Combined Honours
Swansea University
UCAS Code: Y100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Swansea University
UCAS Code: Y100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
UCAS Tariff
Swansea University accepts the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales as fully equivalent to x1 A-Level.
About this course
Tailor your studies across literature and culture, heritage and history, media and modern languages to explore the influence of the Humanities upon the world in which we live. Our BA Combined Honours is a challenging, rewarding, and flexible degree programme, which will enable you to focus on your individual interests, strengths, and long-term career goals.
You will have one compulsory module each year which will serve as the foundation for your exploration of the different disciplines of the humanities.
You can then choose from a wide range of elective modules across subjects including, English Language, English Literature and Creative Writing, Media and Film and Visual Culture, American Studies, Ancient History, Egyptology, Classics, Medieval Studies and History, Modern Languages and Welsh.
This interdisciplinary degree programme is as individual as you are. It will allow you to create your own, personalised degree programme. You will have the opportunity to delve into diverse disciplines and examine political, social, cultural, economic, and ideological influences on societies past and present.
Students graduating with a degree in Combined Honours boast a multidisciplinary skill set including exceptional research, organisational and critical thinking skills, as well as confidence in conveying information from a wide range of subjects and sources.
This programme will open a diverse range of career options, enabling you to follow your passions and shape your own future.
Here at some of our top rankings:
• American Studies is ranked 1st in the UK for Graduate Prospectus (Times Good University Guide 2024)
• English is ranked 25th in the UK for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2024)
• Media is ranked 1st in the UK for Student Experience (Times Good University Guide 2024)
• Modern Languages is ranked 6th in the UK- (Guardian University Guide 2024)
• Welsh is ranked 4th in the UK (Complete University Guide 2024)"
Extra funding
It will also be possible to study some modules across the subject areas of Cymraeg, Media, History and Modern Languages through the medium of Welsh and a range of Welsh language bursaries may be available.
The Uni
Singleton Park Campus
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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