BA History and Anthropology
About this course
BA (Hons) in Anthropology and History. Core topics include Research Methods. Students complete an independent research project and conduct fieldwork.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
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What students say
Based on about 60 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 87%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 86%
- Learning resources: 94%
- Student voice: 81%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 75 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 92%
- Left higher education: 7%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 1%
What graduates do next
Based on about 11 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 75%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Unemployed: 15%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 25%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Legal professionals: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 165 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 11%
- London: 47%
- South East: 34%
- South West: 3%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 65 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 97%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Other qualifications: 2%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Difference and Diversity: Humans and Beyond
- Making Sense of Humanity: Key Concepts in Anthropology
- The Early Modern World
- Making Money, Making Life: Capitalism, Care and the Environment
- The Making of the Modern World
- Worlds and Selves
- Ethnographic Research Methods
- Historical Consultancy
- Religion, Ritual & Global Transformation
- Engaged Public History
- Politics and Power
- Connections and Currents in the Early Modern Atlantic
- Freedom and Power in the American Century
- The People's Century? Britain after 1914
- 1661: Slavery in English America
- 1776: The Enlightenment
- 1857: Indian Rebellion
- 1899: Apex Empires, Savage Wars
- 1942: Holocaust
- 1948: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- 1953: Monarchs and Murders
- 1959 Havana: Revolution in Latin America
- 1968: Rivers of Blood
- 1984: Thatcher's Britain (Observing the 1980s)
- 2015: Fortress Europe and the Migration Crisis
- Cities and Urban Lives
- Culture and Representation
- Ethnographic Field Research
- Visual Anthropology
- History Dissertation
- Anthropology in the World: Theory, Knowledge, Action (and back again)
- Britain and the Second World War
- City on a Hill: Faith and the American Project
- Debating Democracy in the Long 19th Century
- Freedom Now! The African-American Freedom Struggle After 1945
- Genocide
- Global Work Experience
- Guns, Germs and Mai Tais: Culture and Imperialism in the Pacific
- Living Geopolitics: Re-Thinking the World (Dis) Order
- Palestine from Balfour to Nakba
- Post-Rave Britain, 1988 - present
- Producing History
- Queer Archives
- Slavery, Emancipation and Legacies
- The French Empire and Its Aftermath
- The Global First World War
- The United States in the Middle East, 1917-Present
- Witches and Witch-Hunts
- Beauty, Fashion and History
- British Childhood, Past and Present
- Development, Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
- DIY History
- Embodied Minds: Culture, Politics, and Psychotherapy
- Emotions
- Ethical Worlds
- Global South Asia
- Life Writing and Life Histories
- Migrant Ecologies
- Objects and History
- Political Ecology and Environmental Justice
- Race, Ethnicity and Identity
- Resistance
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History and Anthropology at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £25,500 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £38,500. The £30,500 median after five years is the same as the UK median for Anthropology.
What do graduates of BA History and Anthropology at University of Sussex 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 and Anthropology at University of Sussex?
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 and Anthropology at University of Sussex?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 120 UCAS points.
Does BA History and Anthropology at University of Sussex 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 and Anthropology at University of Sussex?
92% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.