Combined Honours, BA (Hons)
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our BA Combined Honours is for you if your interests span several academic disciplines in the Humanities, allowing you to focus on related debates within and between them. It represents an exciting and challenging opportunity to construct your own degree programme from an extensive list of modules. Our programme enables you to study subjects that are not available as established joint honours programmes, allowing you to develop a broad knowledge base and multidisciplinary skill set.
Tailor your studies across literature and culture, heritage and history, media and modern languages to explore the influence of the Humanities upon the world. 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. This programme offers modules grouped into three ‘menus’.
Students must choose modules from Menus A (Cultural Studies) and B (Past and Present); while Menu C (Languages) offers optional modules.
Key highlights
- Build your own degree from an extensive list of Humanities modules
- Combine subjects not offered as established joint honours programmes
- Modules span literature, culture, heritage, history, media and modern languages
- Core modules drawn from Cultural Studies and Past and Present menus
- Optional Languages menu lets you add modern language study
- Develops a broad knowledge base and multidisciplinary skill set
Entry requirements
- A-level: ABB-BCC — ABB - BCC.
- UCAS tariff points: 112-128 — ABB - BCC DDM-DMM in Humanities or Social 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
- Heritage officer
- Journalist
- Marketing executive
- Archivist
- Civil service administrator
- Communications officer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £18,400 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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