This wide-ranging course will develop and deepen your knowledge of different periods of history from around 1500 to the late 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. In doing so youll learn 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**
- Explore a wide range of historical top...
This wide-ranging course will develop and deepen your knowledge of different periods of history from around 1500 to the late 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. In doing so youll learn 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.<br/><br/>**Key features of the course**<br/><br/><br/>- Explore a wide range of historical topics, periods and places<br/><br/><br/>- Find out what it means to be a historian<br/><br/><br/>- Have the opportunity to develop a project based on independent study<br/><br/><br/>- Study using custom-made teaching materials <br/><br/><br/>- Develop skills in research, analysis and communication that are beneficial to a wide range of careers <br/>
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Study Mode
Distance-online
Duration
Unknown
Start Date
10/2025
Campus
Distance Learning
Application deadline
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Course Code
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Institution Code
O11
Points of Entry
Year 1
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