The University of Hertfordshire has an international reputation for the quality of its History research. History is one of the largest subject areas on the Humanities Programme. This means we can offer you a very wide choice of modules, focusing on the political, social and cultural history of the period since 1500. From the outset you are taught how to analyse historical text and to engage with the wide variety of interpretations historians offer us of the past. These are the historian's central skills and the modules you undertake in your second and third years are designed to develop these further. The wide choice of modules available to you in these years allows you to concentrate on those areas that you find especially interesting; you might focus on a particular region, such as Europe, or a particular period, such as the twentieth century.

Whichever path you choose, you will find an array of challenging and stimulating courses. And, in your final year, you will also have the opportunity to write a 10,000 word dissertation, based on primary sources, on a topic of your choice. It is a fitting climax to three years of increasingly specialized and sophisticated study and forms an ideal preparation for postgraduate study.

History is available as a single, joint and combined honours subject within the Humanities Programme.