Curriculum

Study duration

3 years

Credits

180 EC

Major

120 EC

Electives

60 EC

This curriculum applies to students who started in 2021 or later. Did you start the programme before? 

Year 1

In the first year, you follow two core profiles. These introduce you to various time periods, including Antiquity, the Middle Ages, (early) modern and contemporary history. You will also learn more about history as a discipline. You will also orient yourself to important theories, methods, knowledge and skills of your studies. They prepare you for a specialisation that you take in year 2. A core profile consists of 4 courses. You take two courses per study period.

Year 2

In year 2, you follow a specialisation. You also take compulsory courses in study period 1 and 2: a writing course and theory of history. You take these courses within your chosen track. The rest of the year consists of electives within your profiling space.

Study period 1Study period 2Study period 3Study period 4
SpecialisationSpecialisationSpecialisationSpecialisation
Compulsory courseCompulsory courseElectiveElective

Year 3

Year 3 is dominated by the BA thesis. Furthermore, in this year you have profiling space in which you can take a minor, for example, or choose individual elective courses.

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