BA History
About this course
BA in History, exploring human societies from the Roman era to the contemporary world. Core topics include Historical Research, Research Methods, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students complete a final-year independent dissertation project.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 33 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level
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What students say
Based on about 33 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 90%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 89%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 64%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 55 students who started
- Continued on course: 87%
- Left higher education: 13%
What graduates do next
Based on about 15 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 15%
Most common jobs
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 25%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals: 5%
- Sports and fitness occupations: 5%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 10%
Who gets in
Based on about 65 students who started
- A levels: 95%
- Access course: 2%
- A degree: 2%
- Other HE qualification: 2%
Modules
- Exploring History 1
- Exploring History 2
- History and Historians: Contested Pasts
- The Long Road to Black Lives Matter
- Revolutions
- Politics and Society in 19th Century Ireland
- The American South 1619-1865
- Ireland since partition
- The American South, 1865-1980
- The Roman Origins of the East and West; From Augustus to Charlemagne
- The Expansion of Medieval Europe, 1000-1300
- The making of contemporary Britain: 1914 to the present
- Revolutionary Europe, 1500-1789
- Nationalism and Liberation in 20th Century Africa
- Alexander The Great and the Creation of the Hellenistic World
- Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world
- Cabinets of Curiosity: Museums Past and Present
- Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future
- Revolution and Disaster in Ireland and Britain 1603-1707
- An Age of Revolutions: Britain and Ireland, 1688-1815
- Dissertation
- That Vast Catastrophe: The Great Irish Famine
- The Soviet Union 1921-1991
- The Irish Revolution, 1917-1921
- Working Class Communities in the UK 1900-1970
- United Irishmen and Unionists: the religion and politics of Ulster protestants
- Kings, courts and culture in Carolingian Europe
- Religion and Empire: Christian Missions To Africa, Asia and Middle East
- Crime & Punishment 19th Century Ireland
- The Rise of Christianity 2: The Conversion of the Roman Empire
- Thatcher's Britain
- Sin Cities? Everyday Life in the Modern Metropolis
- The Ancient City
- Pop Culture and Protest in U.S. History
- Twentieth-Century China
- Paths to Independence and Decolonisation in India and East Africa
- Diaspora: Irish 19th-century migration
- Extermination: History and Memory of the Murdered Jews of Europe
- War, Politics, and Identity in Late Medieval Ireland, c.1166-c.1521
- African and Irish Relations in the Americas
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History at Queen's University Belfast earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 15 months. After fifteen months the middle half of graduates earn between £20,000 and £30,000. The £24,500 median after fifteen months is £3,500 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of BA History at Queen's University Belfast 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 Queen's University Belfast?
90% 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 Queen's University Belfast?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 33 points in the IB. The average entrant had 134 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA History at Queen's University Belfast?
87% of students continued into their second year, and 13% left higher education.