B.A. History / English Literature

Bachelor's degree

In Aberystwyth

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Aberystwyth (Wales)

The History and English Literature Degree will allow you to immerse yourself in a broad range of historical periods, complemented by the study of literary texts from medieval times through to modern.

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Aberystwyth (Ceredigion)
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Aberystwyth University, Old College, King Street, SY23 2AX

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About this course

English Language Requirements Take IELTS test

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Subjects

  • Welsh
  • Conflict
  • Politics
  • Options
  • Credit
  • C++
  • Economic History
  • English
  • Public
  • Private
  • Writing
  • Joint
  • Media
  • Democracy
  • Foreign Policy
  • American Literature

Course programme

Course Content

Year 1 Core (40 Credits) You must take the following modules:

Semester 1
  • Encountering Texts EN10020
Semester 2
  • Ancestral Voices EN10220

Year 1 Options ALL History and Welsh History joint honours students MUST take the Department's Part One core module (through medium of English or Cymraeg):

Semester 1
  • Cyflwyno Hanes HA12120
  • Introduction To History HY12120

Year 1 Options History and Welsh History joint honours students must take a further 40 credits worth of modules in the History & Welsh History department:

Semester 1
  • Argyfwng, Gwrthryfel A Ffydd Yn Ewrop C.1000-1540 HA10820
  • Concwest, Uno A Hunaniaeth Yng Nghymru 1250-1800 HC11120
  • Russia Since 1900 HY12020
  • Nationalism, Totalitarianism And Democratization: Czechoslov HY12220
  • Forging A National Identity?: American History, 1607-1865 HY13920
  • Conquest, Union And Identity In Wales 1250-1800 WH11120
Semester 2
  • Oes Y Fictoriaid HA13820
  • Cymru A'r Byd: Cysylltiadau A Dylanwadau 1860 - 2000 HC11520
  • Stuart England: War, Political Crisis And Social Change 1629-1714 HY11920
  • Three Queens And Their Subjects HY12720
  • Britain And The First World War HY13220
  • Soldiers, Saints & Serfs: England, 1042-1154 HY14320
  • Modernity And The Making Of Asia HY15220
  • Wales In An Age Of Revolution, 1770-1850 WH11420
  • Wales And The World: Connections And Influences, 1860-2000 WH11520

Year 1 Options You may choose up to 40 credits from the following modules

Semester 1
  • Greek And Roman Epic And Drama CL10120
  • Re-writing, Re-visioning Texts EN10120
  • American Literature 1819-1925 EN11220
Semester 2
  • History Of Greek And Roman Ideas CL10320
  • Contemporary Writing EN10520

Year 2 Core (20 Credits) ENGLISH - You must take the following module

Semester 1
  • Literary Theory: Debates And Dialogues EN20120

Year 2 Options Joint Hons Part Two Students have the option to follow the scheme on one of three different PATHWAYS within the Department of History and Welsh History:

Year 2 Options Pathway A: History and Welsh History Joint Hons Year Two Students must take 60 credits as - TWO 30 credit OPTION modules:

Semester 1
  • Cymdeithas Ewrop A'r Meddwl Canoloesol 1200-1500 HA35130
  • Cymdeithas Cymru Fodern 1868-1950 HC34130
  • War, Famine And Plague:england In The 14th Century HY36630
  • Culture, Society And The Victorians: Public And Private Lives HY37430
  • Media And Society In 20th Century Britain HY37730
  • The World Of Late Antiquity: Barbarians, Bishops And The Transformation Of Rome, A.d. 284-641 HY38130
  • Gender And Society In Britain, 1945 To 2000 HY38930
  • The American Civil War HY39030
  • Modern Welsh Society 1868-1950 WH34130
Semester 2
  • Menywod A'r Berthynas Rhwng Y Rhywiau Ym Mhrydain C1800-c1950 HA36830
  • Cymru A'r Tuduriaid 1530-1603 HC33130
  • The Social And Economic History Of Early Modern Europe HY36030
  • Women And Gender In Britain C 1800 - C 1950 HY36830
  • The Domestic Politics Of Us Foreign Policy HY37030
  • Weimar Germany:making+breaking Of German Democracy,1914-1933 HY38230
  • Conflict & Coexistence: From The Normans To Owain Glyn Dwr WH32130
  • Wales Under The Tudors WH33130

Year 2 Options Pathway B: History and Welsh History Joint Hons Year Two Students must take 60 credits as - HA/HY 30710 or HA/HY 30810, one 20 credit SURVEY module (semester 1) and one 30 credit OPTION module:

