BA History
About this course
BA Honours in History, covering periods from prehistory to the modern era. Core topics include Data Analysis and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students can take modules from subject areas including archaeology, classics, politics, philosophy, or a modern language at every stage of the degree. The course includes research projects and a module focused on developing a research proposal.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 34 points
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 1 UCAS decision for BA History (V100) at Newcastle University for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is AAB at A level.
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 95%: 492 offers from 520 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 93 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 77%
- Assessment and feedback: 76%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 82%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 73%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 150 students who started
- Continued on course: 96%
- Left higher education: 3%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 1%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 275 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 26%
- North West: 12%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 17%
- East Midlands: 6%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 4%
- London: 20%
- South East: 8%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 2%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 165 students who started
- A levels: 98%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Access course: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Evidence and Argument
- Historical Sources and Methods
- What is History For?
- History Lab I
- History Lab II
- Introduction to Public History
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Prehistoric Britain
- The Archaeology of Britain from the Romans to the 20th Century
- The Roman World from Romulus to Trajan
- Global Middle Ages
- Stuff: living in a material world
- Global Ancient Histories
- Crafting History: Developing a Research Proposal
- From Lascaux to Knossos: Prehistoric Europe
- Archaeologies of the Roman Empire: The Roman World from Augustus to Diocletian
- Colonial Worlds: History and Archaeology
- Hellenistic Empires from Alexander to Cleopatra
- The Roman World from Hadrian to Heraclius
- Greek and Roman Religions
- Slavery in Greco-Roman Antiquity
- Sacred words and dirty deeds: Thriving in Late Antiquity
- The Mediterranean: a connected past
- Africa: History of a Continent
- Oral History of Modern Britain
- 1968: A Global Moment?
- War, Wounds, and Disabilities in Global Perspectives
- Famines in History
- History and Film: Representing the Past
- Researching History
- Reformation and Revolution: Tudors to the Georgians
- Destroying Nature: Disasters, Diseases and Environmental Injustice
- Diversities of Sexuality and Gender in History
- Politics in Britain: National Life since 1945
- Comparative History of Hispano-America and Brazil: From Independence to the Mexican Revolution (1789/1810-1917)
- Reading History
- Writing History
- Early Medieval Britain
- Frontier Communities of Roman Britain
- Early Prehistoric Europe: Origins and transformations
- Fundamentals of Digital Humanities: Computer literacy, data analysis and GIS
- Public History In Practice
- The Irish Revolution, 1879-1923
- Reconstruction and the New South, 1865-1900
- British Foreign Policy since Suez
- Birth Control in the 19th and 20th Centuries
- Gender and the British Empire: Violence towards Men and Women in the Making of Modern South Asia
- Lunatic to Citizen? Madness and Society since 1900
- The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1961-1990
- Buddhism and Society in Medieval Japan
- The Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps - Origins, Experiences and Aftermaths
- Nineteenth Century Aotearoa New Zealand: Maori, Pakeha & Tauiwi
- War and Remembering: Recalling War in Oral Histories, c.1950-2022
- May 1968: All Power to the Imagination
- Fictional Histories: from medieval to modern
- Exhausted! The problem of sleep (and not sleeping) from 1500 to the present day
- Beyond Brexit: The UK and European Integration since 1945
- Riot, Reform and Revolution: Britain c.1760-1832
- Read All About It! The News Revolution in Georgian Britain, 1714-1800
- Inter-American Relations from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Cold War (1989/1991)
- Career Development for final year students
- Envious Show: Wealth, Power and Ambition in Narratives of the Country House, 1550-2000
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History at Newcastle University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 3 years, £32,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £26,000 and £43,000. The £32,000 median after five years is £1,500 more than the UK median for History.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History at Newcastle University?
89% 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 Newcastle University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 135 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA History at Newcastle University?
95% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 492 offers from 520 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA History at Newcastle University 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 Newcastle University?
96% of students continued into their second year, and 3% left higher education.