General entry requirements

A level:

• AAA to include History

IB:

• 38 with at least a 6 in Higher Level History

BTEC:

We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels, including A level History. Our typical BTEC offers are as follows:

• BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate plus 2 A levels: D* plus AA including History
• BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus 1 A level: D*D* plus A in History

Additional requirements:

You will also need to meet our English Language requirements.

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International Students

We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.

Find out more about international entry requirements.

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Contextual data and differential offers

There are a number of circumstances in which Warwick may make differential offers. These include students participating in the Realising Opportunities programme, or who meet two of the contextual data criteria. Differential offers are one or two grades below Warwick’s standard offer (to a minimum of BBB).

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Warwick International Foundation Programme (IFP)

All students who successfully complete the Warwick IFP and apply to Warwick through UCAS will receive a guaranteed conditional offer for a related undergraduate programme (selected courses only).

Find out more about standard offers and conditions for the IFP.

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Taking a gap year

Applications for deferred entry welcomed.

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Interviews

We do not typically interview applicants. Offers are made based on your UCAS form which includes predicted and actual grades, your personal statement and school reference.

Year One

Making of the Modern World

We live in the here and now. But what got us here? This module studies the string of major social, political, and cultural developments that established our modern world. Radical (and not so radical) ideas from the Enlightenment, the industrial revolution’s structural transformations of how we work, build and buy things, and the struggles and stumbles of imperialism, capitalism and globalisation have gone far to set terms of life in the twenty-first century. The module will also help you develop your critical voice as a historian while asking comparative questions about historical difference across the world.

Europe in the Making 1450-1800

Seismic change. Gradual shift. Both? Or neither?

Between 1450 and 1800, Europe saw profound developments take place: whether it was Gutenberg's printing press, Columbus’ ‘discovery’ of America, or Martin Luther’s challenge to the papacy, the events of this ‘Early Modern’ period dramatically changed the social and political landscape of the times.

And yet, this was a period that could equally be viewed as slow-paced: for example, did the people of Europe experience significant changes to life expectancy or social hierarchies during the period?

Through this module, you’ll consider the differing historical viewpoints of both Europe and the Early Modern period itself. You’ll think about the individuals of the time too, considering the notions of European identity, and understanding encounters and relationships between Europeans and non-Europeans. And, through the comprehension of key historical and historiographical terms, you’ll begin to ascertain the roots of modernity.

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Year Two

Historiography I

In order to understand your own strengths as a historian, it pays to understand to the methods of historians of the past.

In this Historiography module, you’ll start to ready yourself for the academic challenges of the final year of your degree. You’ll be asked to think more deeply about the questions posed by notable historians and to ask yourself what questions you should ask about the past. Do you pose different questions if you adopt a non-Western viewpoint? How should you go about answering those questions? And why should you study the past in the first place?

During Historiography I, you’ll learn about the theoretical approaches adopted by historians since the Enlightenment in the 18th century, and appreciate why these historians’ methods retained credibility into the 1990s. As the module progresses, you’ll develop your own critical approach to historical research, and learn techniques to articulate this in word and in speech.

Historiography II

For any developing historian, it’s just as important to reference contemporary historical methods as it is the methods of years gone by.

This is how Historiography II complements your learning from Historiography I. You’ll explore themes from 1990s to the present, each week focusing on a different theme, theory or methodology. These topics, which are currently hotly debated among academic historians, will be presented by one of Warwick’s experts within that particular area. You’ll be given an insight into your lecturer’s individual methodological and theoretical approach, while gaining awareness of what’s currently exciting and important in academic history writing.

Throughout this module, you’ll develop skills and experience to leave you suitably prepared to choose and deliver a dissertation in your final year of study.

Options

At Warwick, we encourage you to go beyond simply studying history. We can guide you towards developing the worldview and analytical capabilities that mark out the most talented historians.

Our options allow you to devote attention to an area of history that really fascinates you, while providing you with demonstrable skills development. Those options can take you into unexpected and surprising areas. For example, we offer modules on ‘A Global History of Football’ and ‘War, Sex and the US Military: from Cold War to "War on Terror"’, alongside modules on the Holocaust, the History of China, and 20^th-Century Britain, and many other topics. We cover most of the globe and many, many different themes and subjects.

Your assessments will reflect the sorts of activities undertaken by professional historians in their everyday working life, as well as the many ways in which history features in the world around us. By engaging with these tasks, you’ll acquire a level of critical and imaginative thinking that’s well-suited for today’s challenging working environment.

Research Project

History should excite and it should illuminate. That’s why a research project is an important platform for demonstrating how history excites you, and how that excitement can illuminate others.

The second year research project allows you to take your curiosity into an area of history that really intrigues you. With the support of your seminar tutor, you’ll explore your curiosity through the analysis of a broad range of primary source materials, all of which will be identified by yourself. By bringing your own sources into the development of your research, and developing the skills to critically assess those sources, you’ll find yourself determining your own independent learning style.

