Modern Languages and History, BA (Hons)
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Put your fascination with the past to good use by studying Modern Languages and History at Swansea University. You’ll build skills, valued across a range of sectors, while exploring the human condition across significant historical periods. Our Modern Languages and History programme explores subjects including women’s history and gender, as well as British social history and the history of Europe.
You will also study the rich diversity of your chosen language ( French, German, or Spanish ), at a level suitable to your existing knowledge, as well as modules in cultural studies, film, history, and language teaching. Studying this degree opens up a range of exciting career opportunities by helping you to develop skills such as communication, cultural awareness and analytical thinking, which are highly valued by employers. Our programme can be studied across three years, or you can extend your studies by a year, to undertake a Year Abroad or Year in Industry.
These additional options further enhance your student experience by giving you access to unique cultural insights and skill-based opportunities.
Key highlights
- History modules cover women's history, gender, British social history and Europe
- Study French, German or Spanish at a level matching your knowledge
- Modules in cultural studies, film and language teaching
- Optional Year Abroad for immersive cultural and language experience
- Optional Year in Industry to gain work-based skills
- Develops communication, cultural awareness and analytical thinking
Entry requirements
- A-level: ABB-BBC — ABB-BBC.
- GCSE: C/4 — GCSE grade C/4 in a modern foreign language is preferable, but not essential ABB-BBC GCSE grade C/4 in a modern foreign language is preferable, but not essential DDM-DMM GCSE grade C/4 in a modern foreign language is pre…
- UCAS tariff points: 112-128 — …Sciences - minimum of 21 Distinctions and 24 Merits at Level 3 Merit 112 - 128 UCAS tariff points from 3 highest qualifications 32 points
Scholarships
International Excellence Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees worth up to £5,000 in the first year of study, with a further £2,000 awarded in Year 2 (for £5,000 awardees only, subject to achieving a 70% average).
Swansea University Sport Scholarship
Financial support (of up to £2000).
Thrive Bursary
The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Translator
- Interpreter
- Secondary school teacher
- Museum or heritage officer
- Archivist
- Journalist
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £20,150 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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