BA History
About this course
BA (Hons) in History, exploring past societies, global events, and cultural transformations. Core topics include Research Methods. Students complete a long essay in their final year.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,5,5 in 3 HL subjects. BTEC: Applications considered. BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits.
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 94%: 721 offers from 763 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 76 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 86%
- Learning resources: 97%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 170 students who started
- Continued on course: 96%
- Left higher education: 4%
What graduates do next
Based on about 44 graduates who answered
- Working: 62%
- Working and studying: 11%
- Further study: 20%
- Unemployed: 2%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 18%
- Administrative occupations: 16%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 13%
- Elementary occupations: 13%
- Sales occupations: 7%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 45%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 210 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 46%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 8%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 9%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 14%
- South East: 4%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 7%
Who gets in
Based on about 185 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- THE GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE PRESENT
- CONVERSION, CONFLICT, AND COEXISTENCE: MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
- EARLY MODERN WORLDS AND PEOPLES: 1400 - 1800
- UNDERSTANDING MODERN EUROPE
- PEOPLE, POWER AND POLITICS: APPROACHES TO MODERN BRITISH HISTORY C. 1880-2016
- THE REBEL CITY: SPACE, PLACE AND THE PUBLIC HISTORY OF LIVERPOOL
- THE HISTORIAN'S TOOLKIT
- THE LONG ESSAY
- HOTLINE TO HEAVEN: VISIONS, POWER AND MYSTICISM IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
- COLONIAL COSMOVISIONS: INDIGENOUS AND CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEWS IN AMERICA
- THE VIKINGS
- THE IBERIAN GLOBAL EMPIRES (C.1450 - C.1600)
- THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS, 1720-1812
- MOOD SWINGS: TRANSFORMATIONS OF EMOTION IN LATE ANTIQUITY
- RIGHTS AND RECORDS
- TESTING TIMES: FRENCH HISTORY FROM THE COMMUNE TO CHARLIE HEBDO (1871-2015)
- THEMES IN CHINESE HISTORY
- MUSEUMS AND MUSEOLOGY: HISTORIES, PRACTICES AND FUTURES
- PLACEMENT YEAR PREPARATION
- GLOBAL PUBLIC SPACES: RESISTANCE, JUSTICE AND HERITAGE
- DISOBEDIENT BODIES: GENDER, POWER AND SEXUAL POLITICS IN MODERN BRITAIN AND EUROPE
- PEOPLE AND POLITICS IN LATE-TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN
- THE AMERICAN AGE: THE UNITED STATES IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FROM MCKINLEY TO EISENHOWER
- THE HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE IN BRITAIN: FROM ROMAN TIMES TO THE 1980S
- HISTORY IN PRACTICE
- HOW (NOT) TO BE A HERETIC: A HISTORICAL ROLEPLAYING GAME
- WAR STORIES: PERSONAL HISTORIES OF WAR IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
- THEMES IN AFRICAN HISTORY: AN INTRODUCTION
- USES OF THE PAST: HISTORY IMPACT MODULE
- HISTORY DISSERTATION
- METROPOLIS: CRISIS AND REFORM IN THE GREAT CITIES 1840-1920
- RIGHTS AND RECORDS
- CIVIL WAR AND THE SELF: HUMAN HISTORIES OF THE NORTHERN IRISH TROUBLES 1969-2019
- BEHIND THE BATTLEFIELDS: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN BRITAIN AND GERMANY, 1914-1918
- SLAVERY, RACE, RESISTANCE AND FREEDOM IN AMERICA
- THE HENRICIAN REFORMATION
- "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?" GAMES AND FESTIVALS IN THE CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPIRE
- MONSTERS: A GLOBAL HISTORY
- THE MAKING OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA AND PAN-AFRICAN MOVEMENT
- WHITENESS IN MODERN BRITAIN: BETWEEN POWER AND PRIVILEGE
- FATAL VISIONS: WITCHCRAFT, THE DEVIL AND FEAR IN EARLY MODERN BRITAIN
- BRITISH AMERICANS? SOCIETY, CULTURE AND POLITICAL IDENTITIES IN THE COLONIAL ATLANTIC
- CONFRONTING CATASTROPHE?: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORIES OF BRITAIN, EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1800
- VIKINGS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND
- AMERICA AND THE WORLD, 1939-1945
- NUCLEAR BRITAIN: VOICES, ARCHIVES, LEGACIES
- THE AGE OF CATASTROPHE: POLITICS, CULTURE AND THE SELF IN EUROPE, 1930-1950
- STALIN'S GULAG
- UNDERSTANDING MASS MURDER: THE HISTORY OF MASSACRE, GENOCIDE AND EXTERMINATION FROM SPARTA TO MYANMAR
- THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History at University of Liverpool earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £23,500 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,000 and £35,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,500 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of BA History at University of Liverpool do next?
93% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History at University of Liverpool?
92% 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 University of Liverpool?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 128 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA History at University of Liverpool?
94% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 721 offers from 763 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA History at University of Liverpool include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA History at University of Liverpool?
96% of students continued into their second year, and 4% left higher education.