51³Ô¹Ïapp

Key facts

Entry requirements

112 or DMM

Full entry requirements

UCAS code

V115

Institution code

D26

Duration

3 yrs full-time

3 years full-time, 4 years with placement

Fees

2024/25 UK tuition fees:
£9,250

2024/25 international tuition:
£15,750

Entry requirements

UCAS code

V115

Institution code

D26

Duration

3 yrs full-time

3 years full-time, 4 years with placement

Fees

2024/25 UK tuition fees:
£9,250

2024/25 international tuition:
£15,750

Explore modern and contemporary history through a diverse, globally focused curriculum that covers both European and non-European histories. You'll tackle topics such as colonialism, immigration, decolonisation, gender, ethnicity, and conflict, helping you to gain a deeper insight into the world around us today.

This course connects history’s social, political, and economic relevance to contemporary issues, with a special focus on heritage and tourism. As you progress, you'll sharpen your ability to critically analyse and communicate complex information, supported by leading experts who create a dynamic learning environment through varied teaching and assessments.

Study British, South Asian, European, African, and American histories, and explore specialist subjects like the history of photography, heritage studies, and the history of sport and leisure. You'll also have access to 51³Ô¹Ïapp’s rich historical collections, including the Stephen Lawrence Papers, the Ski Club of GB archive, and the Kodak collection at the Kimberlin Library.

  • Gain expertise in global histories, from European to African and South Asian, exploring themes like conflict and war, nationalism, immigration, and sustainability.
  • Understand cultural evolution and the impact of heritage and tourism on identities and societies, both globally and locally.
  • Learn from renowned academics using innovative teaching methods, creating an engaging and immersive learning environment.
  • Boost your career prospects with placements and internships in media, heritage, and international teaching, gaining hands-on experience.
  • Develop critical research skills and transferable abilities valued by employers, preparing for postgraduate study or diverse professional pathways.

Follow us on social media to learn more about studying history at 51³Ô¹Ïapp. On X at @dmuhistory, on Instagram at @historyatdmu and on TikTok at @demontfort_history.

Block teaching designed around you

You deserve a positive teaching and learning experience, where you feel part of a supportive and nurturing community. That’s why most students will enjoy an innovative approach to learning using block teaching, where you will study one module at a time. You’ll benefit from regular assessments – rather than lots of exams at the end of the year – and a simple timetable that allows you to engage with your subject and enjoy other aspects of university life such as sports, societies, meeting friends and discovering your new city. By studying with the same peers and tutor for each block, you’ll build friendships and a sense of belonging. Read more about block teaching.

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What you will study

Block 1: Modern Britain since 1800

This module introduces students to the social, cultural, economic, and political history of Britain from the mid-eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. Through close reading of primary source material and the assessment of historiographical debates and trends, students will develop key analytical skills and become confident in identifying change and continuity across the time period. Topics covered may include industrialisation and decline, poverty and the rise of the welfare state, political and electoral change, culture and leisure, social class and social change, and multi-ethnic Britain.

Assessment: Primary Source Analysis (30%) and Portfolio (70%)

Block 2: Journeys and Places

This module, with its focus on journeys and places, offers an opportunity to explore key concepts underpinning your course. You will take a post-disciplinary approach, using techniques from diverse areas to address questions related to journeys and places.

You will attend interactive lectures with students from across the School of Humanities and Performing Arts. You will have opportunities to apply these concepts in History with Education Studies workshops and assessments.

Themes may include journeys, spaces, and the concept of welcome; (im)mobilities and journeys through time and space; representation and imaginative geographies; gender and placemaking; belonging and place attachment; as well as themes related to sustainability and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Assessment: Subject-specific Coursework 1 (30%) and 2 (70%)

Block 3: introduction to Heritage Studies

This module introduces students to heritage studies, exploring its definitions, applications, and professional contexts. You will examine levels of heritage from personal to global, different types of heritage, and key debates in the field. Practical applications in heritage recognition, interpretation, and management are also covered.

Assessment: Group Presentation (50%) and Essay (50%)

Block 4: Ideology, War and Society in the Twentieth Century

This module covers how the world evolved throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Topics include the World Wars, the collapse of European empires, and revolutions in Europe, as well as ideologies like socialism, capitalism, extremism, and terrorism.

Assessment: Essay (40%) and Exam (60%)

Block 1: Global Cold War

This module explores the Cold War in a global context, examining its roots and how it played out in regions such as Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Students will also assess the legacy of the Cold War, along with competing historiographical interpretations of the conflict.

Assessment: Essay (50%) and Digital Presentation (40%)

Block 2: Exploring Work and Society

This module prepares you for post-degree pathways by focusing on the skills, capabilities, and knowledge needed to thrive in professional environments. Emphasis is placed on core attributes and transferable skills while developing familiarity with the world of work.

You will critically engage with themes such as race, gender, identity, and geopolitical issues in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, conceptualizing a more equitable and sustainable society.

Through subject-specific workshops, lectures, seminars, and independent learning, you will explore work environments related to your discipline. Activities may include responding to real-world briefs, placements, community projects, and creating project proposals tailored to your programme.

Assessment: Written Portfolio or Recorded Presentation (100%)

Block 3: Tourism, Society and Culture

This module examines the relationships between tourism, society, and culture, exploring themes such as representations of people and places, media, heritage, and identity. It includes field trips to cultural hubs and introduces tourism management and marketing concepts.

Assessment: Essay (60%) and Presentation (40%)

Block 4: Investigating the Past: Theory and Method

This module introduces historical sources and research methods used in project work. It examines core themes and their associated methodologies, which students will adapt to their own research projects for their Level 6 dissertation.

