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Programme structure: English and History (BA) - what's running in 2022/23

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
List A
Approaching the Past HIST13015 20 Mandatory TB-1
List B- Take ENGL10017 and 20 one 20 CP History unit
Critical Issues ENGL10017 20 Optional TB-1
Modern Revolutions HIST10067 20 Optional B TB-1
The American Century HIST10044 20 Optional TB-1
War and Society HIST10045 20 Optional TB-1
The Early Modern World: The British Isles HIST10063 20 Optional A TB-1
The Early Modern World: Europe and the Wider World HIST10065 20 Optional A TB-1
List D
Approaches to Poetry ENGL10039 20 Optional TB-2
List E - Take ENGL10043 and one 20cp History unit
Slavery HIST10046 20 Optional E TB-2
'Fight the Power': Democracy and Protest HIST10068 20 Optional E TB-2
Gender in the Modern World HIST10069 20 Optional TB-2
The Medieval World: The British Isles HIST10064 20 Optional D TB-2
The Medieval World: Europe and the Wider World HIST10066 20 Optional TB-2
Literature 1550-1740 ENGL10043 20 Optional TB-2
Certificate of Higher Education   120      

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  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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