Course Details:

This course will provide students with the skill sets of the two disciplines which are distinct but complementary. Students will have the opportunity to use these skill sets in the substantive study of history and its intellectual contribution to political thought and will be challenged throughout the course to reflect on their relationship and respective contributions to our understanding of the world. Students will develop intellectual, communicative and research skills that will combine a critical and reflective approach to problems with a mastery of the tools required for weighing evidence and reaching judgements about complex events and political and historical processes. These abilities are highly sought by employers in a wide range of fields.

Courses with a year abroad will enable students to further their employability, cultural understanding and expertise in their field of study by accessing high quality exchange providers.

The design of the course has been informed by the QAA History Subject Benchmark Statement and the QAA Politics and International Relations Subject Benchmark Statement.

First Year (Certificate of Higher Education)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• demonstrate a broad understanding and detailed knowledge of significant themes in history and politics and international relations;
• deploy a deliberative stance towards past and present societies; the sophisticated use of information, evidence, and argumentation; and the ability to identify and explain continuity and change over time;
• appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in the subject and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
• use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.:
  • be able to communicate the results of their work;
  • present a structured and coherent simple argument;
  • be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of history and of politics and international relations;
  • evaluate a wide range of source material;
• appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
• demonstrate an awareness of professional and disciplinary boundaries particularly in the connection between history, politics, humanities and the social sciences.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

• qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
• skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
• work that covers limited areas of the discipline;
• demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies.

Intermediate Year (Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• demonstrate a broad understanding and detailed knowledge of significant themes in history and politics and international relations;
• deploy a deliberative stance towards past and present societies; the sophisticated use of information, evidence, and argumentation; and the ability to identify and explain continuity and change over time;
• appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in the subject and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
• use a range of techniques to initiate and undertake the analysis of data and information;
• adjust to professional and disciplinary boundaries;
• effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects and competencies of history and politics and international relations as disciplines to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
• work that draws on a wide variety of primary and secondary source material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
• skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
• decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a range of aspects of the disciplines;
• work that draws on variety of material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• evidence of an ability to conduct independent, enquiry within the disciplines;
• work that is typically both evaluative and creative;
• authentic assessment tasks;
• extended pieces of writing based on original research.

Final Year (Honours Degree)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• develop the skill sets of the two disciplines that are distinct but complementary;
• utilise their knowledge, skills and understanding in the substantive study of history and its intellectual contribution to political thought;
• reflect on the relationship and respective contributions of history and politics to an understanding of the world;
• demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
• analyse and critically assess recent research and scholarship in the disciplines;
• appreciate that the professional ethics and standards of the discipline demand peer review, citation, and acceptance of the provisional nature of knowledge.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

• an understanding of society (and self) in broader/deeper/longer perspective;
• a view of society in multi-perspective, interconnected terms;
• a sensitivity to the strangeness of others - as different and ultimately unknowable but also human; who are sensitive to very different frames of reference;
• attentiveness to the complexity of structures, events and circumstances – to the dynamic nature of society; constant change/flux; the messiness of events;
• awareness of contingency – of the contradictions, illogicality, unpredictability of individuals’ decisions and the influence of these; that nothing is inevitable;
• the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
• the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
• skills for further study or employment.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the disciplines;
• work that draws on a wide variety of material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the disciplines;
• work that is typically both evaluative and creative;
• authentic assessment tasks;
• extended pieces of writing based on original research.

Course Details:

This course will provide students with the skill sets of the two disciplines which are distinct but complementary. Students will have the opportunity to use these skill sets in the substantive study of history and its intellectual contribution to sociological thought and will be challenged throughout the course to reflect on their relationship and respective contributions to our understanding of the world. Students will develop intellectual, communicative and research skills that will combine a critical and reflective approach to problems with a mastery of the tools required for weighing evidence and reaching judgements about complex events and social and historical processes. These abilities are highly sought by employers in a wide range of fields.

Courses with a year abroad will enable students to further their employability, cultural understanding and expertise in their field of study by accessing high quality exchange providers.

The design of the course has been informed by the QAA History Subject Benchmark Statement and the QAA Sociology Subject Benchmark Statement.

First Year (Certificate of Higher Education)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• demonstrate a broad understanding and detailed knowledge of significant themes in history and sociology;
• deploy a deliberative stance towards past and present societies; the sophisticated use of information, evidence, and argumentation; and the ability to identify and explain continuity and change over time;
• appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in the subject and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
• use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.:
  • be able to communicate the results of their work;
  • present a structured and coherent simple argument;
  • be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of history and of politics and international relations;
  • evaluate a wide range of source material;
• appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
• demonstrate an awareness of professional and disciplinary boundaries particularly in the connection between history, sociology, humanities and the social sciences.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

• qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
• skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the disciplines;
• work that covers limited areas of the disciplines;
• demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies.

Intermediate Year (Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• demonstrate a broad understanding and detailed knowledge of significant themes in history and sociology;
• deploy a deliberative stance towards past and present societies; the sophisticated use of information, evidence, and argumentation; and the ability to identify and explain continuity and change over time;
• appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in the subject and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
• use a range of techniques to initiate and undertake the analysis of data and information;
• adjust to professional and disciplinary boundaries;
• effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects and competencies of history and sociology as disciplines to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
• work that draws on a wide variety of primary and secondary source material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
• skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
• decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a range of aspects of the disciplines;
• work that draws on variety of material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• evidence of an ability to conduct independent, enquiry within the disciplines;
• work that is typically both evaluative and creative;
• authentic assessment tasks;
• extended pieces of writing based on original research.

