BA History (Full-time) (
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Entry requirements
96-112 UCAS Tariff Points Alternative entry routes If this course interests you, but you don’t have the entry requirements to join our bachelor’s degree you could consider: ‘with Foundation Year’ . This route is designed to give you extra support as it provides you with an additional year (full-time) of supported study. Once you successfully complete your Foundation Year studies, you will automatically advance onto the main degree. Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE). This is a one-year course and is equivalent to the first year of the three year, full-time bachelor’s degree. Once you have successfully completed your CertHE studies, you will be eligible to progress for the remaining two years of the bachelor’s degree. These are ideal routes if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied this subject, or if you did not achieve the grades you need for a place on this degree.
About this course
BA Hons in History, exploring global and comparative perspectives. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme spans periods from antiquity to the present day, with modules on Welsh history, medieval studies, and the Irish question. Teaching incorporates small group discussions and research-led instruction.
Modules
- Death, Burial and the Afterlife
- Myths and Mythology: How Stories Shape the World
- Everyday Life in Athens and Rome
- Historicising Texts
- What makes civilisation?
- The Modern World
- Exploring the Humanities
- Doing History: Past in Practice
- The Medieval World
- People's Worlds: Interaction with the Environment
- (Re)presenting and (Re)constructing the Past
- Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy
- From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
- Britain and the Great War
- Classical Mythology and Legends in Roman and Medieval Times
- Cold war, hot wars. Global perspectives on post-war history
- Gwlad, gwlad: Aspects of Welsh History 1200 to the present
- Medieval Prose in Wales
- Special Collections Research: The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
- Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints' Cults
- Difficult Heritage/ Dark Tourism
- Identity and Myth: The Normans and their World
- The Irish Question 1886-1998: from Charles Parnell to the Good Friday Agreement
- Exhibiting the Past: Ancient Egypt, death and modern representation
- Heritage and Archaeology of Conflict
- The Book, the Body, and the World: Renaissance Humanism, Medicine, and Exploration
- Women and Religion
- Professional Placement
- African Modernities
- Ancient Lives in Death
- International Political Economy
- Gender, Violence and Empire, 1800-2020
- Thinking Through History - Independent Project
- Heritage Project
- (Re)presenting and (Re)constructing the Past
- Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy
- Britain and the Great War
- Classical Mythology and Legends in Roman and Medieval Times
- Cold war, hot wars. Global perspectives on post-war history
- From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
- Gwlad, gwlad: Aspects of Welsh History 1200 to the present
- Medieval Prose in Wales
- Special Collections Research: The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
- Independent Project
- Confessing with Saint Augustine: God and Religion in the Twilight of the Roman Empire
- Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints' Cults
- Difficult Heritage/ Dark Tourism
- Identity and Myth: The Normans and their World
- The Irish Question 1886-1998: from Charles Parnell to the Good Friday Agreement
- Exhibiting the Past: Ancient Egypt, death and modern representation
- Heritage and Archaeology of Conflict
- The Book, the Body, and the World: Renaissance Humanism, Medicine, and Exploration
- Women and Religion
- Ancient Lives in Death
- International Political Economy
- African Modernities
- Gender, Violence and Empire, 1800-2020