BA History and Welsh History [VVC2]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Single Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration 3 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards The Coleg Lead 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)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HY12120

Introduction to History

or
HA12120

Cyflwyno Hanes

Year 1 Options

Choose 100 credits, at least 60 must be taken in History & Welsh History department and should include WH11720:

Semester 1
HC11120

Concwest, Uno a Hunaniaeth yng Nghymru 1200-1800

HY11420

Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe, 1000-1800

HY11820

The Modern World, 1789 to the present

Semester 2
HA10420

Cydio mewn Hanes: Ffynonellau a'u Haneswyr

HA11420

Ewrop a'r Byd, 1000-2000

HC11820

Cymdeithas, Pobl a Gwleidyddiaeth: Cymru, 1800-1999

HY10420

'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians

HY12420

Europe and the World, 1000-2000

WH11720

People, Power and Identity: Wales 1200-1999

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (20 Credits)

Students WILL take a minimum of 80 credits across Part Two in Welsh History. Students will be expected to write a final-year dissertation (40 credits) on a topic relevant to Welsh History and MUST take a minimum of an additional 40 credits across Part Two in Welsh History. As well as the dissertation, credits gained from option modules, skills modules and the Special Subject will count towards this requirement.

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HY20120

Making History

or
HA20120

Llunio Hanes

Year 2 Options

Students MUST take one 20 credit SKILLS module in semester two:

Semester 2
HA24720

Gwrando ar Hanes: Y mudiad Hawliau Sifil yn America

HY24120

(Re)writing the past: Medieval chronicles and sagas c. 1000-1300

HY24320

Interdisciplinary and decolonial history

HY24620

Victorian Visions: Exploring Nineteenth-Century Exhibitions

HY25020

Recounting Racism: Oral History and Modern American Race Relations.

Year 2 Options

Students should choose 80 credits worth of OPTION modules in the Department of History & Welsh History (though students may opt to take up to 20 credits outside the department if they wish):

Semester 1
HA28120

Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008

HA28620

Crefydd, Hud a Gwyddoniaeth

HY20920

The Tudors: A European Dynasty?

HY25820

European Society and the Medieval Mind 1200-1500

HY28320

African-American History, 1808 to the Present

HY28620

Science, Religion and Magic

HY29020

Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean through its arts and traditions

Semester 2
HC20120

Cymru a Brenhinoedd Prydain: Gwrthdaro, Grym a Hunaniaeth yn Ynysoedd Prydain, 1039-1417

HC22320

Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy Lygaid y Cymry

HY20420

Chivalry and courtliness: Elite culture in high medieval England, 1066-1300

HY28520

Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800

HY29420

The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945

HY29720

The Atlantic World, 1492-1825

WH23420

Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850

Final Year Core (40 Credits)

Students WILL take a minimum of 80 credits across Part Two in Welsh History. Students will be expected to write a final-year dissertation (40 credits) on a topic relevant to Welsh History and MUST take a minimum of an additional 40 credits across Part Two in Welsh History. As well as the dissertation, credits gained from option modules, skills modules and the Special Subject will count towards this requirement.

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HY30300

Dissertation

or
HA30300

Traethawd Estynedig

Semester 2
HY30340

Dissertation

or
HA30340

Traethawd Estynedig

Final Year Options

Students MUST take two co-requisite 20-credit SPECIAL SUBJECT modules (the first part running in semester one and the complementary module in semester two):

Semester 1
HP33120

Gwrthryfel Glynd?r 1: Hynt a Helynt y Gwrthryfel

HQ34520

The reign of Edward II, 1307-27 (Part 1)

HQ35020

The English Reformation, 1520-58: Revolution and Counter Revolution

HQ37120

Life and Work in the British Coalfields, 1842-1914 (Part 1)

HQ39220

From Burma to Myanmar (Part I): colonial Burma under British rule (1824-1941)

Semester 2
HP33220

Gwrthryfel Glynd?r 2: Cwestiynau Allweddol

HQ34620

The Reign of Edward II, 1307-27 (Part 2): Sources

HQ35620

The English Reformation, 1558-1648: Consolidation and Conflict

HQ37220

Life and Work in the British coalfields, 1914-1948 (Part 2)

HQ39320

From Burma to Myanmar (Part II): Challenges for a young nation state since 1942

Final Year Options

Students should take 40 credits of OPTION modules (taking one 20-credit option module in each semester):

Semester 1
HA38120

Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008

HA38620

Crefydd, Hud a Gwyddoniaeth

HY30920

The Tudors: A European Dynasty?

HY35820

European Society and the Medieval Mind 1200-1500

HY38320

African-American History, 1808 to the Present

HY38620

Science, Religion and Magic

HY39020

Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean through its arts and traditions

Semester 2
HC30120

Cymru a Brenhinoedd Prydain: Gwrthdaro, Grym a Hunaniaeth yn Ynysoedd Prydain, 1039-1417

HC32320

Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy Lygaid y Cymry

HY30420

Chivalry and courtliness: Elite culture in high medieval England, 1066-1300

HY38520

Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800

HY39420

The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945

HY39720

The Atlantic World, 1492-1825

WH33420

Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850