History and History of Art BA (Hons)

The BA History Combined Honours Degree combines History with another discipline or language and takes 3 or 4 years depending on the subject involved. From the Crusades to the contemporary Middle East; the Mughal Empire to Gandhi; slavery to Muslim societies in West Africa, History at SOAS offers its students a unique window on the world in order to develop your understanding of the fascinating histories relating to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Students will also engage in subject matters ranging from economics, religion and culture to frontiers, cities, and gender. The two-subject degree additionally allows you to create a specialist niche for yourself within a specific regional, cultural or disciplinary context.

Why study History Combined Honours at SOAS?

• allows you to develop a specialist niche alongside your History degree by utilising the global expertise of one of our other departments
• our unrivalled focus in the study of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East will help you shape a more critical understanding of history
• develop an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the history of Africa and Asia
• our academic staff are African and Asian history specialists
• we are specialists in the delivery of languages. Your command of a language from SOAS will set you apart from graduates of other universities

An undergraduate degree in History from SOAS will give you specialist knowledge of the history and broad cultural sensibilities of a region.

Skills gained include:

• expertise in historical subject matter, interpretation and methodology from different topical perspectives
• an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the history of Africa, Asia and the Near and Middle East
• competence to manage large quantities of information and the ability to select and organise information
• research methodologies
• choosing to study a joint degree programme will increase the breadth of your knowledge allowing you to develop a specialist niche for yourself