Certificate in Higher Education: Genealogical Studies

Is it for me? 

The courses offered through the Certificate, have been designed, on completion, to provide you  with an all round knowledge of the craft of creative writing and its various genre. If you enjoy creative writing and would like to take several of the courses, then this study scheme is for you.

Having a Certificate at the end provides recognition of your efforts. Equally you might like to take your studies further and you may be able to use your Certificate as the key to unlock study at a higher level. 

You have five years to complete your studies and within that time can take the courses at your own pace.  Not all courses are on offer each year, but we will ensure that all the courses are made available over a period of time.

If you would like to discuss the Certificate please telephone 01970 621580 and ask for the Genealogy Co-ordinator, or email lzj@aber.ac.uk 

How do I Start? 

If you are interested in taking the certificate you will need to register. It costs nothing and other than the normal course fee, there are no additional costs.

How to access the registration form

Complete the form supplied in the Lifelong Learning Brochure or contact the Lifelong Learning office on 01970 621580. You can email your request to: learning@aber.ac.uk or download and print off a form directly from the website here.

Once you have registered, you will be sent the Student handbook. This will give you full information on content and assessment requirements for each of the courses and the regulations involved in the Certificate.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have.  We are here to make sure you have the best learning experience.

The Study Scheme

The Certificate comprises 120 credits of which 30 must be taken from the Core Courses. You complete 3 core courses, choose and complete a further 9 optional courses and you have completed your Certificate.  The courses available within this Certificate are shown below. Not all will be available this first year.

(NB This certificate is currently being updated. For up to date information, please contact the co-ordinator Liz Jones: lzj@aber.ac.uk )

Core Courses

30 credits must be chosen from this list of modules.

We would strongly recommend that you complete the 3 core courses, before progressing further.  You may take these in any order but we would suggest that the following sequence would be most advantageous.

Core modules

1.    Tracing Your Ancestors: Research Beginnings

2.    Family History: Using Historical Records Part 1

3.    Family History: Using Historical Records Part 2

Optional courses

The remaining 90 credits can be selected from optional course list.  SELL reserves the right to expand or withdraw certain courses, if circumstances require it. We do not offer all the courses in any one year.

10 credits courses:

Genealogy, Computers and The Internet

20 credits courses

• Her Story 2: Writing and Presenting Women’s History  (20 credits)
• Reading Historical documents: Deciphering Old Handwriting (20 credits)

Additional courses

We have several courses that go parallel to our Certificates to support them.

These are the courses related to the Certificate in Genealogical Studies.