Objectives
The course aims to: -provide a supportive environment for all students, free of bias or discrimination; -stimulate and extend students' interest in history, and to promote the critical study of the past; -introduce students to the basic principles of economics, and their application to contemporary and historical problems; -provide a broadly based and challenging curriculum offering exposure to the historical experience of Britain, Europe and other parts of the world since c. 1500; -extend students' powers of critical analysis and logical argument by applying them to historical interpretation; -develop the interdisciplinary skill, in particular, of employing elementary economics to the formulation and analysis of historical problems; more widely, to develop appreciation of the applicability of a variety of theoretical approaches and methodologies through the study of specific historical courses and periods and to enhance students' powers of applying such methodologies for themselves; -develop students' capacity to communicate and present ideas lucidly in writing and orally; -advance the ability of students to work independently and organise their schedules of personal study; -provide the staff expertise and learning resources necessary to enable students to engage effectively with their studies; -produce graduates with the transferable skills that enhance employability, for postgraduate study in history and other disciplines, and for further -training, namely: self-management of independent, goal-directed work; capacity to analyse and ability to undertake research; powers of application of a social-science theory to `real-life' problems; and the ability to communicate the views lucidly that result from study of a problem.
Entry requirements
Selected entry requirements English language: Minimum IELTS score of 7.0 or equivalent; eg. NCUK EAP minimum Grade of A with range of 70-79 TOEFL: PBT score of 600; CBT score of 250; TWE score of 5.5; IBT score of 100. A level: Grades BBB. History or Economics an advantage, but not essential. General Studies is welcomed but not included as part of the standard offer. Unit grade information: The University of Manchester welcomes the provision of unit grade information which, like all other available information, will inform the consideration of applications. Unit grades will not normally form part of offer conditions, except for Mathematics programmes. GCSE: Minimum of grade C in English Language and Mathematics. Key Skills qualification: The University warmly welcomes applications from students studying the Key Skills qualification. However, as the opportunities to take these modules are not open to all applicants, currently this is not an essential requirement of the University. International baccalaureate: 32 points overall, including grades 5 or 6 in three Higher level subjects, one of which must be History. Economics is an advantage but not essential. Additional entry requirements Additional entry requirements exist for this course. You may view these by selecting from the list below.
Course description
Course description
This programme concentrates on the economic, political and social development of a range of different societies since 1500. Key subjects are the political history of Europe and other parts of the world, the impacts of industrialisation, and social change. The Year 3 dissertation is a piece of major study involving independent research.
Special features
Socrates/Erasmus scheme available. Exchange Scheme available in USA, Canada or Australia
Course content for year 1
Please note that the following list is intended to be a guide only - course content or availability may change slightly as we aim to improve and update our courses yearly.
Compulsory
Economics and History; Modern History with Economics Long Essay ; Globalisation in Historical Perspective; Origins of British Industrialisation: British Economic & Social History 1550 - 1830
Optional in History and Economics:
20 credits in Modern History:
State, Nation and Nationalism c1750 - c1920; Communities and States in Early Modern Europe; War in History; HI1141 A Victorian City: Social, Cultural and Economic Histories of Manchester
20 credits in Economics
For students without `A' Level Economics: Microeconomic Principles; Macroeconomic Principles
For students with `A' Level Economics:
The UK Economy (Macroeconomics); The UK Economy (Microeconomics)
Optional
Free Choice option (approved by programme director)
Course content for year 2
Please note that the following list is intended to be a guide only - course content or availability may change slightly as we aim to improve and update our courses yearly.
Compulsory - British Economic and Social History, 1880-1980; Long Essay/Book Review
Optional -
1 unit in Economic History, chosen from:
British Population and Social Structure, 1700-1950; European Economic History, 1914-95; An Industrialising Society: English Economic and Social History, 1689-1830; Economic and Social History of Latin America, c1800-2000
1 unit in Modern History, chosen from:
Cultures of Empire: India and the American Colonies 1600-1900; A Liberal Nation? State and Society in Britain from 1815 to present; European Reformations; European Intellectual History; The Intellectual Revolution in Britain, c.1600-1750; History of Women in Britain, 1880-1980
20 credits in Economics, chosen from:
Managerial Economics; Business Economics IB: The Firm; Microeconomics IIB; The Economics of the European Union: International Trade and Customs Unions; Macroeconomics IIA; Macroeconomics IIB; Operational Research I; Basic Econometrics; Mathematical Economics; Marketing Research; Further Applied Statistics
Course content for year 3
Please note - intended as a guide only. Course content/availability may change slightly as we improve and update our courses.
Compulsory - Thesis
20 credits in Economics, chosen from (examples): Managerial Economics II; Natural Resource Economics; ES3261 Operational Research IIA; Introduction to Demography; Mathematical Economics II; Mathematical Economics I; Cross Section Econometrics; Business Forcasting; Further Applied Statistics; Basic Econometrics; Mathematical Finance; Macroeconomics III; The Global Economy and Third World Industrialisation; Public Economics; History of Economic Thought; Business Economics II; Banking and Financial Markets; Economics of Monetary Integration in Europe
20 credits in Economic History, chosen from (examples): Economic History of 20 th Century Spain; The Origins of the Spanish Civil War, 1875-1936; Early Modern Imperialism: The European Empires in America 1500-1800; Refugees in Modern World History; `The Rules of the Game Laws', economies and risk taking in historical perspective, 1850-2000; From Silver to Cocaine: The History of Commodities in Latin America
20 credits in Modern History, chosen from (examples): The Invention of a German Nation; Gender and the Social Construction of Identity in the Early Modern Period; Ireland since 1922; History of Sexuality; Power, Culture and the Modern European City; The Rule of Freedom; The Great War, Myth and Memory; War and Political Change in the Age of Richelieu and Mazarin; The French Revolution and Political Thought; London and Modernity 1880-1960
20 further credits of HI course units
Career opportunities
Graduates are highly employable in a wide variety of careers including finance, management, teaching, the law, media, local government and the Civil Service. Many students continue their studies by taking graduate programmes in Manchester or elsewhere, in History and/or Economics. The skills you acquire as an historian are particularly valued by employers.
