Program Overview

Introduction to the BA History Programme

The BA History programme at Roehampton University is a modern, inclusive, and relevant degree that helps students navigate the pressing cultural, environmental, social, and political challenges facing the world today. The programme focuses on the period since 1800 and examines the cultural, political, and environmental forces that continue to influence societies across the globe.

Programme Structure

The programme is designed to take History beyond the textbook and the classroom, with a strong emphasis on practical opportunities to engage in public history and digital humanities projects. The programme includes a range of modules that cover different aspects of History, including:

• The History Lab: This module introduces students to the core skills and essential approaches involved in the practice of History.
• American Civil Rights from Truman to Trump: This module traces the struggle for civil rights and social justice in the United States from the end of the Second World War to the second Donald Trump administration.
• Political Concepts: Ideas in Context: This module explores how core ideas like power, authority, citizenship, democracy, liberty, and equality have been theorized and debated, examining them through the lens of significant moments in British history.
• Britain from the Blitz to Brexit: This module provides an understanding of modern British society and Britain's place in the world, focusing on the Second Elizabethan age and the development of a remarkable political consensus in the three decades after the end of the Second World War.

Modules

The programme includes a range of modules that cover different aspects of History, including:

• Hands-On History: This module explores how the historical past is packaged and communicated to twenty-first-century public audiences.
• Revolutions and Authoritarianism in Modern Latin America: This module examines how modern Latin America was forged through European invasion and colonization, indigenous resistance, and African slavery, and the famous Wars of Liberation.
• Inequality in the City: This module traces the historical roots of inequality and its connections to divisions of poverty and opportunity in UK cities and towns today.
• The Politics of Partition: Britain, Ireland, and the Middle East: This module examines the origins of contentious political and ethnic divides in Ireland and the Middle East, which continue to shape world affairs.
• Boiling Points: Crisis and Conflict in the Cold War: This module explores the history of the Cold War through an exploration of its most tense moments, as well as its legacies that still affect global relations today.
• After Auschwitz: Representations of the Holocaust: This module situates the history of the Holocaust alongside a critical analysis of its representation in cultural memory.
• Radical Cities: Revolution and Resistance in London and Paris: This module considers London's and Paris' experiences of rapid expansion during the 19th and 20th centuries, becoming the largest cities in the western world by World War II.

Careers

A History degree opens doors, and this degree is designed with the student's future firmly in mind. Students will be well-prepared for careers in the full range of graduate opportunities available to History students, including:

• Charity and campaigning work
• Armed forces
• Civil service and policy
• Journalism and media
• Law
• Market research
• Policing
• Professional and business sector
• Archaeology
• Teaching (primary, secondary, and university)
• GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, and Museums)
• Cultural organizations

Learning and Assessment

At Roehampton, students will be part of a vibrant academic community where their ideas matter, and their development as historians is supported every step of the way. The learning experience is designed to be interactive, supportive, and deeply rewarding, with a range of teaching and learning methods, including:

• Dynamic workshops built around discussion, debate, and interactive challenges
• Investigation of the past using powerful primary sources
• Experimentation with digital tools and creative methods used by historians today
• Design and creation of public history projects
• Exploration of London's world-class historical resources through inspiring field trips
• Work alongside heritage professionals, museum practitioners, and other external experts

Assessment

The degree is assessed entirely through exciting, real-world coursework designed to showcase what students can really do, including:

• Essays that sharpen critical thinking and argument-building skills
• Presentations that boost confidence and communication skills
• Creative and public-facing work, such as blogs, posters, media reviews, or digital outputs
• Consultancy-style reports responding to real challenges in heritage, culture, and education
• A final-year research project that brings everything together

Entry Requirements

The entry requirements for the programme are:

• 112-128 UCAS points (or equivalent)
• Foundation Year: 64-80 UCAS points (or equivalent)
• International Foundation Pathway: 64 UCAS (or equivalent), IELTS: 5.5

Tuition Fees

The tuition fees for the programme are:

• UK students: Ł9,790 (Undergraduate Year 1), Ł5,914 (Undergraduate Foundation Year)
• International students: Ł17,628 (Undergraduate Year 1), Ł17,628 (Undergraduate Foundation Year), Ł17,628 (International Foundation Pathway)

Financial Support

The university provides other ways to support the cost of living, including on-campus car parking, hardship support, and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Scholarships and bursaries are also available to support students' studies.