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Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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B.A. History and History of Art with a Year in Computer Science Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

All students must take 40 credits of independent study in either Art History or History selected from the modules below.
Students taking 60 credits in Art History and History must take one of the following dissertation modules.
Students taking 80 credits in Art History or History cannot take the JH Link Dissertation.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Dissertation 09 23512 40 Full Term
LH Joint Honours Link Dissertation 09 28531 40 Full Term
LH Long History of Art Dissertation 10 18563 40 Full Term

Students taking 40c in HoA and 80c in History
HoA: Students choose 1 Special Subject in Sem 1 and 1 Special Subject in Sem 2
History: Students choose 2 co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40c (20 in each semester) plus the 40c History Dissertation.
OR
HoA: Students choose 1 Special Subject in Sem 1 and 1 Special Subject in Sem 2
History: Students choose 1 option in Sem 1 and ONE in Sem 2 plus the History Dissertation.

Students taking 60c in HoA and 60c in History
HoA: Students choose ONE Special Subject in Sem 1 plus the HoA Dissertation.
History: Students choose 2 co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40c (20 in each semester) plus an option in Sem 2 from History List B.
OR
HoA: Students choose 1 Special Subject in Sem 2 plus the HoA Long Dissertation. History: Students choose 2 co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40c (20 in each semester) plus an option in Semr 1 from History List A.
OR
HoA: Students choose 1 Special Subject in Sem 1 and 1 in Sem 2. You also take the Linked Dissertation (of which only 20 credits are assigned to HoA).
History: Students choose 2 co-requisite Special Subject Modules to the value of 40 credits (20 in each semester). You also take the Linked Dissertation (of which only 20c are assigned to History.
OR
HoA: Students choose 1 Special Subject in Semester 1 and 2 20-credit Special Subjects in Sem 2.
History: Students choose 1 20c option in Sem 1 from History List A plus the History Dissertation.
OR
HoA: Students choose 2 Special Subjects in Sem 1 and 1 in Sem 2.
History: Students choose 1 option in Sem 2 from History List B plus the History Dissertation.

Students taking 80c of Art History and 40c in History
HoA: Students choose 1 Special Subject in Sem 1 and 1 in Sem 2, plus the HoA Dissertation
History: Students choose 2 co-requisite Special Subject modules to the value of 40c (20 in each semester)

Students choose additional Level H modules provided annually by the department. The following is an indicative list from History of Art:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH An Unnatural History: Animals in Modern Western Art 09 30794 20 Semester 2
LH Berlin 1890-1933: Symphony of a (Great?) City 10 28863 20 Semester 2
LH Contemporary Art and Home 09 30798 20 Semester 2
LH Contemporary Art and Masculinity 09 29705 20 Semester 1
LH Fashioning Flesh and Technology: Modernism and the Body in Germany 1918-1933 09 28455 20 Semester 2
LH Global Art and Cultural Studies 09 29919 20 Semester 2
LH Image as Witness 09 37034 20 Semester 2
LH Inside Out: Interior and Interiority in French Art, Design and Culture 1840-1940 10 28862 20 Semester 1
LH Michelangelo 10 28861 20 Semester 2
LH Paris Moderne 1850-1930: Image, Concept, Femininity 09 28443 20 Semester 2
LH Queer Art From Britain Since 1957 09 40363 20  
LH Queer Art From Britain Since 1957 09 40364 20  
LH Rodin Reconsidered 09 37032 20 Semester 1
LH Sculptural Experiments in Britain, 1837-1901 10 28859 20 Semester 2
LH Sound and Vision: Word, Music, Image 1860-Now 09 34893 20 Semester 2
LH The Pre-Raphaelites: Contexts, Approaches and Reputations 10 28858 20 Semester 1 or 2
LH Turning the Pages: Manuscript and Print, Past and Present 10 28857 20 Semester 2
LH Women and Artistic Culture in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period 09 28450 20 Semester 2
LH ‘Islamic’ Aesthetics in Art 09 37657 20 Semester 2

History: Students taking 40 credits in History must choose TWO co-requisite Specials Subjects to the value of 40 credit (20 credits in each semester). Special Subjects (A) Sem 1: Students taking 60-80 credits 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: Special Subjects (A) in Semester 1:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject: 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe: A 09 36066 20 Semester 1
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: Global Cities and Urban Lives, 1690-1914 A 09 37122 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: Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain A 09 30959 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Women and Social Movements in Brazil: A 09 35005 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: 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 (B) Sem 2: Students taking 60-80 credits may choose TWO co- requisite Specials Subjects to the value of 40 credits (20 credits in each semester). Special Subjects (B) Sem 2: This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability. Special Subjects (B) Sem 2: Special Subjects (A) in Semester 1:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Special Subject: 1066, 1099: Chronicling Conquest on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe: B 09 36067 20 Semester 2
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
LH Special Subject: Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: England under Elizabeth I and James I B 09 37958 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: People of the Aftermath: British Culture in the 1920s and 1930s B 09 31112 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Terrorising History: Terrorist Motivations, Methods, and Mayhem B 09 31117 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: The Revolting Right: Conservative Activism in Post-war Britain B 09 31115 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich B 09 31840 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Where There Is Discord: Making Thatcher’s Britain B 09 31116 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Women and Social Movements in Brazil: B 09 35006 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Empire comes home: India in the making of Britain: B 09 38884 20 Semester 2
LH Special Subject: Fighting Over Freedom: American Political Ideas from Revolution to Civil War B 09 38879 20 Semester 2

History Advanced Optional modules.

Students taking 60-80 credits in History may choose 20 or 40 credits of options.

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 09 38760 20 Semester 2
LH Advanced Option: ‘A Holiday from Reality’: A History of Drugs and Drug Use in the Modern Era 09 38738 20 Semester 1
LH Advanced Option: ‘The Young Ones’: Youth, popular culture, and social change in twentieth century Britain 09 38759 20 Semester 1
LH Special Subject: Fighting Over Freedom: American Political Ideas from Revolution to Civil War A 09 38880 20 Semester 1
LH The United States South: From Plantations to NASCAR 09 28983 20 Semester 1
LM Option: Gender and the Making of the Modern Britain, 1650-1832 09 38828 20 Semester 1

Art History: 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 in Art History. 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.

Subject to the approval of the programme lead students may also include in their history total up to 40 credits of optional modules offered by departments other than history. Students may only take one dissertation module and their credit total must include at least one non- dissertation module. DASA optional modules: DASA Department optional modules available to History students. This list is indicative; not all modules will run each year depending on staff availability:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Atlantic Slavery: West Africa and the Caribbean 09 22696 20 Semester 2
LH Anthropology of Migration 09 31404 20 Semester 1
LH Anticolonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial 09 37917 20 Semester 1
LH Development in Africa 09 37919 20 Semester 2
LH Ethnographies of the Marginalised 09 29673 20 Semester 2
LH From Colony to Nation: Ghana 1874-1966 09 28015 20 Semester 1
LH Gender and Colonialism in African History 09 37921 20 Semester 1
LH Kinship, Gender and Sexuality 09 29604 20 Semester 1
LH Machine Learning and Intelligent Data Analysis 06 30437 20 Semester 1
LH Political Anthropology 09 35014 20 Semester 2
LH Religion and Ritual 09 28072 20 Semester 2
LH The Anthropology of Tomorrow 09 38811 20 Semester 2
The Social Life of the Economy 09 24821 20 Semester 1