History

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History (BA) - Undergraduate, University of York

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HomeStudy at YorkUndergraduateCourses 2027/28History (BA)

BA (Hons) History

History gives you an in-depth view of the world. It enhances your understanding of the forces that play a part in economies, societies, cultures, power and faith.

Year of entry: 2027/28

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Start date

September 2027

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3 years full-time

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Department of History

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Complete University Guide 2027

3rd in the UK for research impact in history

according to the Times Higher Education's ranking of the latest REF (2021)

Why study history at York?

Explore an extensive range of modules. From the Middle Ages to the present day, we offer a wide range of module choices to allow you to tailor your degree to match your academic interests. Our expertise spans geographic, cultural and thematic boundaries.

Develop your academic potential. Understand the nature of historical narrative and the application of concepts and theories. You'll hone your skills in critical reading and in constructing arguments, and learn how to effectively use evidence. You can also choose to study in a partner university abroad.

Opportunities to work with external organisations. If you choose our Public History option module, you'll work on a brief from an organisation and there are opportunities for work experience in our heritage city. You can also make use of the dedicated Careers and Placements team.

Join a friendly, intellectual community, where teaching is informed by groundbreaking research. Our influential staff feature regularly in the media.

A city rich in heritage

York is the perfect place to be inspired to study the past, with a rich and turbulent history stretching back to the Romans. Today the city boasts beautiful historic architecture, as well as a variety of museums and galleries.

Access to archives

The University is home to the Borthwick Institute for Archives and students can also access York Minster Library and the City Archives. We're also close to the British Library Reading Room at Boston Spa where you can consult millions of items.

Choosing to pursue a degree I have a genuine passion for has continued to motivate me throughout my studies, even through the wobbles of self-belief during exam season! The exceptional student support offered and the well-being facilities available are just some of the many benefits that make York such a great place to study. York also provides the perfect backdrop for studying History, as the city’s past is everywhere you turn.

Erin, BA History. Read Erin's blog post.

The BA in History progresses from broad to specialised topics. Core modules in the first year introduce you to the broad sweep of history across time and place and historical problems. You develop this in the following years, which cultivate expertise, leading up to your 8,000-word dissertation

Your first year will introduce the study of History at a degree level. You'll develop research skills and study prominent periods of interest.

Core modules

Political Communities in World History

Societies and Economies in World History

Arguments and Analysis

Knowledge and Beliefs in World History

Evidence and Methods

Option modules

You will also complete a Historical Project:

The four Historical Project option modules introduce you to the study of a period in history through an independent guided study. Examples of projects include:

Extraordinary Lives: The Medieval Worlds of Princes, Monks and Unconventional Women

Wonders, Marvels and Monsters in Early Modern Culture

Ending Slavery and Serfdom

Reportage and Conflict in the Long Twentieth Century

Elective modules

You may be able to replace one option module with an elective module, studying a complementary subject, a language or an interdisciplinary topic.

Academic integrity module

In addition to the above you will also need to complete our online Academic Integrity module.

This module covers some of the essential skills and knowledge which will help you to study independently and produce work of a high academic standard which is vital for success at York.

This module will:

define academic integrity and academic misconduct

provide interactive exercises to help you to assess whether you've understood the concepts

provide answers to FAQs and links to useful resources.

Your second year builds on the skills you acquired in the first year and gives you the opportunity to broaden your historical knowledge. You will explore different approaches to studying the past and think about how history has been communicated to audiences beyond academia.

Public History Project

Historical Thinking

You will study four option modules. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.

