Department of
History
Module Choices Guidance
BA French & History,
BA German & History Final Year
Timetable and key dates
13 February
12:00pm Module choices talk in the Edmond J Safra lecture theatre.
From 20 February
Consult module descriptions on website (www.kcl.ac.uk/history/modules) and seek
advice from your personal tutor and/or other members of staff.
From 10 March
Online module selection process opens in Student Records.
3 April
Online module selection process closes.
Early May
You will receive confirmation of the modules on which you have been allocated a
space.
Overview
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You are normally expected to study a total tariff of 120 credits in the final year, 60 of which should
be taken in the Department of History. All BA French & History and BA German & History finalyear students must take at least one 30-credit dissertation module in History. The History
dissertation module can either be a Group 3/Level 6 associated dissertation (chosen in Section B
(i)) or a Free-Standing Long Essay (FSLE) (chosen in Section B (ii)). If you do not select the FSLE
module, you must be prepared to take any associated dissertation from your ranked Group 3
choices.
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Except on the FSLE option, there are a limited number of places available on each module and
places will be allocated randomly.
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The list of modules below is divided into 2 main sections (A & B) from which you must make
choices. When you choose your modules in Section A, you must make 5 ranked choices for each
section. You will be allocated to one module per section. You have to be prepared to study any of
your 5 choices.
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Some modules have prohibited combinations (clearly marked on the attached list). This means that
you cannot take both modules during the course of your degree. Also, if you are interested in taking
an intercollegiate module on a similar topic to a module you are taking or have taken at King’s, you
will need to check with the department office whether that particular combination is permitted. If
you are unsure, please do ask!
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Intercollegiate modules (i.e. outside King’s: UCL, SSEES, Royal Holloway (RHUL), Goldsmiths or
Queen Mary (QMUL))
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Places on intercollegiate modules are limited to 1 King’s student per module.
The intercollegiate timeslot is Monday 2pm – 4pm for Group 3 / Level 6 modules. All
intercollegiate modules are scheduled for this slot.
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We cannot guarantee that all of the intercollegiate modules on offer will run in 2017/18, due to
factors beyond the Department’s control. We therefore recommend you make at least one
internal (i.e. King’s) choice per section.
Many intercollegiate modules have attendance requirements. Thus at UCL if you attend less than 70%
of the lectures/seminars you will not be allowed to complete the module and your results will suffer –
you may even have to repeat the year. This rarely happens, but it is something you need to be aware
of.
Deadlines and methods of assessment for intercollegiate modules may be different from King’s modules.
Please ensure you take note of this when choosing modules.
Please note where your module will be taught, e.g. the main campus of Royal Holloway is in Egham,
Surrey, which is a 45-minute train journey from Waterloo.
We reserve the right not to let a student take an intercollegiate module should we deem their
previous year’s performance/attendance to be unsatisfactory.
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Timetabling
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The 2017/18 timetable will be based upon the least number of clashes generated by your module
choices.
Please be prepared for the fact that once the timetable is published it may have proved impossible to
avoid all clashes, and in exceptional cases students may have to switch modules.
Intercollegiate modules are obviously not part of the King’s timetabling process. There should not be
clashes however, you will still need to ensure that you establish the date on which teaching starts and
the timing of reading weeks, which may differ from those at King’s
What if I change my mind after 3 April?
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If you change your mind about which modules you want to take, you will be unable to apply to change
your modules until after August 2017 when the timetable is published. After this date, you will be able to
apply to change your modules by consulting the timetable and completing a Module Change Request
Form available on the website:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/modules/choice/change-form.aspx.
Do not assume that your application will automatically be approved. You will be notified of the outcome
of your application via email, which will be sent to your @kcl.ac.uk email address.
The final deadline for submitting Module Change Request Forms for full-year modules will be at the
start of October 2017.
Where can I find out more about the modules?
