History

Four papers are taken:

• History of the British Isles
  
• General history (primarily European)
  
• Historical methods (choice of Approaches to history; Historiography; Tacitus to Weber; Quantification; one of seven foreign texts)
  
• Optional subject (choices include Theories of the State; Conquest and colonisation: Spain and America in the sixteenth century; Culture, society and politics in England, 1700–1795; Working class life and industrial work in Britain 1870–1914)

First University examinations:
Four written papers

Six subjects are taken:

• History of the British Isles
  
• General history
  
• Further subject (choice of about 30, including: Anglo-Saxon archaeology of the early Christian period; China in war and revolution, 1890–1949; The Near East in the age of Justinian and Muhammad, c.527–c.700; Society and government in France, 1600–1715; The first industrial revolution; Imperialism and nationalism, 1830–1980; Modern Japan, 1868–1972; The Soviet Union, 1924–41)
• pecial subject: a paper and an extended essay (choices include: The Norman conquest of England; Politics, art and culture in the Italian Renaissance, Venice and Florence c.1475–1525; The Scientific Movement in the 17th century; English architecture, 1660–1720; Political pressures and social policy, 1899–1914; The Russian Revolution of 1917; India, 1919–39: Contesting the nation; Nazi Germany, a racial order, 1933–45; The Great Society era, 1960–70; The Northern Ireland troubles, 1965–85)
  
• Disciplines of history
  
• Thesis

Assessment

Final University examinations:
Five written papers; one extended essay; one thesis; an additional thesis may be offered