History

What will you learn?

The purpose of this Bachelor’s degree study programme is to acquire and internalize the basic level of education and special competences for the professional work of a historian, namely taking up high school knowledge. Students will acquire an overview of Czech and general history from prehistoric times up to the present and will acquaint themselves with the methodology and organization of historical research and important moments in historiography. Choosing facultative lectures and seminars, students can focus their interest in specific historical periods or topics. The study of history is intended not only for those concerned with the field of history and historiography, but also for people interested in other social sciences and humanities: the Bachelor’s degree study programme in history represents a suitable introduction to further study in different disciplines, since it provides basic information and findings about the function, logic, and structure of human society in the course of history. Students learn how to work with historical sources and how to obtain, analyse, and contextualize their information potential. Students are directed in both the individual searching and critical sorting of information. Abilities in relevant argumentation and independent critical thinking are particularly encouraged and desired. Acquiring such knowledge and competences is very important in terms of the nature of the field, i.e. the fact that knowledge and understanding of history is not direct, but mediated through historical evidence.

The Bachelor’s degree study programme is on offer either as one study programme (single-subject study) or a combination of two separate study programmes (two-subject study).

Practical training

No information available

Career opportunities

Graduates are qualified for posts as lower professional assistants in academic institutions, libraries, and information, documentation, and bibliographical centres and museums, as well as for work in the media and in publishing and in expert teams focused on culture and history in state and private institutions.

Admission requirements

Application guide

Deadlines

Study options

Single-subject studies

Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.

Combined studies

In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes.

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education

  • History (major), full-time studies
    + Social pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Education

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • History (major), full-time studies
    + Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • History (major), full-time studies
    + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • History (major), full-time studies
    + Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics

  • History (major), full-time studies
    + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies

Courses

An example of your study plan:

Single-subject studies

Combined studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Classical Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + German Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Mediterranean studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

History (major), full-time studies
 + Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

History (major), full-time studies
 + Social pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Education

History (major), full-time studies
 + Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics

History (major), full-time studies
 + European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Catalan Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Vietnamese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts

History (major), full-time studies
 + Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

History (major), full-time studies
 + Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

History (major), full-time studies
 + Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies

Follow-up studies

After completing the Bachelor’s degree study programme, it is possible to continue further studies (after satisfying the admission requirements) in the Master’s degree study programme of historical studies and related subjects.

Study information

Provided by Faculty of Arts
Type of studies Bachelor's
Mode full-time Yes
combined Yes
Study options single-subject studies Yes
single-subject studies with specialization No
major/minor studies Yes
Standard length of studies 3 years
Language of instruction Czech

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