 'Madness' to Mindfulness: Mental Health since 1850
Terror, Murder and Bloodshed: The Renaissance in Italy and beyond, c. 1400- c. 1550
The American Revolution
Cultural History of the Great War: Britain, France and Germany in Comparison
The Hundred Years' War, c. 1337-1453
The Nature of Command
Capitalism, Classes, Cultures & Conflicts
Conquests, Cultures and Identities: England AD 800-1100
From Mercenaries to Freedom Fighters: Transnational Soldiering, c. 1700-2020
Ireland: A Military History since 1689
Liberation Struggles in Southern Africa
Loyalists: The Wrong Side of the American Independence
Making Room for Medicine: Medical Space, Environment and Health
Napoleon and the World, 1799-1815
Saints, Relics & Churches in Medieval Europe, C. 500-1500
Sex, Health and Deviance in Britain since 1800
The Carolingians and the Invention of Order
The Eternal Nazi: Global Legacies of the Third Reich
The International History of the Vietnam Wars
The Legacy of the Second World War
The Renaissance: Nature, Magic and Knowledge
The Spanish Second Republic and Civil War, 1931-1939
War, Peace and Diplomacy in the Late Middle Ages, c. 1200 - c. 1450
Extra funding
Kent offers generous financial support schemes to assist eligible undergraduate students during their studies. See our funding page for more details - https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/fees-and-funding
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After graduation
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Top job areas of graduates
History is a very popular subject (although numbers have fallen of late) — in 2015, over 10,000 UK students graduated in a history-related course. Obviously, there aren't 11,000 jobs as historians available every year, but history is a good, flexible degree that allows graduates to go into a wide range of different jobs, and consequently history graduates have an unemployment rate comparable to the national graduate average. Many — probably most — jobs for graduates don't ask for a particular degree to go into them and history graduates are well set to take advantage. That's why so many go into jobs in the finance industry, human resources, marketing, PR and events management, as well as the more obvious roles in education, welfare and the arts. Around one in five history graduates went into further study last year. History and teaching were the most popular further study subjects for history graduates, but law, journalism, and politics were also popular postgraduate courses.
What about your long term prospects?
Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.
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The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.
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Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.
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