BA (Hons) History with German

Why choose this course?

• Join our award-winning Oral History Team – featured on BBC R4
• Focus on your interests – All History modules optional after 1st year
• Improve your employability with a language

We give you:

• An exceptional history team, conducting world-leading research (REF 2014)
• Stimulating, innovative courses – our students reported almost 94% overall satisfaction with their course (2018 National Student Survey)
• A flexible programme of study, allowing you to concentrate on areas you find especially interesting and the scope to write a dissertation on a topic about which you are passionate
• The prospect of boosting your employability by learning a language
• Transferable skills such as using your own initiative, problem solving, communication and cultural awareness that employers value
• History was ranked in the top 25% of UK universities for research impact. (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).

What’s the course about?

The BA History with German gives you the opportunity to study two subjects that will help you to make sense of an increasingly multicultural world, and will also boost your employability and gain an international perspective.

Through our diverse and inclusive history curriculum you will learn about an array of cultures and identities. What links our work is our focus on people’s history and everyday lives. This is represented strongly in our first year programme, which will give you an insight into the making of the modern world through exploration of faith, magic and medicine, campaigns for freedom and equality, Africa and the world, and America from Hamilton to Trump. These courses will be complimented by learning a language to better understand the culture of the country.

The combination of studing history with a language offers further opportunities in the final year of your studies when you have the option of writing a dissertation on a topic of your choosing. Previous language students have chosen to work on the history of the country whose language they are studying. The ability to read non-English sources widens the scope for potential topics. 

• Level 4

  Module	Credits	Compulsory/optional
  Historians’ Toolkit	15 Credits	Compulsory
  German Route A – 4a	15 Credits	Optional
  German Route A – 4b	15 Credits	Optional
  German Route B – 4a	15 Credits	Optional
  German Route B – 4b	15 Credits	Optional
  Belief and Disbelief: Faith, Magic and Medicine, 1500 – 1800	15 Credits	Optional
  Cashing In: Traders and Consumers, 1600 – 2001	15 Credits	Optional
  The Fight for Rights: Freedom and Oppression, 1790s-1990s	15 Credits	Optional
  Introduction to Public History	15 Credits	Optional
  The Heritage Industry in Britain	15 Credits	Optional
  Leisure and Lifestyle: 20th Century American Music, Sport and Entertainment	15 Credits	Optional
  Africa and the World, 1450-1850	15 Credits	Optional

   

  Fees 2022

  UK Students

  Full time

  • £9250 for the 2022/2023 academic year

  EU Students

  Full time

  • £14000 for the 2022/2023 academic year

  International Students

  Full time

  • £14000 for the 2022/2023 academic year

  *Tuition fees are charged annually. The fees quoted above are for the specified year(s) only. Fees may be higher in future years, for both new and continuing students. Please see the University’s Fees and Finance Policy (and in particular the section headed “When tuition fees change”), for further information about when and by how much the University may increase its fees for future years.

   

  Living costs / accommodation

  The University of Hertfordshire offers a great choice of student accommodation, on campus or nearby in the local area, to suit every student budget.

   

  • Entry requirements

    Clearing entry requirements

    We’re committed to welcoming students with a wide range of qualifications and levels of experience. Over Clearing, we’ll be taking a flexible approach so if you don’t have the advertised grades, please submit a clearing application via our online application form or by calling our Clearing hotline on 0300 303 6300, and we’ll review and consider your application on an individual basis.

    Standard entry requirements

    UCAS points	A Level	BTEC	IB requirement
    112 – 120	BBC – BBB	DMM – DDM	112 – 120 points

    Additional requirements

    GCSE: Grade 4/C in English Language and 4/D Mathematics

    Access Course Tariff: An overall merit profile in 45 credits at Level 3.

    All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency, equivalent to an overall IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each band.

    If you do not have the required IELTS or equivalent for direct entry on to your degree programme, our Pre-sessional English and International Foundation courses can help you to achieve this level.

     

    The University of Hertfordshire is committed to welcoming students with a wide range of qualifications and levels of experience. The entry requirements listed on the course pages provide a guide to the minimum level of qualifications needed to study each course. However, we have a flexible approach to admissions and each application will be considered on an individual basis.

     

    Deadlines

    15 January