This course gives you opportunities to explore the subject which are probably unrivalled anywhere else in the UK or Europe. It combines the flexibility of the History BA programme with the opportunity to spend the third year studying abroad at an institution in North or South America, or Ireland. The Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPCs) are intensive one-year foundation courses for international students of high academic potential who are aiming to gain access to undergraduate degree programmes at UCL and other top UK universities. It is designed to teach many transferable skills: how to gather and organize evidence; how to analyze it and present a structured argument; how to express yourself clearly both in writing and orally. UCL's History graduates have excelled in a wide range of occupations, as lawyers, financial advisers, stockbrokers, television producers, diplomats, journalists, bankers, teachers, and in the health service, the police and overseas development programmes, as well as in progressing to further study.