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Bachelor of History (Honours) | University of Reading (UoR)
Category: Degree
Specifications
省份/城市
United Kingdom
授课语言
English
课程领域
Social Sciences
开课
Sept
课程
Degree
国家
United Kingdom
骞村害瀛垂
Between RM 100k - RM 150k
Details
Bachelor of History (Honours) - University of Reading · Reading, UK
Duration
3 Years
Mode
Physical
Campus
Whiteknights
Medium
English
Intake
Sep
Bachelor of History (Honours) at University of Reading is a 3-year BA history degree at the Whiteknights campus. Develop study and research skills as you discover diverse societies, cultures and individuals through the Department of History, with strong links to museums, heritage, civil service, and media employers across the UK.
Study Arts and Humanities ranked #144 worldwide and #27 in the UK. History, Philosophy and Theology is also in the Top 125 universities in the world in Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject.
Year one builds exploring evidence, history now, making history, and perspectives in history with a wide optional menu; year two deepens going public and dissertation preparation with specialist options across Africa, the Middle Ages, the USA, the Middle East, and modern Britain; year three centres on a dissertation, archives, and history education with advanced topic options.
Indicative total fees are £80,550 tuition with £0 application fee. Live GBP to MYR conversion appears in the fee estimate below.
Entry requirements typically include A Levels BBB including History or a humanities-based essay subject, STPM AAB-BBB, UEC AAABB-BBBBB, IB 30 points overall including 5 in History or a humanities-based essay subject at higher level, and Other Qualifications on request. IELTS 7.0 overall with no component below 6.0, TOEFL 88 with no less than 17 in Listening and Writing, 18 in Reading and 20 in Speaking, PTE 69 overall with minimum 59 in each component (or 69 overall with a minimum of 64 in each component), or Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) grade B / 176 with no element less than 162 is required.
Career outcomes include museum curator, heritage officer, research assistant, civil service officer, policy officer, archivist, journalist, editorial assistant, communications officer, and business analyst roles.
Study at the Whiteknights campus with September intake. Plan to apply at least three months before your chosen start date.
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Why this course & university?
#144 worldwide · #27 in UK · Arts and Humanities
University of Reading ranks joint #144 worldwide and #27 in the UK for Arts and Humanities in QS World University Rankings by Subject — reflecting strong teaching in history on the Whiteknights campus.
Top 125 worldwide for History
In the Top 125 universities in the world for History, Philosophy and Theology in Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject.
Study & research skills
Develop key study and research skills as you discover diverse societies, cultures and individuals with this BA History degree.
People, power, culture & ideas
Explore new and exciting fields of history — including people, power and revolution, and culture, art and ideas.
About the Campus
Study at the Whiteknights campus — home to the Department of History and strong links to museums, heritage, civil service, and media employers across Reading and the wider UK.
Entry Requirements
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A Levels
BBB (History)
BBB including History or a humanities-based essay subject (Classical Civilisation, English Language, English Literature, Geography, Philosophy, Politics, or Religious Studies) for entry to Bachelor of History (Honours) at University of Reading.
UEC
AAABB–BBBBB
AAABB to BBBBB in UEC for entry to Bachelor of History (Honours) at University of Reading.
STPM
AAB–BBB
AAB to BBB in STPM for entry to Bachelor of History (Honours) at University of Reading.
IB Diploma
30 overall (History HL)
30 points overall including 5 in History or a humanities-based essay subject at higher level.
Other Qualifications
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Prerequisites
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No prerequisite subjects are listed for this degree.
English Language Requirements
IELTS (Academic)
Score of 7.0 overall with no component below 6.0.
TOEFL
88 with no less than 17 in Listening and Writing, 18 in Reading and 20 in Speaking.
Pearson Academic PTE
69 overall with min. 59 in each component (or 69 overall with min. 64 in each).
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)
B / 176 with no element less than 162.
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Programme Structure
The Bachelor of History (Honours) is completed over 3 years of full-time study at the Whiteknights campus, with September intake. Expand each year for modules and programme detail.
Year one
Year one builds history foundations in the Department of History on the Whiteknights campus. You study Exploring Evidence, History Now, Making History and You: Practices and Possibilities, and Perspectives in History. Optional modules may include immigration history, Cold War dystopias, hunger and famines, Merlin, radicalism and protest, medieval Reading, early modern warfare, population politics, or US foreign policy and the environment. These modules develop source criticism and historical writing for specialist options and dissertation preparation in year two.
