Subject Activity Strand Content

This subject activity strand will act as both an introduction to history and equip you with the analytical skills necessary to succeed at university and beyond. It is a chance to experience not only what it is like to be a history undergraduate, but what it is like to be an historian or an archaeologist.

You will examine the past, present, and future and how they interconnect; human experience throughout history to contemporary times; and develop critical thinking, communication, research, and analytical skills.

Students who choose this subject activity strand will sample the History and Archaeology departments’ expertise in different forms of historical thought and analysis. We will journey from the ancient past to the contemporary world and introduce you to different ways in which the past can be conceived, read, and written.

Each subject activity session will be similar to how we teach undergraduates: not necessarily lectures, but discussions based around a fragment of the past. Through such fragments we shall discuss the different ways in which the past can be rethought – of political, social, cultural, economic, military, diplomatic, and postcolonial histories.

If you have an interest in human experience, how the past has shaped (and continues to shape) the present, and how the world works today, this is the subject activity strand for you!

This subject activity strand has contributions from the following departments:

• Archaeology and History
• Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology
• Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology 

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this subject activity strand. 

Pass Criteria

In order to pass the programme, you must attend a minimum of 5 out of 6 subject activity sessions, as well as the Exeter Scholars Student Conference.