Empire and Cultural Exchange in Asia 1500-1700

Black Radicalism

Ancien Régime France, 1610-1789

Before the Mongols: Nomadic Empires of Central Eurasia, 900-1200

Using and Abusing the Past in Britain, 1835-2018

Gender, Enlightenment and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Europe

From the Global Shadows: Africa and the World since the 1950s

Health for all? International Health from Colonial Medicine to Covid Vaccine

Powerful Impressions: Culture and Politics in the Post-1945 United States

Heterosexual Africa? Sexuality, Power, and Politics in Africa since 1900

Persecution and Toleration in Early Modern Britain

Catherine the Great

Social Science and Modern Britain, c1880-c1970

Crime and Society in Britain and Ireland since 1750

Bankers, Merchants, and Poets: Florence and the Roots of the Renaissance

Communist Europe: Crisis, Transformation & Memory after the Second World War

Historical Fictions and Frictions: Fictionalising the Past

Chivalry, Identity and Love 1350-1450

Vikings and Historians: Historiographical Dialogues through the Ages

The Scientific Revolution, 1500-1700

Containing Multitudes: Inequality and the City in Britain and its Empire post-1800

In your final year of the BA in History, you’ll participate in Special Subject seminars, focusing in depth on a historical process or problem. You will also take modules in comparative history, tracing a historical theme across space and over time. Alongside your taught modules you will complete your dissertation, demonstrating the research skills you have learned during your time here.

Core module

Dissertation

You will also study three option modules. You will take one Special Subject and two Comparative History modules. Examples may include:

History - Special Subjects

From Colonial to Post-Colonial States? The Twentieth-Century Caribbean

Imperial Japan, 1890-1950

Popular Politics? The History of British Political Culture since 1945

The French Wars of Religion

Race, Place and Health in Britain and its Empire, 1880-1960

Hong Kong: Decolonisation and Development, 1945-97

Thomas More: Learning, Politics and Religion in England, 1500-35

Ploughing the Sea? The Spanish American Wars of Independence, 1750-1830

Rome Reborn: Culture and Society c.1575-c.1655

Prussia and the Unification of Germany, 1815-1918

Mao and Maoism

Reading and Writing in Medieval England

Exiled Lives: English Nuns in Catholic Europe, 1600-1800

Poverty and the Welfare State in Post-War Britain

Joan of Arc

Revolution in the Streets: Faith, Poverty, & Religious Ferment, c.1200

Francis Bacon: Myth, Magic and Morals

Black British History and Decolonisation

Comparative History

Violence

Commemorations

Communisms

Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.

Study abroad

There are opportunities for you to spend time abroad during your course:

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Real-world experiences

Find your edge by gaining practical experience that boosts your employability. Explore diverse opportunities to apply your knowledge and build vital professional skills, such as placements, internships and part-time jobs.

Learning outcomes

Every course at York has been designed to provide clear and ambitious learning outcomes. These learning outcomes give you an understanding of what you will be able to do at the end of the course. We develop each course by designing modules that grow your abilities towards the learning outcomes and help you to explain what you can offer to employers. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.

Learning outcomes for this course

Communicate broad and deep understandings of historical scholarship, ranging from the medieval to the modern period, and a sophisticated appreciation of the origin and use of different approaches to interpreting the past.

Approach problems in a critical and questioning fashion, evaluating arguments and assessing the value and significance of different forms of evidence.

Engage with a range of perspectives on a historical event, and make comparisons and connections between different periods, places and societies.

Demonstrate highly developed research skills, including identifying useful material, understanding sources in context, producing a research methodology and constructing meaningful and productive research questions.

Interpret and deploy a variety of different types of information including digital resources, material culture, visual imagery, texts, databases and statistical information.

Convey ideas with clarity and precision in both written and verbal form and make sophisticated, original and persuasive arguments based on evidence, including the production of an extended piece of writing.

Manage their time effectively so that they can successfully execute a programme of work.

Contribute to their communities and workplaces with an appreciation of the origins and value of social, political and cultural diversity and difference.

Free online courses

Get a taste of university-level study on one of York's free short courses, including our subject course, 'Discover the Hidden History of York'.

The fees and funding information here is for students starting in the 2027/28 academic year.

If you take a year abroad or year in industry you'll pay a reduced rate of fees for that year.

Annual tuition fees

UK (home)

International and EU

The UK government has announced its intention to increase tuition fees from £9,790 to £10,050 for the 2027/8 academic year. We expect this to apply to new UK (home) undergraduate students starting their studies in September 2027.

