International Bachelor History

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

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We tonen daarom de Engelstalige opleidingsinformatie.
This programme takes a unique approach by focusing on how history shapes present-day societies. You focus on modern history from a political, cultural, social or economic perspective.

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locatieRotterdam
diplomaBA 
typeregulier, 180 EC
start1 september
taalvolledig English
opleidingsduur3 jaar voltijd
accreditatiesNVAO
croho-code56034
numerus fixusnee
honoursheeft honours track
During the International Bachelor History, you will acquire a thorough understanding of how changes and continuities in the past influence our daily lives and you learn to explain the crucial connection between past en present. 

You primarily look at modern history (from 1500 and onwards) through a social, cultural, political and economic lens. This means that you study history more thematically (e.g. the history of migration and citizenship) and less based on historical periods – as is usual in other history departments.
You will learn to answer questions such as: How do games like Call of Duty perpetuate myths about the war, but also how they influence our thinking about the past? Why did so many European countries become rich while African countries have remained poor? What is the influence of movies such as Schindler’s List and Inglorious Bastards on our historical thinking? And how is diversity within football teams partly due to the colonial past of the country?


					

Waarom aan de Erasmus?

Keuzegids beste opleiding
2020 : 1e plaats

Your History programme at Erasmus University Rotterdam is centered around themes. Focusing on themes lets you keep an eye on the bigger picture. Which teaches you to establish links between historical and contemporary developments and learn not just to understand the past but also the issues facing society today. This is the ideal programme for you if your interest goes beyond history alone, if you are curious, and want to learn how to connect yesterday with today.

Five reasons to study International Bachelor History at the EUR:

thanks to the engaged groups and the mentor system, you receive personal help with your studies;
you will share the classroom with students from all over the world;
the programme is oriented towards the labour market and has close ties with the corporate world;
the programme receives a high score in the annual National Student Survey;
the EUR offers a number of high-quality master's programmes that complement the bachelor, including the Erasmus Mundus Programme GLOCAL.

Focusing on themes lets you keep an eye on the big picture, which teaches you to establish links between historical and contemporary developments and learn not just to understand the past but also the issues facing society today. This is the ideal programme for you if your interest goes beyond history alone, if you are curious and want to learn how to connect yesterday with today.

Studieprogramma

afstudeerrichting Social History

This theme focuses on the history of social processes and structures, as well as on daily life and ordinary people.

Once the historical study of social processes and structures, today social history also focuses on daily life and ordinary people. Family, gender, labour, crime, migration, ethnicity, technology and urban spaces are recurrent themes in this established historical discipline. In this focus area, we will concentrate on a broad array of socio-historical topics – from the history of generations to recent debates on the history of global inequality.

afstudeerrichting Economic History

This theme focuses on the history of economics.

Since the Industrial Revolution, economic growth has been substantially higher than population growth. Consequently, for most people, the existential fear that this year's crop will not last until the next, became irrelevant. Growth was so fast that, especially in the Western world, consumption, military expenditures and wars could reach levels never seen before. At the same time, the entire world was drawn into a global economic system; business internationalised and inequality between the rich North and the poor South grew. These topics are central to this focus area.

afstudeerrichting International Relations

This theme focuses on the history of international relations.

Traditionally, the approach to history has always been from the perspective of one nation-state; history of international relations implied diplomats and armies. However, apart from the history of diplomatic relations and power politics, the history of international relations also involves the history of multinational companies, supranational organisations like the UNO or EU, international movements like the youth movement of the 1960s, or 19th century migration from Europe to the USA to find a better future in a faraway country. In this focus area we try to understand and analyse history in such an international context.

afstudeerrichting Cultural History

This theme focuses on the changing meaning of material and immaterial culture.

In its broadest definition, 'culture' refers to the expressions of human life: stories, traditions, monuments, ruins, and other heritage, as well as films, TV series, websites, and apps. Cultural history studies the changing meaning of this material and immaterial culture. In this focus area, we study rituals and symbols of memory communities, diaries and letters, classical works of cultural history, and the history of cultural encounters in the globalising world.

Onderwijs

onderwijs
bindend studieadvies
honours

taal van onderwijs	100% en
avondonderwijs	n.v.t.
afstandsonderwijs	n.v.t.

onderwijsvormen

lecture, seminar, tutorial, working group

objectives

This programme will acquire a thorough understanding of how changes and continuities in the past influence our daily lives and learn to explain the crucial connection between past and present.

bindend studieadvies

minimaal 60 EC in de eerste 12 maanden

honours-/excellence program History Honours Class

In the second year of the History bachelor programme, the Department offers a select group of students the opportunity to enrol in an Honours Class worth 15 credits.

