History

About this course

History is the discipline that seeks to understand the human past through evidence, argument, and interpretation. At its best, it does not simply record what happened but asks why things unfolded as they did, whose perspectives are captured in the record and whose are missing, and what the past can tell us about the structures and assumptions that shape the present. At SOAS, this project takes a distinctive form, because the institution's expertise in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East means that the history you study here actively challenges the Eurocentric bias that has shaped so much of the discipline. The BA History at SOAS provides highly engaging treatments not only of historical events and periods in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East but also of the practice of history as an academic discipline, including how historical knowledge is produced, contested, and revised. The programme

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 5% of graduatescards →

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