Our BA History with Foundation course offers insights into the variety of human experience through the ages, while enabling you to develop core academic skills. This four-year programme includes a foundation year that leads directly into the three-year course. It provides an excellent route to a degree in history if you do not have the typical entry requirements. Discover a thousand years of world history, spanning Britain, Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East and Asia. Immerse yourself in subjects such as crusading, totalitarianism, witchcraft, gender and sexuality, race and colonialism. Taught by experts from the Department of History, you will unlock people, places and perspectives otherwise impossible to access in a lifetime. By choosing to study history at Reading, you will benefit from: - the ability to shape your own degree. Our wide variety of optional modules allow you to study the aspects of history you are most passionate about. - research-led teaching. You will learn from academics at the forefront of their disciplines, whose research feeds into your studies. This ensures you have exposure to the latest developments in the field. - our focus on student satisfaction. In 2020, we achieved a 91% satisfaction score for the teaching on our BA History course in the National Student Survey (for more details, ask us at www.reading.ac.uk/question). - dedicated career support. Employability modules and work placements form part of our careers guidance. Designed to complement your core learning, they also develop your research, analytical, teamwork and communication skills. **Your learning structure** The aim of the foundation year is to prepare you for your history degree. As you progress, each stage builds upon your prior learning: Foundation year: gain a thorough grounding in study at degree level. Core modules will develop key skills to support your learning. You will complete two skills-based modules: Foundation in Academic Skills develops your academic writing, research, referencing, critical thinking, teamwork, study techniques and study management; and Persuasive Writing explores how writing shapes our lives, and how it’s used for social media, journalistic and political persuasion. Two additional modules develop skills specific to your degree: Identities explores identity in relation to national/race identity, gender, changing identities and sense of self, examining everything from texts and objects to film and cultural documents; and Perspectives enhances your ability to study and understand problems, events, objects and texts from a variety of perspectives. **Careers** Our BA History with Foundation course equips you with transferable skills that are highly valued in the workplace. 93% of graduates from the Department of History are in work or further study 15 months after the end of their course [1]. Your history degree can open the door to a number of professions. Our graduates have found employment in a variety of sectors, including publishing, museums and heritage, law, teaching, accountancy and banking, and social care. Examples of recent graduate employers include: - The Civil Service - Victoria and Albert Museum - John Lewis - The British Museum - Macmillan Publishers - Siemens Financial Services - Museum of English Rural Life - NHS - Morgan Stanley. - [1] Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017/18; First Degree responders from History.

Sample modules may include: * Study Skills * Persuasive Writing * Identities * Perspectives * Journeys through history 1 (People, Power and Revolution) Check our website for more details of the course structure.

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: V101

Institution code: R12

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Foundation

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We welcome applicants from non-traditional educational backgrounds and will consider these applicants on a case-by-case basis. Contextual offers for this programme are typically two grades beneath our standard entry requirement, e.g. DDD.

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Student satisfaction : 89%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 90%

Go onto work and study: 95%

England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
EU	19500.0	Year 1
International	19500.0	Year 1

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