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Queen Mary, University of London

Bachelor Degree , Medieval History

Course Description

Queen Mary is the only Russell Group university to offer a specialist degree in Medieval History. Taught by a team of internationally recognised academics, the programme examines the history and culture of Britain, Europe and the Islamic World during the Middle Ages, exploring medieval religious cultures, the place of women and minorities in medieval society, and the history of the Crusades.

Your first year will introduce you to the diversity of the Middle Ages and to the full range of sources used by historians, including non-written evidence such as archaeological material. You will then have the freedom to shape your own studies from a comprehensive range of medieval, early modern and modern options, such as the Norman Conquest, Convent Life in Renaissance Europe and Building the American Nation.

Course Content

You can complete your Medieval History degree in three or four years. If you choose to study abroad, this will take place in Year 3 and Year 3 modules will instead be studied in Year 4.

YEAR 1

Compulsory

  • Europe 1000-1500: The Middle Ages and their Legacy
  • Global Encounters: Conquest and Culture in World History
  • History in Practice
  • Reformation to Revolution: Europe and the World, 1500-1800
  • The Medieval World: Structures and Mentalities

Choose from

  • Building the American Nation: 1756-1900
  • Europe in a Global Context since 1800
  • Life and Death in the Victorian Home
  • Race and the Desire for Difference
  • Screening History: Representing the Past in the Contemporary Historical Film
  • The Foundations of Modern Thought: Introduction to Intellectual History
  • Unravelling Britain: British History since 1801

YEAR 2

Compulsory

  • Latin for Medievalists I

Choose from over 50 modules, including

  • Beer, Books and Longbows: the World of Medieval Objects
  • Medieval London: Pubs, Plague-pits and Cathedrals
  • Outsiders in the Middle Ages
  • The Crusades (1095-1291)
  • Women and Gender in Late Medieval England, c.1300-c.1500
  • Women and Gender in Medieval Islam

YEAR 3

Compulsory

  • Apocalypse Now: Crisis, Change and later Medieval Mentalities

History special subject and dissertation module in one of 15+ subjects, which may include:

  • Saladin, Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade
  • Slaves on Horses: State and Society under the Mamluks
  • The Enthronement of Learning: Medieval Universities and their Legacy

Choose from over 50 modules, including

  • 1066! The Norman Conquest
  • Islam and the West in the Middle Ages
  • The Hussites: Reform, Revolution and Apocalypse in the Fifteenth Century
  • The Reform of Islam: the Legacy of Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328)
  • The World of the Nun: Convent Life in Renaissance Europe

 

Entry Requirements

A-Level :- Grades ABB at A-Level. This must include A-Level History. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking.

IB :- International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 32 points overall, including 6,5,5 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include History at Higher Level.

BTEC :- See our detailed subject and grade requirements.

Access HE :- We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 15 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. This must include at least 6 Level 3 credits in History modules at Distinction.

GCSE :- Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4.

EPQ :-  Alternative offers may be made to applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification. For further information please visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry/epq

Contextualised admissions :- We consider every application on its individual merits and will take into consideration your individual educational experiences and context. More information on how academic schools and programmes use this information as part of the admissions process, can be found on our contextualised admissions pages.

Assessment Methods

Assessment typically involves a combination of examinations and coursework, or coursework only. Coursework may include essays, diaries, case-studies and oral presentations.

In your final year you’ll work on a dissertation worth 25% of your final year mark, researching a specialised area of history that particularly interests you.

Additional Information

Degree :-  BA (Hons)

Duration :-  4 years

Start :-  September 2020

UK/EU fees :-  £9,250*

International fees :-  £16,200*

*These fees are for the 2019-20 academic year and are provided as a guideline. Fees for 2020-21 have not yet been set.

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