BA
Cultural Heritage Studies: Libraries, Archives and Museums
[V700]
Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
IL10120Foundations of Information Studies
Year 1
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
IL10320The Cultural Heritage Landscape
Year 1
Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 1
Options
Choose 20 credits
Semester 2
HA10420Cydio mewn Hanes: Ffynonellau a'u Haneswyr
HC11820Cymdeithas, Pobl a Gwleidyddiaeth: Cymru, 1800-1999
HY10420'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians
HY12420Europe and the World, 1000-2000
WH11720People, Power and Identity: Wales 1200-1999
Part 2 Rules
Year 2
Core (80 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
IL20220Information in a Changing World
Semester 2
IL20420Record Revolutions: A Cultural History of Record Keeping
IL20620Resource Discovery and Digital Information Management
Year 2
Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 2
Options
Choose 20 credits offered by the Department of History and Welsh History. Optional choices may also be available in other departments e.g. GS28520 Placing Culture
Semester 1
HY20920The Tudors: A European Dynasty?
HY25920Magic in the Middle Ages: From Antiquity to the Eve of the Witch Craze
HY27520Media and Society in Twentieth Century Britain
Semester 2
HC20120Cymru a Brenhinoedd Prydain: Gwrthdaro, Grym a Hunaniaeth yn Ynysoedd Prydain, 1039-1417
HC23420Trosedd, Terfysg a Moesoldeb yng Nghymru 1750-1850
HY25720The Making of Europe: Christendom and beyond, c. 1000-1300
HY29720The Atlantic World, 1492-1825
HY29920Southeast Asia at the crossroads (c.1400 to the present)
WH23420Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850
Final Year
Core (80 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
IL30120Collection Management and Development in Heritage Organisations
Semester 2
IL33920Local Studies and Community Heritage
Final Year
Options
Options in the Department of History and Welsh History
Semester 1
HA38120Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
HY30920The Tudors: A European Dynasty?
HY35920Magic in the Middle Ages: From Antiquity to the Eve of the Witch Craze
HY37520Media and Society in Twentieth Century Britain
HY38820African-American History, 1808 to the Present
Semester 2
HC30120Cymru a Brenhinoedd Prydain: Gwrthdaro, Grym a Hunaniaeth yn Ynysoedd Prydain, 1039-1417
HC33420Trosedd, Terfysg a Moesoldeb yng Nghymru 1750-1850
HY35720The Making of Europe: Christendom and beyond, c. 1000-1300
HY39720The Atlantic World, 1492-1825
HY39920Southeast Asia at the crossroads (c. 1400 to the present)
WH33420Crime, Riot and Morality in Wales 1750-1850
Final Year
Options
Students must take 40 credits of optional modules offered by DIS and the Department of History and Welsh History.
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
