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
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.
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.