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History and Art HistoryBA (Hons) Modern History with a Placement Year

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AwardDegree of Bachelor of Arts

UCAS Course CodeV14P

Typical OfferAAB

Contextual OfferBBB

Course Length4 years

Course Start DateSeptember 2027

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Course Overview

Why BA Modern History with a Placement Year at UEA?

Debate the rise and fall of nations, competing ideologies, imperial legacies and human rights over the last two centuries. With our BA Modern History with a Placement Year degree, study the forces that have shaped our world and enjoy a year of real-world experience.

Why choose UEA

Leading historians: Learn directly from our world-leading experts. Join the conversations that advance our collective understanding of the recent past and its importance for the world today

Flexible study: Select your optional modules based on your passions and ambitions

History in place: Study in the historical city of Norwich. Enjoy the inclusive and supportive setting

What is BA Modern History with a Placement Year?

You'll learn directly from historians whose research is renowned. You'll join a stimulating community bridging deep expertise in British history with specialised knowledge in European and global history.

You'll steer your own pathway through our unique curriculum. Choose subjects ranging from the French Revolution to Putin’s Russia, from the history of propaganda to the history of diplomacy.

Vibrant Norwich will be the backdrop to your studies. The urban landscape and surrounding region will inspire you and provide historical subjects for investigation and comparative analysis.

History at UEA

Find out more about studying History at UEA, and browse our other courses.Find out more

Placement Year

This version of the degree gives you the opportunity to enhance your employability by a 9–12-month placement in your third year. You'll find your own placement with the support of UEA's CareerCentral Service and your school. Find out more on our Placement Years in Arts and Humanities page.

Career Pathways

With a BA in Modern History with a Placement Year, you could launch a career in:

Civil service and international organisations: Apply your ability to understand complexity to the challenges facing public institutions and global governance

Public relations and communications: Manage communications and public messaging for organisations in the cultural or public sectors

Law: Put your logical reasoning and attention to detail to work as a solicitor, barrister, or legal researcher

Teaching: Teach History and related humanities subjects in a range of educational institutions

Museums and heritage: Support curation and conservation, visitor services, educational and outreach programmes whilst drawing on your historical knowledge

Career Support

We realise that thinking about life after university can be daunting. You’ll therefore be supported throughout your degree to develop transferable skills that employers value. We’ll encourage you to weigh up different career paths, and to understand what you need to do to pursue them. You’ll have access to personalised career support, campus careers events, alumni networking opportunities, paid internships, and career-planning and CV workshops.

Discover more on our Careers webpages.

After the Course

Modern History graduates have the world at their fingertips. You’ll gain subject-specific knowledge, but you’ll also develop transferable skills and qualities that employers value. You’ll learn to communicate clearly, construct narratives, and think analytically; you’ll gain experience working alone, and as a team member. And you’ll become adept at gathering, verifying, interpreting, and collating both obscure and digitised information. Such skills open doors to a variety of careers.

Study and Modules

Year 1Year 2Placement YearYear 4

Structure

Year one will give you an overview of the broad chronological sweep of British, European and world history. Your compulsory modules in the first semester will cover an extended period spanning from the Middle Ages to the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. In your second semester, you’ll choose from several subjects, including witchcraft and 20th-century global history. Our Key Skills programme will provide you with core techniques for research, analysis and debate.

Compulsory Modules

INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL HISTORY

INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MODERN HISTORY

INTRODUCTION TO MODERN HISTORY

DOING HISTORY

THE AGE OF EXTREMES: WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1914

Optional A Modules (Credits: 20)

THE CATASTROPHIC FOURTEENTH CENTURY

VISUAL(ISING) HISTORY

WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC AND BELIEF IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE

Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.

In year two, you’ll take just one compulsory module, which will enable you to develop your analytical and research skills. You have flexibility with your other modules to tailor your learning to topics that interest you. You’ll choose from a wide range of modules, which together span in time from the Roman Empire to the present, and in space from East Anglia to India. Whether you specialise or study diverse subjects, you'll hone your critical thinking and ability to construct a well-evidenced argument.

You can also study abroad, learn a foreign language, and choose subjects offered by other disciplines in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. To apply practical and transferable skills that you’ve gained from your course, you might wish to do a short-term placement, for instance in one of Norwich’s museums.

