Founded in 1920, the University of Wales Swansea is situated in parkland and on the sea-shore, between the city centre and the old fishing village of Mumbles. The self-contained campus includes all the modern academic and social amenities, halls of residence, a purpose-built Arts Centre, cinema, art gallery, bookshop, banks and the Egypt Centre museum. Within five minutes' walk of the campus are our playing fields, sports centre and swimming pool. Our Library and Information Centre is a light, comfortable modern building. In addition to rare book, manuscript, and video collections, it offers new electronic information sources ranging from an extensive CD-ROM network to on line services like BIDS. Information Technology facilities are widely available across the campus and most students can make full use of word-processing facilities, e-mail, and access to the Internet in their halls.

Swansea is a lively, attractive city which combines scenic beauty and historical interest with the modern amenities associated with a thriving centre of nearly 200,000 inhabitants. It offers an exciting nightlife and the low cost of living here is appreciated by modern students.

History teaching at Swansea was awarded the grade of Excellent by the Higher Education Funding Council. The Department was praised for the highly supportive relationship between staff and students and the close links between research and teaching. In various ‘league tables’ this Department has consistently figured as one of the ‘top twenty’ history departments in the UK.

We pride ourselves on the range of subjects that we teach. Whatever your historical interests - from early medieval warfare to gender in modern Russia, from art history to the Nazis - you will find our modules attractive. History can be studied not only as a single honours BA but also in a wide variety of joint honours combinations. The History Department offers a series of four-year BA single honours degrees in European History with a European Language. We offer Economic and Social History as a single honours BScEcon degree: we also teach several joint honours BScEcon degrees involving either Economic or Social History and another subject. The single honours BA in Ancient and Medieval History and the joint honours degrees in Medieval Studies are taught in part by members of the History Department.

History V100

Ancient and Medieval History V116

European History (with English) V1Q3

European History (with French) V1R1

European History (with German) V1R2

European History (with Italian) V1R3

European History (with Spanish) V1R4

European History (with Welsh) V1Q5

(All the above European History courses last 4 years with a third year spent abroad in the appropriate country)

BA JOINT HONOURS

(Schemes asterisked * are 4-year courses with the third year spent abroad in the appropriate country)

History and English QV31

History and French* RV11

History and German* RV21

History and Italian* RV31

History and Spanish* RV41

History and Russian RV81

History and Welsh QV51

History and Greek QV71

History and Ancient History V110

History and Latin QV61

History and Politics MV11

History and Geography LV81

History and Economics LV11

History and Economic History VV13

History and Russian Studies RV8C

History and Medieval Studies V120

History and American Studies VQ14

History and Philosophy VV17

History and Anthropology VL16

History and Greek and Roman Studies QV81

History and Sociology LV31

Economic History and History VV13

Economic History and Ancient History VVCH

Economic History and French RV13

Economic History and German RV23

Economic History and Italian RV33

Economic History and Spanish RV43

Economic History and Russian RV83

Economic History and Medieval Studies VVC3

Economic History and Russian Studies RVW3

Economic History and Social History V340

Economic History and Economics LV13

Economic History and Russian Studies RV8H

Economic History and American Studies VQ34

Social History and Russian Studies RVV3

Social History and American Studies QVK3

Social History and Anthropology LV63

Social History and Social Policy LV43

Social History and Politics VM31

Social History and Sociology LV33

Teaching and Assessment

As a student at UWS you are expected to take a range of modules in your first year covering a variety of historical periods, approaches and skills. You will also take some modules from subjects outside history. In the second and third year your choice of modules is built upon the notion of progression. At each stage you acquire the knowledge and technical skills to progress to the next level of more specialised study. You are encouraged to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, to present seminar papers, contribute to class work, and in the third year to write an 8,000 word dissertation.

We teach through a mixture of lectures, seminars, and tutorials. At every stage of your studies you will be taught by experts in their field and have opportunities for personal discussion of your work. You will be assessed at the end of each module and this usually involves submitting coursework or essays and sitting an examination. Approximately half the marks for your final degree classification will come from coursework of some kind.

Admissions enquiries:

Tel. 01792 295957 / 295980

Website: http://www.swan.ac.uk/history/

History Department

University of Wales Swansea

Singleton Park