Study Schemes
BA Irish / History [QV5D]
Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2002/2003
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Options
students must take one of these modules
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.
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
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
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
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
Rhaid treulio blwyddyn yn dilyn cyrsiau Brifysgol yn Iwerddon / You must follow courses from a University in Ireland
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 IR33100 Traditional Music Of The Celtic Countires
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary