Bachelor of Arts - History (Honours)

Explore contemporary history at De Montfort University! Gain skills, internships, and international experiences. Apply now for a bright future!

On this modern history course you will explore, debate and evaluate the key events and ideas that have shaped our world. Exploring primarily contemporary and 19th and 20th century history, this course will hone your ability to absorb, understand and communicate complex information. While focusing on war and conflict, immigration, racism, nationalism and empire, you’ll explore, debate and evaluate the key events and ideas that have shaped our world. As you progress through the course, we’ll challenge you with more in-depth explorations, and the subject matter will become increasingly complex. Our History course is diverse, international in focus and innovative. We cover British, South Asian, European and American history and, more unusually for a degree course in the UK, also include photographic history, the history of sport and leisure, science, migration, ethnicity and racism, and employability. Key features Develop a wide range of transferable skills by learning how to absorb, understand and communicate complex information effectively. Study a diverse and challenging range of topics including the making of the modern world, British India 1857-1947, and Newton to Nuclear – an introduction to the history of science. Boost your career prospects through placement and internship opportunities – our students have gained valuable skills at a large regional newspaper, an award-winning visitor centre in England, and from teaching in Spain, among others. Our graduates forge successful careers across a range of professions and with big names such as Silverstone, The Daily Express and The National Archives. Enhance your studies through DMU Global, our international experience programme. History students recently learnt about Jewish immigrant life in New York, discovered Danish heritage in Copenhagen and explored the development of German territories in Berlin. Benefit from organised visits to archives and museums in England as well as learn about the history of other countries from lecturers’ geographical specialisations, including South and Southeast Asia, Southeast Europe, and Central America.