Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History

at City, University of London United Kingdom

You will develop a strong understanding of the main areas of psychology – cognition, development, biology and the history of psychological theories – as well as key theories and concepts of criminology and criminal justice.

Learning from research-active staff and practitioners across two academic departments, you will have the opportunity to study topics combining your two specialisms, including: forensic psychology, memory and the law, and judgement and decision making.

• Acquire criminological expertise and skills to give you the competitive edge in applying for careers in crime and crime control, criminal justice system and related fields
• Develop the research expertise to investigate crime and criminal justice data, applying technical skills to carefully appraise evidence
• Gain analytical skills to engage critically with real-world criminal justice policy debates
• Study a broad range of topics within the discipline of psychology, including the application of psychological knowledge in a range of professional areas
• Shape your studies to suit your interests, with a very wide range of elective modules
• Boost your employability with BPS-accreditation and highly sought-after data literacy skills.

The Engineering with busines course takes an interdisciplinary approach to engineering and business and management to enable development of skills necessary for modern businesses globally.

Over four years, you will develop the professional engineering, management and business skills required, with a focus on core engineering and design skills, entrepreneurship innovations, strategy and business sustainability.

Individual and group projects involving design and business aspects demonstrate your expertise to future employers, whilst the fourth year, at Master’s level, helps you transition from study to professional practice.

• Students will be trained to understand and analyse the broader context in which the engineering systems are used, integrating processes and information in a holistic way, dealing with the challenges of complex engineering challenges
• Benefit from exceptional industry involvement in the degree programme, taking advantage of the London location of City, including undertaking projects set by industry and guest lectures from practising engineers
• Students will benefit form the collaboration between engineering and Bayes Business school in the delivery of the programme.
• Study in world leading research facilities where different engineering solutions are designed, developed and implemented for industry today
• Take an optional placement year or placement over two summer periods to boost your employability, building on the strengths in research and their industrial collaborations across the Department of Engineering, where engineering and business skills are put into practice to make impact to meet the needs of industry today

This degree provides strong technical expertise in electronics, power engineering, signal processing, control systems and engineering management.

It provides a solid foundation for anyone who wants to pursue a career at the cutting edge of technology, developing innovative solutions in areas like communications and robotics.

We have been educating electrical and electronic engineers for almost 90 years.

Our degrees are dual-accredited by professional bodies, meaning your qualification will be recognised for its quality and relevance. Furthermore, you will:

• Learn from research-active academics working at the cutting-edge of their field
• Develop highly relevant, in-demand skills thanks to industry involvement in our curriculum
• Put your in-depth engineering knowledge into practice and apply your expertise to real-world problems with design projects at every stage of your studies
• Gain hands-on experience with high-tech equipment in newly refurbished undergraduate and research labs, including chip production facilities and electrical power equipment
• Take an optional work placement to boost your grades, employability and professional expertise
• Pass your second year and apply to transfer to our integrated MEng degree, which fast tracks your progress to Chartered Engineer status.

This degree enables you to understand global issues and actors in a time of fast-moving political and social change.

You will engage with important theoretical debates, exploring global political systems and how they are engaged in policy-making on issues like security, migration and social justice.

You will study diplomatic relations between governments, as well as learning how intergovernmental organisations, transnational movements, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and multinationals influence global politics.

• Become a critical thinker with an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay of local and global forces
• Develop your analytical skills to examine and critically assess information
• Enjoy access to a wide range of internship opportunities thanks to our proximity and connections with national political organisations
• Boost your employability with an optional integrated professional training year or study abroad
• Study in a department with a strong international focus, approachable staff and close connections with practitioners in the policy world
• Gain knowledge and expertise for a career in politics, policy making, the civil service or government
• Lay the foundations for postgraduate study or research in international politics.

Learn about the latest theory and practice influencing the care and support of people experiencing mental health difficulties and contribute to research that improves the well-being of individuals and communities. You will critically evaluate approaches to compassionate mental health care and consider innovative ways of developing ethical and culturally sensitive practice.

You will gain a thorough grounding in research skills and applied data analysis to support your role as an evidence-based practitioner able to critically evaluate approaches to support and care for people experiencing mental ill-health.

You will address key principles of adult mental healthcare and current issues affecting mental health policy and practice through core discipline-specific modules.

Elective modules will allow you to build your professional knowledge and pursue your particular areas of interest.

Our flexible three-year degree provides unrivalled opportunities to shape your studies to match your personal interests, whilst learning about society at the vibrant heart of a global city.

You’ll develop critical thinking studying topics including: social class, social mobility, ‘race' and ethnicity, gender, culture, identity, inequality, migration, media, and criminology.

You’ll also develop transferable skills in the analysis, interpretation and production of social data.

• Develop highly sought-after data literacy and quantitative skills, thanks to our strong links with City’s Q-Step Centre
• Become a critical thinker with an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay of local and global forces
• Opt onto a Q-Step quantitative methods pathway: benefit from a heightened focus on data skills, a workplace Data Placement in Year 2, and an optional international work placement
• Boost your employability with an optional placement year
• Take advantage of excellent internship opportunities thanks to our central London location, including access to organisations in media, crime and justice, human rights, and mental health.

Acquire academic research training and a diverse mix of highly valued career skills with this flexible English MA programme in the centre of London. You may focus exclusively on English Literature or combine English Literature with Creative Writing, Publishing or both.

Our distinctive degree enables you to combine literary scholarship with related subjects including professional and creative writing.

By graduation you will be a versatile researcher, an effective communicator and a reflective learner. You will have subject-specific transferable skills which can be applied in the workplace.

We hope you will take forward and champion our conviction that English makes a significant contribution to cultural life across the world.

You excel in and enjoy mathematics, especially modelling and probability. You love asking “What if?”.

The skills you gain on the Actuarial Science undergraduate course will kickstart your actuarial career. You can also enter careers in risk management, investment management or financial analysis.

If you enjoy mathematics, statistics, probability and economics you will find this course ideal. For the duration of your degree, you’ll delve deeper into these core subjects, as well as stochastic models, finance and financial reporting, business and, naturally, actuarial science itself. You’ll also produce a self-researched final-year project on an area that interests you and reflects your ambitions.

Learn how to effectively produce and apply empirical research through the development of extensive methodological skills and knowledge. You will gain a broad interdisciplinary perspective of research production and consumption while boosting your understanding and practice of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

You will directly benefit from the expertise of our staff. They will ensure that whatever your academic or professional background, you achieve the broadest possible interdisciplinary perspective on empirical research.

You will also benefit from independently pursuing a specialist subject through original research and selected modules.

We aim to give you an overview of key issues in research design and the philosophical foundations of social research.

On this four-year degree, you will develop advanced knowledge of game engine architecture, computer graphics and game design.

You’ll become an expert in industry-standard engines that power game development, as well as computer game architecture, and the games development process.

You will study at master’s level in your fourth year, learning alongside our internationally renowned researchers at the cutting edge of the subject.

• Gain the skills for a career in the thriving computer games sector, applying your computing expertise in a creative, dynamic and desirable industry
• Boost your professional credibility, employability and earning potential with a degree that satisfies the academic requirements for CEng status
• Become proficient in a broad range of programming languages and cutting-edge games programming techniques
• Boost your employability with an optional one-year work placement: past students have worked for Sony, PlayStation, Disney, Microsoft and Goldhawk Interactive
• Study in City’s computing labs, which include the latest hardware and software, such as state-of-art NVidia GPUs
• Gain three years of professional experience with our innovative Professional Pathway Scheme, combining paid employment and study.