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Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Location
Main Site
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
16-SEP-24
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Duration
3 Years
Course summary
Keen to study history at degree level? History at Huddersfield is top in Yorkshire for Learning Opportunities, scoring 96%, based on experimental statistics from the National Student Survey 2023. Studying history enables us to put ourselves and our societies into perspective, establishing connections between the events, ideas and people that built past and present worlds. You can engage with different approaches to history, and work with primary source materials in dynamic and innovative ways. Our History modules cover a range of eras, from medieval to modern times, and are geographically diverse, allowing you to investigate periods that inspire you most.
Why Study History BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?There are no exams, but you’ll gain valuable real-world experience via a five-week work placement in year two, in the UK or overseas. An optional year-long placement after the second year could also boost your graduate employment prospects. You can get creative, with opportunities to design a marketing pitch for a historical film, or a museum exhibition. You’ll also explore our innovative award-winning archive at Heritage Quay and the Holocaust Centre North. You could join the student History Society, too, and organise trips, debates, and social events to enhance your studies before heading out into the world and into your first role. Our course also gives you a range of skills, including good communication and analytical skills, independent and team working, and problem solving. You might also glean skills in management, research, and planning. You may head into post-university employment or further your education in, for example, modern history, medieval history, British history, or another related area.
Professional BodiesAt Huddersfield you’ll also study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree† so that you gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is. †full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerated or apprenticeship degrees.
Why Huddersfield?Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
Application deadline
31 January
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University information
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University League Table
70th
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Campus address
University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, Kirklees, HD1 3DH, England
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Subject ranking
50th out of 91 4
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Entry standards
/ Max 208117 58%56th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10057.0 57%58th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.20 84%20th
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