UK (home) or international fees?

The level of fee that you will be asked to pay depends on whether you're classed as a UK (home) or international student. Check your fee status.

Fees for subsequent years

UK (home) fees may increase within the government fee cap in subsequent academic years. We will notify you of any increase as soon as we can.

International fees are subject to increase in subsequent years in line with the prevailing Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate (up to a maximum of 10%).

More information

For more information about tuition fees, any reduced fees for study abroad and work placement years, scholarships, tuition fee loans, maintenance loans and living costs see undergraduate fees and funding.

Additional costs

You will have to pay for the cost of printing some assignments for submission as assessed work in Years 2 and 3.

We'll confirm more funding opportunities for students joining us in 2027/28 throughout the year.

UK government loans

UK scholarships and bursaries

International scholarships

Country-specific funding

US loans

Department funding

Department of History funding opportunities

Living costs

You can use our living costs guide to help plan your budget. It covers additional costs that are not included in your tuition fee such as expenses for accommodation and study materials.

York, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial

Just four UK universities are rated Gold for teaching and top ten for research* in the latest national assessment exercises.

See why York is rated Gold for teaching

Explore our research performance

* Awarded joint 10th in the Times Higher Education ranking of the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

You’ll study and learn with academics who are active researchers, experts in their field and have a passion for their subjects. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.

Teaching format

We believe that students learn better – and think better – when engaging with others.

Small group teaching remains at the core of our BA in History, rising to 100 per cent in Year 3. Our tutors work closely with small student groups in seminars and weekly discussions.

Timetabled activities

In your first year, you can expect:

Lectures

4-6 hours per week

Seminars

3-4 hours per week

These figures are representative of a typical week. Your contact hours will vary throughout the year due to your module choices, non-compulsory classes, exam periods and changes to scheduled activities.

Around your timetabled hours you'll work independently, guided by your tutor. History students are the University's most frequent users of the library. You may spend time working with primary sources, accessing archives or working with academic librarians. The skills of independent research and analysis that you develop will not only be pivotal for your course but are also highly valued by employers.

You may also take part in extra activities such as our seminar series featuring visiting speakers and our own staff and students. All faculty members also offer regular student hours in which students are free to come in and discuss any issues relating to their courses, career and development.

In the UK, full-time students are expected to spend 1,200 hours a year learning. That's about 40 hours of classes and independent study each week during semesters. Everyone learns at a different rate, so the number of hours you spend on independent study will be different to other students on your course.

Facilities

We are home to the Borthwick Institute for Archives, a major archive repository in Britain. It holds the records of the Archbishopric of York from the early thirteenth century onwards, and specialises in the study of ecclesiastic institutions.

There are several other important archives housed at York, including the JB Morrell Library and the Raymond Burton Library for Humanities Research. These contain collections covering subjects such as the British Civil Wars, French Revolution and Modern Asian history. Find out more about our libraries.

Teaching location

You will be based in the Department of History on Campus West.

Over half of your teaching will take place in the Spring Lane building on campus. Other seminars and lectures will take place in buildings across Campus West.

About our campus

Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can use the fast and frequent bus service. Take a campus tour.

Assessment and feedback

Your first-year work doesn't contribute toward your final marks. We recognise that students are only beginning to develop over the course of their degree.

From Year 2 onward, formal assessments contribute toward your degree. In your third year, your 8,000-word dissertation focuses on a specific topic of your choice.

Assessments range from research essays, to collaborative projects, to open 'take-home' examinations.

Your dissertation should be a topic that is interesting to you. Don't be afraid to explore.

Careers and skills

As a historian, you’ll develop critical thinking, analytical expertise and excellent communication skills – all valuable assets for your future career.

Career opportunities

Our graduates have gone on to work in the following sectors:

Education

Social work and justice

Politics and government

Business, commerce and public relations

Transferable skills

York History students graduate with a wide range of valuable transferable skills. These include:

Critical thinking

Excellent communication skills

Project management

Independent, high-level research skills

Ability to work with a variety of media and sources

Time management

Turn ambition into achievement with our expert guidance and connections. From your first day here to life after graduation, we'll help you find your career advantage.

