Programme Specification for the 2024/5 academic year
BA (Hons) History with Study Abroad
1. Programme Details
| Programme name | BA (Hons) History with Study Abroad | Programme code | UFA4HPSHPS31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study mode(s) | Full Time Part Time |
Academic year | 2024/5 |
| Campus(es) | Streatham (Exeter) |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 6 (Honours) |
2. Description of the Programme
The BA (Hons) History with Study Abroad programme builds on a broad foundation in the first year, to highly specialised work in the final year, including the study of a particular subject in depth. There is a huge amount of module choice covering time periods from the Roman Empire to the 1960s and topics as diverse as the Vikings, early medieval empires, British politics since 1900, women in society, the Norman conquest, magic and witchcraft in early modern Europe and reformation London.
This programme is studied over four years. The first two years and the final year are university-based, and the third year is spent at a university abroad on an approved programme of study.
Advice and guidance on your programme can be sought from your personal tutor and programme director. All staff offer regular office hours that you can drop into without a prior appointment for this purpose.
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
This programme aims to develop your competence in the subject-specific and research skills required in History, through extended engagement with primary sources and methodologies, relevant critical material, and theoretical contexts. You will acquire a thorough grounding in the core principles of History through a programme which engages you imaginatively in the process of understanding and analysing complex sources and time periods. In History modules, you will progress through study of both broad and detailed focus, analysing particular aspects of the past across a range of time periods and geographical areas. History offers detailed subject knowledge, broad coverage and a wide range of choice.
You will also acquire advanced competence in core academic, personal and key skills, providing a basis for career progression in the academic and professional worlds. You will be exposed to a variety of teaching and assessment methods within appropriate learning environments, supported by feedback and monitoring. You will also be given an opportunity to develop your independent study skills through a piece of individual research.
The programme provides an intellectually stimulating, satisfying experience of learning and studying, and forms a sound basis for further study in History, or related disciplines. It aims to develop a range of subject-specific, academic and transferable skills, including high order conceptual literacy and communication skills of value in graduate employment. History, like other programmes offered within the College of Humanities, encourages you to become a global citizen, a productive, useful and questioning member of society, and provides thorough training for further study or a specialist career. You may utilise the skills you develop in a range of sectors, including consultancy, market research, the Civil Service, education, teaching, new media industries, journalism and publishing, research, charities, information science, advertising and public relations.
It further aims to:
- Offer an excellent Honours-level education in History.
- Ensure that graduates from the programme are useful, productive and questioning members of society.
- Produce graduates who are grounded in the main themes of the discipline through a combination of both broad and detailed focuses on particular aspects of the past, study of a range of time periods, and study of different geographical areas; who understand the methods which historians use to study the past; and who can analyse the development of past societies.
- Develop your competence in subject-specific, core academic and personal and key skills.
- Offer you a wide range of choice, insofar as this choice is consistent with the coherence and intellectual rigour of the degree.
4. Programme Structure
5. Programme Modules
http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studying/undergraduates/modules/
You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.
You may take elective modules up to 30 credits outside of the programme in any stage of the programme as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.
Stage 1
90 credits of compulsory modules, 30 credits of optional modules
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIH1400 | Making History | 15 | Yes |
| HIH1401 | Approaches to History | 15 | No |
| HIH1410 | Understanding the Medieval and Early-Modern World | 30 | No |
| HIH1420 | Understanding the Modern World | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
In stage 1 you are strongly encouraged to use modularity, and take at least 15 credits (up to a maximum of 30 credits) of option modules from outside History.
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISS S1 BA SH opt 2022-3 | |||
| HIH1002 | Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: Britain Since 1945 | 15 | No |
| HIH1042 | Murder in Early Modern England | 15 | No |
| HIH1051 | Everyday Life in the Anglophone Caribbean, c.1900-1966 | 15 | No |
| HIH1053 | Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages | 15 | No |
| HIH1408 | The Dissolution of the Monasteries | 15 | No |
| HIH1506 | The First Day of the Somme | 15 | No |
| HIH1585 | Ladies of the Night: Prostitution in the Victorian World | 15 | No |
| HIH1600 | Images of Stalinism | 15 | No |
| HIH1607 | JFK | 15 | No |
| HIH1612 | Renaissance Florence 1350-1550 | 15 | No |
| HIH1615 | Imperial Science, Race, and Exploration in the Long 19th Century | 15 | No |
| HIH1014 | The Body in Eighteenth-Century Britain | 15 | No |
| HIH1043 | The Collapse of Communism in Central-Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union | 15 | No |
| HIH1138 | Medieval, Manufactured? Uses and Reuses of the Middle Ages | 15 | No |
| HIH1411 | From Wigan Pier to Piccadilly: Britain between the Wars | 15 | No |
| HIH1501 | The Viking Phenomenon | 15 | No |
| HIH1505 | The First Crusade | 15 | No |
| HIH1586 | Early Modern Venice: Representations and Myths | 15 | No |
| HIH1597 | Serfdom in Late Medieval England | 15 | No |
| HIH1614 | Environment and Industry, 1750-1950: Global Perspectives | 15 | No |
| HIH1616 | Producing Poverty: Peasants in a Global Perspective, 700-1300CE | 15 | No |
| HIH1618 | Body, Border, Partition: Understanding Violence in South Asia | 15 | No |
Stage 2
60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIH2001 | Doing History: Perspectives on Sources | 30 | Yes |
| HIH2002 | Uses of the Past | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
You must select 30 credits from term 1 modules and 30 credits from term 2 modules.
