Combined Honours BA Honours

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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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.

86% of Newcastle graduates are employed in graduate-level roles or pursuing professional-level further study within 15 months of graduation”, according to the Guardian's 2025 University Guide

Recent Combined Honours graduates are now working for:

• HSBC
  
• Independent Cinema Office
  
• Civil Aviation Authority
  
• Deloitte
  
• Microsoft
  
• Mastercard
  
• Penguin Random House
  
• Norton Rose Fulbright
  
• EY

Examples of Combined Honours graduates’ current roles:

• Senior Sports Journalist
  
• Film Programmer
  
• Graduate Analyst
  
• Communications Manager
  
• Senior Legal Project Manager
  
• Marketing Coordinator
  
• Barrister
  
• Politics and History Teacher
  
• Senior HR Consultant
  
• Senior Analyst, EY. Financial Services
  
• Policy Researcher
  
• Freelance Bid Writer for NGOs and start-ups
  
• Cybersecurity and AI Specialist

Many also choose to continue their studies with Masters or PhD programmes in the UK and abroad. Areas of further study include:

• MSc in International Business Management
  
• Politics and Ethics
  
• Journalism
  
• Curating Art
  
• International Security
  
• International Politics
  
• MA Law Conversion
  
• Bar Practice Course
  
• Creative Writing
  
• NCTJ journalism qualification with the News Associates, London