University of Surrey Roehampton

Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PH

See below for

The University

Special features of History at Roehampton

Applications

Degree courses and options

Contacts

The University

The University of Surrey is an innovative federal university. University of Surrey Roehampton has around 7,000 students, and offers over 400 degree programmes at undergraduate, Master’s and MPhil/PhD levels. The University’s four constituent colleges are set in pleasant, tree-filled surroundings close both to Richmond Park and to central London (only six miles away). The campuses comprise traditional listed buildings and striking modern architecture. There are good transport links, by train, bus and road.

The History BA degree programme is part of the School of Humanities and Cultural Studies. We aim to admit each year 25 students to Single Honours History, and 60 to Combined Honours. There are separate degree programmes in Humanities and in Cultural Studies, which include some History modules.

One of the University’s special features is the very unusual range of subjects with which History can be combined: 35 subjects from Art History to Women’s Studies, and including Business Studies, Education, English, Film & TV Studies, and Spanish. For the full list, please see below.

History at Roehampton

The History BA course is unusual for the breadth of options from which to choose

• The ever-popular highlights of 20^th-century history, such as Germany, Britain and Russia,
• European and non-European history from ancient Athens to the 1960s, and from English local history to colonial West Africa.
• An exciting blend of different types of history, from traditional kinds of political history to newer types of social history (women & gender, crime & punishment).

Year 1 combines compulsory and optional courses in a way that both expands your historical horizons and lays down a solid basis of skills for Honours work.

• There are options in ancient, medieval and modern history (for example Augustan Rome, The Crusades, War & Social Change 1914-23, The 1960s).
• You can also take introductory courses in historical computing or in theories of history.
• Two compulsory courses, 'The Historical Essay' and 'The Research Project' strengthen your skills in essay-writing, independent study and team-working.

Honours Level advances and deepens your analytical skills in two phases, and is divided into intermediate and advanced levels.

• At intermediate level (year 2) courses are of two kinds:
• outline courses of a century, more or less, of the history of England, Britain, Germany, Russia, the USA or West Africa;
• thematic courses ranging over several centuries and focused on women's history, crime, urban history or economic and social history.
• At advanced level (year 3), courses are based on the research interests of staff, and provide opportunity for in-depth study, using primary sources intensively. Courses currently available cover shorter periods in the history of medieval and modern Britain and Europe: from the late Roman Empire to Weimar Germany, via 15^th-century England, Renaissance Italy, English local history and Marxism.
• The dissertation option is also available at this level. Students find that our location close to the Public Record Office at Kew is a distinct advantage for dissertation work.

Applications

Entry requirement guidelines (2000): 12 points (A Level)

UCAS application course codes. Load the free UCAS CD-Rom.
Tel. 01242 223707. Email. app.req@ucas.ac.uk

UCAS address: Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ

The details: degree courses available

History may be combined with the following (UCAS code in brackets):

Art for Community (WV11)

Art History VV14

Biol / Anthropology VC19

Biology CV11

Business Computing GV71

Business Stds NV11

Childhood & Society XVX1

Cultural Stds VV19

Dance Stds WV41

Drama & Theatre Stds WVL1

Early Childhood Stds VX1X

Education XV91

EFL VQ1J

English Lang & Ling QV3C

English Lit QV31

Environmental Stds FV91

Film & TV Stds PV41

French RV11

Geography LV81

Health Stds BV91

Human Geography VL18

Human & Soc Biol VC1C

Leisure Management NV71

Music VW13

Natural Resource Stds DV21

Painting & Printmaking VW11

Philosophy VV17

Psychology VL17

Social Anthropology VC1Y

Social Pol & Admin VL14

Sociology VL13

Spanish RV41

Sport & Exercise Sci VB16

Theology & Religious Stds VV18

Women’s Stds VM19

Humanities VY93

BA QTS with History X3V1

Contacts

The School office (020 8392 3249) will be happy to field any enquiries and to pass you to the Admissions Tutor. e-mail: HACS@Roehampton.ac.uk

website: www.Roehampton.ac.uk