Modules
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Exploring Evidence (Compulsory) | 20 |
| History Now (Compulsory) | 20 |
| Making History and You: Practices and Possibilities (Compulsory) | 20 |
| Perspectives in History (Compulsory) | 20 |
| Arriving in Britain: A History of Immigration, 1685–2004 (Optional) | 20 |
| Doomsday Dystopias: Nuclear Disaster in the Cold War Imagination (Optional) | 20 |
| Hunger and Famines in History (Optional) | 20 |
| Merlin: Magic and Prophecy (Optional) | 20 |
| Radicalism and Protest in Britain: From the Levellers to Black Lives Matter (Optional) | 20 |
| Everyday Life in a Medieval Town: Reading, 1100-1500 (Optional) | 20 |
| Warfare in Early Modern Europe, c 1500-1715 (Optional) | 20 |
| After Malthus: Sex, Society, Sustainability and the Politics of Population in the Long Nineteenth Century (Optional) | 20 |
| US Foreign Policy and the Environment: from Nixon to Obama (Optional) | 20 |
Year two
Year two deepens Going Public: Presenting the Past, Planning the Future and Preparing for your Dissertation at the Whiteknights campus. Optional modules span the colonial experience in Africa, Hollywood histories, the Crusades, modern South Asia, the modern Middle East, twentieth-century Europe, seventeenth-century political culture, medieval women and medicine, US history, the Atlantic world, Black Britain, British youth culture, and nineteenth-century American society. These choices prepare you for the dissertation, archives, and history education in year three.
Modules
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Going Public: Presenting the Past, Planning the Future (Compulsory) | 20 |
| Preparing for your Dissertation (Compulsory) | 20 |
| The Colonial Experience: Africa, 1879 to 1980 (Optional) | 20 |
| Hollywood Histories: Film and the Past (Optional) | 20 |
| The Crusades, 1095-1291 (Optional) | 20 |
| 'The brightest jewel in the British crown': The Making of Modern South Asia, 1757-1947 (Optional) | 20 |
| Reform and Revolt in the Modern Middle East: Egypt from Ataturk to the 'Arab Spring' (Optional) | 20 |
| Europe in the Twentieth Century (Optional) | 20 |
| People, Power and Revolution: Political culture in seventeenth-century England (Optional) | 20 |
| Women in the Medieval world (Optional) | 20 |
| American Century: United States History since 1898 (Optional) | 20 |
| Medieval Medicine (Optional) | 20 |
| Kingship and Crisis in England, c.1154–1330 (Optional) | 20 |
| Revolutionary Cities (Optional) | 20 |
| Encountering the Atlantic World, 1450-1850 (Optional) | 20 |
| Black Britain: Race and Migration in Post-war United Kingdom (Optional) | 20 |
| Noise Annoys: British Youth Culture, Popular Music and Social Change, 1950s-90s (Optional) | 20 |
| From Revolution to Reconstruction: A Social History of Nineteenth Century USA (Optional) | 20 |
Year three
Year three centres on a Dissertation in History, Discovering Archives and Collections, and History Education at the University of Reading Whiteknights campus. Optional and topic modules may include punk and youth culture, the French Revolution, gender in Africa, medieval heresy, sexual politics after 1918, Caribbean pirates and empire, the American Civil War, utopia, medieval magic, the US and the Cold War, early female MPs, medieval religion and politics, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, deportation from Britain, and eugenics in European society. Graduates are prepared for museum curator, heritage officer, research, civil service, policy, archives, journalism, editorial, communications, and business analyst pathways.
Modules
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Dissertation in History (Compulsory) | 40 |
| Discovering Archives and Collections (Compulsory) | 20 |
| History Education (Compulsory) | 20 |
| Anarchy in the UK: Punk, Politics and Youth Culture in Britain, 1976-84 (Optional) | 20 |
| Becoming a Revolutionary: The Old Regime and the French Revolution, 1787-1794 (Optional) | 20 |
| Gender in Africa (Optional) | 20 |
| Heretics and Popes: Heresy and Persecution in the Medieval World (Optional) | 20 |
| Sexual Politics: Gender, Sex, and Feminism in Britain after 1918 (Optional) | 20 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Empire, Slavery, and Society, 1550-1750 (Optional) | 20 |
| The American Civil War (Optional) | 20 |
| Utopia: The Quest for a Perfect World (Optional) | 20 |
| Medieval Magic and the Origins of the Witch-Craze (Optional) | 20 |
| The United States and the Cold War (Optional) | 20 |
| Battleaxes and Benchwarmers': Early Female MPs 1919-1931 (Optional) | 20 |
| Religion and Politics in the Medieval West, 1050-1492 (Optional) | 20 |
| Axis at War: Life and Death in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, 1936-45 (Optional) | 20 |
| Poor Law to Hostile Environment: Repatriation, Deportation and Exclusion from Britain 1800-2016 (Optional) | 20 |
| From Darwin to Death Camps? Evolution and Eugenics in European Society, 1859-1945 (Optional) | 20 |
Future Career Prospects
Main Directions
- Museum Curator
- Heritage Officer
- Research Assistant
- Civil Service Officer
- Policy Officer
- Archivist
- Journalist
- Editorial Assistant
- Communications Officer
- Business Analyst
Estimated application deadline
University of Reading offers September intake for this degree at the University of Reading campus. Plan to apply at least 3 months before your classes start.
September intake
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Exact dates vary by intake year; apply early to secure your place, arrange your visa, and organise accommodation. Confirm with University of Reading or our advisors.
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Official source: Intake dates are set by University of Reading and may change.
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