The sessions organised within the context of the Honours Class are intended for a more in-depth treatment of subjects studied within the regular curriculum. In this programme, students make an intensive review and comparison of a number of selected texts and discuss their insights among themselves and with the lecturer. They round off these textual studies with a written assignment. The selected texts relate to the following three core components of the degree programme: theory, research and practice. Each block focuses on one of these three core components:

Block 2: Liberty and inequality
Block 3: State and Society
Block 4: Beyond State and Society

In the Honours Class, we will also go into how 'thinking about the relationship between state and society' has changed over time. Moreover, the students' intensive interaction with the underlying texts ensures that the programme is cohesive in substantive terms. As such, the Honours Class presents participants with a unique opportunity to gain a more profound understanding of the subject matter. This is only possible to a limited degree during regular lectures, which are attended by a relatively large number of students.

Toelating en kosten

toelaatbare profielen

vwo N&T	toelaatbaar
vwo N&G	toelaatbaar
vwo E&M	toelaatbaar
vwo C&M	toelaatbaar
hbo-p	toelaatbaar
WO propedeuse	toelaatbaar

toelatingseisen

vooropleiding

taaltoets
Non-native speakers of English are required to demonstrate proof of proficiency in English through any of the following:

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 100. All subscores should be at least 23.
IELTS (International English language Testing System) with a minimum score of 7.0 overall. Subscores should be 6.5 at least.
CAE (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English): grade B, A
CPE (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English): grade C, B, A
Dutch vwo grade of 7.0 or higher in English (final exam vwo-6)
International Baccalaureate with English at Higher or Standard Level.
European Baccalaureate with English as first or second language.

motivatiebrief
Your personal motivation letter must include six items:

Personal information: your full name, date of birth, complete postal address, e-mail address and (mobile) phone number;
Why you wish to take a bachelor's degree in history;
Why you want to enrol in IBHistory (instead of another programme in history);
Why you would like to study at Erasmus University Rotterdam;
Your international career aspirations;
Your international background, including nationality, previous education and international experience.

The letter must be written in English and be no longer than two pages.

Keuzehulp

Studievergelijker

Erasmus
Universiteit Leiden
RUG
Radboud Universiteit
UU
Amsterdam UVA
Amsterdam VU

1/11 Erasmus
International Bachelor History

Keuzegids beste opleiding 2020 1e

€ 342 gemiddelde kamerhuur

49 eerstejaars

46% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Engelstalig

> bekijk opleiding

2/11 Erasmus
Geschiedenis

Keuzegids beste opleiding 2022 1e 70

€ 342 gemiddelde kamerhuur

49 eerstejaars

46% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Nederlandstalig

> bekijk opleiding

3/11 Universiteit Leiden
Geschiedenis

€ 350 gemiddelde kamerhuur

122 eerstejaars

40% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Nederlandstalig

> bekijk opleiding

4/11 RUG
Geschiedenis

€ 303 gemiddelde kamerhuur

175 eerstejaars

46% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Nederlandstalig
100% Engelstalig

> bekijk opleiding

5/11 Radboud Universiteit
Geschiedenis

€ 315 gemiddelde kamerhuur

57 eerstejaars

29% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Nederlandstalig
100% Engelstalig

> bekijk opleiding

6/11 Radboud Universiteit
Comparative European History

€ 315 gemiddelde kamerhuur

? eerstejaars

NAN% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Engelstalig

> bekijk opleiding

7/11 UU
History

€ 336 gemiddelde kamerhuur

75 eerstejaars

?% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Engelstalig

> bekijk opleiding

8/11 UU
Geschiedenis

€ 336 gemiddelde kamerhuur

190 eerstejaars

?% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Nederlandstalig

> bekijk opleiding

9/11 Amsterdam UVA
Geschiedenis

€ 424 gemiddelde kamerhuur

69 eerstejaars

55% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Nederlandstalig

> bekijk opleiding

10/11 Amsterdam VU
History and International Studies

€ 424 gemiddelde kamerhuur

8 eerstejaars

62% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Engelstalig

> bekijk opleiding

11/11 Amsterdam VU
Geschiedenis

Elsevier

€ 424 gemiddelde kamerhuur

8 eerstejaars

62% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

50% Nederlandstalig
50% Engelstalig

> bekijk opleiding

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Na de studie

The master History of Society at Erasmus University has topped the rankings for best history master in the Netherlands for the last couple of years. We offer two specialisations Applied History and Global History and International Relations. And the two-year Erasmus Mundus programme Global Markets, Local Creativities.

Beroepsperspectief / arbeidsmarkt

In many respects, historians are highly valued in the labor market, particularly in the field of politics, education, journalism, business and government administration. Historians have extensive knowledge of the past, which enables them to identify current issues in global society. They are able to gather information rapidly, assess various digital and printed sources, and compose a coherent argument.

Their historical knowledge and skills are crucial in today's world, but they are also essential for you, as a historian, involved with, for instance, designing historical expositions, teaching, writing articles in newspapers.