Semester 1
  • Llunio Hanes A HA30710
  • Y Chwyldro Ffrengig HA31720
  • Cymdeithas Ewrop A'r Meddwl Canoloesol 1200-1500 HA35130
  • Cymdeithas Cymru Fodern 1868-1950 HC34130
  • Making History A HY30710
  • The Making Of Western Christendom C 800-c 1200 HY31320
  • Century Of The Superpowers (c. 1890-2000) HY31820
  • The British Isles In The Long Eighteenth Century HY32020
  • War, Famine And Plague: England In The 14th Century HY36630
  • Culture, Society And The Victorians: Public And Private Lives HY37430
  • Media And Society In 20th Century Britain HY37730
  • The World Of Late Antiquity: Barbarians, Bishops And The Transformation Of Rome, A.d. 284-641 HY38130
  • Gender And Society In Britain, 1945 To 2000 HY38930
  • The American Civil War HY39030
  • Modern Welsh Society 1868-1950 WH34130
Semester 2
  • Llunio Hanes BHA30810
  • Menywod A'r Berthynas Rhwng Y Rhywiau Ym Mhrydain C1800-c1950 HA36830
  • Cymru A'r Tuduriaid 1530-1603 HC33130
  • Making History BHY30810
  • The Social And Economic History Of Early Modern Europe HY36030
  • Women And Gender In Britain C 1800 - C 1950 HY36830
  • The Domestic Politics Of Us Foreign Policy HY37030
  • Weimar Germany:making+breaking Of German Democracy,1914-1933 HY38230
  • Conflict & Coexistence: From The Normans To Owain Glyn Dwr WH32130
  • Wales Under The Tudors WH33130

Year 2 Options You should choose at least 20 credits from the following modules

Semester 1
  • Literary Modernisms EN20920
  • The Shapes Of Tragedy EN22020
Semester 2
  • Nineteenth Century Literature EN20720
  • Place And Self EN22120
  • Literature Since 1945 EN22920

Year 2 Options You may choose up to 40 credits from the following modules

Semester 1
  • Contemporary Queer Fiction EN31620
  • Writing Women For The Public Stage, 1670-1780 EN38720
  • Asian American Literature WL31720
Semester 2
  • Shakespeare, Jonson And Company EN33020
  • Demons, Degenerates And New Women: Fin De Siecle Fictions EN33420
  • Forms Of Children's Narrative Prose EN37820

Year 2 Options Pathway C: History and Welsh History Joint Hons Year Two Students must take 60 credits as - HA/HY 30120, one 20 credit SURVEY module (semester 1) and one 20 credit SKILLS module (semester 2):

Semester 1
  • Llunio Hanes HA30100
  • Y Chwyldro Ffrengig HA31720
  • Making History HY30100
  • The Making Of Western Christendom C 800-c 1200 HY31320
  • Century Of The Superpowers (c. 1890-2000) HY31820
  • The British Isles In The Long Eighteenth Century HY32020
Semester 2
  • Llunio Hanes HA30120
  • Hanes Ar Y Teledu HA33320
  • Making History HY30120
  • Studying Cuban History Through Film HY32320
  • Oral History: The Past In The Present HY32520
  • Investigating Georgian And Victorian Landscapes HY32720
  • History As Myth-making: The 'myth Of The Blitz' HY33420
  • Germans And Nazism Since 1933: Reading Public Opinion Surveys, Diaries And Memoirs HY33520
  • Image Wars In Southeast Asia: Studying 20th Century Propaganda HY33720
  • Journalism And The Writing Of History HY33920
  • Medieval Chronicles: Historical Writing In The British Isles 540-1300 HY34020
  • History In Cartoons: Studying Georgian Satirical Prints HY34320
  • Exploring Nineteenth-century Exhibitions HY34620

Final Year Core (30 Credits) ENGLISH - You must take the following module

Semester 1
  • Reading Theory/ Reading Text EN30930

Final Year Options History and Welsh History Joint Hons Final Year Students must take 60 credits as - TWO 30 credit OPTION modules:

Semester 1
  • Cymdeithas Ewrop A'r Meddwl Canoloesol 1200-1500 HA35130
  • Cymdeithas Cymru Fodern 1868-1950 HC34130
  • War, Famine And Plague:england In The 14th Century HY36630
  • Culture, Society And The Victorians: Public And Private Lives HY37430
  • Media And Society In 20th Century Britain HY37730
  • The World Of Late Antiquity: Barbarians, Bishops And The Transformation Of Rome, A.d. 284-641 HY38130
  • Gender And Society In Britain, 1945 To 2000 HY38930
  • The American Civil War HY39030
  • Modern Welsh Society 1868-1950 WH34130
Semester 2
  • Menywod A'r Berthynas Rhwng Y Rhywiau Ym Mhrydain C1800-c1950 HA36830
  • Cymru A'r Tuduriaid 1530-1603 HC33130
  • The Social And Economic History Of Early Modern Europe HY36030
  • Women And Gender In Britain C 1800 - C 1950 HY36830
  • The Domestic Politics Of Us Foreign Policy HY37030
  • Weimar Germany:making+breaking Of German Democracy,1914-1933 HY38230
  • Conflict & Coexistence: From The Normans To Owain Glyn Dwr WH32130
  • Wales Under The Tudors WH33130

Final Year Options ENGLISH - You should take 30 credits from the following modules

Semester 1
  • Elizabethan Drama: Hieronimo To Hamlet EN31430
  • Victorian Childhoods EN31730
  • Twentieth Century Welsh Writing In English EN37930
  • Romantic Eroticism EN38330
Semester 2
  • Reimagining The World Wars: Contemporary Historical Fictions EN31530
  • Haunting Texts: Victorian And Modern Ghost Stories EN31830
  • Poetry But Not As We Know It-uk Poetry Since 70s-remapping EN34030
  • Detective And Crime Fiction EN34730
  • A Virtuous Vice? The True History Of The English Novel .... EN37730
  • Twentieth Century American Literature EN39330

B.A. History / English Literature

Price on request