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* Module 3 – coursework – is covered by a section of general advice.

+Module 6PS – coursework – is also covered by a section of general advice.

Alternatives A to L	Module 1 content	Module 3 content*	Module 4 content	Module 6W content/6PS +
A: Crusading Europe, 1046-1223	The Crusading Movement and the Latin East, 1095-1192	Medieval Monasticism	Medieval Europe, 1046-1223	Medieval Heresy, 1160-1242
B: Europe in Transition, c.1470-1610	Religious Change and its Consequences in Sixteenth-century Europe	The French Wars of Religion	The State, Authority and Conflict	Henry IV of France: A Modern King?
C: Absolutist States in Europe, 1640-1790	Absolutist States in Europe, 1640-1725	The Crisis of the the French Monarchy, 1715-43	Monarchy in the Age of Enlightenment	Reform in the Hapsburg Monarchy, 1765-1790
D: Revolution, Conservatism and Nationalism in Europe, 1789-1914	Revolution and Conservatism in France and Europe, 1789-1825	Europe, 1825-50	Nationalism and the State, Europe 1814-1914	The Crowd in the French Revolution, 1789-94
E: Rivalry and Conflict in Europe, 1825-1941	Germany and Russia before the First World War, 1870-1914	The Balkans, 1870-1914	Germany, Russia and the Soviet Union in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	Hitler and the Origins of the Second World War, 1933-41
F: Russia and the USSR, 1855-1991	Tsarist and Revolutionary Russia, 1855-1917	Revolutionary Russia, 1917-1929	Russia and the USSR, 1881-1985	The End of the Soviet Union c.1968-91
G: Germany from Unification to Re-unification, 1871-1990	Imperial and Weimar Germany, 1871-1925	Germany, c.1925-1938	Germany, c.1880-c.1980	The Re-unification of Germany, c.1969-90
H: Aspects of Twentieth Century World History from 1900 to the Present Day	The Emergence of the Super-Powers and the New World Order, 1900-62	Decolonisation in Africa	Aspects of European and World History, 1900 to the Present Day	The United Nations, 1945-1989
J: Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes, c.1848-c.1956	The Origins and Consolidation of Totalitarian Regimes, 1918-39	The Effects of World War I, 1915-24	Totalitarian Ideologies, Economic, Social and Foreign Policies, 1848-1956	The Holocaust, 1938-45
K: Social and Economic History, 1870-1979	Social and Economic History, 1914-1939	Aspects of British Economic and Social History, 1870-1950	Economic and Social History, 1870-1979	The World Economy: Free Trade, Protection and European Co-operation, 1870-1970
L: The United States, 1870-1991	United States’ Foreign Policy, 1890-1991	Inter-War America, 1919-1941	Aspects of Domestic Issues in the USA, 1877-1989	The USA and Vietnam, 1963-73

Alternatives M to U	Module 2 content	Module 3 content*	Module 5 content	Module 6W content
M: Britain, 1060-1216	The Norman Conquest: Britain, 1060-1087	Aspects of the Norman Conquest, 1066-1087	Authority, Reform and Rebellion: Britain, 1087-1216	The Anarchy of King Stephen’s Reign
N: Britain, 1483-1603	Henry VII and the Establishment of a Secure Monarchy, 1483-1515	Aspects of Tudor England, 1483-c.1529	Reformation, Reaction and the Age of Elizabeth, c.1525-1603	The Problem of Poverty in Tudor England
O: Britain, 1603-1714	James I and the Making of the Stuart Monarchy, 1603-1625	Aspects of Stuart History, 1603-c.1640	Monarchy Challenged, Rejected, Restored and Restrained, 1625-1714	Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain?
P: Britain, 1714-1802	Early Georgian Britain, 1714-1748	Aspects of British History, 1714-1802	Britain, 1748-1802	Politics and Patronage in the Later Years of George II, 1748-60
Q: Britain, 1815-1914	Britain, 1815-1841	Aspects of British History, 1815-1841	Britain, 1841-1914	Britain and the Scramble for Africa, 1880-95
R: Britain, 1895-1951	Britain, 1895-1918	Aspects of British History, 1895-1921	Britain, 1918-1951	Changes in the Provision of Education, 1918-51
S: British Economic and Social History, c.1750-1914	The Industrial Revolution: Change and Opportunity in the Economy and Society, c.1750-c.1830	Aspects of British Economic and Social History, 1750-1830	Maturity, Change and Crisis in the British Economy and Society, c.1830-1914	Public Health: Problems and Policies, 1830-1914
T: Liberal Democracies, c.1787-c.1939	The Emergence of Democracies, 1787-1832	Aspects of British History, 1832-48	The Development of Democracies	Great Britain and Appeasement in the 1930s
U: Britain, 1929-1998	Britain, 1929-51	Aspects of British History, 1929-51	Britain, 1951-97	Britain and Ireland, 1969-98

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