Assessment: Primary Source Analysis (40%) and Project Portfolio (60%)

Block 1: Heritage Sites: Interpretation and Management

This module focuses on managing and interpreting heritage sites, exploring best practices in balancing historically informed narratives with visitor engagement. Case studies include Belvoir Castle, the Acropolis, and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Assessment: Group Coursework (40%) and Report (60%)

Block 2: Empire and its Aftermath

This module covers anti-imperialist independence movements and the creation of new nation-states through case studies from South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central and South America. Students will study decolonization, post-colonial conflicts, and the socio-economic legacies of imperial rule.

Assessment: Essay (40%) and Portfolio (60%)

Block 3: Destination Management and Marketing

This module builds on previous knowledge of tourism and explores destination branding, tourism planning, and the role of organisations like DMOs in managing and marketing destinations. Case studies include campaigns such as "IAMsterdam."

Assessment: Group Presentation (50%) and Infographic and Report (50%)

Block 4: Dissertation

The dissertation allows students to conduct independent research in a chosen area, defining a question or hypothesis and using primary evidence to test it. This module emphasizes research, critical thinking, and writing skills.

Assessment: Presentation (10%) and Dissertation (90%)

Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

Overview

Our teaching is interactive, informal and enjoyable. We encourage you to develop your own thoughts, ideas and viewpoints and you will build the skills you need to be effective in both historical study and the modern workplace.

The modules are all designed to improve your skills as an effective historian from analysis and research to reasoning and evaluation. They are also constructed to help you develop aptitudes and characteristics that will improve your employability for a wide range of careers.

You will be taught by experts in their field, the people who are writing the books you are reading. Our history staff are renowned nationally and internationally for the quality of their teaching and research. We work hard to ensure that the student experience is lively, dynamic and stimulating, and regular guest lecturers and speakers address both curriculum-related topics and topics of broader historical interest.

There is a varied mix of assessment including: work in pairs and in groups, primary source analysis, presentations, portfolios, podcasts and/or videos, essay writing, timed essays, and individual project work culminating in a dissertation. The assessments are designed to build on each other as you progress in your studies and you will have opportunities to receive feedback on your work throughout. With a variety of different assessment methods, you can build on your individual strengths as well as develop a range of skills in creativity, project management, team work, verbal communication, writing for a variety of audiences and the use of different technologies.

Contact hours

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work and self-directed study. In your first year you will normally attend around 9 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures and tutorials) each week, and we expect you to undertake at least 28 further hours of independent study to complete project work and research.

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Our facilities

Library and learning zones

On campus, the main Kimberlin Library offers a space where you can work, study and access a vast range of print materials, with computer stations, laptops, plasma screens and assistive technology also available.
As well as providing a physical space in which to work, we offer online tools to support your studies, and our extensive online collection of resources accessible from our Library website, e-books, specialised databases and electronic journals and films which can be remotely accessed from anywhere you choose.

We will support you to confidently use a huge range of learning technologies, including Blackboard, Collaborate Ultra, 51³Ô¹Ïapp Replay, MS Teams, Turnitin and more. Alongside this, you can access LinkedIn Learning and learn how to use Microsoft 365, and study support software such as mind mapping and note-taking through our new Digital Student Skills Hub.

The library staff offer additional support to students, including help with academic writing, research strategies, literature searching, reference management and assistive technology. There is also a ‘Just Ask’ service for help and advice, live LibChat, online workshops, tutorials and drop-ins available from our Learning Services, and weekly library live chat sessions that give you the chance to ask the library teams for help.

Where we could take you

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Placements

During this course you will have the option to complete a paid placement year, an invaluable opportunity to put the skills developed during your degree into practice. This insight into the professional world will build on your knowledge in a real-world setting, preparing you to progress onto your chosen career.

Our Careers Team can help to hone your professional skills with mock interviews and practice aptitude tests, and an assigned personal tutor will support you throughout your placement.

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Graduate careers

Employability skills are embedded in the curriculum, preparing you for a wide range of careers related to History and wider related industries. Our graduates have successfully pursued professions in teaching, law, marketing, and the heritage and museum sector.

With a strong focus on heritage and tourism, this course also equips you for careers in destination management, tourism marketing, and heritage site interpretation and management. You’ll develop transferable skills highly sought after in fields such as public relations, media, and cultural industries, giving you the flexibility to thrive in diverse professional environments.

What makes us special

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Block learning

With block teaching, you’ll learn in a focused format, where you study one subject at a time instead of several at once. As a result, you will receive faster feedback through more regular assessment, have a more simplified timetable, and have a better study-life balance. That means more time to engage with your 51³Ô¹Ïapp community and other rewarding aspects of university life.

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Global experiences

Our innovative international experience programme 51³Ô¹Ïapp Global aims to enrich studies, broaden cultural horizons and develop key skills valued by employers.

Through , we offer an exciting mix of overseas, on-campus and online international experiences, including the opportunity to study or work abroad for up to a year.

Course specifications

Course title

History, Heritage and Tourism

Award

BA (Hons)

UCAS code

V115

Institution code

D26

Study level

Undergraduate

Study mode

Full-time

Start date

September 2024

Duration

3 years full-time, 4 years with placement

Fees

2024/25 UK tuition fees:
£9,250

2024/25 international tuition:
£15,750

Entry requirements

GCSEs

  • Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English and Maths

Plus one of the following:

A levels

  • A minimum of 112 points from at least two A levels

T Levels

  • Merit

BTEC

  • BTEC National Diploma - Distinction/Merit/Merit
  • BTEC Extended Diploma - Distinction/Merit/Merit

Alternative qualifications include:

  • Pass in the QAA accredited Access to HE overall 112 UCAS tariff with at least 30 L3 credits at Merit.
  • English GCSE required as separate qualification. Equivalency not accepted within the Access qualification. We will normally require students to have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.
  • International Baccalaureate: 30+ points

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.