Course Overview

Lancaster's History and Religious Studies degree is taught collaboratively in our Department of History and our Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, where you will benefit from the guidance of scholars who are experts in their fields.

Your degree gives you the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of cross-cultural ethics, religion in society and the impact of religion on history, and vice versa. In addition to compulsory courses, you'll be able choose from a menu of optional modules and tailor your studies to the periods, movements, faiths and institutions that have shaped our world and inspire you the most.

You'll begin your degree with the core first-year modules From the Medieval to the Modern: History and Historians, and World Religions.  In your second and final years, you'll be able to study subjects such as The Origins and Rise of Islam; The Totalitarian City: Fascist Rome; Asian Religions, and New Religions and Alternative Spiritualties.

For a list of compulsory modules, please see the tab above.

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Career opportunities

The specialist skills and insight you'll gain while enriching your awareness of world history and faiths are transferrable to many vocations in the field of current affairs. Employers particularly value the research, critical analysis, writing and presentation skills Lancaster graduates develop. These skills  open up a wide range of careers.

Established career destinations for our graduates include business, the media, marketing, PR, publishing, the public sector and the Civil Service.

Many of our graduates also choose to continue into postgraduate studies with us, progressing into research and lecturing positions.