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  • History (Certificate of Higher Education)

Contact our course team

Department of History, Classics and Archaeology
tel: 020 7631 6627
email: certhe.history@ bbk.ac.uk

  • Duration

    • Very flexible; you may complete the award within two–four years.

  • Attendance

    • Modules are delivered in a variety of formats, including on a weekly, monthly and intensive basis.

  • Location
    • Central London and various partner venues across London.
  • Entry requirements
  • Fees
  • Financial support

    • If you are a part-time student studying modules worth 60 or 90 credits towards a Certificate of Higher Education in one year, you may be eligible for financial support.

  • How will I be taught and assessed?

    • Lectures, discussions, seminars and oral presentations, use of visual material, and individual and group work. Class visits may be arranged where appropriate. Assessment is 100 per cent coursework; this forms an integral part of your overall learning experience and takes a number of different forms, for example essays, book reviews, documentary analysis, oral presentations and learning journals.

  • How to enrol

    • ME (modular enrolment): enrol for individual modules.

      We advise early enrolment to avoid disappointment.

History (Certificate of Higher Education), 2011/2012 entry (part-time study)


Why study this course at Birkbeck:

  • Gain a University of London qualification – expand your knowledge and enhance your CV.
  • Covers a wide range of historical periods, themes and regions.
  • Includes modules offered at London museums and historic sites, giving access to their rich collections.
  • Can provide exemption from the first year of Birkbeck's BA History degree.
  • You may also enrol on any of the modules on an individual basis.

History informs us about the past and helps to make sense of the present. It is a gripping and accessible area of study, with wide appeal. We offer modules which explore periods from the ancient to the modern, and which will help you to develop your understanding of a whole range of historical themes and topics.

This programme is designed to develop a clear sense of the process of change and the ways in which historians have interpreted surviving materials from different periods. You will examine periods and themes of history from ancient times to the present.

What will I be studying?

To gain the Certificate of Higher Education, you must successfully complete modules worth 120 credit points from the following groups:

  • Skills and the Study of History
  • Ancient, Medieval and Modern History
  • London History.

At least 15 credits must be taken from modules in the Skills and the Study of History group.

You may take modules worth a maximum of 30 credits from other award programmes – these modules are listed under the subheading 'Cross-Listed Modules'.

What can I go on to do?

Students who successfully complete the Certificate of Higher Education with the grade of Merit (60–69 per cent) or above can gain exemption, subject to interview, from the first year of Birkbeck's BA History.

Students who successfully complete the Certificate of Higher Education with the majority of credits being taken from the London History section may gain credit towards the BSc Social Science.

Modules

Skills and the Study of History Modules


Understanding Museums: Contemporary Issues in Heritage and Interpretation
Interpreting the Tower
When is a house not a home? Exploring London’s historic houses
Exploring London’s Past: Archives, Architecture and Oral History
Digital Storytelling: Making Online London History
Ancient Greek for Beginners
Latin A
Latin B
Palaeography for Beginners
History and Language
History, Theory and Method
Genealogy Research Skills: Beginners
Genealogy Research Skills: Intermediate
East London Guiding and Heritage

Cross-Listed Modules

Introductions: Understanding Humanities
Introduction to Akkadian 1
Introduction to Akkadian 2
Intermediate Akkadian 1
Intermediate Akkadian 2

Ancient, Medieval and Modern History

Myth, Magic, and Reason: Culture and Thought in Ancient Greece
From Republic to Empire: Roman History 133BC - AD 284
Late Antiquity and the Quest for Holiness
Study Trip: Medieval Rome
From Ancient to Medieval Societies
Culture and Society in Anglo-Saxon England
Travellers and Armchair Tourists in the Middle Ages
Women in the Middle Ages
Byzantine Constantinople
The Crusades
British Society 1450-1750
The English Civil War: Causes, Conflict, Consequence
Europe from 1800
Exploring Wellcome 1: Medicine, Society and the Making of Modern Europe to 1800
Exploring Wellcome 2: Medicine, Society and the Making of Modern Europe since 1800
Exploring Wellcome Collection: A Social History of Madness in Europe
Modern History of East Asia
Dictatorships and Crisis in Europe, 1917-1949: A Political and Social History
A History of India from 1800
The Holocaust: Propaganda, Experiences, Memory
American History from 1600 to the present

Cross-Listed Modules

History
Historical Developments in Ancient Egypt 1
Historical Developments in Ancient Egypt 2
Great Egyptologists
Society and Culture in the Roman Empire 1
Society and Culture in the Roman Empire 2
Rethinking Japan A (History and Culture)
Rethinking Japan B (Culture and Society)

London History Modules

The London History section of the Certificate of Higher Education in History is delivered under the auspices of the Raphael Samuel History Centre and in collaboration with the University of East London.

Students who have started the previously offered Certificates of Higher Education in Discovering London or Understanding London may take any of the following modules to complete their studies. Students may also take London history modules as part of the BSc Social Science.


Roman and Saxon London
Anglo-Norman London
Everyday Life in Medieval London 1000-1500
The Beggars’ Opera to the Olympic Games: Culture, Sport and Leisure in London, 1714-2012
The Peopling of London: Migration and the Making of the Modern City
From the Chambermaid to the Au Pair: The History of Domestic Service in London
London from the East: A Social History of the East End


Last modified: 09 Feb 2012 12.31

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