The way history functions in society, plays a central role in the International Bachelor History. Therefore, significant attention is given to current problems and their historical background, in a globalising and digitalising world. Graduates are not only specialists, they are also professionals with a wide social and historical knowledge.

aansluitende masteropleidingen

instelling	opleiding	instroomeisen
Universiteit Leiden	African Studies	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	African Studies (Research) research	+ aanv. eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Worlds	geen aanvullende eisen
UU	Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies research	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam VU	Comparative Arts and Media Studies	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam VU	Design Cultures	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Asian Studies (60EC)	+ aanv. eisen
UvH	Burgerschap & Kwaliteit van Samenleven	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies research	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam VU	Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) research	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam VU	Ancient Studies full-time,part-time	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam VU	Journalistiek	+ 30 EC pre-master
RUG	Cultural Leadership research	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam VU	Curating Art and Cultures	+ basiskennis + motivatiebrief + toelatingsgesprek + instaptoets
RUG	DDM Religion and Pluralism	+ motivatiebrief
RUG	Digital Humanities	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	East Asian Studies	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam VU	Educatie in de Mens- en Maatschappijwetenschappen educational	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Euroculture (EM)	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	European Politics in a Global Perspective	+ aanv. eisen
RUG	Europese Studies	geen aanvullende eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Europese Studies	+ aanv. eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Filosofie van de geschiedenis	geen aanvullende eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Filosofie van een bepaald wetenschapsgebied	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Geopolitics & Connectivity	+ aanv. eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Geschiedenis	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Geschiedenis	geen aanvullende eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Geschiedenis en Actualiteit	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Geschiedenis Vandaag	geen aanvullende eisen
Amsterdam UVA	Geschiedenis van de internationale betrekkingen	geen aanvullende eisen
Amsterdam UVA	Publieksgeschiedenis	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Heritage and Religion	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam VU	Heritage Studies full-time,part-time	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam UVA	Heritage Studies: Heritage and Memory Studies dual	+ aanv. eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Historical Studies research	+ cijfergemiddelde + toelatingsgesprek + motivatiebrief
Radboud Universiteit	Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies research	+ aanv. eisen
UU	History research	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	History	geen aanvullende eisen
Erasmus	History part-time	geen aanvullende eisen
Universiteit Leiden	History (Research) research	+ cijfergemiddelde + toelatingsgesprek + motivatiebrief
Universiteit Leiden	Ancient History research	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Ancient History	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence research	+ basiskennis + aanvullende vakeisen + cijfergemiddelde + motivatiebrief
Universiteit Leiden	Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Colonial and Global History research	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Colonial and Global History	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Europe 1000-1800 research	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Europe 1000-1800	+ basiskennis + aanvullende vakeisen
Universiteit Leiden	Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present research	+ aanv. eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present	+ aanv. eisen
RUG	History and Heritage Consultancy	geen aanvullende eisen
UU	History and Philosophy of Science research	geen aanvullende eisen
Amsterdam VU	Global History and International Studies	geen aanvullende eisen
Amsterdam VU	Medical and Health Humanities	geen aanvullende eisen
Amsterdam VU	Religion and Society	geen aanvullende eisen
Amsterdam VU	Global History research	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	International Political Economy	+ aanv. eisen
RUG	International Relations and International Organization	+ aanv. eisen
RUG	International Security	+ aanv. eisen
RUG	Internationale Betrekkingen (60 EC)	+ aanv. eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Klassieke Cultuur	+ aanvullende vakeisen
Universiteit Leiden	Latin American Studies (Research) research	+ aanv. eisen
UU	Leraar VHO godsdienst/levensbeschouwing full-time,part-time educational	+ aanv. eisen
Amsterdam UVA	Lerarenopleiding Geschiedenis en staatsinrichting educational	geen aanvullende eisen
Amsterdam UVA	Lerarenopleiding Geschiedenis en staatsinrichting part-time educational	geen aanvullende eisen
Amsterdam VU	English Literature in a Visual Culture	+ aanv. eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Literatuur en Samenleving	+ aanv. eisen
UvH	Master Humanistiek	geen aanvullende eisen
UvH	Master Zorgethiek en Beleid	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Midden-Oostenstudies	geen aanvullende eisen
Universiteit Leiden	Middle Eastern Studies	+ aanv. eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Nederland-Duitsland Studies	+ toelatingsgesprek + motivatiebrief
Universiteit Leiden	North American Studies	+ aanv. eisen
RUG	Oude Geschiedenis	geen aanvullende eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Oudheidstudies	+ aanvullende vakeisen
RUG	Politics, Organizations and Learning Histories	geen aanvullende eisen
Radboud Universiteit	Politiek en Parlement	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Religious Diversity in a Globalised World (EM) research	+ cijfergemiddelde + toelatingsgesprek + motivatiebrief
RUG	Theologie & Religiewetenschappen	+ aanv. eisen
RUG	Theologie & Religiewetenschappen research	+ cijfergemiddelde + toelatingsgesprek + motivatiebrief
Radboud Universiteit	Tourism and Culture	geen aanvullende eisen
RUG	Vertalen in Europa	+ aanv. eisen

bron: doorstroommatrix.nl

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