BA History and Sociology
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology and History, combining sociological theory with historical analysis across three years of full-time undergraduate study. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can choose from a range of optional modules covering historical periods, social change, and cultural themes.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
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What students say
Based on about 7 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 88%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 82%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 90%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 87%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 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 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- 21st Century Sociology
- The Early Modern World
- Themes and Perspectives in Sociology I
- Making the Familiar Strange
- The Making of the Modern World
- Themes and Perspectives in Sociology II
- Designing Social Research
- Historical Consultancy
- Engaged Public History
- A Sociology of Generations and Social Change? From Passive to Active Generations
- Citizenship, Activism and Resistance
- Connections and Currents in the Early Modern Atlantic
- Digital Societies
- Drugs, Crime and Deviant Leisure
- Freedom and Power in the American Century
- Into the Lions Den: An Exploration (A)
- Migration and Integration (Aut)
- Sociology of Emotions and Mental Health
- The Climate Crisis, Criminology & the Justice System
- 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
- Class, Culture & Conflict: A View from The Inside
- Classical Sociological Theory
- Doing Social Research: working with qualitative data
- Education and Inequality
- Precarity and the Politics of Work (Spr)
- Social Research Methods: Analysing Quantitative Data
- The Alchemy of Race and Racism (Spring)
- The Sociology of Human Rights
- History Dissertation
- Sociology Project
- (Im)mobilities and the Criminal Justice System
- Britain and the Second World War
- City on a Hill: Faith and the American Project
- Class, Power and the State (Aut)
- Coloniality, Racism and Inequality
- Debating Democracy in the Long 19th Century
- Digital Activism and Citizenship in Datafied Societies
- Freedom Now! The African-American Freedom Struggle After 1945
- Genocide
- Guns, Germs and Mai Tais: Culture and Imperialism in the Pacific
- Identity and Interaction
- Migration, Identity, and Home
- Palestine from Balfour to Nakba
- Post-Rave Britain, 1988 - present
- Producing History
- Queer Archives
- Sexualities / Intimacies / Intersections (Aut)
- Sociology of Family, Reproduction & Care (Aut)
- Technology and the Human
- The Death Penalty
- 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
- Capitalism, Growth, and Ecological Crisis
- DIY History
- Emotions
- Inequalities Across the Divides
- Life Writing and Life Histories
- Migrant Ecologies
- Objects and History
- Resistance
- Riots, Strikes, Revolts
- Temporalities - Histories - Hauntologies (Spr)
- The Body (Spr)
- Transcendence, Devotion and Desire
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History and Sociology 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 £4,000 more than the UK median for Sociology.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History and Sociology at University of Sussex?
88% 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 Sociology 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 Sociology 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 Sociology at University of Sussex?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.