Program Overview

Humanities Joint Honours

Challenge your ways of thinking, open your mind, and broaden your horizons with a humanities joint honours degree. Our subject combinations are carefully curated to expand your skills and understanding across multiple disciplines, boosting your employability and making the most of your degree.

Undergraduate Courses

The following undergraduate courses are available:

• Communications and English - BA (Hons)
• Communications and Film & TV - BA (Hons)
• Communications and History - BA (Hons)
• Communications and Linguistics - BA (Hons)
• Communications and Philosophy - BA (Hons)
• English and Film & TV - BA (Hons)
• English and History - BA (Hons)
• English and Media - BA (Hons)
• English and Philosophy - BA (Hons)
• Film & TV and History - BA (Hons)
• Film & TV and Philosophy - BA (Hons)
• History and Linguistics - BA (Hons)
• History and Philosophy - BA (Hons)
• Linguistics and Media - BA (Hons)
• Linguistics and Philosophy - BA (Hons)
• Media and Film & TV - BA (Hons)
• Media and Philosophy - BA (Hons)

About Humanities Joint Honours Degrees

Our joint honours degrees are designed to ensure that the things you learn in one subject enhance the other, meaning you'll get the best of both worlds – two independent disciplines, with plenty of complementary learning on both sides. Create your degree from a range of humanities subjects, from classics such as English and History, to Communications and Film & TV. They're an informed mix of academic grounding and elements of professional skills development - including work placement, company projects or volunteering.

Student Satisfaction

• 100% of Media and Film & TV students are positive about the academic support on their course (National Student Survey 2025)
• 95% of English students are positive about the teaching on their course (National Student Survey 2025)
• 97% of History students are positive about the learning resources on their course (National Student Survey 2025)

Career Opportunities

Because you'll develop such a wide range of skills and knowledge, your career options are really broad. In addition to the course content, you'll develop key transferable skills including written and oral communication, critical analysis and a variety of IT skills. Plus you'll become more self-motivated, be able to work independently and in teams, and develop excellent time management skills. Our recent graduates have secured posts at companies including:

• Boots
• Capital One
• Essex County Council
• Games Workshop
• Global Wealth Management Solutions
• Home Office
• ITV
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Luton Town Football Club
• National Trust
• Nottingham City of Literature
• Red Cross
• Teach First
• University of Sussex They have secured roles including:
• Teacher
• Business Development Executive
• Campaign Executive
• Charity Manager
• Content Marketing Assistant
• Copywriter
• Marketing Managers
• Training Facilitator
• Sales Manager
• Video Producer

NTU Employability Promise

From your first steps at NTU to life beyond graduation, our Employability Promise provides personalized support designed just for you. Build your skills, confidence, and connections through one-to-one career coaching, networking events, practical learning experiences, and exclusive access to part-time, placement, and graduate-level opportunities—and so much more.