Studying History: What's It Like?

from Cambridge from the Inside · host Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge

Stay tuned to hear Josh, 3rd-year History student, share everything you need to know about studying History at Cambridge! A full list of discussion points can be found below.00:00 Introductions 01:25 What does a day in the life look like for a History student? 02:25 How many essays, supervisions, and lectures do you have each week? 04:50 How much work goes into each essay? 07:20 How do you plan your free time for independent study? 09:10 Why Cambridge and not Oxford? 11:00 What is the History course structure like? 15:20 What are the differences between History at A Level and at university? 18:30 Dissertation on witchcraft25:00 What have your favourite modules been? 28:00 Choosing between Classics and History, and borrowing papers from other departments33:45 What are supervisions, and how have you found them? 37:40 Differences between History and other courses44:00 Is there any free time outside of studying? 46:00 Film Society at Cambridge