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University of
Northumbria at Newcastle
The University and the city Northumbria is located in Newcastle, a city of nearly 300,000 people and capital to a region with around 3 million inhabitants. Newcastle is the largest conurbation between Edinburgh and Leeds and this shows in its dynamism and attractiveness. Newcastle is the student city, and more than 40,000 students already live here, attracted by its bright, lively, energetic and youthful qualities and its famous nightlife, its sport and entertainment, its shops and its friendliness. Newcastle is one of the finest classical cities in Europe, and many of its buildings are listed for their architectural and historical significance. In partnership with its neighbour Gateshead, home of the Angel of the North and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle is bidding to become European City of Culture in 2008. Newcastle has seven theatres, twenty cinema screens, a concert hall, a national centre for dance, and numerous museums and galleries. Its clubs, pubs and eating places suit all tastes and pockets and there's a range of world cuisine to be sampled in over one hundred restaurants, including those in the city's ‘Chinatown’. The University of Northumbria is the largest university in the north-east of England and one of the largest Universities in the country offering over 500 study programmes to over 21,000 students. The university has on four campus, two in Newcastle, one in Carlisle and another at Longhirst in Northumberland. History degrees are taught at the City Campus which is right in the heart of Newcastle, near the major shopping streets. In recent years, Northumbria has won plaudits for the quality of its teaching. The Higher Education Funding Council for England, which audits university teaching provision, judged no subject area assessed at Northumbria to be less than ‘satisfactory’. Indeed, the Sunday Times listed Northumbria as ‘Best New University’ for three consecutive years in 1998, 1999, 2000. History at Northumbria Special features of Northumbria’s History Programmes We admit around 90 students each year to our History programmes. Those studying History here tend to be split roughly 50:50 between males and females. The History degrees at Northumbria offer exciting opportunities to learn more about the past whilst developing skills for later life. Coming to an excellent university in a dynamic and lively city provides students with the prefect blend of educational opportunity and cultural excitement to enrich their lives. History at Northumbria is part of a wide learning community which covers two universities, numerous colleagues, many cultural centres, galleries, archives, libraries and the living world around about. History students at Northumbria find themselves settling into a medium-sized, friendly department whose staff are totally committed to helping students make the most of their opportunities. History degrees offer a wide-range of subject matter, covering large spans of time, geographical range, and, of course, many types of history. We also stress the importance of small-group teaching, and this is very important to our teaching and learning philosophy. In the second and third years, students have very few lectures, and, instead, focus on seminar work. At all levels, students can expect personal tutorials in order to meet their own specific learning needs. Northumbria’s also historians stress the need for students to develop key skills, and so work placements, for example opportunities to work in schools, feature in the curriculum. ApplicationsEntry requirements: BA (hons) History (V100)
BA (hons) Art History and History (VV13)
BA (hons) English and History (QV31
BA (hons) History and Politics (LV21)
BA (hons) History and Sociology (LV31)
BA (hons) Geography and History (LV71)
BA (hons) History with French (V1R1)
UCAS application course codes.
Load the free UCAS CD-Rom. UCAS address: Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ Department website: http://online.unn.ac.uk/faculties/art/humanities/ The details: History degree courses and options We off several degrees with substantial History content: BA (hons) History (V100) BA (hons) Art History and History (VV13) BA (hons) English and History (QV31 BA (hons) History and Politics (LV21) BA (hons) History and Sociology (LV31) BA (hons) Geography and History (LV71) BA (hons) History with French (V1R1)
The History programmes are designed to offer a breadth of historical knowledge and a thorough training both in modes of historical thought and in the skills of the practising historian. Our expertise encompasses World, European, British, and Regional history, covering a broad chronological span from the medieval period to the present day. Students can expect the opportunity to study a period of more than 1000 years over a wide geographical range, including Europe, Eurasia, America, Britain and Ireland. We also place a strong emphasis on thematic approaches to History including race, gender, ethnicity and class. There are notable opportunities for students in numerous sub-specialisms: regional culture, the history of ideas, cultural history, literature and history, urban history, peasant studies, nationalism and imperialism, war and totalitarianism, migration and ethnic violence, family and kinship, contemporary America. In addition to core modules covering a broad chronology since 1000 AD, and those dealing with methods, concepts and theories, we also offer a range of options, including: Women’s Histories, History of Ideas, Historical Sociology, Jews, Muslims and Christians in Medieval Europe, Byzantium and the Crusades, The Female Experience in Pre-Industrial Europe, Family and Society in Pre-Industrial Europe, Marriage and Kinship in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern Cultural History, Intellectual Revolutions in the 17th century, Issues in Economic History, Urban History, Everyday Life in Europe, 1750-1914, United States History since 1865, Migration and Ethnicity in America, 1700-1939, African-American Freedom Struggle in the USA, 1865-1990s, Community, Power, and Everyday Life in Britain, 1750-1920, Political Crisis and the Impact of War, Responses to Mass Society: politics and public persuasion since 1750, Italian Fascism, The Irish Diaspora World-Wide, 1750-1939, Retail History, The Vietnam War. Teaching methods include lectures and seminars, although we lay considerable emphasis on our on-to-one tutorial system which allows students to gain the specific support with their work. Assessment for this degree is largely by essay and examination, although both of these come in a variety of forms. There is also an opportunity to develop oral skills and, in the final year, students have the opportunity to undertake an important piece of independent research, the dissertation. We hope that students will become independent, self-learning individuals capable of applying historical and political solutions to a wide range of problems. History degrees at Northumbria have a strong skills element which is aimed to increase the student’s ability to make sense of the past. These include working with a variety of texts, both written and non-written material, including archive material, paintings, media images, film, oral sources and manuscripts. Problem-solving and the application of theories and concepts are also part the History degree. Students are also give the opportunity to take up a work placement in a school, college, gallery, archive, museum or other heritage site in order to learn how History is applied in the real world. All History students are able to spend part of their second year studying at one of our partner institutions in Europe. Studying for a History degree at Northumbria therefore provides students with a diverse range of skills which can be applied successfully to range of careers, including, the Civil Service, media and journalism, lecturing and teaching, research, the heritage industry, libraries and archives. Many of our students go on to study for further degrees, here at Northumbria or elsewhere. Contacts If you require further information about any of these degrees, please contact: The Admissions Tutor (History) School of Arts and Social Sciences University of Northumbria Lipman Building Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST 0191 227 4995 E-mail: hc.admin@unn.ac.ukOr visit: http://online.unn.ac.uk/faculties/art/humanities/
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