Você está usando WHERE duas vezes
SELECT y.NAME, y.EMAIL, k.DATE, k.WORK_NR, k.SCORE, k.FILENAME
FROM bas1.students y, bas1.assignments k, bas1.topics a
WHERE y.ID = k.student_id AND k.topic_id = a.id
AND a.NAME = 'History';
mude para isso
SELECT y.NAME, y.EMAIL, k.DATE, k.WORK_NR, k.SCORE, k.FILENAME
FROM bas1.students y, bas1.assignments k, bas1.topics a
WHERE y.ID = k.student_id AND k.topic_id = a.id
AND a.NAME = 'History';
