Course Overview

The compulsory module explores specific topics and challenges in writing global history. You then choose three option modules from a wide variety offered by the Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology, and other departments at Birkbeck, opting, if you wish, to take a focused pathway through the degree by specializing in the history of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or the imperial and postcolonial periods. Throughout the degree, you will be encouraged to develop both theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding the historical development of globalization, as well as learning research methods and accessing primary sources that will enable you to specialize in a topic of your choosing and write a dissertation. The course offers you training to continue on to Ph.D. research if you wish, but it will also equip you with specialist knowledge and transferable skills for a wide range of careers, including policy research, media, NGOs, and public history. Graduates can pursue careers in research and archiving, education, the heritage industry, publication and the media, the charity sector, and journalism. Possible professions include historian, higher education lecturer, or archivist. This degree provides a range of transferable skills, which may be useful in becoming a journalist, heritage manager, politicians assistant, academic librarian, or museum/gallery curator.

General Eligibility

A second-class honors degree (2:2) or above and references.

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, the requirement for this course is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 7.0, with not less than 6.5 in each of the sub-tests and at least 7.0 in writing.