Study Schemes

BA Irish / History [QV5D]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2002/2003

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Bursary; The Coleg Lead Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Options

students must take one of these modules

Semester 1
HA12120

Cyflwyno Hanes

HY12120

Introduction To History

Semester 2

Year 1 Options

Students must take a minimum of two options

Semester 1
HA10820

Argyfwng, Gwrthryfel A Ffydd Yn Ewrop C.1000-1540

HC11220

Grym, Protest A Chymdeithas Yng Nghymru Fodern 1850 -1997

HY12720

Three Queens And Their Subjects

HY14020

The Making Of The American Nation 1783-2000

Semester 2
HA10620

Y Dirwasgiad Mawr: Hanes Cymharol America A Phrydain

HC11120

Concwest, Uno A Hunaniaeth Yng Nghymru 1250-1800

HY11920

Stuart England: War, Political Crisis And Social Change 1629-1714

HY13220

Britain And The First World War

WH11120

Conquest, Union And Identity In Wales 1250-1800

Year 1 Options

Students must take the following modules in their chosen language. Non-beginners in Irish take IR11220 (not IR10620 + IR10710)

Semester 1
GC10620

Cyflwyniad I Wyddeleg Modern A'i Llenyddiaeth 1

IR10620

Introduction To Modern Irish Language 1

IR11200

Modern Irish Language And Literature For Non-beginners

Semester 2
GC10720

Cyflwyniad I Wyddeleg Modern A'i Llenyddiaeth 2

IR10710

Introduction To Modern Irish Language 2

IR11220

Modern Irish Language And Literature For Non-beginners

Year 1 Electives

Students may choose from the following list, together with any other modules allowed by the Faculty, up to a total of 60 credits.

Semester 1
GC10810

Diwylliant Celtaidd I

IR10810

Celtic Culture 1

Semester 2
GC10910

Diwylliant Celtaidd Ii

IR10910

Celtic Culture 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Options

Path A. 60 credits of the History Options List

Year 2 Options

Path B. You must take HA or HY30510 OR HA or HY 30610, one 20 credit History Survey Module and one 30 credit History Option module

Semester 1
HA30510

Haneswyr Ac Ysgrifennu Hanes Ia

HY30510

Historians And The Writing Of History 1

Semester 2
HA30610

Haneswyr Ac Ysgrifennu Hanes Ib

HY30610

Historians & The Writing Of History 1b

Year 2 Options

Path C. You must take either HA or HY30020, one 20 credit History Survey Module and one 20 credit Histroy Skills Module.

Semester 1
HA30000

Haneswyr Ac Ysgrifennu Hanes

HY30000

Historians And The Writing Of History 2

Semester 2
HA30020

Haneswyr Ac Ysgrifennu Hanes

HY30020

Historians And The Writing Of History 2

Year 2 Options

SURVEY MODULES

Year 2 Options

SKILLS MODULES

Semester 2
HY32220

The Ottoman Empire And Early Modern Travel Writing

HY32320

Studying Cuban History Through Film

HY32520

Oral History: The Past In The Present

HY32720

Investigating Georgian And Victorian Landscapes

HY32820

Myth & History In The Viking Age: Saga & Society In Medieval Iceland

HY33320

History On Television

HY33520

Germans And Nazism Since 1933: Reading Public Opinion Surveys, Diaries And Memoirs

HY34020

Medieval Chronicles: Historical Writing In The British Isles 540-1300

HY34620

Exploring Nineteenth-century Exhibitions

HY34820

Early Modernity In Film

Year 2 Core (50 Credits)

Students must take the following modules

Semester 1
IR21900

Old Irish (language + Literature) 1+2

IR22100

Modern Irish (language + Literature) 1+2

Semester 2
IR21920

Old Irish (language + Literature) 1+2

IR22010

Middle And Early Modern Irish (language+literature) 1+2

IR22120

Modern Irish (language + Literature) 1+2

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

You must take these modules during your year Abroad

Semester 1
HYS0000

Abroad Year Dummy

Semester 2
HYS0060

Abroad Year Dummy

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

Rhaid treulio blwyddyn yn dilyn cyrsiau Brifysgol yn Iwerddon / You must follow courses from a University in Ireland

Semester 1
IRS0000

Abroad Year Dummy

Semester 2
IRS0060

Abroad Year Dummy

Final Year Options

Final year students must take two History Option modules

Final Year Core (30 Credits)

Students must take the following modules

Semester 1
IR32300

Old Irish And Middle Irish (language And Literature)

IR32400

Early Modern Irish (language And Literature) 3+4

Semester 2
IR32320

Old Irish And Middle Irish (language And Literature)

IR32410

Early Modern Irish (language And Literature) 3+4

Final Year Core (20 Credits)

Modern Irish III & IV is compulsory for final year students. It is a 'must pass' module for students graduating in Irish.

Semester 1
IR32500

Modern Irish (language And Literature) 3+4

Semester 2
IR32520

Modern Irish (language And Literature) 3+4

Available both years Options

OPTIONS LIST

Semester 1
HC34230

Hunaniaethau Cenedlaethol Yn Ynysoedd Prydain 1801-1914

HY35930

The Atlantic World, 1500 -1800

HY36430

From Black Death To The Great Fire: The British Town 1349-1700

HY37430

Culture, Society And The Victorians: Public And Private Lives

HY38230

Weimar Germany:making+breaking Of German Democracy,1914-1933

WH33330

Crime, Riot And Morality In Wales, 1750-1850

Semester 2
HC33330

Trosedd, Terfysg A Moesoldeb 1750-1850

HY35230

Age Of The Crusades:west & East 1070-1291

HY36230

The British Isles And The 'english' Revolution

Available both years Options

20 credits from the following except only one extended essay can be taken each year

Semester 1
IR22400

Extended Essay 2

IR32900

Extended Essay 4

IR33100

Traditional Music Of The Celtic Countires

Semester 2
GC32720

Gaeleg Yr Alban

IR22410

Extended Essay 2

IR32910

Extended Essay 4

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary