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The University of Exeter has been dedicated to discovery and changing lives through education since 1851 when the Exeter Schools of Art and Science were founded. In 1922 the institution became the University College of the South West, receiving Charter in 1955, achieving full university status and becoming the University of Exeter.

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90 credits of compulsory modules 30 credits of optional modules

Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
HIH1400 Making History 15
HIH1401 Approaches to History 15
HIH1410 Understanding the Medieval and Early-Modern World 30
HIH1420 Understanding the Modern World 30
Optional modules
In stage 1 you are strongly encouraged to use modularity and take at least 15 credits up to a maximum of 30 credits of option modules from outside History

Code Module Credits
HISS S1 SH opt 2022
HIH1002 Losing an Empire Finding a Role Britain Since 1945 15
HIH1042 Murder in Early Modern England 15
HIH1051 Everyday Life in the Anglophone Caribbean c1900-1966 15
HIH1053 Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages 15
HIH1408 The Dissolution of the Monasteries 15
HIH1506 The First Day of the Somme 15
HIH1585 Ladies of the Night Prostitution in the Victorian World 15
HIH1600 Images of Stalinism 15
HIH1607 JFK 15
HIH1612 Renaissance Florence 1350-1550 15
HIH1615 Imperial Science Race and Exploration in the Long 19th Century 15
HIH1014 The Body in Eighteenth-Century Britain 15
HIH1043 The Collapse of Communism in Central-Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union 15
HIH1138 Medieval Manufactured? Uses and Reuses of the Middle Ages 15
HIH1411 From Wigan Pier to Piccadilly Britain between the Wars 15
HIH1501 The Viking Phenomenon 15
HIH1505 The First Crusade 15
HIH1586 Early Modern Venice Representations and Myths 15
HIH1597 Serfdom in Late Medieval England 15
HIH1614 Environment and Industry 1750-1950 Global Perspectives 15
HIH1616 Producing Poverty Peasants in a Global Perspective 700-1300CE 15
HIH1618 Body Border Partition Understanding Violence in South Asia 15

60 credits of compulsory modules 60 credits of optional modules

Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
HIH2001 Doing History Perspectives on Sources 30
HIH2002 Uses of the Past 30
Optional modules
You must select 30 credits from term 1 modules and 30 credits from term 2 modules

Code Module Credits
HISS S2 SH opt 2022
HIH2014A Decolonisation and the Collapse of the British Empire 1919-1968 30
HIH2032A Europe 1650-1800 From Enlightenment to Romanticism 30
HIH2036A Albion's Fatal Tree Capital Punishment in England 1688-1965 30
HIH2186A Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England 30
HIH2209A African American History 30
HIH2218A Religion Society and Culture in Tudor England 30
HIH2224A African Modernities Popular Cultures in Twentieth Century Africa 30
HIH2234 Sailors Slavery and Piracy The Atlantic World 1600 - 1800 30
HIH2590 An Age of Iron? Europe in the Tenth Century 30
HIH2592 Science Empire and Natural History Museums A Global Perspective 30
HIH2587 The Other Renaissance Religion Knowledge and Power in the Twelfth Century 30
HIH2011A Forgetting Fascism Remembering Communism Memory in Modern Europe 30
HIH2037 American Frontiers The West in US History and Mythology 30
HIH2137A Inventing Modern Man Constructions of Mind Body and the Individual 1400-1800 30
HIH2138A History of Development Ideologies Politics and Projects 30
HIH2145A Spain from Absolutism to Democracy 30
HIH2179A The American Empire 30
HIH2185A China in the World 1500-1840 30
HIH2208A Medieval Paris 30
HIH2233 The British World c1860-1975 30
HIH2591 Philip Augustus and the Making of France 1180-1223 30
HUM HUM2000-HUM2001
HUM2000 Humanities in the Workplace 30
HUM2001 Humanities in the Workplace 15
HUM HUM2004-HUM2005
HUM2004 Making a Career in Publishing 15
HUM2005 Tales of Freedom Necessity and Providence 15
Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
HUM3999 Year Abroad 120
Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
HUM3998 Employment Experience UK 120
Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
HUM3997 Employment Experience Abroad 120

