This joint honours course has the flexibility for you to develop your own areas of specialism and expertise so you can shape your degree to suit you. In the process, you’ll develop a range of skills that will stand out to employers.Compulsory modules in history will give you a firm foundation in historical skills and in the diverse ways the past is researched and understood. You can also choose from a wide selection of optional modules to explore periods, themes and communities that really interest you, from medieval to modern, and from empires and decolonisation to the history of everyday life.In philosophy, you’ll discover key concepts and topics such as argument construction, moral and political philosophy, the history of modern philosophy, and the nature of knowledge and reality, as well as applied philosophy in topics such as bioethics, race, gender and the philosophy of war and terrorism. Both the School of History and School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science are large enough to allow you to pursue an impressively diverse range of research interests across both subjects.Specialist facilitiesThe University of Leeds has world-class facilities for students of Philosophy and History. The University libraries are among the largest in the UK and offer a course of workshops and webinars to help you make the most of their collections, digital resources and databases.Take a look around our libraries:Brotherton LibraryLaidlaw Library Edward Boyle Library The Brotherton Library’s Special Collections holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and printed material ranging from the 13th to the 20th centuries. You'll get to explore and handle primary sources throughout your degree and the University has excellent resources for historians. Highlights include:manorial records that explore the lives of ordinary people from the 13th-16th centuries.the Leeds Russian Archive a resource for the study of Anglo-Russian relations into the 20th centurythe Gypsy, Traveller and Roma collection that spans the 16th century up to the modern dayFeminist Archive North that includes local, regional and international feminist newsletters, journals and pamphletsthe Liddle Collection of personal papers from thousands of people who lived through the First and Second World WarsThe Special Collections Research Centre has recently undergone an extensive refurbishment and extension, after a generous bequest from the John Victor Bedford Will Trust. This provides new working spaces for individuals or groups and new teaching spaces that feature visualisers and projectors, allowing you to engage with primary sources using the latest techniques. Skills@Library offers training courses to help you make the most of the library’s collections, digital resources and databases. In addition, it can provide one-to-one support to taught students on a wide range of topics, including academic writing, research skills, and data analysis.