Program Overview

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History at Ulster gives you the freedom to choose the topics that interest you most. We teach early modern, modern and contemporary histories and provide a broad range of optional modules. You can study the histories of Britain and Ireland, the United States, Russia and the Soviet Union, the Middle East, and many more. In your final year you can design your own research project. We have expertise in medical history, gender history and social and political history.

Associate awards

Diploma in International Academic Studies DIAS

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Attendance

3 years (or 4 years if you take the option of a year abroad)

You will take 6 modules per year (3 per semester)

You will have approximately 3-4 hours per week of class time for each module (9-12 hours per week in total)

Typically you will be in class 3 days per week

The remainder of your time will be devoted to independent study (200 hours per module)

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Start dates

September 2023

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Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Our course is taught and assessed in a more innovative and student-friendly way than most History courses in the UK and Ireland.

This is because our teaching takes place in interactive workshops as opposed to the traditional lecture/seminar model.

The workshops allow for greater flexibility and include short talks, small and large group work, source analysis, and much more.

Each module takes place on a single day, allowing you to easily plan your work/life balance.

You will not have to sit any examinations as all our modules are 100% coursework.

Our assessment model includes preparing research portfolios, creating vlogs and blogs, website design, conference planning and presentation, producing your own ‘History Research Project’

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Academic profile

Our course is taught by leading historians. We publish books and articles, create digital content, and provide expert analysis for national and international media outlets. Some recent examples include:

Dr Ian Miller was lead creator of the medical history digital learning resource, ‘Epidemic Belfast’: https://epidemic-belfast.com

Dr Andrew Sneddon was the historical consultant for and contributor to the BBCNI and TG4 television series, An Diabhal Inti (The Devil’s in Her): http://paulamkehoe.com/#/witches-ireland/

Dr Leanne McCormick leads the ‘Bad Bridget’ project exploring the lives of criminal and deviant Irish women in North America which has featured on the BBC, RTE, The Guardian, The Irish Times and many more: https://badbridget.wordpress.com

The University employs over 1,000 suitably qualified and experienced academic staff - 59% have PhDs in their subject field and many have professional body recognition.

Courses are taught by staff who are Professors (25%), Readers, Senior Lecturers (20%) or Lecturers (55%).

We require most academic staff to be qualified to teach in higher education: 82% hold either Postgraduate Certificates in Higher Education Practice or higher. Most academic staff (81%) are accredited fellows of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) by Advanced HE - the university sector professional body for teaching and learning. Many academic and technical staff hold other professional body designations related to their subject or scholarly practice.

The profiles of many academic staff can be found on the University’s departmental websites and give a detailed insight into the range of staffing and expertise.  The precise staffing for a course will depend on the department(s) involved and the availability and management of staff.  This is subject to change annually and is confirmed in the timetable issued at the start of the course.

Occasionally, teaching may be supplemented by suitably qualified part-time staff (usually qualified researchers) and specialist guest lecturers. In these cases, all staff are inducted, mostly through our staff development programme ‘First Steps to Teaching’. In some cases, usually for provision in one of our out-centres, Recognised University Teachers are involved, supported by the University in suitable professional development for teaching.

Figures correct for academic year 2021-2022.