30 credits of compulsory Dissertation 30 credits of compulsory Comparative modules 60 Credits of Sources and Context modules

a You must select 30 credits from this list of Comparative History modules

b You must select 60 credits from this list History Special Subject modules You must select both the Sources module and its co-requisite Context module

Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
HIH3005 General Third-Year Dissertation 30
Optional modules
Code Module Credits
HISS SF Comparative modules 2022 [See note a above]
HIH3618 Power Elites Ruling Groups across Space and Time 30
HIH3617 News Media and Communication 30
HIH3619 Sexualities 30
HIH3626 Heroes Conceptions Constructions and Representations 30
HIH3628 Civil Wars 30
HIH3632 Violence 30
HIH3633 Revolutions 30
HIH3634 Race Resistance and Decolonisation 30
HISS SF Sources and Contexts 2022 [See note b above]
HIH3042 Britain and the Age of Revolution 1775-1832 Sources 30
HIH3043 Britain and the Age of Revolution 1775-1832 Context 30
HIH3157 The Irish Revolution 1912-23 Sources 30
HIH3158 The Irish Revolution 1912-23 Context 30
HIH3167 Violence or Non-Violence? Gandhi and Popular Movements in India 1915-1950 Sources 30
HIH3168 Violence or Non-Violence? Gandhi and Popular Movements in India 1915-1950 Context 30
HIH3170 From the Grand Tour to Gladiator Modern Encounters with the Ancient World Sources 30
HIH3171 From the Grand Tour to Gladiator Modern Encounters with the Ancient World Context 30
HIH3187 Everyday Stalinism Life in the Soviet Union 1928-53 Sources 30
HIH3188 Everyday Stalinism Life in the Soviet Union 1928-53 Context 30
HIH3250 Colonial Conflict and Decolonisation 1918-1975 Sources 30
HIH3251 Colonial Conflict and Decolonisation 1918-1975 Context 30
HIH3257 The Russian Revolution Sources 30
HIH3258 The Russian Revolution Context 30
HIH3266 Magic in the Middle Ages Sources 30
HIH3267 Magic in the Middle Ages Context 30
HIH3277 The Medieval Reformation Sources 30
HIH3278 The Medieval Reformation Context 30
HIH3298 Law Politics and Society across the British Empire 1750-1960 Sources 30
HIH3299 Law Politics and Society across the British Empire 1750-1960 Context 30
HIH3314 Governing the World A History of Internationalism from WW1 to the Present Context 30
HIH3315 Governing the World A History of Internationalism from WW1 to the Present Sources 30
HIH3316 The Holocaust and Nazi Occupation of Eastern Europe 1939-1945 Context 30
HIH3317 The Holocaust and Nazi Occupation of Eastern Europe 1939-1945 Sources 30
HIH3318 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century Sources 30
HIH3319 Health and its Politics in the 20th Century Context 30
HIH3324 Britain and Slavery Sources 30
HIH3325 Britain and Slavery Context 30
HIH3326 Reform Resistance and Revolution 1500-1750 Histories from Below Context 30
HIH3327 Reform Resistance and Revolution 1500-1750 Histories from Below Sources 30
HIH3132 The Body in Early Modern England Sources 30
HIH3133 The Body in Early Modern England Context 30
HIH3639 Beyond Cannibalism Indigenous Peoples and the European Colonisation of Brazil 1500-1822 Context 30
HIH3640 Beyond Cannibalism Indigenous Peoples and the European Colonisation of Brazil 1500-1822 Sources 30
HIH3635 The Population Problem Conservation Eugenics and Food in the Twentieth Century Contexts 30
HIH3636 The Population Problem Conservation Eugenics and Food in the Twentieth Century Sources 30
HUM HUM3000s
HUM3002 Aliens Abroad Science Fiction in Global Literature 15
HUM3015 The Place of Meaning Gardens in Britain and China 15
HUM3016 Book Publishing Principles of Book Commissioning Editing and Design 30
HUM3003A Hacking the Humanities How to Plan and Run Successful Digital Projects 15
HUM3003 Hacking the Humanities How to Plan and Run Successful Digital Projects 30
HUM3004 Transforming the Tablet Digital Approaches to Ancient Text and Artefact 15

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