History (W66)

Course description

This wide-ranging course will develop your knowledge of different periods of history from around 1500 to the twentieth century. You’ll tackle such exciting and challenging issues as power and warfare, culture and beliefs, health and medicine, imperialism, race, class and gender. You’ll begin to develop the skills of the historian in studying historical materials; exploring how we understand, interpret and debate past events; and investigating a range of critical approaches.

**Key features of the course**

- Explores a wide range of historical topics, periods and places

- Find out what it means to be a historian

- Develops key analytical and research skills that are suitable for a wide range of careers

- Enables you to learn to read critically, think logically and communicate effectively

- Study using custom-made teaching materials

Subjects

• History