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BA History

Aberystwyth University

Institution
Aberystwyth University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
V100
Typical offer
A-level BBB

Entry requirements

A level: BBB-CCC IB: 30-26

About this course

BA in History. Core topics include Research Methods. The course spans medieval to modern periods and includes a dissertation, with options to study abroad at a partner university or undertake heritage sector work placements. Small-group teaching includes one-to-one tutorials and seminar-only modules.

Modules

  • Introduction to History
  • '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
  • Making History
  • (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
  • Dissertation
  • 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