Online history courses
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Online short courses
Our short online courses in history, including local and social include live-time weekly classes, day schools, lecture series and flexible online courses.
Credit earned from some of these courses is transferable towards our Certificate of Higher Education - a part-time undergraduate course in which you study a main subject discipline, but also undertake study in other academic subjects.
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Online Advanced Diploma in Local History
The Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History is a one-year part-time course providing training in key concepts and methods of historical studies. It is delivered entirely online, so you can work at home with access to the course material, your tutor and fellow students.
The course will help you improve the key skills you need for historical research, especially the manipulation of information using databases. With the help of your tutor, you will produce your own piece of local historical research. Formal qualifications are not essential - just enthusiasm for the subject and a high level of commitment and motivation.
Find out more about the Advanced Diploma.
Student spotlights
Rebecca Davis
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Rebecca Davis
Oxford’s Continuing Education Department has been Rebecca's first experience of Higher Education.
João Gomes Ramos
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João Gomes Ramos
To help fill the gaps in his historical training for his future PhD, Portuguese lawyer João enrolled on our online Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History.
Garyfallia Katsiara
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Garyfallia Katsiara
Garyfallia enrolled on our Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History which she completed entirely online from her home in Athens.
Upcoming courses
- Wed 23 Apr 2025 – 25 Jun 2025
- 10 meetings
- 11:00am – 12:00pm
- Thu 24 Apr 2025 – 26 Jun 2025
- 10 meetings
- 2:00 – 3:00pm
- Mon 28 Apr 2025 – 11 Jul 2025
- Mon 28 Apr 2025 – 11 Jul 2025
- Wed 07 May 2025 – 18 Jul 2025
- Wed 14 May 2025 – 25 Jul 2025