Program Overview

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History (BA)

The History (BA) program at Cardiff University is a three-year, full-time course that enables students to become independent and critical thinkers. Through a blend of core and optional modules, students will study 120 credits of modules in each year.

Why Study This Course

This course offers access to unique resources, including the university's Special Collections and Archives, which provide students with a range of original texts and sources. The program also allows students to explore a topic that sparks their curiosity and enhance their skills with presentational and written elements. Students will be guided by historians whose research is shaping the field and will have the opportunity to study a wide range of historical periods and topics.

Subject Area

The subject area for this course is History, and it is based in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion.

Entry Requirements

The typical entry requirements for this course are:

• ABB-BBC at A-level
• 32-30 overall or 665-655 in 3 HL subjects at International Baccalaureate
• DDM-DMM in a BTEC Extended Diploma in Humanities and Social Science subjects
• Other qualifications, such as the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales, are also accepted

Students must also have or be working towards:

• English language or Welsh language at GCSE grade C/4 or an equivalent
• GCSE grade C or grade 4 in GCSE English Language
• IELTS (academic) at least 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each subskill
• TOEFL iBT at least 90 overall with a minimum of 17 for writing, 17 for listening, 18 for reading, and 20 for speaking
• PTE Academic at least 69 overall with a minimum of 59 in all communicative skills
• Trinity ISE II/III at least two Distinctions and two Merits

Tuition Fees

The tuition fees for this course are:

• £9,535 per year for home students
• £24,700 per year for overseas students

Additional Costs

Students should be prepared to invest in some key texts and to cover the costs of basic printing and photocopying for their own use. They may also want to buy copies of other books, either because they are particularly important for their modules or because they find them particularly interesting.

Accommodation

The university has a range of residences to suit different needs and budgets. Students can find out more about accommodation on the university's website.

Living Costs

The university is based in one of the UK's most affordable cities. Students can find out more about living costs in Cardiff on the university's website.

Course Structure

The course structure for the History (BA) program is as follows:

Year One

• Core modules:
  • The Making of The Modern World
  • History in Practice Part 1: Questions, Frameworks and Audiences
  • History in Practice Part 2: Sources, Evidence and Argument
  • Global Histories
• Optional modules:
  • A World Full of Gods
  • Projecting the Past: Film, Media and Heritage
  • Inventing a Nation: Politics, Culture and Heritage
  • Medieval Worlds, AD 500 -1500
  • Renaissance, Reformation and Revolution
  • The Archaeology of Britain: Prehistory to Present
  • The Near East, Greece and Rome, BCE
  • Empires East and West, 323 BCE to 680 CE
  • The Archaeology of Mediterranean Societies
  • The Origins and Legacies of Religion in the Modern World

Year Two

• Core modules:
  • Reading History
  • Making History: Historians, Evidence, Audiences
  • Debating History
• Optional modules:
  • Past, Present and Future
  • Everyday Life in Medieval Britain c1200–1600
  • A History of the Supernatural
  • Accessible Pasts
  • The British Civil Wars
  • European Enlightenment(s): The View from the Margins
  • America: From Revolution to Reconstruction
  • Modern France
  • Europe's Dark Century
  • Close Neighbours, Dangerous Foes: China, Japan and Modern East Asia
  • Politics and the People in Modern Britain: Protest, citizenship and the state
  • Environmental Histories
  • Anti-Colonial Resistance
  • Chwyldro, Diwylliant a Radicaliaeth, 1789–1914
  • Heroes and Villains in the Middle Ages

Year Three

• Core modules:
  • Researching History: Dissertation
• Optional modules:
  • Age of Arthur: Myths, History and Identity in Medieval Britain
  • Crusading Worlds
  • East Asia in a Global Second World War
  • Digital Games and the Practice of History
  • Spies and Espionage in the Medieval World
  • Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting in Early Modern Europe
  • An Information Revolution: Politics and Communication in Early Modern Britain
  • Health and Illness in Early Modern Britain
  • Mobile Lives: Travel, Exile, and Migration in the Early Modern World
  • Native American History
  • Utopias of Extremism: Revolutions in Comparative Context
  • Czechoslovakia: The Twentieth Century in Miniature
  • France under Occupation
  • Inside the Third Reich
  • Change, Conflict, and Mass Mobilisation in Republican China
  • Peripheral Reverberations of the French Revolution
  • Mayhem and murder: Investigating the Victorian Underworld
  • The Making of British Socialism
  • Britain at War: Culture and Politics on the Home Front
  • Public and Private: Gender, Identities and Power in Twentieth Century Britain
  • Jews, Europe and the World
  • Meiji Restoration, Meiji Revolution – Japan's 19th century transformation

Learning and Assessment

The learning and assessment methods for this course include:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Individual work
• Group tasks
• One-to-one tutorials
• Self-directed learning
• Independent study and research
• Digital learning resources

Assessments include:

• Source criticisms
• Research projects
• Reviews
• Presentations
• Creative-critical portfolios
• Blog posts
• Essays
• Tests/exams

Careers and Placements

The career prospects for graduates of this course are excellent, with many going on to work in a variety of fields, including:

• Broadcast journalism
• Law
• Advertising
• Teaching
• Historian

The university provides opportunities for placements and internships, both in and outside of semesters, to help students gain work experience and develop their skills.

Studying in Welsh

Up to 33% of this course is available through the medium of Welsh. Students can contact the Admissions tutor for more information.