BA History at SOAS University of London

Our innovative BA History programme provides highly engaging treatments of not only historical events and historical periods in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, but also of the very practice of history as an academic discipline itself. The programme’s curriculum is embedded in a variety of powerful conceptual frameworks used by our academic experts and our students, such as postcoloniality and decoloniality.

Faculty: School of History, Religions and Philosophies  |  Duration: 3 or 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students take 120 credits per year composed of Core, Compulsory and Optional modules. Core and compulsory modules include Approaching History, Introduction to the History of Africa, The Confucian World through Women's Eyes, Introduction to the History of the Middle East, Introduction to the History of South Asia, Humanities Toolkit, Historical Research: Approaches and Methods, Thematic Approaches to History.

Career pathways

With specialised historical knowledge, an understanding of cultural sensibilities and skills in research and analysis, graduates from the Department of History are well respected by employers across private and public sectors.

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