York is a beautiful city. It’s quite a privilege to spend your days encountering that history, stumbling around incredibly long cobbled streets! I really miss it as a place. That’s why I’ve loved coming back for the past nine years to give talks – it feels like coming full circle.

Greg Jenner, BA History

Public historian and podcast host

Qualification

A levels

AAA including an A in either History or Classical Civilisation

Access to Higher Education Diploma

Obtain Access to HE Diploma with 39 credits at Distinction including at least 9 credits in History-related units and 6 credits at Merit or higher

BTEC National Extended Diploma

DDD with an additional A Level or equivalent qualification in either History or Classical Civilisation at grade A

European Baccalaureate

85% overall, including 85% in History

International Baccalaureate

36 points including 6 in History at Higher Level

T levels

We are currently not accepting T Levels for this course unless an additional A Level (or equivalent qualification) in History has been taken.

Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers

Advanced Highers - A in History plus

Scottish Highers - BBBB

We may also be able to consider three Advanced Highers or a combination of Highers and Advanced Highers, where an applicant does not meet the grade requirement through Highers alone. Please contact us to discuss your qualifications.

International foundation programme

Foundation Certificate from our International Pathway College or an appropriate alternative.

Other international qualifications

Equivalent qualifications from your country

Alternative offers

Meeting the following additional criteria may qualify you for an alternative offer.

Criteria

Adjustment

Widening participation

BBB including either History or Classical Civilisation

This is conditional upon successful completion of the WP programme including the YorJourney module (Black Access Programme, Next Step York) or successful completion of Realising Opportunities More about widening participation.

Contextual offer

ABB including an A in either History or Classical Civilisation

If you achieve A or higher in the EPQ, you may be eligible for an alternative offer up to one A level grade (or equivalent) below our typical offer.

English language

If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:

Minimum requirement

IELTS (Academic)

6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component

Other English language qualifications

To see what other language tests we can accept and the scores required, visit our IELTS equivalences webpage and click on the IELTS requirement for your chosen course.

We also accept various school-leaving certificates to meet our English Language requirements. Please visit our country-specific information for further details.

For more information see our undergraduate English language requirements.

If you haven't met our English language requirements

You may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language courses. These courses will provide you with the level of English needed to meet the conditions of your offer.

The length of course you need to take depends on your current English language test scores and how much you need to improve to reach our English language requirements.

After you've accepted your offer to study at York, we'll confirm which pre-sessional course you should apply to via You@York.

To apply to York, you'll need to complete an online application via UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service).

How to apply

All applications must be made through UCAS. We also consider applications for deferred entry and requests, after taking up an offer, to take a gap year.

We encourage mature students to email the Admissions Tutor for consultation and advice.

Next steps

Contact us

Get in touch if you have any questions

History Undergraduate Admissions

history-admissions@york.ac.uk

Department

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課程頁官方原文 A levels AAA including an A in either History or Classical Civilisation https://www.york.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/ba-history/ 取得日期：2026-10-20

香港／國際頁官方原文 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) If you are studying the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE), you will need to achieve grades ranging from 4,4,3 to 5*,5,5. You can achieve this through a minimum of two elective subjects and one core subject (excluding Citizenship and Social Development/Liberal Studies). We also accept Chinese Language as one of your HKDSE cores. Subject-specific requirements apply for some courses.  HKDSE Score A level equivalent 5*55 A*AA 555 AAA 554 AAB 544 ABB 444 BBB If Mathematics is an essential subject requirement, you will need to complete two elective subjects plus Compulsory Mathematics and Extended Mathematics (either M1/Calculus and Statistics or M2/Algebra and Calculus). For direct entry, we also accept other international qualifications studied by students in Hong Kong, such as the US AP subject exams, as well as Canadian qualifications. Explore our undergraduate courses https://www.york.ac.uk/study/international/your-country/hong-kong/ 取得日期：2026-10-29

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