What you can study

At Bristol you will become part of our community of historians. Our department includes historians of Britain and Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia, and even Antarctica. Whether you are interested in cultural history or political history, the very recent past or the pre-modern world, you will be able to explore the topics that inspire you and fire your imagination.

You will find units on:

• slavery and race
• revolutions and activism
• gender and sexuality
• decolonisation, empire, and imperialism
• historiography and the practice of history

Pre-requisites

At UK universities, students specialise from their first year and rarely take units outside their degree subject. This means that:

• Year 1 units are suitable for all students.
• Year 2 units require some university study in the discipline.
• Year 3 units require a strong background in the discipline.

Subject pathway students

If you have been nominated to Bristol on the Study Abroad (History pathway), you must take the majority of your credits from this guide.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3