History Degrees Online

A major in history requires a total of 30 semester hours of which nine semester hours should be in the field of American history, exclusive of survey courses, and nine semester hours outside American history, exclusive of European survey courses.

ACADEMIC MAJOR Semester Hours
History 1301 and 1302 6
History 2331 and 2332 6
Advanced United States History 9
Advanced non-United States History 9
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Communication 2301 3
Computer Literacy (Animal Science 1351,
Communication 2345, Computer Science 1331, Education 2323,
Business Computer Information Systems 1305, Journalism 2345, Music 2353, University Studies 2323) 3
English 1301, 1302, and sophomore literature 12
Government 2301 and 2302 6
Mathematics 1302, 1303, 1311, 1312, 1321, 1332, 2331, or 2332 3
Natural Science (two lab sciences: biology, chemistry, geology, physics, physical science) 8
Physical Activity 1
Social Science (economics, geography, psychology, sociology) lower division 3
Visual and Performing Arts (art, drama, music) lower division 3
Modern Languages 2311 (if Spanish 2310 or 2311), 2312 (also 1301, 1302 if necessary)* 6-12
Geography (in addition to any social science selection above)

Associated careers
As well as preparing you for postgraduate study, this degree will provide you with many of the key skills valued by employers today. It will be of particular value for individuals wishing to take up roles in museums, archives, the Civil Service, publishing, the media or teaching.

The range of course options available will allow you to fine-tune your studies to fit the requirements of a favoured career.

Assessment
Assessment is via a mix of examination, essays, case studies, field trip reports, document analyses, Internet search reports, book reviews and dissertation.

The seas and oceans represent the largest part of the biosphere, yet there is still much to discover about the biology of marine organisms and of marine environments. The biology of marine animals, plants and ecosystems are all very different from those of their more familiar terrestrial counterparts. Rather than being ‘low’ at the poles and ‘high’ in the tropics, marine diversity is focused around localised ‘hot-spots’ of temperate (including UK) rocky shores, tropical coral reefs, nutrient rich cold currents, ancient cold ocean basins and deep sea volcanic vents. Our Natural History programme, the first of its kind in the UK, was designed to bring together taxonomic and observational skills. This ability to closely observe nature has led to many more recent developments in animal behaviour, ecology, evolution and biogeography.

This programme of study is designed to introduce you to various aspects of marine ecology and marine biodiversity central to Marine Biology, while the Natural History components provide students with the knowledge and practical skills to describe, identify, and evaluate the conservation status of different species and their habitats. Natural History provides a range of biological topics, as well as natural history photography and other modules which help to develop observational skills, while Marine Biology provides a complementary ‘marine dimension’ including a specialist final year (self funded) residential ‘Practical Marine Biology’ module at a UK marine biology station.

The study of history provides students a better understanding of themselves and society. The history program offers a comprehensive introduction to Western Civilization and American History, along with a wide variety of other courses.

This program has five divisions: Japanese History, Oriental History, Occidental History, Archelogy, and Art history. Each of them uses ancient manuscripts, historical materials, and academic treatises as texts to explore the activities of humankind from antiquity down to the present time. Students in each division can also pursue specialized research in the history of culture and cultural exchange using artifacts and historical materials from each epoch; archeology based on the study of ruins and relics; and art history based on the study of buildings and works of art.

Admission requirements 2009

Qualifying examination
Specific subject levels (Danish upper secondary school):
Danish A
English B
History B or History of Ideas B or Contemporary History B
One other language at A level, but only B level in cases of a continuation language

If you do not have the right subject levels, you can take them as supplementary examination courses at upper secondary level.

You must meet the admission requirements and submit documentation no later than 5 July in the year of application.

The subject-specific level requirements must be passed in accordance with the degree programme’s regulations and marking assessment. This means grade 6 (Danish 13-point grading scale)/grade 2 (Danish 7-point grading scale) or higher. If several marks are included in the subject, the requirements are only met if the average grade is 6 (13-point grading scale)/grade 2 (7-point grading scale). You cannot meet the requirements by rounding up grades. This also counts if the subject is part of a fully qualifying examination.