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISS S2 BA SH opt 2023-4 | |||
| HIH2218A | Religion, Society and Culture in Tudor England | 30 | No |
| HIH2208A | Medieval Paris | 30 | No |
| HIH2111 | Mediterranean Maritime Supremacy, 1500-1700 | 30 | No |
| HIH2185A | China in the World, 1500-1840 | 30 | No |
| HIH2032A | Europe 1650-1800: From Enlightenment to Romanticism | 30 | No |
| HIH2179A | The American Empire | 30 | No |
| HIH2592 | Science, Empire, and Natural History Museums: A Global Perspective | 30 | No |
| HIH2011A | Forgetting Fascism, Remembering Communism: Memory in Modern Europe | 30 | No |
| HIH2210A | The Russian Empire, 1689-1917 | 30 | No |
| HIH2184A | From Conquest to Communism: Central Asia under the Russian and Soviet Empires, 1730-1945 | 30 | No |
| HIH2019A | Science, Technology and Medicine in the Cold War | 30 | No |
| HIH2014A | Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire, 1919-1968 | 30 | No |
| HIH2590 | An Age of Iron? Europe in the Tenth Century | 30 | No |
| HIH2137A | Inventing Modern Man: Constructions of Mind, Body, and the Individual, 1400-1800 | 30 | No |
| HIH2186A | Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England | 30 | No |
| HIH2036A | Albion's Fatal Tree: Capital Punishment in England, 1688-1965 | 30 | No |
| HIH2037 | American Frontiers: The West in U.S. History and Mythology | 30 | No |
| HIH2588 | Empire, Identity and Heritage in South-East Europe and the Middle East (1800-1950) | 30 | No |
| HIH2145A | Spain from Absolutism to Democracy | 30 | No |
| HIH2138A | History of Development: Ideologies, Politics, and Projects | 30 | No |
| SML2209 | Music in Medieval Europe | 15 | No |
| THE2224 | Modern Jewish History and Thought | 30 | No |
| ARA2001 | From Holy Text to Sex Manuals in the Medieval Middle East | 15 | No |
| ARA2147 | Classical Islamic History | 15 | No |
| ARA2170 | A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 | 15 | No |
| ARA2171 | A History of the Modern Middle East, 1900-2014 | 30 | No |
| HIH2041 | The First Welfare State? England's Poor Law, 1520-1835 | 30 | No |
| HIH2593 | 'Undesirables': Migration Mobility and Empire | 30 | No |
| HUM HUM2000-HUM2001 | |||
| HUM2000 | Humanities in the Workplace | 30 | No |
| HUM2001 | Humanities in the Workplace | 15 | No |
Stage 3
120 credits of compulsory modules
For your year abroad you will agree a suite of modules in your host institution with the College Study Abroad Coordinator. Details of individual modules that may be taken whilst abroad can be found by accessing the partner institution’s factfile at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/international/abroad/where/ and navigating to the “Course Requirements” section of that factfile where a link to the modules on offer in the partner institution is displayed.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUM3999 | Year Abroad | 120 | Yes |
Optional Modules
Stage 4
30 credit compulsory Dissertation, 30 credit compulsory Comparative module, 60 credit Special Subject module.
a You must select a 30 credit Comparative History module.
