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BA History

Aberystwyth University

Institution
Aberystwyth University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
V101
Typical offer
A-level BBB

Entry requirements

A level: BBB-CCC IB: 30-26

About this course

BA in History. Modules span medieval to modern periods, covering Britain, Wales, Europe, America, China, and Latin America. History has been taught at Aberystwyth since 1872, making it the oldest department of its kind in Wales. The National Library of Wales is situated near the campus.

Modules

  • 'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians
  • Europe and the World, 1000-2000
  • Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe, 1000-1800
  • People, Power and Identity: Wales 1200-1999
  • The Modern World, 1789 to the present
  • (Re)writing the past: Medieval chronicles and sagas c. 1000-1300
  • Interdisciplinary and decolonial history
  • Recounting Racism: Oral History and Modern American Race Relations.
  • Victorian Visions: Exploring Nineteenth-Century Exhibitions
  • African-American History, 1808 to the Present
  • Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800
  • Chivalry and courtliness: Elite culture in high medieval England, 1066-1300
  • Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850
  • European Society and the Medieval Mind 1200-1500
  • Science, Religion and Magic
  • The Atlantic World, 1492-1825
  • The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945
  • The Tudors: A European Dynasty?
  • Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean through its arts and traditions
  • African-American History, 1808 to the Present
  • Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800
  • Chivalry and courtliness: Elite culture in high medieval England, 1066-1300
  • Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850
  • European Society and the Medieval Mind 1200-1500
  • From Burma to Myanmar (Part I): colonial Burma under British rule (1824-1941)
  • From Burma to Myanmar (Part II): Challenges for a young nation state since 1942
  • Gwrthryfel Glyndŵr 1: Hynt a Helynt y Gwrthryfel
  • Gwrthryfel Glyndŵr 2: Cwestiynau Allweddol
  • Life and Work in the British Coalfields, 1842-1914 (Part 1)
  • Life and Work in the British coalfields, 1914-1948 (Part 2)
  • Science, Religion and Magic
  • The Atlantic World, 1492-1825
  • The English Reformation, 1520-58: Revolution and Counter Revolution
  • The English Reformation, 1558-1648: Consolidation and Conflict
  • The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945
  • The Reign of Edward II, 1307-27 (Part 2): Sources
  • The Tudors: A European Dynasty?
  • The reign of Edward II, 1307-27 (Part 1)
  • Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean through its arts and traditions