Applicants with a foreign entrance examination
Applicants with a foreign entrance examination should read the general admission procedures for foreign applicants applying for Bachelor’s degree programmes taught in Danish, including how you find out whether or not you meet the above examination and subject level requirements.

Quota 2 prerequisite
To be assessed in quota 2, you must have completed your qualifying examination prior to the deadline for applications on 15 March. However, if you are more than 15 years of age and have been out of the school system for at least 1 year with a view to spending a period abroad, working, or similar, you can apply via quota 2 in the same year you expect to pass the qualifying examination.

As is the case with applicants in quota 1, applicants in quota 2 must meet the requirements regarding a qualifying examination and the specific admission requirements stated above. The following also applies:

Applicants in quota 2 are admitted pursuant to a quotient calculated from particularly relevant upper secondary school subjects. It is possible to improve your grade in the particular subjects within certain time limits.

Quota 2 subjects:
Danish A
English B

History B or History of Ideas B or Contemporary History B

One other language at A level, but only B level in cases of a continuation language

The assessment is based on the principle of a falling quota 2 quotient. This means that applicants with the highest average for the relevant subjects are admitted until there are no places left.

In calculating the quotient for the particularly relevant subjects, the best average is included for each individual subject at the required level or above, irrespective of whether the best average is achieved in the qualifying examination or by supplementing within the stipulated time limit.

The quota 2 quotient is calculated as a simple average rounded up to one decimal place and expressed by the 7-point grading scale. Grades given in accordance with the 13-point grading scale are converted to the 7-point grading scale before the average is calculated.

If there are more applicants with the quota 2 limit quotient than there are places available, the applicants admitted are those with the best quotient (average rounded up to one decimal place) in the A level subjects passed, regardless of the number of A level subjects – and regardless of whether the A level was achieved in the qualifying examination or by supplementing within the stipulated time limit. After that, applicants with the most A level subjects are selected.

The stated subject designations are those used in the current upper secondary school system. If you have corresponding subjects and levels from another upper secondary school examination, these are accepted in the quota 2 assessment.

Read more about the general conditions for applying in quota 2, opportunities for improving your marks and for calculating the special quota 2 grade point average, etc.

Conditional admission 2009
In 2009, Aarhus University offers conditional admission for all its Bachelor’s degree programmes.

Conditional admission means that you are considered as being admitted provided you document prior to commencing studies that your summer supplementary course enables you to meet the admission requirements.

Only one subject at one level
To get conditional admission, you can only supplement in one subject at one level, and you must document by 5 July at the latest that you are enrolled in a supplementary course.When you have passed the supplementary subject, you must submit your diploma to the educational institution.If you do not submit documentation, or if you do not pass the summer supplementary course, your student place is revoked.

Lower priority revoked
Please note that your chances of being enrolled in a lower priority degree programme are revoked if you are offered conditional admission.This means that you will not be offered a place in one of the lower priority degree programmes if you do not pass your summer supplementary course, and you will thus not be offered a student place for admission in 2009.

However, you will have the opportunity to apply for admission to any vacant places on equal terms with everyone else.Available vacant places are published on 30 July at www.au.dk/ledigepladser

Quota 2 and quota 1
If you apply for admission no later than 15 March, your application will be processed in both quota 2 and quota 1, provided you also meet the requirements for consideration in quota 1. However, your application for quota 2 will be assessed on the basis of the results you submit no later than 5 July.This therefore means that you cannot improve your subject average in quota 2 by means of a summer supplementary course in 2009.

Only in 2009
Conditional admission to Aarhus University is only offered in 2009. Information regarding conditional admission in 2010 and thereafter will be announced on this page at the beginning of 2010.

Admission requirements 2009

Qualifying examination

Specific subject levels (Danish upper secondary school):
Danish A
English B
History A or History of Ideas B or Contemporary History B
One other language at A level, but only B level in cases of a continuation language

If you do not have the right subject levels, you can take them as supplementary examination courses at upper secondary level.

You must meet the admission requirements and submit documentation no later than 5 July in the year of application.