b You must select a 60 credit History Special Subject module.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIH3005 | General Third-Year Dissertation | 30 | Yes |
Optional Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISS SF BA Comparative 2023-4 [See note a above] | |||
| HIH3632 | Violence | 30 | No |
| HIH3633 | Revolutions | 30 | No |
| HIH3617 | News, Media and Communication | 30 | No |
| HIH3634 | Race, Resistance, and Decolonisation | 30 | No |
| HIH3619 | Sexualities | 30 | No |
| HIH3626 | Heroes: Conceptions, Constructions and Representations | 30 | No |
| HIH3628 | Civil Wars | 30 | No |
| History UG Final Year Special Subjects 2024-5 [See note b above] | |||
| HIH3415 | Everyday Stalinism: Life in the Soviet Union, 1928-53 | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3416 | Critics of Empire | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3417 | The Yes, Minister Files: Perspectives on British Government since 1914 | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3422 | Street Protest and Social Movements in the Modern Era | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3426 | Health and its Politics in the 20th Century | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3430 | From the Grand Tour to Gladiator: Modern encounters with the ancient world | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3433 | Beyond Cannibalism: Indigenous Peoples and the European Colonisation of Brazil, 1500-1822 | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3434 | The Body in Early Modern England | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3436 | Engendering Empire: Making the British Imperial World | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3437 | Death to the Traitors: Rebellion and Resisting Tyranny in the Middle Ages | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3438 | The Rise of Capitalism in Britain 1660-1830 | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3439 | Women's Experience in Britain: Race, Class and Gender since 1945 | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3441 | Britons Abroad: The Experience of Travel, c. 1650-1900 | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3442 | From Its Cradle to Its Grave? The National Health Service in Britain, 1948-Present | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3444 | Them and Us: Imagining the Social "Other" in Britain since the 1880s | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3448 | Britain in an Age of Revolution: War, Society and Culture, 1789-1815 | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3450 | Decolonisation and Colonial Conflict | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3451 | Borders and Mobilities in Postcolonial South Asia | 60 | Yes |
| HIH3452 | Whiteness: A Global History | 60 | Yes |
| HUM HUM3000s | |||
| HUM3002 | Aliens Abroad: Science Fiction in Global Literature | 15 | No |
| HUM3015 | The Place of Meaning: Gardens in Britain and China | 15 | No |
| HUM3016 | Book Publishing: Principles of Book Commissioning, Editing and Design | 30 | No |
| HUM3003A | Hacking the Humanities: How to Plan and Run Successful Digital Projects | 15 | No |
| HUM3003 | Hacking the Humanities: How to Plan and Run Successful Digital Projects | 30 | No |
| HUM3004 | Transforming the Tablet: Digital Approaches to Ancient Text and Artefact | 15 | No |
| HISS SF BA Co-listed 2023-4 | |||
| MLG3036 | Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria | 15 | No |
| SML3014 | Socialist Thought and Practice in Latin America and Africa | 15 | No |
| MLR3027 | The Making of Underground Russia, 1825-1917 | 15 | No |
| THE3224 | Modern Jewish History and Thought | 30 | No |
| ARA3047 | Oral History: Principles and Practice | 15 | No |
| ARA3048 | Oral History: Principles and Practice | 30 | No |
| ARA3136 | The History and Political Development of Iraq | 15 | No |
| ARA3140 | The Kurds: History and Politics | 15 | No |
| ARA3162 | Britain in the Middle East, 1798-1977 | 15 | No |
| ARA3197 | The Arabian Nights: Perception and Reception | 15 | No |
| ARA2161 | The Historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict | 15 | No |
| ARAM251 | Esotericism and the Magical Tradition | 30 | No |
| ARC2123 | Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies | 15 | No |
| ARC3123 | Sustainability and Collapse in Past Societies | 15 | No |
| ARC2401 | Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain | 15 | No |
| ARC3401 | Understanding the Landscape of Medieval Britain | 15 | No |
| ARC2406 | Medieval Castles in Context | 15 | No |
| ARC3406 | Medieval Castles in Context | 15 | No |
| ARC2120 | Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture | 15 | No |
| ARC3120 | Things and Us: Ancient and Contemporary Material Culture | 15 | No |
6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
1. Describe and discuss the philosophical problems confronting historians. | ILO1s 1-3 are developed at stage 1 in compulsory modules though lectures, seminars, and written work. ILO 1 is further developed especially in compulsory modules at stage 2. ILOs 2-3 form the backbone of all modules taken at all stages, but the level of complexity and nuance develops according to stage with the Comparative Histories modules particularly focused on these skills. You are encouraged to use stage 1 and 2 compulsory modules as a way of addressing ILO 4, and concentrate on doing so in the Dissertation at final stage. More generally, the choice of essays that they are given in all modules develops this skill in them from the outset of their programme. ILO 5 is a requirement of all modules, but there is particular primary source emphasis - developing in complexity as you progress through the stages of the programme - at stage 1 in Sources and Skills modules. ILO 6 is developed in stage 1 and 2 compulsory modules, and in final stage in the Special Subject and Dissertation. You are given clear guidelines about ILO 6 in the Undergraduate Handbook, and are instructed in such matters in stage 1 compulsory modules, and are expected to demonstrate it in all modules. ILO 7 is developed through the Sources and Skills and may be developed in other elective modules. Many modules have a requirement of some work with quantitative data. | The assessment of these skills is through a combination of term-time essays, oral presentations, wikis, Project and Dissertation work, and examinations. The criteria of assessment pay full recognition to the importance of the various skills outlined. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
