BA History
About this course
BA Hons in History, a history degree centred on the study of past societies, global change, and human culture. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Historical Research, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students benefit from access to specialist archive resources and opportunities for placements in heritage organisations. The first year covers foundational training through modules such as Handling Historical Evidence, Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, Revolutions in History, Controversy in History, and Modern Worlds. The second year examines major transformations through Who Makes History?, War and Transformation, and Human and Environment. In the final year, students complete a compulsory History Dissertation alongside core study in The Use and Abuse of History. Across the course, optional modules allow students to explore diverse periods and themes, ranging from political history and conflict to culture and environment, complemented by optional discovery modules spanning interdisciplinary topics.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 92%: 287 offers from 311 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 36 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 81%
- Academic support: 89%
- Organisation and management: 70%
- Learning resources: 97%
- Student voice: 66%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 65 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 38 graduates who answered
- Working: 61%
- Working and studying: 9%
- Further study: 21%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 55%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 120 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 48%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 16%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 4%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 14%
- South East: 3%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 2%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 70 students who started
- A levels: 93%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 6%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Handling Historical Evidence
- Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
- Revolutions in History
- Controversy in History
- Modern Worlds
- Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime
- Global Challenges in World Politics
- English across Space and Time
- History of Philosophy: Ideas that Shaped the West
- Parties, Populism and Protest
- Thinking Sociologically
- Who Makes History?
- War and Transformation
- Human and Environment
- Body, Mind and Society
- Death
- Britain in the 20th Century
- Inventing Rights
- Employability, Purpose and Social Impact (Discovery module)
- Global Challenges and Collaborative Solutions (Discovery module)
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- The Use and Abuse of History
- History Dissertation
- A Global History of the Cold War
- Advertising and Consumerism in Britain, 1853-1960
- Big Data and Dead People: Digital Histories of Crime, Justice and Punishment, 1760-1925
- Dangerous Thoughts': Soviet Dissent, Human Rights and the Cold War
- Fascism, Revolution and War in Spain: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
- Forging India: South Asia from Empire to Nation, 1829-1964
- From Balfour to Brexit: Britain as a Great Power since 1914
- From Rebellion to Revolution: The War for the Throne, 1199-1265
- Gender Identities in the People's War: Experiences, Representations and Memories
- Intelligent Design? Science, Religion and the Idea of Design in Nature, 1450-1800
- Paradise Lost: Colonisation and the Jamaican Environment, 1655-1838
- Participation, Splendour and Violence: The Italian City-States, c.1100-1350
- Victorian Bodies: Sex, Gender, Race and Power in Global Britain
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- People Power and Collective Action (Discovery module)
- Confronting the Climate Crisis (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History at Lancaster University earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £23,500 after 3 years, £29,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,500 and £35,500. The £29,500 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of BA History at Lancaster University do next?
91% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History at Lancaster University?
94% 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 Lancaster University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 35 points in the IB. The average entrant had 140 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA History at Lancaster University?
92% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 287 offers from 311 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
How many students continue on BA History at Lancaster University?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.