The subject-specific level requirements must be passed in accordance with the degree programme’s regulations and marking assessment. This means grade 6 (Danish 13-point grading scale)/grade 2 (Danish 7-point grading scale) or higher. If several marks are included in the subject, the requirements are only met if the average grade is 6 (13-point grading scale)/grade 2 (7-point grading scale). You cannot meet the requirements by rounding up grades. This also counts if the subject is part of a fully qualifying examination.

Applicants with a foreign entrance examination
Applicants with a foreign entrance examination should read the general admission procedures for foreign applicants applying for Bachelor’s degree programmes taught in Danish, including how you find out whether or not you meet the above examination and subject level requirements.

Quota 2 prerequisite
To be assessed in quota 2, you must have completed your qualifying examination prior to the deadline for applications on 15 March. However, if you are more than 15 years of age and have been out of the school system for at least 1 year with a view to spending a period abroad, working, or similar, you can apply via quota 2 in the same year you expect to pass the qualifying examination.

As is the case with applicants in quota 1, applicants in quota 2 must meet the requirements regarding a qualifying examination and the specific admission requirements stated above. The following also applies:

Applicants in quota 2 are admitted pursuant to a quotient calculated from particularly relevant upper secondary school subjects. It is possible to improve your grade in the particular subjects within certain time limits.

Quota 2 subjects:

Danish A
English B

History B or History of Ideas B or Contemporary History B

One other language at A level, but only B level in cases of a continuation language

The assessment is based on the principle of a falling quota 2 quotient. This means that applicants with the highest average for the relevant subjects are admitted until there are no places left.

In calculating the quotient for the particularly relevant subjects, the best average is included for each individual subject at the required level or above, irrespective of whether the best average is achieved in the qualifying examination or by supplementing within the stipulated time limit.

The quota 2 quotient is calculated as a simple average rounded up to one decimal place and expressed by the 7-point grading scale. Grades given in accordance with the 13-point grading scale are converted to the 7-point grading scale before the average is calculated.

If there are more applicants with the quota 2 limit quotient than there are places available, the applicants admitted are those with the best quotient (average rounded up to one decimal place) in the A level subjects passed, regardless of the number of A level subjects – and regardless of whether the A level was achieved in the qualifying examination or by supplementing within the stipulated time limit. After that, applicants with the most A level subjects are selected.

The stated subject designations are those used in the current upper secondary school system. If you have corresponding subjects and levels from another upper secondary school examination, these are accepted in the quota 2 assessment.

Read more about the general conditions for applying in quota 2, opportunities for improving your marks and for calculating the special quota 2 grade point average, etc.

Conditional admission 2009
In 2009, Aarhus University offers conditional admission for all its Bachelor’s degree programmes.

Conditional admission means that you are considered as being admitted provided you document prior to commencing studies that your summer supplementary course enables you to meet the admission requirements.

Only one subject at one level
To get conditional admission, you can only supplement in one subject at one level, and you must document by 5 July at the latest that you are enrolled in a supplementary course.When you have passed the supplementary subject, you must submit your diploma to the educational institution.If you do not submit documentation, or if you do not pass the summer supplementary course, your student place is revoked.

Lower priority revoked
Please note that your chances of being enrolled in a lower priority degree programme are revoked if you are offered conditional admission.This means that you will not be offered a place in one of the lower priority degree programmes if you do not pass your summer supplementary course, and you will thus not be offered a student place for admission in 2009.

However, you will have the opportunity to apply for admission to any vacant places on equal terms with everyone else.Available vacant places are published on 30 July at www.au.dk/ledigepladser

Quota 2 and quota 1
If you apply for admission no later than 15 March, your application will be processed in both quota 2 and quota 1, provided you also meet the requirements for consideration in quota 1. However, your application for quota 2 will be assessed on the basis of the results you submit no later than 5 July.This therefore means that you cannot improve your subject average in quota 2 by means of a summer supplementary course in 2009.

Only in 2009
Conditional admission to Aarhus University is only offered in 2009. Information regarding conditional admission in 2010 and thereafter will be announced on this page at the beginning of 2010.