Final Year (Honours Degree)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• develop the skill sets of the two disciplines that are distinct but complementary;
• utilise their knowledge, skills and understanding in the substantive study of history and its intellectual contribution to sociological thought;
• reflect on the relationship and respective contributions of history and sociology to an understanding of the world;
• demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
• analyse and critically assess recent research and scholarship in the disciplines;
• appreciate that the professional ethics and standards of the discipline demand peer review, citation, and acceptance of the provisional nature of knowledge.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

• an understanding of society (and self) in broader/deeper/longer perspective;
• a view of society in multi-perspective, interconnected terms;
• a sensitivity to the strangeness of others - as different and ultimately unknowable but also human; who are sensitive to very different frames of reference;
• attentiveness to the complexity of structures, events and circumstances – to the dynamic nature of society; constant change/flux; the messiness of events;
• awareness of contingency – of the contradictions, illogicality, unpredictability of individuals’ decisions and the influence of these; that nothing is inevitable;
• the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
• the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
• skills for further study or employment.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the disciplines;
• work that draws on a wide variety of material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the disciplines;
• work that is typically both evaluative and creative;
• authentic assessment tasks;
• extended pieces of writing based on original research.

Course Details:

This course will provide students with the skill sets of the two disciplines which are distinct but complementary. Students will have the opportunity to use these skill sets in the substantive study of history and its intellectual contribution to philosophy and will be challenged throughout the course to reflect on their relationship and respective contributions to our understanding of the world. Students will develop intellectual, communicative and research skills that will combine a critical and reflective approach to problems with a mastery of the tools required for weighing evidence and reaching judgements about complex events and social and historical processes. These abilities are highly sought by employers in a wide range of fields.

Courses with a year abroad will enable students to further their employability, cultural understanding and expertise in their field of study by accessing high quality exchange providers.

The design of the course has been informed by the QAA History Subject Benchmark Statement and the QAA Philosophy Subject Benchmark Statement.

First Year (Certificate of Higher Education)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• demonstrate a broad understanding and detailed knowledge of significant themes in history and philosophy;
• deploy a deliberative stance towards past and present societies; the sophisticated use of information, evidence, and argumentation; and the ability to identify and explain continuity and change over time;
• appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in the subject and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
• use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.:
  • be able to communicate the results of their work;
  • present a structured and coherent simple argument;
  • be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of history and of politics and international relations;
  • evaluate a wide range of source material;
• appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
• demonstrate an awareness of professional and disciplinary boundaries particularly in the connection between history, philosophy, humanities and the social sciences.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

• qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
• skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the disciplines;
• work that covers limited areas of the disciplines;
• demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies.

Intermediate Year (Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• demonstrate a broad understanding and detailed knowledge of significant themes in history and philosophy;
• deploy a deliberative stance towards past and present societies; the sophisticated use of information, evidence, and argumentation; and the ability to identify and explain continuity and change over time;
• appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in the subject and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
• use a range of techniques to initiate and undertake the analysis of data and information;
• adjust to professional and disciplinary boundaries;
• effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects and competencies of history and philosophy as disciplines to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
• work that draws on a wide variety of primary and secondary source material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
• skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
• decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a range of aspects of the disciplines;
• work that draws on variety of material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• evidence of an ability to conduct independent, enquiry within the disciplines;
• work that is typically both evaluative and creative;
• authentic assessment tasks;
• extended pieces of writing based on original research.

Final Year (Honours Degree)

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

• understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed knowledge and understanding of significant themes in history since the later Middle Ages. Optional modules provide opportunities to acquire more detailed knowledge of particular countries and regions in Europe, the Americas, India, China and Africa;
• deploy a deliberative stance towards the past; the sophisticated use of information, evidence, and argumentation; and the ability to identify and explain continuity and change over time;
• demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument; ability to identify, assess and deploy substantial bodies of historical evidence from multiple sources to craft sustained historical arguments that engage with past and present historiographical debates;
• analyse and critically assess recent research and scholarship in the discipline;
• develop an understanding of history as an academic discipline, and its relationship

  with other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences;

• appreciate that the professional ethics and standards of the discipline demand peer review, citation, and acceptance of the provisional nature of knowledge;
• be able to identify, assess and deploy substantial bodies of historical evidence from multiple sources to craft sustained historical arguments that engage with past and present historiographical debates;
• develop historians’ skills and qualities of mind.

Transferable (Key) Skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

• an understanding of society (and self) in broader/deeper/longer perspective;
• a view of society in multi-perspective, interconnected terms;
• a sensitivity to the strangeness of others - as different and ultimately unknowable but also human; who are sensitive to very different frames of reference;
• attentiveness to the complexity of structures, events and circumstances – to the dynamic nature of society; constant change/flux; the messiness of events;
• awareness of contingency – of the contradictions, illogicality, unpredictability of individuals’ decisions and the influence of these; that nothing is inevitable;
• the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
• the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
• skills for further study or employment.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

• demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the disciplines;
• work that draws on a wide variety of material;
• the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
• evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the disciplines;
• work that is typically both evaluative and creative;
• authentic assessment tasks;
• extended pieces of writing based on original research.