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Please see the websites below for module descriptions. Please note that you may see descriptions
for all the modules that a department has on its books, not all of which will run in any one academic
year. You should therefore make sure you consult the lists below to check which modules are
available in 2016/17:
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King’s History modules: www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/modules/index.aspx
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Intercollegiate modules: www.history.ac.uk/syllabus/intercollegiate-courses
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Section A - Group 3 & Intercollegiate Modules 30 credits – Please rank 5 choices
King’s Modules
6AAH3001
6AAH3007
6AAH3009
6AAH3011
6AAH3015
6AAH3017
6AAH3019
6AAH3027
6AAH3035
6AAH3037
6AAH3039
6AAH3049
6AAH3055
6AAH3057
Romans and Barbarians: The Transformations of the Roman West 350-700
The Origins of Reformation in England
Women and Gender in Early Modern England
Britain's Thatcher
Caribbean Intellectual History C.1800 to the Present
British Imperial Policy and Decolonisation, 1938-1963
Australia in the Second World War: Strategy, Politics and Diplomacy
The Enlightenment
Scotland: the Making of the Medieval Kingdom
Twentieth -Century Medicine, State and Society in the United States and United Kingdom
The American Revolution and the Creation of the United States, 1760-1815
Between Kaiser and Fuhrer. Political Culture and Authority in Germany, 1916-1934
British Economic History in the Age of the Great Depression
Culture Wars. Religion and Politics, c. 1780-1880
Intercollegiate Modules
6XA95312A/B
6XA9036A/B
6XA9210A/B
6XA46108
6XA46110
6XA46111
Life in the Trenches: Perspectives on British Military History, 1914-18 (HT53120A/B)
Sex and the African City: Gender and Urbanisation in Southern Africa (HT53036A/B)
Radicalism in the English Revolution (HT53210A/B)
Saladin, Richard the Lionheart & the Third Crusade (HST6108)
The Enthronement of Learning: Medieval Universities and their Legacy (HST6110)
Lives, Letters and Lifestyles: English Political Society during the Wars of the Roses
(HST6111)
6XA4EC17
European Cities, 1100-1600: Cooperation, Creativity and Competition (HST6113)
6XA46207
English and British Political Culture c.1595-1606 and the Accession of King James I
(HST6207)
6XA46209
Behind Closed Doors: Houses, Interiors and Domestic Life, c.1660-c.1830 (HST6209)
6XA46308
The French Civil War 1934-1944 (HST6308)
6XA46311
The Russian Revolution and Civil War 1917-21 (HST6311)
6XA46316
The Lives of Oscar Wilde (HST6316)
6XA46342
British Cinema and the Second World War: Propaganda, Myth and Memory (HST6342)
6XA46343
The "Heart of Darkness" ? Identity, Power, and Politics in the Congo c.1870-2010
(HST6343)
6XA46346
The Pursuit of Happiness: The Creation of American Capitalism (HST6346)
6XA46359
Women, Family and Work in Post-War Britain (HST6359)
6XA4SI17
The Sixties Cultural Revolution in Germany and Britain (HST6373)
6XA4EF17
Exhibiting the First World War (HST6375)
6XA4IW17
The Idea of "the West": A History from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
(HST6406)
6XA83150/1
Heresy, Crusade and Inquisition in Southern France, c. 1140-1300 (HS3150/1)
6XAH3251/2 Modernity and the Victorians: The Intellectual Response (HS3251/2)
6XAH3279/80 The Clash of Powers and Cultures: Sino-American Relations during the Cold War
(HS3279/80)
6XA83365/6 China and the World: Migrations and Frontiers, 1800-1950 (HS3365/6)
6XA83376/7 Drawing the Line: Independence, Partition, and the Making of India and Pakistan
(HS3376/7)
6XA8VE07/P7 Visions of Europe: Political and Intellectual Readings of European Integration from the
Interwar years to the Present (HS3386/7)
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Goldsmiths
Goldsmiths
Goldsmiths
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
QMUL
RHUL
RHUL
RHUL
RHUL
RHUL
RHUL
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6XA13006/
6XA19006
6XA13007/
6XA19007
6XA19008/
6XA19008
6XA13109/
6XA1TLA7
6XA13110/
6XA19110
6XA1BOD7/
6XA1BO17
6XA1RRL7/
6XA1RR17
6XA1LWM7/
6XA1LW17
Ivan the Terrible and the Russian Monarchy in the Sixteenth Century (6XA13006/
6XA19006)
Urban Culture and Modernity: Vienna-Prague-Budapest, 1857-1938 (6XA13007/
6XA19007)
SSEES
SSEES
SSEES
Mass Culture in an Age of Revolution: Russia 1900-1934 (6XA13008/6XA19008)
UCL
Temple Life in Assyria and Babylonia (HIST3109/9109)
UCL
Competitive Men: The Politics of Competition in Ancient Greece (HIST3110/9110)
Between Order and Disorder: Cities in the Late Medieval Mediterranean World
(HIST3207/9207)
UCL
UCL
Reformation and Revolt in the Low Countries, c.1520–1620 (HIST3313/9313)
UCL
Life-Writing: Memory and Identity in Twentieth-Century Europe (SEHI3012/9012)
**Please note - if you choose a QMUL intercollegiate module, you are required to take the
associated dissertation.
Section B - Choose between either (i) or (ii)
(i) Group 3 associated dissertation worth 30 credits (matching module from Section A)
(ii) Write a free-standing long essay worth 30 credits
6AAH4000
Free Standing Long Essay (FSLE)
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