The History Department's expertise covers a wide and diverse range of regions – from Europe and Africa to America, South Asia and the Middle East – and periods, with module choices ranging from the Crusades to the 1960s, slavery in America to Tudor monarchy and Cold War Berlin to medieval magic. In economics, you will study practical issues and explore the relationship between economics and society. This course places less emphasis on mathematical and statistical content, and instead you will focus on the relevance of these techniques to applied problems. Placements are a prominent feature of our degree course and highly encouraged. Through our links with the Careers, Placement and Experience Centre, you can source potential employers and help with CVs and letters of application. Staff in the History department also has close links with the university’s Institute of Education, Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) and Special Collections (archives), and with external organisations such as Cliveden House, English Heritage, Reading Museum, Reading Borough Library and the Berkshire Record Office. As a graduate you will have a broad range of transferable skills in research, analysis, presenting and group working. Recent graduates have found roles with The British Museum, The Football Association, House of Commons, Marks and Spencer, MI5, Morgan Stanley, PwC and Siemens Financial Services.