BA German / History [RV21]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001
Last intake year is 2024/2025
Duration 4 years
Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards Excellence Scholarship;
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Core (20 Credits)
Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option
GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:
Compulsory module(s).
German Language (Non-Beginners)
German Language (Non-Beginners)
Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option
GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must take:
Compulsory module(s).
German Language (Beginners)
German Language (Beginners)
Year 1 Options
Students MUST take a further 40 credits in the Department of History & Welsh History:
Year 1 Options
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Year 2 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
German Language (Intermediate)
German Language (Intermediate)
Year 2 Options
Students MUST take a further 40 credits worth of modules in the Department of History & Welsh History from the SKILLS (semester two) and/or OPTION modules listed. Students may choose one skills module and an option module OR two option modules.
Gwrando ar Hanes: Y mudiad Hawliau Sifil yn America
(Re)writing the past: Medieval chronicles and sagas c. 1000-1300
Interdisciplinary and decolonial history
Victorian Visions: Exploring Nineteenth-Century Exhibitions
Recounting Racism: Oral History and Modern American Race Relations.
Year 2 Options
Choose 20 credits of the following GE or EL modules:
German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
The Language of German Drama
Contemporary German Politics
Year 2 Options
OPTION modules in the Department of History & Welsh History:
Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
Crefydd, Hud a Gwyddoniaeth
The Tudors: A European Dynasty?
European Society and the Medieval Mind 1200-1500
African-American History, 1808 to the Present
Science, Religion and Magic
Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean through its arts and traditions
Cymru a Brenhinoedd Prydain: Gwrthdaro, Grym a Hunaniaeth yn Ynysoedd Prydain, 1039-1417
Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy Lygaid y Cymry
Chivalry and courtliness: Elite culture in high medieval England, 1066-1300
Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800
The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945
The Atlantic World, 1492-1825
Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
You must take these modules during your year Abroad:
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
Final Year Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
German Language (Advanced)
German Language (Advanced)
Final Year Options
Students MUST take 60 credits worth of modules in the Department of History & Welsh History from the OPTION modules listed below:
Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
Crefydd, Hud a Gwyddoniaeth
The Tudors: A European Dynasty?
European Society and the Medieval Mind 1200-1500
African-American History, 1808 to the Present
Science, Religion and Magic
Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean through its arts and traditions
Cymru a Brenhinoedd Prydain: Gwrthdaro, Grym a Hunaniaeth yn Ynysoedd Prydain, 1039-1417
Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy Lygaid y Cymry
Chivalry and courtliness: Elite culture in high medieval England, 1066-1300
Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800
The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945
The Atlantic World, 1492-1825
Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850
Final Year Options
History and Welsh History,Aberystwyth University, International Politics Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FE
Telephone Department: +44 01970 621917 Admissions: +44 (0)1970 622021
Email: history-enquiries@aber.ac.uk