Founded in 1890 as Woolwich Polytechnic, the second polytechnic in the UK. The University of Greenwich is a major modern university. With more than 17,000 students, there is a rich mix of people studying at the University, with the average intake of 30-40 history students each year on both the single and joint history programmes. Its five campuses; Avery Hill, Dartford, Greenwich, Medway and Woolwich, serve both south-east London and Kent. The University also has strong international and European links, with students from 80 countries and many exchange programmes and joint research projects abroad. You’ll find well-equipped laboratories and lecture theatres at Greenwich, with library and computing facilities on every campus. There are also sporting, social and cultural activities for you to enjoy. The best way to get a feel for what the university is like is to visit it.

The school of Humanities, mainly based at the Maritime Greenwich Campus, offers you a wide range of individual courses, subject areas and degree programmes. The framework of programmes and combined degrees at the University provides a number of subject options and also the opportunity for different modes of attendance (full time, part time, or sandwich).

All the history staff have a wide range of active research and teaching interests in early modern and modern history, with specialists in Third World, American and European as well as British history. Women’s history and working class history are particular areas of staff interest, as are history and computing, and the relation between History and the other Humanities disciplines; especially the relationship between the study of History and Literature.

Students normally choose to study History because of its intrinsic interest and importance rather than with a specific career in mind. However, in the course of your study you will acquire a range of skills such as critical analysis and evaluation of evidence, problem solving, interpretation and effective communication, both written and spoken, which will equip you for a wide variety of occupations. Throughout the course students are encouraged to make use of fictional literature and film in the course of their historical study, and will be encouraged to participate in museum visits and other field trips which take advantage of our location in London.

All years require 120 credits for progression (full-time)

Detailed Course Information:

Students are offered a wide variety of choice they can either study history as part of a single honours degree, in which case history is the main focus, or as part of a combined honours programme.

The History subject package can be combined with:

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