B.A. English Literature and History Full-time
Year: 3
2025/26 Session
Students must take one 40 credit Dissertation module
Students choose 80-credits of optional modules.
Students must take a minimum of 40-credits in History and a minimum of 40-credits in English Literature.
Students may take a Professional Skills Module in place of 20-credits of English Language optional modules in semester 1.
Students must take at least one option in the discipline in which they are completing independent study. Students must take 40-credits of optional modules in each semester.
All optional lists are indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.
Students taking 80cr in English Lang and 40cr in History
Eng Lit: 40cr Eng Lit Dissertation, 1 sem 1 option from either Block A or B and 1 sem 2 option from either Block C or D.
History: Students choose 2 co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40cr (20 each semester)
Students taking 60cr in Eng Lang and 60 in History:
Eng Lit: 40cr Eng Lit Dissertation 1 one sem1 option from either Block A or B.
History: Students choose two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40cr (20cr in each semester) & 1 20cr option in Sem2.
OR
Eng Lit: 40cr Eng Lit Dissertation and one sem2 option from either Block C or D
History: Students choose two co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40cr (20cr in each semester) & 1 20cr option in Sem1.
OR
Eng Lit: one sem 1 option from Block A, one sem 1 option from Block B and one sem 2 option from either Block C or D
History: Students choose 1 20cr optional module in Sem2 & the 40cr Dissertation
OR
Eng Lit: one sem1 option from either Block A or B, one sem2 option from Block C and one sem2 option from Block D
History: Students choose 1 20cr optional module in Sem1 plus the 40cr Dissertation
OR
40cr Link Dissertation
English Lit: one sem 1 option from either Block A or B and one sem 2 option from either Block C or D
History: Students choose 2 co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40c (20 in each semester)
Students taking 40c in Eng Lit and 80 in History:
Eng Lit: one sem 1 option from either Block A or B and one sem2 option from either Block C or D
History: Students choose 2 co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40c (20 in each semester) plus the 40c History Dissertation.
OR
Eng Lit: one sem 1 option from either Block A or B & 1 from either Block C or D
History: Choose 1 20c option in Sem1 and 1 20c option in Sem2 plus the 40c History Dissertation.
Students taking 40 credits in History must choose TWO co-requisite Specials Subjects to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) Special Subjects (A) (Sem 1) Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose TWO co-requisite Specials Subjects to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester) Special Subjects (A) (Sem 1) This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability. Special Subjects (A) (Sem 1) History Special Subjects (A) in Semester 1:
Module Title |
Code |
Credits |
Semester |
LH Special Subject: A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects A
|
09 32131
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: After Hitler: Politics and Society in (West) Germany during the Adenauer Era, 1945-1965 A
|
09 30957
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Beauty, Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Body in Britain, c1680-1820: A
|
09 35001
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Britain and the First World War A
|
09 37867
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: British Women and Internationalism since 1850 A
|
09 30931
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Conflict, nationalism and genocide in East Central Europe, ca. 1880 – 1953 A
|
09 32127
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present A
|
09 30932
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt A
|
09 37120
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Facing the Fuhrer, the Duce and the Emperor: British Foreign and Defence Policies, 1931-1942 A
|
09 30956
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Games without Thrones? North Atlantic Societies in the wake of the Vikings, c.800-c.1200 A
|
09 37112
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities in the British World A
|
09 37124
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I A
|
09 37956
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: People of the Aftermath: British Culture in the 1920s and 1930s A
|
09 30955
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Terrorising History: Terrorist Motivations, Methods, and Mayhem A
|
09 30960
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: The Revolting Right: Conservative Activism in Post-war Britain A
|
09 30958
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich A
|
09 31842
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain A
|
09 30959
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Empire comes home: India in the making of Britain: A
|
09 38883
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Special Subject: Fighting Over Freedom: American Political Ideas from Revolution to Civil War A
|
09 38880
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
History Special Subjects (B) in Semester 2:
Module Title |
Code |
Credits |
Semester |
LH Special Subject: A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects B
|
09 32129
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: After Hitler: Politics and Society in (West) Germany during the Adenauer Era, 1945-1965 B
|
09 31114
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Beauty, Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Body in Britain, c1680-1820: B
|
09 35002
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Britain and the First World War B
|
09 37868
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: British Women and Internationalism since 1850 B
|
09 31109
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Conflict, nationalism and genocide in East Central Europe, ca. 1880 – 1953 B
|
09 32125
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Dossers: Homelessness in Modern Britain, 1900 to Present B
|
09 31110
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Egypt in Revolution. Modernity, Masculinity and Revolution in 20th Century Egypt B
|
09 37121
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Facing the Fuhrer, the Duce and the Emperor: British Foreign and Defence Policies, 1931-1942 B
|
09 31113
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Games without Thrones? North Atlantic Societies in the wake of the Vikings, c.800-c.1200 B
|
09 37116
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Global Cities and Urban Lives, 1690-1914 B
|
09 37123
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Special Subject: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities in the British World B
|
09 37125
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
History Special Subjects (B) in Semester 2:
History Advanced Options.
Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and/or ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.
The following options will be grouped into List A (Semester 1) and List B (Semester 2).
This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.
Module Title |
Code |
Credits |
Semester |
LH Advanced Option: America at War: From the Civil War to the War on Terror
|
09 38799
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: Before Globalization?: Afro-Eurasian World History 500-1800
|
09 38888
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: Bread, Wine and Barricades: Freedom, Ecology and the Nature of Modern France
|
09 38740
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: Britain’s Wars of Colonisation and Decolonisation
|
09 38741
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: Capital Lives: Experiencing the City in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain
|
09 38812
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: China in Revolution: China under Mao (1949-1976)
|
09 38742
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: Conflict in the Modern Middle East
|
09 38743
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: Experts, Scholars, and Spies: the Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe
|
09 38744
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: Faith and Fire: Religion and Rebellion in England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
|
09 38801
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: From the OSS to Snowden: A History of American Intelligence Agencies since 1945
|
09 38745
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: Gross Indecency to Gay Marriage? Gender and Sexual Minorities 1885 to the Present
|
09 38746
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: History of Technology and Culture in the United States
|
09 38803
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: Indigenous and Settler Histories
|
09 38748
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: Land, Law, and Violence in the American West
|
09 38749
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: Life After Death: Culture, Politics and Memory in Post-War Europe, 1945-1973
|
09 38750
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: Practising Public History
|
09 38752
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: Reason and Romance: The Cultural History of Nineteenth-Century Britain
|
09 38753
|
20 |
Semester 1
|
LH Advanced Option: Terrorism in the USA: From the Klan to Al Qaeda to White Power
|
09 38755
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: The Making of the British Raj: Gender, Conquest and Race in early colonial India, c.1757-1885
|
09 38757
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
LH Advanced Option: Women Behaving Badly in Tudor and Stuart England
|
03 00953
|
20 |
Semester 2
|
History Advanced Options.
Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and/or ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.
The following options will be grouped into List A (Semester 1) and List B (Semester 2).
This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.
History Advanced Options.
Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and/or ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.
The following options will be grouped into List A (Semester 1) and List B (Semester 2).
This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.
History Advanced Options.
Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose ONE 20-credit option in Semester 1 and/or ONE 20-credit option in Semester 2.
The following options will be grouped into List A (Semester 1) and List B (Semester 2).
This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability.
With the approval of the programme lead students may also take 20 credits of approved modules offered by a School or Department other than History in place of one of the Options on Lists A or B. Other departmental modules: Credits must still be evenly balanced across semesters.
Theology and Religion Department optional modules available to History students:
DASA Department optional modules available to History students:
DASA Department optional modules available to History students:
DASA Department optional modules available to History students:
DASA Department optional modules available to History students:
DASA Department optional modules available to History students:
Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H. If successful this will be taken in place of one of their semester 1 taught modules. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation. Students who undertook a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.
English Literature Special Subjects Eng Lit Special Subjects A: Block A
English Literature Special Subjects Eng Lit Special Subjects A: Block A
English Literature Special Subjects Eng Lit Special Subjects A: Block B
English Literature Special Subjects Eng Lit Special Subjects C: Block C
English Literature Special Subjects Eng Lit Special Subjects D: Block D