Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds

University of Leeds, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 5HD

See below for

The College

Special features of History at Trinity and All Saints

Applications

Degree courses and options

Contacts

The College

TASC has about 2000 students and is located on the North-West side of Leeds, at a pleasant rural campus in Horsforth. It has good public transport links to the city centre and out into the Wharfedale valley. At present we have about 70 entrants each year, who study Single Honours History, and a variety of other joint honours courses: a degree course in English and History is new this year. The College offers a wide-ranging and exciting history course in a friendly environment. Students value in particular the high quality of the teaching here and the good access to academic, employment, and entertainment opportunities in the city. Most Level One students not living at home are offered accommodation on campus, and the College has excellent sporting facilities. All students undertake two six-week professional attachments, which give them experience in a wide range of working environments related to their disciplinary areas: some lead directly to employment after graduation!

View of the main campus

The History Department and the degree courses

The history department of TASC consists of four full-time and three part-time members of staff. Although staff have a wide range of scholarly interests, there is a particular interest in Victorian studies: TASC is the base for the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies and also offers an M.A. in Victorian Studies. Dr Hewitt, the head of the department, was until recently the editor of the Journal of Victorian Studies, and other staff have published widely on aspects of Victorian history. The College is also the base for the Schools History Project, which is represented in the department by Ian Dawson, a well-known author of history textbooks. Interests in both Victorian Studies and pedagogy are reflected in undergraduate modules: courses include options on topics such as Victorian railways, and staff employ a wide range of teaching methods (including for instance, fieldwork, role play, and the use of video material).

• Level One. All students take Patterns and Periodisation, a broad-ranging survey of British and/or European history over two millenia. It introduces them to historical concepts such as change and continuity, as well as offering a ‘map’ of events for further study. Historical skills are explored in Historian’s Craft, also a core module, which introduces students to assessing and handling sources through two case-studies: one of Boudica’s revolt, one of nineteenth-century industrial Leeds. An optional module - History in Contemporary Society - is also offered. Single Honours students also take Study in Depth: The French Revolution and a media or management option.
• Level Two. At Level Two, students take Problems in History and Research and Discovery. Problems in History introduces them to historiography through study of an historical debate, such as that surrounding the Reformation; it is followed by an in-depth study through primary sources of a particular historical event, such as the Great Revolt of 1381 or Women in Nazi Germany. Research and Discovery engages students in supervised first-hand research from primary sources through a case-study of the American Civil Rights movement, and research projects on topics such as Tudor Society and Government and Victorian Railways. Also on offer are an Introduction to Modern World History, a global twentieth-century survey, History by Numbers, and (for Single Honours students) an Independent Study in History.
• Level Three. Students all take a Special Subject, on topics such as The Victorian City (Manchester), Popular Culture in the Seventeenth Century, and Votes for Women 1866-1919. They may also study Themes in Modern World History, or undertake a short or long dissertation based on primary source research in a field of their own choice. Other courses on offer are Presenting the Past, a heritage course, and a second Independent Study in History. 

Applications

Entry requirement guidelines (2000): 14 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

Department web address: http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/depart/HISTORY/index.htm

The details: History degree courses

Level One

Patterns and Periodisation (core)

Historian’s Craft (core)

History in Contemporary Society (option; not available to Education students)

A media or management module (core for S.H.s only)

History Professional Attachment I (core for S.H.s only)

Study in Depth: The French Revolution (core for S.H.s only)

Level Two

Problems in History (core)

Research and Discovery (core)

Introduction to Modern World History (option)

Independent Study in History I (option for S.H.s only)

History Professional Attachment II (core for S.H.s only)

History by Numbers (core for S.H.s only)

Level Three

Special Subject (core)

Themes in World History or Extended Study (core)

Presenting the Past (option)

Dissertation (option; not available to Education students)

Independent Study in History II (option for S.H.s only)

History Single Honours V100

History and Management VN11

History and Media VP14

History and English QV31

Primary Education with History X2V1/X4V1

Contacts

Department web address: http://www.tasc.ac.uk/depart/HISTORY/index

Dr Rosemary Mitchell.Tel. 0113283 7100, ext 396

E-mail: r_mitchell@tasc.ac.uk

OR Tel. 0113 283 7200 ext 230 or Tel. 0113 283 7200 ext 231 (Dr Martin Hewitt). E-mail. m_hewitt@tasc.ac.uk