History (Hons) University of Chichester

Overview

The students learn from lectures, seminars, prestigious guest speakers and study visits to the internationally recognized local heritage industry. Each year you develop your knowledge and skills so that in your final year you will not only study your modules but undertake your own research dissertation.

The History (Hons) degree at University of Chichester offers you the chance to study key historical topics from the medieval period to the present day and in each year you will gain and develop your research skills.

Studying the past means immersing yourself in the time period that fascinates you. The modules will let you explore history using written, visual, material and oral history sources, and at each level you will explore how historians debate and reinterpret what the past means today.

Careers

A degree in History provides you with the opportunity to take up a number of career roles after graduation. Our graduates are valued by employers as they possess key skills in communication, analysis and reporting.

The option to study issues of political, social and cultural significance, as well as work placement opportunities in archives, institutes and research centres, provides you with experience suitable for a range of career paths.

Many of our graduates continue on as teachers, lawyers, accountants, as well as management roles within a variety of settings.

Career paths include:

• Education

• Teaching

• Local and national government

• Journalism

• Public service

• Communications and PR

• Law.