Admission
The requirements for admission to the Master’s degree programme in art history vary according to the line you wish to enrol in.
Line A: For students who have a Bachelor’s degree with either art history or aesthetics and culture as their core subject, or a Bachelor’s degree with another core subject plus a supplementary subject in either aesthetics and culture or visual culture.
Line B: For students who have a Bachelor’s degree with art history as their core subject and the first part of a subsidiary subject also taught at upper secondary school.
Line C: For students who have a Bachelor’s degree with another subject taught at upper secondary school as their core subject plus the first part of a subsidiary subject in pictorial art and design (45 ECTS credits).
Line D: For students who have a Bachelor’s degree with art history as their core subject plus the first part of a subsidiary subject (45 ECTS credits) in another subject taught at upper secondary school from another university or another main study area.
* For students with a subsidiary subject in science or social science with a 30 ECTS credits study period extension, the terms change from 2–4 to 3–5.

Lines
A Master’s degree in art history counts as two years of full-time study (120 ECTS credits) and has four lines:
Line A: In line A, you have two years of art history studies (120 ECTS credits) with 30 optional ECTS credits.
Line B: Line B involves one year of art history studies (60 ECTS credits) and 10 optional ECTS credits, combined with one year of studies in another subject taught at upper secondary school.
Line C: In line C, you have two years of art history studies (120 ECTS credits), but only 10 optional ECTS credits.
Line D: In line D, you have one year and three months of art history studies (75 ECTS credits) and 25 optional ECTS credits.

CAREER
Job profile

The five most common career paths for history of ideas graduates are:

Teaching: Most graduates from the Department of the History of Ideas get jobs as teachers at universities, business schools, schools of architecture, upper secondary schools, training colleges, library schools and folk high schools.
Communication and IT: As a history of ideas graduate, you can also work in the communication industry as an information officer, copywriter or consultant.

Organisational development: Graduates who have specialised in organisational and management ideas have career opportunities as organisational and process consultants in private and public sector organisations, due to their skills in analysing contexts and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration.

Art and culture: Some history of ideas graduates work in the publishing industry as cultural officers for newspapers or television channels and as information officers at cultural institutions.

Research: You can also choose to work in research by studying for a PhD either at the university or in collaboration with a private company. For more information about PhD degree programmes at the Faculty of Humanities, click here.

Competence profile
A Master’s degree programme in the history of ideas gives you competences in the following areas:
Contexts and synergy: As a historian of ideas, you have a general understanding of many different academic traditions. You are therefore able to create interdisciplinary synergy and cohesion.
Independence and new thinking: At the Department of the History of Ideas, you have learnt not to take general truths for granted, but to develop new theories and argue their validity.
Structure and analysis: In the course of your studies, you have read many difficult theoretical texts and have thus gained experience in working methodically and critically, and in distinguishing between what is important and what is less important.

General overview and in-depth study: As a historian of ideas, you have acquired an overview of the generation of the most important European ideas from Antiquity up to the present day. You are also good at in-depth study of a specific, well-defined subject.

CAREER
Competence profile
With a Master’s degree in the history of science, you have the following competences:
You have a general understanding of the historical development of the different branches of science, including their interaction with contemporary periods, society and other academic disciplines.
You are familiar with the different practices and subject areas of science as seen in an historical perspective.
You are able to analyse different episodes in the history of science and place them in the correct historical and developmental context.
You are able to communicate science and the history of science in different contexts and to different audiences.
You can put science knowledge into perspective with other forms of knowledge and place it in the correct historical context.
You can structure your own competence development independently and critically.
You are able to systematically and critically familiarise yourself with new subject areas.
You can collaborate constructively on a scientific basis about science challenges and opportunities.

Job profile
History of science graduates from the University of Aarhus have found work in many different areas, including research, communication and education, in both the private and the public sectors. With background knowledge in science and an historical perspective regarding this knowledge, you have numerous opportunities to collaborate in interdisciplinary contexts, and many graduates use their ability to reflect on scientific practices in their further careers.