As well as uncovering new insight into historical themes, you’ll also improve your ability to express and present that insight through oral, written and digital formats.

Crossing Boundaries and Breaking Norms in the Medieval World (Renaissance and Modern only)

Cross-dressing, witches and prostitution: there was much to occupy the thoughts of those living between 800 and 1500. And that’s before we consider the impact of broader themes such as the Hundred Years War or the Rise of the Ottomans.

This module provides you with an introduction to this time of great upheaval and non-conformity across Europe. Often using a wide range of primary source materials, you’ll assess the economic, religious and spiritual life of the people of the medieval world. Through this study of the later Medieval and Renaissance periods, you’ll learn to communicate ideas and findings, and develop your own critical approach to analysing the sources that you use.

Early Modern History option (Modern)

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Year Three

Dissertation

What have you learned? What are you most interested in? And what do you want to tell us about history?

Over the previous years of study, you’ll have gained skills and understanding that will enable you to research, analyse, critique and discuss key historical themes – all the attributes you need to become a critical and imaginative thinker.

Your final-year dissertation is your opportunity to demonstrate this. It’s your platform to choose and explore an area that truly fascinates you, based on a module in your second or final year, or your year abroad. It’s your chance to prove yourself as a capable historian.

By working on your dissertation, you’ll undertake a substantive piece of historical research and produce an article-length piece of work. You’ll call upon the theoretical approaches you explored in the Historiography modules, and critically assess a wide variety of primary sources. You’ll have the scope to outline, write and sustain a coherent and logical argument.

Help is on hand throughout. You’ll be allocated a supervisor in term one of the final year, and there is also a Dissertations Coordinator available for general guidance and queries. If you’re spending a term in Venice, your tutors there will be able to support you too.

Venice in the Renaissance - Venice Term (Renaissance and Modern only)

One of the first international financial centres. A city of enormous architectural and artistic significance. A metropolis of myth and empire. There is a lot that people already know about Venice; for a budding historian though, there is much more to unearth on this remarkable city.

This module will give you ample opportunity to learn about Venice through a range of primary textual, visual and material sources. And, by spending a term studying in the city, you’ll be able to put your learning into practice through a series of site visits.

Through this immersive study of Venice, you’ll find yourself getting closer to the city’s history between the late 14^th century and the late 16^th century. Venice will also act as a base from which you can explore wider issues, including gender, violence and church reform.

Advanced options (two for Renaissance and Modern and three for Modern)

Examples include:

• The World of the Tavern in Early Modern Europe
• Conquest, Conflict and Co-existence: Crusading and the Crusader Kingdoms
• Britain, the Mandates and the Modern Middle East
• A History of Human Rights in Latin America
• Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Europe
• Society and Politics in Southern Africa
• From the Blues to Hip Hop
• Stalinism in Europe 1928-1953
• Feminism, Politics, and Social Change in Modern Britain
• Medicine, Empire and the Body, c.1750-1914

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Examples of optional modules/options for current students

• Empire and Aftermath
• Latin America: Themes and Problems
• Mind, Body and Society
• A History of Africa, 1830-1980
• The Enlightenment
• The History of Modern China
• A Social History of Cricket
• Nation and Memory in Russia, Poland and Ukraine, 1800 to the Present
• Slavery and Slave Life in the American South, 1619-1865
• From the Blues to Hip Hop
• The Drug Trade in the Americas
• The Elizabethan Reformation
• Conquest, Conflict and Co-Existence: Crusading and the Crusader Kingdoms
• Slavery, Memory and Memorialisation

Tuition fees

Find out more about fees and funding.

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Additional course costs

There may be costs associated with other items or services such as academic texts, course notes, and trips associated with your course. Students who choose to complete a work placement or study abroad will pay reduced tuition fees for their third year.

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Warwick Undergraduate Global Excellence Scholarship 2021

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Your career

Graduates from these courses have gone on to work for employers including:

• Admiral Group
• Advent
• Amnesty International
• BBC
• Bloomsbury Publishing
• Civil Service
• Deloitte
• ESI Media
• Ipsos Mori
• KPMG
• Lloyds Banking Group
• M&S
• Ministry of Defence
• Penguin Random House
• Sky
• Teach First
• UBS

They have pursued roles such as:

• Archivists and curators
• Arts officers
• Producers and directors
• Actuaries, economists and statisticians
• Barristers and judges
• Business sales executives
• Chartered and certified accountants
• Conservation professionals
• Financial account managers
• Historians
• Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors
• Public relations professionals
• Researchers
• Solicitors

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Helping you find the right career

Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant to support you. They offer impartial advice and guidance, together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:

• A Career to suit you
• Discovering Careers in the Creative Industries
• Warwick careers fairs throughout the year
• The Historian’s Toolkit – Career planning for first years
• History – CV review session

Find out more about careers support at Warwick.