BA Modern History with a Placement Year
About this course
BA (Hons) Modern History with a Placement Year is a history degree focused on historical developments, societal shifts, and global events. Core topics include Research Methods and Fieldwork. This four-year course includes a compulsory professional placement year spent in employment during the third year. The first year covers foundational historical periods through compulsory modules such as INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL HISTORY, INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MODERN HISTORY, INTRODUCTION TO MODERN HISTORY, DOING HISTORY, and THE AGE OF EXTREMES: WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1914, alongside optional choices like VISUAL(ISING) HISTORY. Year 2 features HISTORY'S STORIES and a wide variety of optional modules spanning global and regional history, languages, and archaeology. The final year involves advanced compulsory study through modules such as THE REIGN OF LOUIS THE FAT: WAR, MURDER, & THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN EARLY TWELFTH-CENTURY FRANCE, BLOOD AND BRUTALITY: VIOLENCE, THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD, THE CULT OF VIOLENCE: THE FASCIST REGIMES OF ITALY, GERMANY AND JAPAN, 1922-1945, APPEASEMENT AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR, A NEW ORDER? THE 1980s BEYOND THATCHER, and THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1450 TO 1950.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB
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What students say
Based on about 41 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 85%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 80%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 110 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 93%
- Left higher education: 7%
What graduates do next
Based on about 71 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 57%
- Working and studying: 13%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 4%
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: 77%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 54%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 44%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 200 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 8%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 45%
- London: 21%
- South East: 14%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 105 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 93%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Access course: 3%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
- Other qualifications: 3%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- HUM PLACEMENT YEAR
- INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL HISTORY
- INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MODERN HISTORY
- INTRODUCTION TO MODERN HISTORY
- DOING HISTORY
- THE AGE OF EXTREMES: WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1914
- VISUAL(ISING) HISTORY
- WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC AND BELIEF IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
- THE CATASTROPHIC FOURTEENTH CENTURY
- HISTORY'S STORIES
- THE RISE AND FALL OF BRITISH POWER
- THE ROMAN EMPIRE: CITIZENS, SLAVES, AND IMPERIAL FAMILIES
- BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1890
- THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE
- HERITAGE AND PUBLIC HISTORY
- LOVE, DESIRE AND SEXUALITY IN HISTORY
- FRANCE FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE BELLE ÉPOQUE
- MODERN GERMANY, 1914-1990
- BRITISH INDIA: EMPIRE, NATION AND THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH ASIA
- HISTORY OF MODERN ITALY
- ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, C. 400-1066
- HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
- FROM STALIN TO PUTIN: THE LONG SHADOW OF THE WAR
- THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 4000BC TO 1066AD
- TUDOR ENGLAND
- THE COLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY
- DISEASES, EPIDEMICS AND HISTORY
- THE SILK ROADS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY AND ART HISTORY OF EURASIAN TRADE NETWORKS IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD
- ANATOMY OF A CITY: PARIS, 1682-1815
- THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1066 TO 1600
- PIRATES, SEAFARERS, SHIPWRECK C. 1500-1750: THE PERILS OF THE SEA
- PROPAGANDA
- STUART ENGLAND
- VICTORIAN BRITAIN
- GLOBAL SUPERPOWER: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY SINCE 1898
- NAPOLEON TO STALIN (AND BEYOND): THE STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN EUROPE
- TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN, 1914 TO THE PRESENT
- JAPAN IN MODERN TIMES
- NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET ENGLAND
- GIS MAPPING FOR HISTORIANS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR
- LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
- GENDER AND POWER
- U.S. EMPIRE
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I
- POLITICS IN THE USA
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH I
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I
- SLAVERY IN THE USA, 1619-1865
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- POWER, WEALTH AND NATIONS: GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
- ADVANCED ENGLISH II
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- THE REIGN OF LOUIS THE FAT: WAR, MURDER, & THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN EARLY TWELFTH-CENTURY FRANCE
- BLOOD AND BRUTALITY: VIOLENCE, THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD
- THE CULT OF VIOLENCE: THE FASCIST REGIMES OF ITALY, GERMANY AND JAPAN, 1922-1945
- APPEASEMENT AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
- A NEW ORDER? THE 1980s BEYOND THATCHER
- THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1450 TO 1950
- COMMUNISM AND NATIONALISM IN YUGOSLAVIA
- FIELDWORK IN LANDSCAPE HISTORY
- DISSERTATION IN HISTORY
- TEACHING HISTORY
- THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE: ROMANCE AND REALITY
- IRELAND: A LONG HISTORY OF THE TROUBLES
- THE ENLIGHTENMENT
- THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY
- TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPORT HISTORY
- DANCING ON THE VOLCANO: ART AND CULTURE IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
- CONTESTING THE PAST: REPRESENTATION AND MEMORY
- IN THE MINDS OF SAMURAI, RULERS, REBELS, AND POETS: JAPAN, 1830-1960
- THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789-1804
- DEATH IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Modern History with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £26,500 after 15 months, £23,500 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,000 and £34,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,500 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of BA Modern History with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia do next?
84% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Modern History with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
94% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Modern History with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 113 UCAS points.
Does BA Modern History 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 Modern History with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
93% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.