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permanent exhibition on the site of the former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Most members of the Department have appeared on radio and TV history programmes such as Time Team and Timewatch.
Friendly environment: Students describe the Department as ‘friendly and gregarious’ and our staff as ‘extremely enthusiastic and supportive.’ History students have their own common room and a library.
Local history:We have strong links with the Essex Record Office (one of the best county record offices in the UK) and many students draw on its resources for their dissertations.
What do our
courses cover? Single Honours:We offer five Single Honours courses. You can choose the broad BA History or opt to study a particular region (American history), a specific period (modern history), or a particular approach (social and cultural history).
Joint Honours:We also offer ten joint courses. We are one of the few universities who offer courses in history and criminology, and in modern history and international relations.
What is distinctive about
Second in the UK for research. Why study history
at Essex? High student satisfaction: The National Student Survey 2010 found that 95 per cent of history students at Essex were satisfied with the quality of their course overall, placing us fourteenth in the UK (source:
www.unistats.com).
Second in the UK for research: The most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2008), placed us second in the UK, only behind Imperial College London; an accolade for the ground-breaking research undertaken in the Department.
Innovative teaching: You will be taught by academics who are actively engaged
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in research, on topics relating to their own fields of interest. Teaching thus draws on the most up-to-date and exciting research.
Choice:While there are certain compulsory modules that you must take in each of your three years at Essex, most of your modules will be options that you have chosen. We offer you a wide range of interesting modules to choose from.
Quality of staff: Many are amongst the leading experts in their fields. Professor SA Smith is the author of the widely used The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2002). Professor Rainer Schulze was part of the international team which created a
our courses? Modern:We concentrate on the period from 1500 to the present, allowing you to examine the processes of change that have created the world today.
Wide geographic range:We teach many topics in British and European history and also offer the chance to study Latin America, the USA, China, Russia and Africa.
An international perspective: Our wide geographic coverage encourages you to think about historical processes in the widest possible international context and, on certain modules, to explore historical issues comparatively.
Flexibility at the end of the first year: At Essex, you can change your course at the end of the first year to suit your developing interests.
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