Students also submit essays on a regular basis. Assessment is through a combination of unseen examinations, take away papers and written work, including a dissertation. The purpose of the first year in History is to introduce you immediately and directly to problems of historical analysis and interpretation. You can also choose from a range of specialist modules, which might include, for instance, Barbarian Europe, The Black Death or the First World War. You meet your tutors each week in lectures and in fortnightly seminars.
History is a module on historical method called historians and the writing of history .
This examines the way in which the meaning, methods and writing of History have changed over time, from cuneiform to the computer. In the final year, you also select a special subject which provides the opportunity to study a specific historical topic in depth and allows you to use original sources. A dissertation, in which you can deploy the skills of a practising historian, is researched and written in your third year. The information is taken from the 2002 Undergraduate Prospectus.