BA (Hons) History with Digital Media Production at Ulster University

Programme overview

A full-time honours degree at the Coleraine campus combining the study of history with digital media production skills such as web design, video and immersive media.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | Department: School of Arts and Humanities | Intake: September 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 includes Making History: Skills for Historians, Revolutionary Russia 1894-1939 and Web Design. Year 2 offers modules such as Film and the Vietnam Conflict, Media Law and Regulation and Immersive Media; Year 3 includes Late Soviet Communism, America in the Depression and Saints and Sinners: Women in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Ireland. Study abroad and a work-based learning module are available.

Career pathways

Graduates go into areas such as heritage management, political consultancy, teaching, project management and financial services, or on to postgraduate study. There is a dedicated employability module in Year 2.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A-level: final grade C may be met through alternative qualifications (full grade profile not captured on the page text). BTEC/OCR Extended Diploma: DMM (2012 suite) or MMM (2016 suite). Irish Leaving Certificate: 96 UCAS tariff points to include five subjects (four at higher level), with English at H6 (Higher) or O4 (Ordinary); preference may be given to H4 in History. Access course (NI/ROI): 55%. Access to HE (GB): 45 credits at Merit. GCSE English Language at grade C/4 or above. HND with overall Merit and distinctions in 15 Level 5 credits, HNC with overall Merit and 45 distinctions in Level 4 credits, or Foundation Degree with 40% in Level 5 modules for Year 1 entry. International applicants: A-level equivalent CCC or higher; Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score below 5.5.

Intake: September 2027

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