BA History and Religion
About this course
The BA (Hons) in History and Religion is an undergraduate degree in History and Theology and Religion that explores past human societies alongside religious beliefs and institutions. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The curriculum incorporates local fieldwork visits and partnerships with regional heritage archives and museums. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Studying Religion, Researching and Presenting the Past, Global York: A Social and Cultural History of the City, Religion, Peace and Conflict, and Values and Virtues: Ethics and Religion. Optional choices in the first year include People and Nature: An Environmental History. The second year offers various optional modules spanning philosophical and historical subjects, such as From Descartes to the Death of God, Problems of Evil, Russian Between Lenin and Stalin, and The Great Society: America in the 1960s, alongside work-related learning opportunities. The final year centres on an independent 10,000-word Dissertation, complemented by optional modules like Religion and Genocides, Theology and Ethics through Film, Cold War, Hot War: The International History of the Korean War, and The Wars of the Roses.
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Entry requirements
Minimum entry requirements: 104 UCAS Tariff points; and 3 GCSEs at grade C/4 (or equivalent) including English Language.
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What students say
Based on about 13 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 79%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 96%
- Organisation and management: 85%
- Learning resources: 84%
- Student voice: 78%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
What graduates do next
Based on about 7 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 10%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Teaching Professionals: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 40%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 15%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 145 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 18%
- North West: 11%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 51%
- East Midlands: 8%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 2%
- London: 6%
- South East: 3%
- South West: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Gold for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Studying Religion
- Researching and Presenting the Past
- Global York: A Social and Cultural History of the City
- Religion, Peace and Conflict
- Values and Virtues: Ethics and Religion
- People and Nature: An Environmental History
- Work Related Learning
- History Pathways
- From Descartes to the Death of God
- Matters of Life and Death
- Problems of Evil
- Religion and Literature
- Religion and Politics
- Sociology of Religion
- Theology and the Environment
- Making History
- Tyranny and Majesty: Kingship in Late Medieval England
- The Great Society: America in the 1960s
- From Slavery to Freedom
- Lives and Experiences of Sixteenth-Century Women
- Russian Between Lenin and Stalin
- C’est La Vie! An Everyday History of Nineteenth-Century France
- European Conflict, c.1660-1815
- Alfred the Great and the Idea of England
- The Chinese Revolutions: From Empire to Communism
- Living and Dying in Revolutionary England, 1620 - 1670
- ‘You’ve Never Had It So Good!’ Britain 1945-1997
- Dissertation
- Religion and Myth
- Religion and Genocides
- Negotiated Study 1 and 2
- Theology and Ethics through Film
- Religion and Globalisation
- Feminist Ethics and Religion
- Religion and Visual Culture
- Spirituality and Public Life
- A Cultural History of the Reformation
- Cold War, Hot War: The International History of the Korean War
- Doomed Youth: A Social and Cultural History of the First World War
- Life After Death in the Early Middle Ages: Saints, Ghosts, and Dynasties
- Life Through Letters, c.1780-1850
- Myth, Murder, Memory: Traumatic Histories and the American Experience
- Napoleonic Europe
- Roads to War: The International Origins of World War Two
- The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- The Wars of the Roses
- War Without Fronts: The Wars in Indochina
- Watchers and the Watched: Surveillance in Early Modern England
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History and Religion at York St John University earn?
The median salary is £22,000 after 15 months, £19,000 after 3 years, £23,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,500 and £29,000. The £23,000 median after five years is £7,500 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of BA History and Religion at York St John University do next?
100% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2022-23).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History and Religion at York St John University?
94% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2024-25.
What grades do I need for BA History and Religion at York St John University?
The average entrant had 101 UCAS points.
Does BA History and Religion at York St John University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA History and Religion at York St John University?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.