Visiting students - History

Modules for visiting students in the Department of History span a swathe of history from the fall of Rome to the present day. They cover the globe, from Britain, Europe and Russia, to the Americas, Iran, Hong Kong, India and Africa.

If you would like to study History with us, you must make an initial application to the Department of History as one of the two main departments on your application form. Due to space and timetabling constraints, you cannot add modules from the Department of History after you have been accepted to other departments.

Undergraduate students

You can study History at York as a visiting student for Semester 1, Semester 2 or a whole academic year.

If you come for a single semester in Year 2 you will choose two options from the Optional Modules list, and you will do one Core module.

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component (the language requirements are part way down the page. The other requirements are not applicable).

For more information see our undergraduate English language requirements.

Studying with other departments

You may be able to study a combination of modules from History and other departments. Please contact us to discuss your circumstances and interests.

Postgraduate students

Academic requirements

You should hold a good undergraduate degree (2:2, 2:1 or first) in history or related subject.

English language requirements

IELTS: 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component (the language requirements are part way down the page. The other requirements are not applicable).

For more information see our postgraduate English language requirements.

Choosing your modules

You can view the department’s modules in the module catalogue. To help you get started, we have written a short guide on how to use the module catalogue.

We will contact you during August or December (depending on your start date) to finalise your module choices.

Teaching schedule

You can study in our department for the following periods only:

Full academic year
Semester 1 only
Semester 2 only

Examination and assessment

Assessment is mainly by examination during the Common Examination Periods in January and Semester 2 (alternate assessment is not available) or by assignment submitted via the VLE.

Start your application

Undergraduate modules

Contact us

Tara Alberts
International Officer

tara.alberts@york.ac.uk

History Undergraduate Administrator

history-ug-enquiries@york.ac.uk

History Postgraduate Administrator

history-pg-enquiries@york.ac.uk

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Department of History

The list below shows our modules for 2024/25. Our 2025/26 modules will be available soon in the module catalogue.

Module Code	Module Description	Year / Stage	Semester	Credits	ECTS
HIS00124I	Bankers, Merchants, and Poets: Florence and the Roots of the Renaissance	2	1	20	10
HIS00156I	Vikings and Historians: Historiographical Dialogues through the Ages	2	1	20	10
HIS00134I	(His)Tory: Conservatives and conservatism in modern Britain and America	2	1	20	10
HIS00131I	Empire and Cultural Exchange in Asia, 1500-1700	2	1	20	10
HIS00139I	Social Science and Modern Britain, c.1880-c.1970	2	1	20	10
HIS00147I	Health for all? International Health from Colonial Medicine to Covid Vaccine	2	1	20	10
HIS00153I	Chivalry, Identity and Love 1350-1450	2	1	20	10
HIS00155I	Catherine the Great	2	1	20	10
HIS00160I	Gender, Enlightenment and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Europe	2	1	20	10
HIS00142I	From the global shadows: Africa and the world since the 1950s	2	2	20	10
HIS00146I	Heterosexual Africa? Sexuality, Power, and Politics in Africa since 1900	2	2	20	10
HIS00151I	Black Radicalism	2	2	20	10
HIS00168I	Crime and Society in Britain and Ireland since 1750	2	2	20	10
HIS00143I	Kingship, Rule and Crisis in Medieval England	2	2	20	10
HIS00140I	Before the Mongols: Nomadic Empires of Central Eurasia, 900-1200	2	2	20	10
HIS00158I	Persecution and Toleration in Early Modern Britain	2	2	20	10
HIS00125I	Historical Thinking	2	2	20	10
HIS00003M	Approaches to Renaissance and Early Modern Studies	MA	S1	20	10
HIS00009M	Perspectives on Medieval History	MA	S1	20	10
HIS00010M	Approaches to Modern History	MA	S1	20	10
HIS00029M	Approaches to Early Modern History	MA	S1	20	10
HIS00053M	Making the Contemporary World: History, Politics and Ideas since 1945	MA	S1	20	10
HIS00091M	Medical History and Humanities: A Critical Introduction	MA	S1	20	10
HIS00147M	Concepts and Approaches in Public History	MA	S1	20	10
HIS00073M	Violence in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700	MA	1	20	10
HIS00077M	Experiencing & Remembering the French Wars, 1792-1917	MA	1	20	10
HIS00093M	A Picture of Health: The Mass Media & Public Health in the Twentieth Century	MA	1	20	10
HIS00124M	Colonialism in China	MA	1	20	10
HIS00138M	Trans-Asian Trade along the Silk Roads, 1000-1199	MA	1	20	10
HIS00153M	Decolonisation and Development: the British Empire,1945-1964	MA	1	20	10
HIS00166M	Performing, Playing, & Re-enacting the Long Eighteenth Century	MA	1	20	10
HIS00173M	Messiahs, Mojaheds, and Marxists: Social Protest, Resistance, and Revolution in Modern Iran, 1848-1982	MA	1	20	10
HIS00178M	All the City’s a Stage? Performance and Ritual in Late Medieval Europe	MA	1	20	10
HIS00066M	The Uses of Writing in the 'Dark Ages' from Late Antiquity to the Age of Charlemagne & Beyond	MA	2	20	10
HIS00074M	Russian Foreign Policy from Alexander I to Vladimir Putin	MA	2	20	10
HIS00081M	Mending the Past: History & the Politics of Guilt & Reparation	MA	2	20	10
HIS00154M	Representing Power in Early Modern England	MA	2	20	10
HIS00162M	Becoming British? Nations and identities in the early modern Atlantic world	MA	2	20	10
HIS00163M	Medieval Lives	MA	2	20	10
HIS00167M	Public intellectuals: authority and the medieval university	MA	2	20	10
HIS00169M	Oral History Methods	MA	2	20	10
HIS00174M	Goods, Ideas, and People: Modern Latin America from a Global Perspective (1810-1910)	MA	2	20	10
HIS00177M	Smell and the Past: Noses and Environments from the Rome to Virtual Reality	MA	2	20	10