Contemporary History

The programme is designed to provide you with a solid grounding in the major outlines of recent world history, along with a wide choice of specialised modules to suit your own interest. By combining breadth with depth, it provides a framework within which you will be able to develop both your empirical and conceptual knowledge of the recent past.

You will study two core modules which use some of the best recent historical writing to cover the period since 1914:

• Mass society and modernity 1914-1945 (Autumn term)
• Globalisation since 1945 (Spring term)

You will also take two ‘skills and methods’ modules:

• Historical methods (Autumn term)
• Dissertation preparation (Spring term)

You will also choose Optional modules, one per term, or a double Special Subject module over two terms. These are chosen from a wide range of modules available both in and beyond the History department.

You will complete the programme with a 15,000-word dissertation.

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If you can’t make it to one of our on-campus open days, our virtual open days run regularly throughout the year. For more information, please visit: www.pg.bham.ac.uk