
History BA (Hons)
Course Overview - History BA (Hons)
This comprehensive and broad-ranging history degree offers you the flexibility to choose the options that fascinate you most. Our expertise spans centuries and continents, covering British and European history, as well as the history of North and South America, and East Asia. You will explore and evaluate different forms of historical evidence, and develop skills in critical analysis, communication and research.
This comprehensive and broad-ranging history degree offers you the flexibility to choose the options that fascinate you most. Our expertise spans centuries and continents, covering British and European history, as well as the history of North and South America, and East Asia. You will explore and evaluate different forms of historical evidence, and develop skills in critical analysis, communication and research.
Course Information
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
07/09/2026
Campus
Main Site (Newcastle)
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
V100
Institution Code
N21
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Not Accepted
Scottish Higher
A,A,A,B,B
Including History at Higher Grade. Combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted. Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting.
Access to HE Diploma
D:30,M:15
15 Level 3 credits should be History or History-related. If unable to take history at Level 3 a Social Science subject should be taken instead and evidence of reading around the subject will be required.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
34
History required at Higher Level, at grade 6 or above.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
BTECs considered alongside History A level.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H1,H1,H2,H2,H3
including History.
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
D3,D3,D2
in Principal Subjects including History.
Extended Project
If you offer the Level 3 Extended Project Qualification in a topic relevant to the degree programme, we will vary our offer to recognise this.
A level
A,A,B
including History. Applicants offering a Modern Language are welcomed. General Studies accepted.
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