8. Draw thematic comparisons between material from different sources. | These skills are all developed throughout the degree programme, but the emphasis becomes more complex as you move from stage to stage. They are developed through lectures and seminars, written work, and oral work (both presentation and class discussion). | These skills are assessed through term-time essays, wikis, dissertations, assessed presentations, and examinations. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
23. Undertake independent study and work to deadlines. | ILO 23 is an essential part of the successful completion of the programme but is particularly developed in stage 2 compulsory modules and the Dissertation. ILO 24 is developed through essay and presentation work throughout the programme. ILO 25 is developed through stage 1 and 2 compulsory modules and, in final stage, through the Dissertation, which has a single end of year deadline. ILO 26 is developed through seminars, which form the whole (Sources and Skills and Special Subjects) or part basis of all modules. The skills in ILOs 27-28 are developed to some extent in all modules, through interaction in seminars and in discussion with tutors about essay work, and in response to criticism both collective and individual. However, there is particular emphasis on ILO 25 (and ILO 27) in stage 1 Sources and Skills and compulsory modules, where you work as part of a team to present and respond to the presentations of others, and in the compulsory modules in the second and final stages. 30 and 31 are developed through the language tuition in stages 1 and 2 and in the year abroad. | The skills in ILOs 23-25 are assessed in all modules. ILO 25 is covered by the fact that you write essays of differing lengths which are summatively assessed. In addition, presentations are formally assessed in Special Subjects and Comparative Histories. ILO 25 is covered by the Dissertation and, to a lesser extent, stage 1 and 2 compulsory modules. Formative assessment of work in seminars (ILO 26) takes place in options, and there is assessment of presentations as stated above. Team work skills (ILOs 27-29) are formally assessed in stage 2 compulsory modules and Comparative History modules. ILOs 30-31 are assessed through the language modules at stages 1 and 2 and in the Study Abroad module. |
7. Programme Regulations
Programme-specific Progression Rules
To progress to Stage 2 you must achieve an average mark of at least 60% in Stage 1, otherwise you will be required to transfer to the three-year programme. This is to ensure that only those students who are likely to succeed in their Year Abroad are selected.
The Year Abroad counts as a single 120-credit module and is not condonable; you must pass this module to graduate with the degree title of BA History with Study Abroad. If you fail the Year Abroad module your degree title will be commuted to BA History. You will be assessed by your host university during your academic year abroad with their grades converted back to Exeter grades to contribute towards your degree classification. The rules governing failure and referral will be determined by the host institution
Classification
8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning
History tutors set aside two ‘tutorial’ hours a week during term-time to see personal tutees and are also available to see tutees by appointment. Personal tutors see their first year tutees at least twice a term, in the first two terms, and once in the third term, and their non-first year tutees at least once a term. The role of academic tutors is to support you on individual modules; the role of personal tutors is to provide you with advice and support for the duration of the programme and extends to providing you with details of how to obtain support and guidance on personal difficulties such as accommodation, financial difficulties and sickness.
Each research centre in History runs its own seminar series, which you are welcome to attend. In addition, we have close relations with a range of organisations that support student research. For example, Exeter Cathedral Library is a key centre for the study of medieval history. The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, on campus, houses one of Britain’s largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema. At the heart of the Centre is the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection, comprised of approximately 50,000 items.
Programme handbooks and other useful information can be accessed via the student intranet: http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studying/taughthandbook/
Other useful information and student resources can be accessed via the Exeter Learning Environment (ELE): http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/login/index.php , which has specific information on library skills, essay writing and research skills.
The College complies with the Code of Practice on Study and Work Experience Abroad. The name of the member of staff acting as the programme’s co-ordinator for study abroad is made known to you before you leave Exeter, and this person is responsible for liaison and oversight of your progress during the year abroad. Contact will be maintained with you during your year abroad by regular email communication.
9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning
10. Admissions Criteria
11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards
12. Indicators of Quality and Standards
The programme is not subject to accreditation and/ or review by professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs).
13. Methods for Evaluating and Improving Quality and Standards
14. Awarding Institution
University of Exeter
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
College of Humanities (CHUM)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Not applicable to this programme.
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
0
18. Final Award
BA (Hons) History with Study Abroad
19. UCAS Code
V103
20. NQF Level of Final Award
6 (Honours)
21. Credit
| CATS credits | ECTS credits |
|---|
22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
[Honours] History
23. Dates
| Origin Date | 01/11/2011 |
Date of last revision | 09/09/2022 |
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