Program structure
Year 1
In your first year, you will take a number of compulsory modules, and two 15 credit modules offered by the Department of History.
Module title
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Credits
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Global Connections: the violence and exchanges that shaped the modern world
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30 credits
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Historical Controversies
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30 credits
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Reading and Writing History
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15 Credits
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Historical Perspectives
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15 credits
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Year 2
In your second year, you will choose 30 credits of modules from the list below.
You will also select 90 credits of year 2 modules approved annually by the Department of History, up to 30 credits of which this may be a related studies module offered by another Goldsmiths Department. Up to 30 credits can be a University of London intercollegiate Group II module.
Module title
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Credits
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The Central Powers in the First World War, 1914-18
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30 credits
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A History of Resistance in the Middle East
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30 Credits
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Modern Revolutions in Comparative Perspective
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30 credits
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The USA in the Era of the Vietnam War, 1954-75
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30 Credits
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Yugoslavia: History and Disintegration
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30 credits
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The Spanish Civil War: Politics, the Military, and Culture
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15 Credits
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Latin American Revolutions 1945-1990
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15 Credits
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Nationalism and Unionism in Ireland, 1798-1998
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15 Credits
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Year 3
In your third year, you will take the following 30 credit Special Subjects or a University of London Intercollegiate Group III Special Subject module from a list approved annually by our partner institutions. These include Birkbeck, King’s College London, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, University College London. You will complete a 30 credit dissertation alongside your chosen Special Subject.
You will also choose 60 credits of option modules from a list approved annually by the Department of History.
Module title
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Credits
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Ireland’s First World War
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30 Credits
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