The bachelor programme in History totals 180 credits over 3 years (3 x 60 credits). It consists of a basic major syllabus of 150 credits and a minor syllabus of 30 credits (2 x 15 credits), over years 2 and 3.

Year 1 consists of a semester joint training course with general lectures covering the subjects taught by the Faculty.
From Year 2 onwards, the students are expected to broaden their intellectual and professional horizons by choosing a minor option of 30 credits, either from among other subjects taught in the Faculty or in another UCL Faculty, depending on any prerequisites laid down in these particular programmes.

Three pivotal courses make up the 150 credits of the major orientation of the bachelor syllabus:

(1) introduction to the human sciences (historical criticism, arts and civilisations, European literature, analysis and practice of academic discourse, ancient and modern languages, philosophy, anthropology and psychology, logic and argumentation, social and political economy, religious sciences);
(2) introduction to the historical periods (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modern Times, contemporary era) and the historical fields — political and institutional, social and economic, religious, cultural and intellectual elements;
(3) methodological and disciplinary training (heuristics, [documentary research], historiography, quantitative methods, practicals and seminars).