Program Overview

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History with Sociology BA (Hons)

Overview

Study history and how it relates to British and global society on this History with Sociology degree course.

Key Information

UCAS Code:

V100, V101

Typical Offer:

104-112 UCAS points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent, to include a relevant subject

Study Mode and Duration:

• 3 years full-time
• 4 years sandwich with work placement
• 4 years with foundation year
• 5 years sandwich with foundation year and work placement

Start Date:

• September 2025

Course Information

Overview

History and sociology are complementary subjects. Studying them in combination will help you explore the relationship between past and present and what matters in the world today and why.

If you’re fascinated by history, and how it relates to society, there’s no better place to study it than Portsmouth, a city teeming with the influences of the past.

On this BA (Hons) History with Sociology degree, you’ll pick the periods of time that interest you most, both in British and global history, and develop your skills in research and analysis. You’ll explore pressing contemporary social issues and get an understanding of specialist areas of sociological study such as food, happiness, violence, sport, social class, gender and race.

After the course, you'll understand the different ways people encounter and engage with the world and key issues of social and political importance, ready to transfer to the workplace in roles that involve analysis, research, communication and teamwork.

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements (September 2025 start)

• BA (Hons) Foundation year
• Typical offers for BA (Hons) History:
  • A levels - BBC-BCC
  • UCAS points - 104-112 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent, to include a relevant subject
  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) - DMM
  • International Baccalaureate - 25
• English language requirements:
  • English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5

Careers and Opportunities

Employers from every area of industry value today’s history and sociology graduates. Studying history with sociology will give you transferable skills in critical thinking, collaboration, research, analysis and argument.

What can you do with a History with Sociology degree?

You can move forward to further study and research or put your degree to work in areas such as:

• archives and information management
• corporate governance
• creative industries
• heritage
• law
• primary and secondary education
• higher education
• charity / not-for-profit organisations
• publishing and media
• trade unions

What jobs can you do with a History with Sociology degree?

Roles our graduates have taken on include:

• administrator for social enterprise
• barrister
• case worker for MP
• development editor in publishing
• exhibitions project manager
• founder of a digital solutions company
• researcher and writer for TV
• teacher
• workplace financial education consultant

Portsmouth alumni have worked with organisations including:

• central and local government
• higher education providers
• National Trust
• National Maritime Museum
• NHS
• the probation service
• Royal Navy

Modules

Core Modules

• Beliefs, Communities and Conflicts: Europe - 20 credits
• Discovering World Histories: Peoples and Places - 20 credits
• Societies, Nations and Empires: Europe - 20 credits
• Thinking Like an Historian - 20 credits
• Traces of the Past: Exploring Lives Through Sources - 40 credits

Optional Modules

• Envisioning Ourselves: Media and the Making of Modern Britain, 1850-1950 - 20 credits
• Introduction to Teaching - 20 credits
• The Hidden Lives of Things: Material Culture in the Early Modern World - 20 credits
• Underworlds: Crime, Deviance and Punishment in Britain, 1700-1900 - 20 credits
• Gender and Sexuality - 20 credits
• Race and Racism - 20 credits
• A History of US Foreign Policy: From the Great War to 9/11 - 20 credits
• Empire and its Afterlives in Britain, Europe and Africa - 20 credits
• Professional Experience - 20 credits
• Slavery and Resistance in the Atlantic World - 20 credits
• Family, Career and Generation - 20 credits
• Social Power, Elites and Dissent - 20 credits

Course Costs and Funding

Tuition Fees (September 2025 start)

• BA (Hons) Foundation year
• UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students - £9,535 a year (may be subject to annual increase)
• EU students - £9,535 a year, including our Transition Scholarship (may be subject to annual increase)
• International students - £17,200 a year (subject to annual increase)

Apply

You need to choose BA (Hons) History or BA (Hons) History with Foundation Year when you apply for these courses, because they are ‘pathway’ courses. This is where you study History in depth and add Sociology as a complementary subject later. You’ll then graduate with a BA (Hons) History with Sociology degree when you complete the course.

If you change your mind after you apply, you can choose not to study Sociology too. You’ll then graduate with a BA (Hons) History degree when you complete the course.

September 2025 start

• BA (Hons) Foundation year
• To start this course in BA (Hons) History with Sociology in 2025, apply through UCAS. You'll need:
  • the UCAS course code – V100
  • our institution code – P80
• To start this course in BA (Hons) History with Sociology with Foundation Year in 2025, apply through UCAS. You'll need:
  • the UCAS course code – V101
  • our institution code – P80

Please note this foundation year with ICP isn't currently open to EU or International students.