History
Study at a university ranked 19th in the UK for history*, with specialist access to the world-famous Mass Observation Archive. Browse our history modules below.
Browse our modules
You can see our full list of history modules below.
Year 1
Year 2
- Autumn Semester
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Spring Semester
- Time and Place 1661: Slavery in English America
- Time and Place: 1661: Slavery in English America
- Time and Place 1899: Apex Empires, Savage Wars
- Time and Place: 1899: Apex Empires. Savage Wars
- Time and Place: 1942: Holocaust
- Time and Place: 1948: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Time and Place: 1953: Monarchs and Murders
- Time and Place: 1984: Thatcher's Britain (Observing the 1980s)
- Time and Place 2008: The Spectacle of the Beijing Olympics
- Time and Place 2015: Fortress Europe and the Migration Crisis
- Global History from the Global South
Year 3
Not sure how to choose?
Follow our top tips for choosing your modules. You can also find out about our teaching structure, assessment process and how your credits transfer back to your home institution.
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Which school will I study in?
You'll study in the History department, which is part of the School of Media, Arts and Humanities.
Some of our expert academic staff have appeared on television documentaries, written books and helped to create new online archives.
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Our history research
Sussex historians have helped to generate new online archives including , and the world famous .
Our research influences the way we teach, and you learn from academics at the forefront of their fields.
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Contact us
If you are studying at Sussex for a semester or year and have questions, email sussexabroad@sussex.ac.uk.
*The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. **(Our campus is nine minutes by train from Brighton & Hove) survey by accommodation providers Student Living by Sodexo ***Access to facilities is dependent on the module you study. Rankings based on full undergraduate degree at Sussex.