Overview
Surround yourself with heritage and rich historical culture with a History degree from Canterbury Christ Church University. Study History on our UNESCO World Heritage Site. Whilst the city remains small and intimate, there are multiple important monuments to explore, including St Augustine’s Abbey and the country’s oldest church, St Martin’s. With history right on your doorstep, you’ll lose yourself both within your studies and history itself.
Our History course spans across the entire historical chronology. From Ancient Rome to modern day, you can undertake historical research to suit your interests. Explore the likes of the cold war, ancient civilisations, and global fascism before specialising in your particular field with the Dissertation in year 3.
What’s more, with a degree in History from CCCU, you can work closely with the History department and other disciplines, such as Archaeology, enabling you to collaborate and gain wider experience during your course.
Not only will you delve into multiple periods of local and world history, but you will also gain invaluable transferable skills, which will prepare you for employment. Vital skills such as analysis, critical thinking, and reflection are used in almost every job, so a History degree will certainly kickstart your career in your chosen sector.
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Graduate Outcomes Survey 2023Entry requirements
Qualification type |
Grades |
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A Levels |
BBC |
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BTEC |
DMM |
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Access |
15 Distinctions and 30 Merits |
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International Baccalaureate |
29 Points |
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Combinations |
A combination of qualifications totalling 112 UCAS points |
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International students
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112
UCAS Points
Module information
As well as the core modules, you may also have the opportunity to study a number of option modules in your second and third year. Option modules will not be pre-selected for you. We provide examples of option modules. The availability of specific option modules may vary from year to year. The offer of an option will be subject to a minimum number of students choosing the module to ensure the appropriate student experience. The offer of option modules may also be affected by staff availability. It means we cannot guarantee the availability of a particular optional module. However, we will ensure you have a choice of option modules.
Core/optional modules
How you’ll learn
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, and (where relevant to your module) field trips. You will typically have around 9 contact hours per week although your contact hours in Years 2 and 3 will depend on the optional modules you select.
Seminars in smaller groups will enable you to discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures.
You will also be supported in your learning through regular access to your tutors who have office hours devoted to students each week, and through one-to-one tutorials during a designated tutorial week in each semester. In addition, you will meet periodically with your personal academic tutor. All modules are supported by a virtual learning environment (VLE), providing information about modules and a variety of learning and support materials. You'll also have access to IT and library facilities throughout your course.
In Year 2, you'll have an opportunity to take an employability module to help develop specific graduate skills.
For your core module you'll have access to PebblePad, a reflective online space where you can construct a portfolio of evidence of your activities that can be exported after graduation. This provides you with a ready-made demonstration of your own development and skills.
All courses are informed by the University’s Learning and Teaching Strategy 2015-2022.
When not attending lectures, seminars, workshops or other timetabled sessions you will continue learning through self-study. Typically, this involves reading journal articles and books, undertaking research in the library, and preparing for coursework assignments/examinations, workshops and seminars. Your module tutor will direct you towards specific readings and/or activities to complete before classes.
For the dissertation in Year 3, you will undertake independent research, working under the supervision of a member of the History team who you will meet with regularly.
You are expected to spend 37 hours per week studying, of which around 9-10 hours would be contact time.
You will be taught by staff who are professional historians, experts in their fields, and active, published researchers of national and international standing and repute.
All our team members hold doctoral qualifications and have extensive experience in delivering research-informed teaching. You can find out more about the current teaching on our History subject area web page.
Postgraduate students sometimes assist in teaching and assessing some modules, working alongside experienced members of staff. The permanent course team teach the vast majority of lectures and seminars across all three years of the degree.
History shapes both who we are and what we are able to do. In our supportive and dynamic programme, you will unlock the past and open the door to your future.
Dr Dave HitchcockBA Hons History Course Director
How you’ll be assessed
Our History modules are assessed by a variety of methods, with coursework being by far the most common. The coursework component typically involves essays, document analyses, presentations, portfolio assignments, VLE based projects, and class-based multiple choice tests. Few if any modules have a formal, written examination component. Usually, each module has two pieces of assessment of different kinds. You must achieve a pass mark of 40 or above in all Year 1 modules order to progress to Year 2.
Your future career
We work hard to prepare you for the world of work by emphasising the transferable skills valued by employers across a spectrum of professions, including empirical research, critical thinking, and clear writing. Recent history graduates have embarked on careers in heritage, education, the public sector, the arts industries and business.
After leaving Christ Church and its historians I did a stint in the private sector before finding my real calling as a campaigner within the UK voluntary sector, becoming Head of Campaigns for the RNID (now re-named Action on Hearing Loss). In parallel I became involved with political think-tanks such as the Fabian Society writing on foreign policy issues. In both cases my History degree was useful both in terms of content (how political issues are understood and acted upon) and training (how to construct a sound argument). I am now Head of Communications at International Alert, an NGO for which I continue to use those same skills working in armed conflicts around the world.
Chris UnderwoodHead of Communications, International Alert
Fees
The 2025/26 annual tuition fees for this course are:
| UK | Overseas | |
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| Full-time | £9,535 | £15,500 |
Tuition fees for all courses are payable on an annual basis, except where stated. The fees represented here are for study with Canterbury Christ Church University. If you are looking to study at a partner institution, please visit their website for fees information.
Please read the 2025/26 Tuition Fee Statement for further information regarding tuition fees and year on year fee increases.
Home (UK) Fees
The Government has announced that it will increase the tuition fee cap by 3.1%, in line with inflation, for the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to parliamentary approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 our undergraduate home tuition fees are expected to be £9,535.
Overseas/International Fees
Undergraduate / PGCE tuition fees for international students are not set by the UK Government.
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