Course summary
  • Acquire and develop a range of cognitive, practical and professional skills.
  • Approach the study of history from a variety of theoretical perspectives and introduce you to a variety of themes, including nationalism, imperialism, race, gender, orientalism, and globalisation.
  • Think critically about how the past is understood and interpreted and how it relates to the present.

Experience a broad range of approaches to historical study before creating a pathway through the degree to suit your interests. The breadth of our programme sweeps from the Americas through Britain and Europe, to Africa, Asia and Australia.

Future careers

The transferrable skills of the historian are highly valued by employers. This History (Honours) programme from Sheffield Hallam University prepares you for a career in:

  • teaching
  • local government
  • personnel
  • advertising
  • law
  • financial services
  • journalism
  • librarianship