BA History and Film Studies
About this course
BA (Hons) in History and Film Studies, examining how film shapes our understanding of the past. Core topics include Research Methods and Fieldwork. Modules cover both film studies and historical topics ranging from Anglo-Saxon England to modern times. The course is based in Norwich, with access to local historical sites and the East Anglian Film Archive.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB
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What students say
Based on about 50 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 80%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 77%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 105 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 84%
- Left higher education: 16%
What graduates do next
Based on about 25 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 18%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 17%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Sales occupations: 7%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 65 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 43%
- London: 30%
- South East: 12%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 2%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 95 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 86%
- Access course: 2%
- A degree: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 8%
- Other qualifications: 2%
- No formal qualifications: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- DOING FILM HISTORY
- INTRODUCTION TO MODERN HISTORY
- ANALYSING FILM
- WORLD CINEMAS
- DOING HISTORY
- VISUAL(ISING) HISTORY
- PROPAGANDA
- KEY CONCEPTS IN FILM THEORY
- THEORISING TELEVISION: FROM BROADCASTING TO STREAMING
- ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, C. 400-1066
- FRANCE FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE BELLE ÉPOQUE
- SLAVERY IN THE USA, 1619-1865
- INVENTION AND DISCOVERY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
- IDEAS IN CONTEXT: A SHORT HISTORY OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
- LOVE, DESIRE AND SEXUALITY IN HISTORY
- BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1890
- THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE
- FROM STALIN TO PUTIN: THE LONG SHADOW OF THE WAR
- HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
- STUDYING AUDIENCES
- FILM GENRES: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- HERITAGE AND PUBLIC HISTORY
- THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 4000BC TO 1066AD
- LIFE AND ART IN THE JEWISH DIASPORA
- NAPOLEON TO STALIN (AND BEYOND): THE STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN EUROPE
- THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1066 TO 1600
- THE LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL WORLD 300-1000
- TEENAGE KICKS: DIGITAL MEDIA, YOUTH AND SUBCULTURE
- THE COLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE
- FROM STUDIOS TO THE DIGITAL ERA: HOLLYWOOD AS GLOBAL INDUSTRY
- JAPAN IN MODERN TIMES
- DISEASES, EPIDEMICS AND HISTORY
- TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN, 1914 TO THE PRESENT
- DIGITAL MEDIA: CONCEPTS, TECHNOLOGIES & CULTURES
- ASIAN FILM AND DIGITAL CULTURE
- LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
- STUART ENGLAND
- FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
- RESEARCHING MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND CREATIVE SECTORS IN CONTEXT
- CONTESTING THE PAST: REPRESENTATION AND MEMORY
- CAMPS IN HISTORY AND MEMORY: THE 20TH CENTURY IN DETENTIONS, MIGRATIONS, AND EXPLOITATION
- CREATIVE WORK IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRIES
- SCRIPTWRITING: ADAPTATION
- THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY
- THE WAY IT WASN'T: HISTORICAL FICTION AND HISTORY
- IRELAND: A LONG HISTORY OF THE TROUBLES
- FIELDWORK IN LANDSCAPE HISTORY
- BLACK INTERNATIONALISM
- THE ENLIGHTENMENT
- MEDIA, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- SOUND ON SCREEN
- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789-1804
- ROBIN HOOD: THE MEDIEVAL OUTLAW IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
- US INTERVENTIONISM, THE CIA AND COVERT ACTION
- WRITING TELEVISION DRAMA
- CELEBRITY: FROM STARS TO INFLUENCERS
- SCIENCE FICTION
- TEACHING HISTORY
- CONTEMPORARY SCREEN DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION
- IN THE MINDS OF SAMURAI, RULERS, REBELS, AND POETS: JAPAN, 1830-1960
- RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION 1905 - 1921
- DISSERTATION IN MEDIA, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
- STORYTELLING, MEDIA AND CRISIS
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History and Film Studies at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 15 months, £22,500 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £36,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,500 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of BA History and Film Studies at University of East Anglia do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History and Film Studies at University of East Anglia?
87% 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 Film Studies at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 117 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA History and Film Studies at University of East Anglia?
84% of students continued into their second year, and 16% left higher education.