Study Schemes

BA  German / History [RV21]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HY12120

Introduction to History

or
HA12120

Cyflwyno Hanes

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
GE19900

German Language Advanced

Semester 2
GE19930

German Language Advanced

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
GE11120

Beginners German 1

Semester 2
GE11020

Beginners German 2

Year 1  Options

Students MUST take a further 40 credits in the Department of History & Welsh History:

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

Year 1  Options

GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take GE10810 and must also choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10700

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10720

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

GE10810

Exploring German Cultural Identity

Year 1  Options

GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10700

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10720

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HY20120

Making History

or
HA20120

Llunio Hanes

Year 2  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE20100

German Language

Semester 2
GE20130

German Language

Year 2  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following GE or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL20500

Extended Essay Module

EL20700

Brazilian / Portuguese Language II

GE22820

Children's Literature in German

GE26020

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

GE27110

Short Prose in German

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

EL20720

Brazilian / Portuguese Language II

GE27220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

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.

Semester 2
HA24720

Gwrando ar Hanes: Y mudiad Hawliau Sifil yn America

HY24120

Memory, Myth and History: Investigating Medieval Chronicles, c. 1000-1250

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

OPTION modules in the Department of History & Welsh History:

Semester 1
HA26820

Rhyfel Cartref America

HA28120

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

HY20920

The Tudors: A European Dynasty?

HY25920

Magic in the Middle Ages: From Antiquity to the Eve of the Witch Craze

HY27520

Media and Society in Twentieth Century Britain

HY28320

African-American History, 1808 to the Present

HY28620

Science, Religion and Magic

Semester 2
HC20120

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

HC23420

Trosedd, Terfysg a Moesoldeb yng Nghymru 1750-1850

HY25720

The Making of Europe: Christendom and beyond, c. 1000-1300

HY29620

Germany since 1945

HY29720

The Atlantic World, 1492-1825

HY29920

Southeast Asia at the crossroads (c.1400 to the present)

WH23420

Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HYS0000

Abroad Year Credits

Semester 2
HYS0060

Abroad Year Credits

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GES0000

Intercalary Year Dissertation

Semester 2
GES0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Final Year  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GE30100

German Language

Semester 2
GE30130

German Language

Final Year  Options

Students MUST take 60 credits worth of modules in the Department of History & Welsh History from the OPTION modules listed below:

Semester 1
HA36820

Rhyfel Cartref America

HA38120

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

HY30920

The Tudors: A European Dynasty?

HY35920

Magic in the Middle Ages: From Antiquity to the Eve of the Witch Craze

HY37520

Media and Society in Twentieth Century Britain

HY38620

Science, Religion and Magic

HY38820

African-American History, 1808 to the Present

Semester 2
HC30120

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

HC33420

Trosedd, Terfysg a Moesoldeb yng Nghymru 1750-1850

HY35720

The Making of Europe: Christendom and beyond, c. 1000-1300

HY39620

Germany since 1945

HY39720

The Atlantic World, 1492-1825

HY39920

Southeast Asia at the crossroads (c. 1400 to the present)

WH33420

Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850

Final Year  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following GE or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

EL30700

Brazilian / Portuguese Language III

GE32820

Children's Literature in German

GE36120

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

EL30720

Brazilian / Portuguese Language III

GE31110

Contemporary German Politics

GE37220

German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
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  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary