BA Drama and Theatre / History [WV41]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Joint 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)
Year 1 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 1 Options
Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must choose one of the following modules
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 Options
Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must take at least 40 credits and, subject to the demands of their other scheme, may take up to 80 credits of the following TP modules in their second year:
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
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
Final Year Options
Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must take at least 20 credits from the following modules:
Final Year Options
Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students may take up to 40 credits from the following modules:
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
Theatre, Film and Television Studies,Aberystwyth University, Parry-Williams Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3AJ
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