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BA History

Aberystwyth University

Institution
Aberystwyth University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
V10F

Entry requirements

A level: Available to those who are studying for, or who have completed Level 3 qualifications (eg, A-Levels or BTEC diploma) and to mature-aged candidates without formal qualifications who have suitable background education, experience and motivation. IB: Available to those who are studying for, or who have completed Level 3 qualifications (eg, A-Levels or BTEC diploma) and to mature-aged candidates without formal qualifications who have suitable background education, experience and motivation.

About this course

BA in History, covering medieval to modern periods across four continents. Core topics include research methods. The course includes a foundation year, with the syllabus then following the same structure as the standard History degree. Students can study abroad at a partner university and undertake Heritage sector work placements.

Modules

  • How to be a Student 1
  • How to be a Student 2
  • Information in a Post-Truth World
  • Introduction to Social Science
  • The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives
  • Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes
  • Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places
  • Understanding Crime: Law, Society and Behaviour
  • 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
  • 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
  • (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
  • 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