History with a Year in Industry

This BA in History at Swansea University enables you to build the skills that are valued by employers, across a range of sectors and professions, while exploring more than 1500 years of history, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day.

The programme, anchored in compulsory modules and enhanced by optional modules, gives you a guided, structured and schematic path through history that enables you to acquire the skills and competencies of historical enquiry, as it is practiced in the twenty-first century.

Through the optional modules offered, you will have the opportunity to specialise in particular periods of history, as well as the ability to focus your studies on themes that transcend historical eras, by exploring issues including Sex and Gender, Empire and Nationhood, Revolution, Medicine and Disability, and the Environment across different places and times.

Delivered by leading academics who practice research-led teaching, and who are passionate about sharing their knowledge with students and the wider world, this degree enables you to engage with the latest historical research, as it is being conducted.

Every student is encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning, to work independently as well as with others, to act professionally, and to gain and refine new skills. Members of the subject area will offer one-to-one support and feedback for assessment, working with you to help you reach your potential and to understand and meet the challenges of studying history at university level.

The programme leads you to acquire, develop and refine the transferable skills of historical research. These include the ability to plan, conduct and evaluate information, communicate ideas and arguments in a variety of ways, to think creatively using evidence-based arguments, and to work both independently and collaboratively.

You could spend a Year in Industry, in the UK or overseas, enabling you to gain valuable workplace experience. The University advocates for paid-only placements, which on average have a salary of over £20,000. Unpaid placements are considered on a case-by-case basis. You can also undertake a work placement module, that will further develop your skills by spending time at a partner body.

In Year 1, you will typically study areas including: From Facts to Fake News: Being a Historian in the Twenty-First Century; Medieval Matters: Exploring the Middle Ages; Who Sings America? Literature and Culture of the United States; The Past in its Place: History and Heritage Field Trip.

In Year 2, you will typically study areas including: Placement Preparation: Year in Industry / Year in Practice; The Practice of History; Europe 1500-1650: Renaissance, Reformation and Religious War; History Work Placement; Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955; Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607-1867.

In Year 3: Year spent in Industry.

In Year 4, you will typically study areas including: History Dissertation; The Lights that Failed: the League of Nations and International Peace 1919 -1939; The Reign of King John, 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta; The Great Depression and New Deal America, 1929-1941; Monarchy: Ancient and Medieval; The Cold War.

We offer a variety of assessment methods within our programmes. In addition to traditional examinations and essays, examples of alternative assessment include:

• Source Analysis
• Debate
• Presentations (solo & group)
  Throughout your undergraduate BA History degree, you will develop excellent research and analytical skills and learn to present your ideas effectively both verbally and in writing. For full breakdown of course structure and assessment please visit our course page https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/culture-communication/history/ba-history/
  or get in touch with us at study@swansea.ac.uk