HISTORY'S STORIES

Optional A Modules (Min Credits: 40, Max Credits: 60)

ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, C. 400-1066

FRANCE FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE BELLE ÉPOQUE

LOVE, DESIRE AND SEXUALITY IN HISTORY

MODERN GERMANY, 1914-1990

BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1890

THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE

FROM STALIN TO PUTIN: THE LONG SHADOW OF THE WAR

THE RISE AND FALL OF BRITISH POWER

HUNDRED YEARS' WAR

TUDOR ENGLAND

THE ROMAN EMPIRE: CITIZENS, SLAVES, AND IMPERIAL FAMILIES

BRITISH INDIA: EMPIRE, NATION AND THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH ASIA

HERITAGE AND PUBLIC HISTORY

HISTORY OF MODERN ITALY

THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 4000BC TO 1066AD

Optional B Modules (Min Credits: 40, Max Credits: 60)

LIFE AND ART IN THE JEWISH DIASPORA

NAPOLEON TO STALIN (AND BEYOND): THE STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN EUROPE

ANATOMY OF A CITY: PARIS, 1682-1815

THE SILK ROADS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY AND ART HISTORY OF EURASIAN TRADE NETWORKS IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD

GLOBAL SUPERPOWER: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY SINCE 1898

THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1066 TO 1600

THE LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL WORLD 300-1000

THE COLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY

PROPAGANDA

PIRATES, SEAFARERS, SHIPWRECK C. 1500-1750: THE PERILS OF THE SEA

JAPAN IN MODERN TIMES

DISEASES, EPIDEMICS AND HISTORY

TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN, 1914 TO THE PRESENT

NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET ENGLAND

GIS MAPPING FOR HISTORIANS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS

STUART ENGLAND

VICTORIAN BRITAIN

Optional C Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 20)

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I

SLAVERY IN THE USA, 1619-1865

BEGINNERS' ARABIC I

POLITICS IN THE USA

U.S. EMPIRE

INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I

LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE

GENDER AND POWER

BEGINNERS' CHINESE I

BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN I - A1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' ITALIAN I - A1 CEFR

ADVANCED ENGLISH I

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR

Optional D Modules (Min Credits: 0, Max Credits: 20)

BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)

BEGINNERS' ARABIC II

BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR

BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)

POWER, WEALTH AND NATIONS: GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

BEGINNERS' ITALIAN II - A2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR

ADVANCED ENGLISH II - B2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II

BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)

BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR

INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR

INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)

BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)

INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR

BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR

BEGINNERS' CHINESE II

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

You’ll spend your third year on a placement. You’ll be responsible for securing the placement, supported by UEA’s connections in the UK and beyond. During your placement, you’ll be supported by a placement mentor, who will regularly monitor and review your progress You’ll also have access to remote support from UEA to ensure everything is going smoothly.

HUM PLACEMENT YEAR

In year four, you’ll master the intellectual skills required to create and contest historical knowledge. You’ll select one Special Subject from a range that typically includes topics such as 1980’s Britain, the history of fascism, and the history of modern Yugoslavia. Each option is led by academics who are experts in that subject. Just as you’ll learn about their research, you'll influence their writing through your seminar contributions, your incisive questions, and your coursework.

In addition to your Special Subject, you’ll study two advanced modules, which include topics such as the Victorian underworlds, race and migration and modern Russia. Instead of taking one of these advanced modules, you can (subject to meeting certain criteria) write a dissertation under the guidance of an academic supervisor.

THE REIGN OF LOUIS THE FAT: WAR, MURDER, & THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN EARLY TWELFTH-CENTURY FRANCE

THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE 1450 TO 1950

THE CULT OF VIOLENCE: THE FASCIST REGIMES OF ITALY, GERMANY AND JAPAN, 1922-1945

BLOOD AND BRUTALITY: VIOLENCE, THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD

APPEASEMENT AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR

COMMUNISM AND NATIONALISM IN YUGOSLAVIA

A NEW ORDER? THE 1980s BEYOND THATCHER

Optional A Modules (Credits: 30)

DISSERTATION IN HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE SINCE 1789: SHAPING IDENTITIES IN THE AGE OF MODERNITY

THE ENLIGHTENMENT

TEACHING HISTORY

THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A NEW HISTORY

TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPORT HISTORY

CAMPS IN HISTORY AND MEMORY: THE 20TH CENTURY IN DETENTIONS, MIGRATIONS, AND EXPLOITATION

THE WAY IT WASN'T: HISTORICAL FICTION AND HISTORY

IRELAND: A LONG HISTORY OF THE TROUBLES

FIELDWORK IN LANDSCAPE HISTORY

THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE: ROMANCE AND REALITY

Optional B Modules (Credits: 30)

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789-1804

DANCING ON THE VOLCANO: ART AND CULTURE IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

DEATH IN THE MIDDLE AGES

IN THE MINDS OF SAMURAI, RULERS, REBELS, AND POETS: JAPAN, 1830-1960

A WORLD ENTWINED: TRAVELLERS, ACTIVISTS, AND REBELS OF THE TRANSNATIONAL 20TH CENTURY

CONTESTING THE PAST: REPRESENTATION AND MEMORY

Teaching and Learning, and Assessment

Teaching and Learning

Our academics are leading historians. Their enthusiasm for new discoveries and reinterpreting the past animates their teaching. You’ll learn through lectures, seminars, independent study, and conversations with academics during their designated office hours.

