Combined Honours BA Honours
- UCAS code: Y001
- Full time
- 3 years
Combine two or three of more than 20 subjects and create a unique degree that develops your independence, adaptability, confidence and self-assurance.
You are currently viewing course information for entry year: 2025
Next start date:
- September 2025
Fees (per year)
- Home: £9250
- International: £23800
UCAS Institution name and code:
- NEWC / N21
Course overview
This intellectually demanding multidisciplinary degree programme allows you to explore new subjects or develop your existing interests.
Study complementary disciplines or choose unusual subject combinations to reflect your individual interests and career aspirations.
Specialist career and graduate development modules will prepare you for your future.
Features of this degree include:
- more than 20 subjects to choose from
- try new subjects without prior experience
- language learning from beginners' and advanced level
- specialist career and graduate development modules
- independent projects to combine your subject interests
Your degree certificate will reference the subjects you studied in Stages 2 and 3, allowing employers to identify your areas of expertise, for example, BA Combined Honours in English Literature and French.
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Professional accreditation and recognition
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Modules and learning
Modules
The information below is intended to provide an example of what you will study.
Most degrees are divided into stages. Each stage lasts for one academic year, and you'll complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each stage.
Our teaching is informed by research. Course content may change periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.
Optional module availability
Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.
Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.
To find out more please see our terms and conditions
Our flexible degree structure gives you the freedom to try new subjects.
In Stage 1, you divide your time equally between the two or three subjects you have chosen.
Subjects currently available
You can choose to combine two or three subjects at Stage 1, totalling 120 credits (with a minimum of 40 credits in each subject) and must continue with at least two of them throughout the remainder of the degree.
Film (Film Studies or Documentary Practice)
Spanish and Latin American Studies
Please note:
- you may not take more than two Modern Language subjects, and only one of those may be studied at beginners’ level
- most students are able to follow their first choice of subjects. However, subject choice may be constrained by the teaching timetable and capacity on modules
- it is not possible to study Chinese and Japanese, or Film Studies and Documentary Practice, together
From Stage 2 onwards, you can choose how to combine your subjects and how many you wish to study:
- study three subjects in equal proportion
- study two subjects in equal proportion (the joint route)
- spend two-thirds of your time on one subject and one third on the other (the major/minor route)
Your degree certificate will reference the subjects you studied in Stages 2 and 3, allowing employers to identify your areas of expertise, for example, BA Combined Honours in English Literature and French.
In addition to subject modules, we also offer Combined Honours modules unique to you. These include experiential learning and research-based project modules.
In your final year, you have the option of undertaking a dissertation or project that spans more than one of your chosen subjects or focuses on just one.
Year abroad
If you are taking a language beyond Stage 1, you spend a year abroad between Stage 2 and 3 in a country where your chosen language is spoken. You take the following modules:
SML3004 Year Abroad ePortfolio
And either
SML3007 Year Abroad Work Placement Report 1 OR
SML3008 Year Abroad Work Placement Report 2 OR
In addition to subject modules, we also offer Combined Honours modules unique to you. These include experiential learning and research-based project modules.
We base these figures and graphs on the most up-to-date information available to us. They are based on the modules chosen by our students in 2023-24.
Teaching time is made up of:
- scheduled learning and teaching activities. These are timetabled activities with a member of staff present.
- structured guided learning. These are activities developed by staff to support engagement with module learning. Students or groups of students undertake these activities without direct staff participation or supervision
Teaching and assessment
Teaching methods
As a guide, you'll normally attend three or four lectures and a similar number of seminars a week.
You'll be taught by staff from within the different subject areas that you choose to study, which means you'll learn from specialists in each field.
Assessment methods
You'll be assessed through a combination of:
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Assessments
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Coursework
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Projects
Skills and experience
The professional, practical and research skills you'll develop through your degree depend on the subjects you choose.
Combined Honours students are heavily involved with shaping the programme. This student engagement and partnership benefit you as a student and encourage you to grow in confidence.
Opportunities
Study abroad
Experience life in another country with study abroad. You’ll be encouraged to embrace fun and challenging experiences, make connections with new communities and graduate as a globally aware professional, ready for your future.
Students studying a language
If you study a language beyond Stage 1 you'll have the option to spend a year abroad after Stage 2, extending your degree to four years.
Find out more about study abroad when studying a language
Students not studying a language
Students who are not studying a language may also have the opportunity to study abroad. You can substitute one semester or add an extra year to study abroad after Stage 2 (depending on subject choice).
Find out more about spending a semester abroad
Find out more about spending a year abroad
Work placement
Alternatively, you have the opportunity to take a 9 to 12 month work placement in the UK or abroad between Stages 2 and 3, regardless of subject combination.
You can apply to spend your placement year with any organisation and will receive University support to do so.
You’ll gain first-hand experience of working in your chosen sector, putting your learning into practice and developing your professional expertise.
It will extend your degree by a year and is subject to availability, however it isn't available if you're spending a year studying abroad.
Facilities and environment
Facilities
As a Combined Honours student, you will be based at the Henry Daysh Building. Here and across campus you'll have access to a whole range of facilities
Newcastle University has achieved five QS Stars for facilities from QS Quacquarelli Symonds. You'll benefit from top facilities that not only support you and help you get the best out of your studies but give you an outstanding experience, such as:
- an award-winning library service
- excellent IT facilities
- a range of study support and wellbeing services to help you reach your full potential
- a wide range of sporting facilities
Find out more about our campus and facilities
Support
You'll have the support of an academic member of staff as a personal tutor throughout your degree to help with academic and personal issues.
Peer mentors will help you in your first year. They are fellow students who can help you settle in and answer any questions you have, when starting university.
Your future
Combined Honours graduates are well placed to enter a wide range of careers, being adaptable, efficient and self-motivated, with a variety of skills and qualities that employers are keen to use.
Combined Honours graduates can be found in all roles and areas of a contemporary internationally facing economy. They take positions in government and civil service, media, journalism, financial services, marketing and project management. Their disciplinary knowledge, combined with their flexibility, and self-motivation make them especially attractive to employers in a rapidly changing environment.
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Entry requirements
All candidates are considered on an individual basis and we accept a broad range of qualifications. The entrance requirements and offers below apply to 2025 entry.
A-Level | |
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International Baccalaureate | |
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Other UK and the Republic of Ireland qualifications
Contextual Offers
Through one of our contextual routes, you could receive an offer of up to three grades lower than the typical requirements.
Qualifications from outside the UK
English Language requirements
Entrance courses (INTO)
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Tuition fees and scholarships
Tuition fees for 2025 entry (per year)
The 2025 home fees have not yet been confirmed.
Qualification: BA Honours | |
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Home students full time 3 years |
Tuition fees (per year)
9250 |
International students full time 3 years |
Tuition fees (per year)
23800 |
Year abroad and additional costs
For programmes where you can spend a year on a work placement or studying abroad, you will receive a significant fee reduction for that year.
Some of our degrees involve additional costs which are not covered by your tuition fees.
Scholarships
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