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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

History

Entry requirements

Here's what you will need to get a place on the History course at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Select a qualification to see required grades

A level

B,B,C

Tuition fees

LocationFees
England£9,535 per year
Scotland£9,535 per year
Wales£9,535 per year
Northern Ireland£9,535 per year
Channel Islands£9,535 per year
Republic of Ireland£9,535 per year
EU£17,000 per year
International£17,000 per year

Course summary

What this course is about

UCAS code: V100

Here's what Canterbury Christ Church University says about its History course.

Explore the past to shape your future with our BA (Hons) History at Canterbury Christ Church University. If you're looking for a course that spans centuries of history, this degree offers you the chance to delve into the people, ideas, conflicts, and movements that have shaped the world.

What you’ll learn

  • Become an historian as you immerse yourself in deep layers of history that spans Europe and afar.

  • Uncover hidden histories from diverse cultures, voices, and time periods.

  • Apply history across a range of industries, careers, institutions, and settings.

  • Explore history beyond the classroom: in archives, theatres, virtual worlds, museums, and at historic sites.

  • Study in a UNESCO world heritage site and explore some of the country’s most treasured monuments including Augustine’s Abbey and the country’s oldest continually consecrated church, St Martin’s.

Studying History at CCCU will show you how the world has been shaped by history. You’ll make connections between the past and present as you perfect your craft as an historian through critical interrogation and application in practice.

Upon graduation, you’ll have a portfolio of your best work to showcase to employers, setting you up for success in creative and heritage industries, education, business, politics, and more. At Canterbury you don’t just study history - you live it, and you make it.

Location

This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.

Source: Canterbury Christ Church University

Course details

Qualification

Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Department

School of Humanities

Location

Main Site | Canterbury

Duration

3 Years

Study mode

Full-time

Subjects

• History

Start date

September 2026

Application deadline

14 January 2026

The modules you will study

For a list of core and likely optional modules, please visit our website. https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/history

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3 star
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1 star
4%
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores

The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.

Here you can see ratings from Canterbury Christ Church University students who took the History course - or another course in the same subject area.

History

Select an option to see a detailed breakdown

How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?

84%

low

How good are teaching staff at explaining things?

90%

low

How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?

90%

med

How often is the course intellectually stimulating?

100%

high

To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?

95%

high

How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?

79%

low

How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?

90%

med

To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?

90%

med

To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?

74%

low

How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?

81%

low

How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?

84%

med

How often does feedback help you to improve your work?

95%

high

How often have you received assessment feedback on time?

90%

med

How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?

81%

med

How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?

90%

low

How well have teaching staff supported your learning?

90%

med

How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?

67%

low

How well organised is your course?

73%

low

How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?

74%

low

How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?

81%

low

How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?

88%

med

How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?

46%

low

To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?

81%

low

To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?

81%

med

How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?

31%

low

During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?

84%

low

How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?

70%

low

Student information

See who's studying at Canterbury Christ Church University. These students are taking History or another course from the same subject area.

History
Mode of study
Full-time96%Part-time4%
Gender ratio
Female44%Male54%Other3%
Where students come from
International2%UK98%
Student performance
2:1 or above65%
Number of students115
Most popular A-levels studied
SubjectGrade
HistoryC
English LiteratureD
PsychologyC
SociologyB
Film StudiesC
Source: HESA

Graduate prospects

What graduates do next

We have no information about graduates who took History at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Earnings after graduation

Earnings from Canterbury Christ Church University graduates who took History - or another course in the same subject area.

History and archaeology

Earnings

£20.8k

First year after graduation

£22.6k

Third year after graduation

£27.4k

Fifth year after graduation

Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to History.

Source: LEO

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree

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