Accelerated International Foundation Year in Humanities and Social Science (2 -Term), Leading to Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern History Study Group - Durham University International Study Centre - Queens Campus, UK

Accelerated International Foundation Year

With the Accelerated International Foundation Year*, you’ll gain all the high-quality academic and English language teaching you need for success at Durham University. Once you successfully complete this intensive programme and achieve the required grades, you can progress to the first year of your chosen undergraduate degree.

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Who is this programme for?

This programme is for international students aiming to study an undergraduate degree in a humanities or social sciences field at Durham University.

• Develop the academic and English language skills you need to meet the entry requirements for your chosen degree.
• Gain a grounding in study skills and terminology as well as practical experience with research methods and critical thinking.
• Adjust to the UK education system and build a foundation in humanities and social sciences concepts at a university level.

Leading to: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern History 

This joint degree enables you to combine modules from our Ancient History course with modules in medieval and modern History offered by the Department of History. The balance between the two departments is broadly equal, but by the third year you can weight your choice of modules more to one side than the other, depending on your interests.

In the Department of History, you will study modules in medieval, early modern and late modern history, with electives available in the study of cultures from around the globe.

You will bring all your knowledge and skills together in your dissertation. You will be able to concentrate your studies in an area that fascinates you, and really blossom as an independent learner. Through this you will engage, at an advanced level, with creative research at the forefront of these historical disciplines.

You will be encouraged to attend an extensive programme of research-related activities in both departments, including research seminars, public lectures from high-profile guest speakers, and events organised by the student-run History Society and Classics Society.

In your first year we will introduce you to the world of the ancient Greeks and early imperial Rome, seen from a variety of perspectives (not just historical), and to different forms of evidence.

This will prepare you for a wide range of more specific historical modules about politics and society in the ancient world in your second and third years. This can also be enriched by the study of ancient literature, language, and philosophy.