Certificate in Higher Education In Humanities (Validated by Ulster University)

Belfast Metropolitan College

Overview

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This Certificate in Higher Education (Cert HE) in Humanities is a two-year part time course, in which students undertake 120 credits of study at Level 4. This Higher Education course is awarded by Ulster University. Students who successfully complete the award, may apply for a variety of Higher Education courses, notably they may articulate to study Humanities subjects at degree level with Ulster University, where this Cert HE is accepted as equivalent of the first year of study. Students will study:

Year One:

Module 1: Ireland: Struggle and Conflict 1750 - 1981

Module 2: Britain: The rise and fall of an Empire 1750 - 1951

Module 3: Enveloped in the Unspoken: Modern Belfast Writing

Year Two:

Module 1: American Gothic and Literary Theory

Module 2: The making of modern America from Revolutionaries to Superpower

Module 3: Creative and Academic Writing