BA History and Film Studies with a Placement Year
About this course
BA (Hons) in History and Film Studies, spanning cinema analysis and historical investigation. Core topics include Research Methods and Fieldwork. The course follows a modular structure, allowing choice across a range of historical periods and film topics, and includes a Film and Video Production module. A final-year dissertation is required.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB
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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
- HUM PLACEMENT YEAR
- DOING FILM HISTORY
- INTRODUCTION TO MODERN HISTORY
- ANALYSING FILM
- WORLD CINEMAS
- VISUAL(ISING) HISTORY
- DOING HISTORY
- PROPAGANDA
- KEY CONCEPTS IN FILM THEORY
- FILM GENRES: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1890
- THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE
- STUDYING MEDIA AUDIENCES
- HERITAGE AND PUBLIC HISTORY
- LOVE, DESIRE AND SEXUALITY IN HISTORY
- FRANCE FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE BELLE ÉPOQUE
- ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, C. 400-1066
- THEORISING TELEVISION: FROM BROADCASTING TO STREAMING
- HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
- FROM STALIN TO PUTIN: THE LONG SHADOW OF THE WAR
- SLAVERY IN THE USA, 1619-1865
- THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 4000BC TO 1066AD
- TUDOR ENGLAND
- FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
- THE COLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY
- DISEASES, EPIDEMICS AND HISTORY
- DIGITAL MEDIA, YOUTH AND SUBCULTURE
- THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1066 TO 1600
- STUART ENGLAND
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE
- DIGITAL MEDIA: CONCEPTS, TECHNOLOGIES & CULTURES
- NAPOLEON TO STALIN (AND BEYOND): THE STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN EUROPE
- TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN, 1914 TO THE PRESENT
- JAPAN IN MODERN TIMES
- ASIAN FILM AND DIGITAL CULTURE
- CONTESTING THE PAST: REPRESENTATION AND MEMORY
- RESEARCHING MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND CREATIVE SECTORS IN CONTEXT
- FIELDWORK IN LANDSCAPE HISTORY
- SCRIPTWRITING: ADAPTATION
- IRELAND: A LONG HISTORY OF THE TROUBLES
- THE ENLIGHTENMENT
- THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY
- SOUND ON SCREEN
- MEDIA, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- SCIENCE FICTION
- WRITING TELEVISION DRAMA
- TEACHING HISTORY
- IN THE MINDS OF SAMURAI, RULERS, REBELS, AND POETS: JAPAN, 1830-1960
- CONTEMPORARY SCREEN DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION
- CELEBRITY: FROM STARS TO INFLUENCERS
- DISSERTATION IN MEDIA, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
- US INTERVENTIONISM, THE CIA AND COVERT ACTION
- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789-1804
- STORYTELLING, MEDIA AND CRISIS
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History and Film Studies with a Placement Year 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 with a Placement Year 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 with a Placement Year 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 with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is BBB at A level. The average entrant had 117 UCAS points.
Does BA History and Film Studies with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory placement year.
How many students continue on BA History and Film Studies with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
84% of students continued into their second year, and 16% left higher education.