History is one of the most desired academic degrees amongst students when it comes to pursuing a Bachelor of Arts.
History degrees are designed to teach you to move beyond yourself and envision other worlds, to explore the interplay between material circumstances and human character. History combines the careful analysis of evidence with compelling storytelling. Moreover, History degrees aim to increase cultural sensitivity and literacy.
This degree is divided into various areas of expertise such as Classical History or Art History, which will help students gain relevant knowledge for themselves.
History is one of the most versatile undergraduate majors, due to the fact that it touches upon all forms of human endeavour from arts and languages to science and economics.
Candidates studying a History course will also be taught how to effectively collect, analyse, interpret, and arrange a wide variety of sources into persuasive arguments. Thus, having these skills will increase the chance of any graduate finding a job, no matter if it is in this field or not.
A report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education illustrates that graduates from History majors have the highest salary amongst graduates from all other humanities majors.
History courses are usually a three-year commitment and offer many academic programmes ranging from foundational courses to specialised ones. Some universities even have site excavations, through which students gain more practical knowledge.
Like most of the degrees, any History course concludes with a dissertation in any chosen area of interest.
I recently graduated from Oxford Brookes University after studying history for three years at the Headington Campus. Overall the uni provided an excellent educational experience, as teaching varied from academic to practical styles, with both weekly lecturers and seminars. For History in particular the range of module available to select made it easy to cater your studies around topics you have a particular interest in. Also, the uni has an extensive range of materials and resources that are accessible both online and at the campus library, which was open 24/7.
The student life at Oxford Brookes was so much fun. There are numerous different sports on offer for students to play and different society groups, all which mix and host social events each week. The only negative I found was that unlike other unis, the Brookes student union was not really the centre of the social and nightlife scene, as the union bar was rarely that busy. However, as the city is so close to the campus (around a 20 min walk, 10 on the bus) there is a plethora of pubs and bars and a few nightclubs to suit all. I would definitely recommend this uni to any prospective student!