Degree Structure Degree Structure Students can study History as their only subject or in combination with another subject. Single Honours History students will take four courses in each academic year. As well as learning what we know of these important topics students will also be expected to investigate how we know and why historians might differ significantly in the way they interpret the information available to them. Methodology, in other words, will be stressed alongside content. Students will be given an initial grounding in the synthesis of secondary historical works and will be familiarised with relevant primary historical documents such as, medieval chronicles, political texts, letters, diaries and printed official material.
Continued emphasis is placed on historical methodologies and interpretations.
In order to ensure progression Year 2 courses are intended to be broad outline courses, while Year 3 courses are more specific in content. In addition, Year 3 courses provide greater scope for the study of primary source material. As in Part 1, students may choose from a range of courses covering Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History. In order to maintain maximum flexibility of choice there are no individual course requirements in terms of pre-requisite courses. Students may thus choose to specialise in Part II or to follow a broad pathway.