This course provides you with an excellent and rigorous education exploring the events and ideas which have shaped, and continue to shape, the world around us.  Your time here will be rich, stimulating and enjoyable, and you will graduate as an independently-minded, confident individual with the skills required for a successful career. You will critically consider the work of the great philosophers of the past while engaging with cutting edge contemporary debates. In your study of history, you will explore a rich array of past cultures - ancient, medieval and modern. This will sharpen your insight into how societies functioned in the past, encouraging a more critical awareness of the problems of the present - complementing your studies in philosophy.