BSc (Hons) History and Psychology

Studying History and Psychology at Keele will enable you to develop your appreciation of various global histories, as well as key concepts within Psychology, whilst enjoying the rich history of our local area. The History element of the program will carry you chronologically from the medieval period to the present, and span the globe. You will be introduced to a wide range of history – from political, social, economic, and cultural history to the history of gender, health, sexuality, and religion.

Year 1

• Defining Moments in World History, c.1000-2000
• Introduction to developmental and social psychology
• Introduction to Research Design for Psychology
• Introduction to statistics for psychology
• Introduction to biological and cognitive psychology

OPTIONAL MODULES

• The American Past: Explorations in U.S. History
• History, Media, Memory: The Presentation of the Past in Contemporary Culture
• Medieval Europe and Its World
• Literature as History: Writing the Americas
• Modern History
• The Early Modern World, 1490-1700

Year 2

• Sources and Debates in History
• Developmental and Social Psychology
• Qualitative and Survey Research Design
• Statistics for Psychology
• Biological and Cognitive Psychology

OPTIONAL MODULES

• Rebels, Bandits, and Outcasts in Colonial American History (1607-1776)
• Saints and Society in Medieval Europe
• Power in the Modern World
• Creating Britain, 1536-1707
• A Civilising Mission? The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
• Work Placement for Humanities Students
• History of the United States in the Twentieth Century
• Company and Crown in India 1818-1928: the cultural history of the Raj
• The History of the Camp: From the GULAG to The Jungle

Year 3

• Final Year Project (Double) – ISP
• Individual Differences and Conceptual Issues

OPTIONAL MODULES

• ‘Eyes on the Prize’: The Struggle for Civil Rights in America
• Violence and Power in Antebellum America
• The Art of Dying: Death and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
• Crisis, Conflict, and Commerce I: From Union to Westphalia, 1603-1648
• Crisis, Rupture, and Opportunity: German ‘Modernity’, 1900-1933 I
• Sites of Sexual Conflict in South Asia I
• The contested city: a spatial history of Rome, 1870-1978
• Extinction: Existential Panic since 1945
• Sickness and Suffering? Health, illness, and medicine in England 1628-1808
• Dissertation for History – ISP
• Violence and Power in Civil War America
• The English Civil War, c.1640-46
• From Sawbones to Social Hero? Doctors and medicine 1808-1886
• Gender and Sexuality in Victorian Britain
• Crisis, Rupture, and Opportunity: German ‘Modernity’, 1900-1933 II
• Sites of Sexual Conflict in South Asia II
• The Making of Middle Britain: The Mercian Moment
• The Making of Contemporary Africa since c.1945
• Health Psychology
• Research Methods in Social and Developmental Psychology for Study Abroad Students
• Faces, Forgetting and Forensic Psychology
• The psychology of deviance
• Psychology in Education
• Making a difference with psychology

Employability:

You’ll develop the sort of enquiring, open-minded and creative attitude which employers are looking for, leading to potential careers options in a range of fields including teaching, research, charity work, counseling, librarian, archivist, heritage manager, solicitor, journalist, or researcher. Psychological careers include clinical, counseling, educational, forensic, occupational, or sports psychology. Whatever path you choose in your working life, you will develop a psychological perspective on human behavior which is valued in a range of careers.