History

Course summary

History enables students to study some of the most dramatic and significant people and events that have shaped our past and our present. It enables students to understand, for example, why countries have developed into democracies or dictatorships, why some countries became expansionist, why wars and revolutions break out and why societies are as they are. History is also very useful. It is a facilitating subject highly regarded by universities. This is because of its rigour and the skills it develops such as research, analysis, evaluation, communication and argument that are vital in all degree subjects. History also enables students to study human nature, by studying real people in real situations, both people in power and ordinary people. We look at why they acted as they did, and with what consequences.