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History Module Information

Please ensure you read all the information and follow all instructions carefully to ensure the best chance of getting onto your first choice modules.

All modules are allocated a weighting of either 15 or 30 ‘CATS’. Undergraduate students are required to complete exactly 120 CATS in each year of their course (please note students are not permitted to ‘over-CAT’ in History).

 
Within these 120 CATS, students in all years are allocated to core, compulsory modules which are all outlined in the Degree Course Syllabi. Students can then give their preferences for optional modules. The process for giving your preference is explained on these web pages.

It is essential that you familiarise yourself with this information, as it will inform you exactly how many CATS of optional modules you can choose.

All information below will help new and existing students select and register for modules within the History Department.

 


Choosing Your Modules

These web pages are designed to support you in your module selection process.

You should spend some time thinking about possible modules you might like to study next year and may find it useful to ask yourself some questions:

Which modules will allow me to further develop interests and skills I find useful?

How far should I challenge myself to move into new areas?

How have I developed as a learner over the past year, and what would I like to build on for the future?

What attributes do I see myself acquiring as a student of History?

What assessment types do I enjoy?

 


Module Selection & Registration

Below you can find module selection and registration information for each year of your degree and whether you are a Venice, Study Abroad, Part-Time, or External student. Click on the tab below to see more information.

First Year Students

If you are a joint degree student, you must check how your other department runs module selection for non-History modules.

It is essential that all students correctly follow the module process.
Students MUST submit a History module selection form. Failure to follow the process correctly will result in students being allocated to modules late and having a more limited choice of options.

  1. Check your Course Syllabi carefully to ensure you know what modules you are required to take in the coming academic year.
  2. Look at the History modules availableLink opens in a new window to you and read through the module web pages.
  3. Submit your module selection form HERELink opens in a new window.
    The form is open from: 12pm (noon, UK time) Monday 16 September 2024
    The form closes at: 12pm (noon, UK time) Monday 23 September 2024
    • Students who submit a module form after the deadline will have their modules allocated to them after those students who submitted on time. Where possible, we will take your choices into consideration but you may be allocated to modules outside of your preferences if your chosen modules are already at capacity. Students who fail to submit a module form will be allocated to modules where there are still spaces available.
  4. Students will receive their approved modules, via their Warwick email address, by the end of Welcome Week (Friday 27 September 2024).
    • For History, History & Politics, and History & Sociology students: Once the department has confirmed your module allocations, the History office will register your modules for you in eVision. Your modules should appear in Tabula 24 hours after being registered.
    • For History & Philosophy students ONLY: As the Philosophy department allocates first-year modules via module registration, Module Registration Manager will be open to you in October - dates TBC and you will need to register for all your modules (both History and Philosophy).

Your History modules will have already been allocated to you, so please only register for the modules you have been allocated. You may see other modules listed on eVision, however, if you choose a History module you have not been allocated to, you will be removed from it and may have difficulty accessing important teaching information for your correct modules.

  1. Sign up for your seminars. Seminar self sign-ups will open in Tabula during Welcome Week (23 September 2024). The deadline for self sign-ups will be 18:00 Sunday 29 September 2024.
    If you do not sign up for seminars by the deadline you will be auto-enrolled to the remaining available time slots.

Teaching will start on Monday Week 1, Term 1 in the 2024-2025 academic year (30 September 2024).

Module swaps are NOT permitted for first-year students, so please ensure you rank the modules in order of preference in your selection form.

If you wish to take an outside option (such as a language module etc) you must gain written permission from the relevant department, and permission from the Director of First Year. More information about applying for outside modules can be found here.

If you have any questions or concerns about processes, please speak to the UG coordinators in the first instance via HistoryModules@warwick.ac.uk.

 


Glossary of Key Terms

Term

Definition

15 CATS Module

Module with 150 learning hours associated

30 CATS Module

Module with 300 learning hours associated

Core Module

A compulsory module for all students on a given course

Early Modern Module

Early modern modules are those which will allow students to meet the requirement to study at least 30 CATS of early modern history in Year 2.
Many of these modules do cross over into the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Level 4
[formerly level C ("certificate"), aka HE level 1]

Equivalent to the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree

Level 5
[formerly level I ("intermediate"), aka HE level 2]

Equivalent to the second year of a full-time undergraduate degree

Level 6
[formerly level H ("honours"), aka HE level 3]

Equivalent to the third/final year of a full-time undergraduate degree

Modern Module

A module with content solely situated in the modern period

Optional Core

Optional core modules give students a limited choice, e.g. you must choose one of these two modules

Optional Module

A non-compulsory module

Pathway

For Joint Degree students, the percentage of modules in their final year of study between departments, i.e. 25% Sociology / 75% History

 


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