In year one, you’ll learn the skills that underpin the historians’ craft, such as how to analyse and contextualise sources. Through lectures and seminars, you’ll learn to note ideas presented to you whilst gaining confidence to articulate your own insights.

In year two, you’ll continue to learn through lectures and seminars whilst choosing from a wide range of historical subjects. You’ll learn about politics and power, but you’ll also have opportunities to study social, cultural, religious, gender and landscape history.

You’ll broaden your academic and cultural perspective by spending your third year studying abroad at one of our global partner institutions.

In year four, you’ll learn about your Special Subject and other topics through longer seminars, small-group work, and independent study. You can opt to do a dissertation, working one-to-one with an expert supervisor.

Assessment

You’ll be assessed through a diverse range of assessments rather than traditional written examinations. Completing assessments will equip you with the skills and confidence to flourish after graduation. You’ll be helped with assessments throughout your studies, receiving regular written and verbal feedback to help you improve. You’ll have the chance to do a practice assignment for each graded assignment.

In your third year, you’ll have the opportunity to study abroad at one of our partner universities worldwide, exploring a new culture, learning how your subject is taught overseas and building skills that boost your confidence and your CV.

Check out Study Abroad to learn more.

In your final year, you’ll be assessed via coursework, presentations, an extended essay for your Special Subject, and an optional dissertation.

Entry Requirements

UKInternational

This course is open to

UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.

We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications, and we recognise that some students might take a mixture of different qualifications. We have listed typical examples that we accept for entry.

You should hold or be working towards the specified English and Mathematics requirements and one of the examples of typical entry qualifications listed below. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.

English and Mathematics

All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade C or grade 4.

In place of Mathematics GCSE we can also consider Functional Skills Level 2 Mathematics.

We accept a wide range of English Language qualifications, please see our English Language equivalencies(opens in a new window) page.

Contextual Offers

UEA are committed to ensuring that Higher Education is accessible to all, regardless of their background or experiences. One of the ways we do this is through our contextual admissions schemes(opens in a new window).

Typical UK Entry Requirements

A levels

Contextual offer: BBB

Level 3 Extended Diploma: DDM

Contextual offer: DMM

BTEC in Public Services, Uniformed Services and Business Administration are all excluded from our BTEC offers.

Combinations of BTEC and A levels

Access to HE Diploma

Access to Humanities and Social Sciences Pathway. Pass the Access to HE Diploma with Distinction in 30 credits at Level 3 and Merit in 15 credits at Level 3.

Contextual Offer: Access to Humanities and Social Sciences Pathway. Pass the Access to HE Diploma with Merit in 30 credits at Level 3 and Pass in 15 credits at Level 3.

T levels

Distinction.

Foundation Year options:

If you do not meet the academic requirements for direct entry, you may be interested in one of our Foundation Year programmes.

Further Examples of Typical Entry Requirements

International Baccalaureate

33 points overall

Irish Leaving Certificate

4 subjects at H2, 2 subjects at H3

Scottish Highers

A combination of Advanced Highers and Highers may be acceptable.

Scottish Advanced Highers

BBC or above.

Deferred Entry

We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.

Admissions Policy

Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all undergraduate applicants.

Progression

Once enrolled onto a course at UEA, your progression and continuation (which may include eligibility for study abroad, overseas experience, placement or year in industry opportunities) is contingent on meeting the assessment requirements which are relevant to the course on which you are enrolled.

Typical International Entry Requirements

We accept many international qualifications for entry to this course. For specific details about your country, view our information for International Students(opens in a new window).

UEA International Study Centre

If you do not meet the academic and/or English language requirements for direct entry our partner, UEA International Study Centre offers progression on to this undergraduate degree upon successful completion of a preparation programme. Depending on your interests, and your qualifications you can take a variety of routes to this degree.

English Foreign Language

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):

IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components)

We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies(opens in a new window) for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.

Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.

If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, UEA International Study Centre offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study.

English language at UEA International Study Centre

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Fees and Funding

Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2027/28 are:

UK Students: £10,050

International Students: £24,250

We estimate living expenses at £1,171 per month.

Further Information on tuition fees can be found here(opens in a new window).

Scholarships and Bursaries

We are committed to ensuring that costs do not act as a barrier to those aspiring to come to a world leading university and have developed a funding package to reward those with excellent qualifications and assist those from lower income backgrounds. View our range of Scholarships(opens in a new window) for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.

Course Related Costs

The cost of optional field trips will vary.

Please see Additional Course Fees for details of other course-related costs.

How to Apply

Apply for this course through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS), using UCAS Hub.

UCAS Hub is a secure online application system that allows you to apply for full-time undergraduate courses at universities and colleges in the United Kingdom.

Your application does not have to be completed all at once. Register or sign in to UCAS to get started.

Once you submit your completed application, UCAS will process it and send it to your chosen universities and colleges.

The Institution code for the University of East Anglia is E14.

View our guide to applying through UCAS for useful tips, key dates and further information:

How to apply through UCAS(opens in a new window)

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