BA History
Goldsmiths, University of London
About this course
BA in History, exploring global connections and multicultural perspectives. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. A work placement module involves spending one day per week over one term at a cultural institution on a project such as archiving or exhibition development, and a Special Subject Dissertation allows independent research. Additional modules can be selected from other University of London colleges including King's College London and UCL.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 27 points overall with three HL subjects at 555
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What students say
Based on about 11 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 98%
- Learning opportunities: 89%
- Assessment and feedback: 89%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 56%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 73%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 45%
- Left higher education: 55%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 15%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 40%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 30%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 15%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 120 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 59%
- South East: 14%
- South West: 8%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 75%
- Other HE qualification: 20%
- Other qualifications: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Requires Improvement for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Global Connections
- Power, Emotions and Environment
- Reading and Writing History
- Historical Controversies
- Academic Skills for the Social Sciences/Humanities
- Radicalism and Revolution
- Communication, Propaganda and Power
- Race, Bodies and Empire
- Environment, Disease and the Anthropocene
- History at Work
- The Goldsmiths Project
- Art and Power
- A History of Violence
- Black and British: A Critical History
- Sex, Drugs and Colonial Control: Race, Vice and Deviance in the British Empire
- Islam and the West
- Researching and Writing: Crafting and Presenting Your Work
- Special Subject Dissertation
- Future Histories: Skills for the Twenty-First Century
- Pleasure, Power and the Raj: Leisure, Society and Social Networks in 19th Century India
- Global Cold War
- Witchcraft, Diabolic Possession and the Occult in Early Modern Europe
- WARGAMES: Fighting, Narrating and Understanding Modern Battle
- Workers of the World Unite: Marxism, Modernity and Revolution in the Twentieth Century
- How Democracy Dies: the Rise of the Nazis and the German Republic, 1918-33
- From Emancipations to Nations: Histories of Caribbean Decolonisation
- Rebellions in Paradise: Caribbean Emancipations 1791-1914
- Heresy and the Apocalypse
- Work Placement
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History at Goldsmiths, University of London earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £24,000 after 3 years, £29,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £34,500. The £29,500 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of BA History at Goldsmiths, University of London do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History at Goldsmiths, University of London?
98% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA History at Goldsmiths, University of London?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 27 points in the IB. The average entrant had 110 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA History at Goldsmiths, University of London?
45% of students continued into their second year, and 55% left higher education.