French and History, BA (Hons)

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Study French and History at Swansea University

Key Course Details

4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad

UCAS Code: RV11
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer: See Entry Requirements
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2024	£ 9,000

4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad

UCAS Code: RV11
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer: ABB-BBC - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2024	£ 19,200

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Course Overview

Put your fascination with the past to good use by studying French and History at Swansea University. You’ll build the skills valued by employers across a range of sectors, while exploring the human condition from the middle ages to the present.

French and History, with a year abroad, explores history through subjects including women’s history and gender, modern British social history and the history of religion, health and medicine. You will also study the rich diversity of French language, culture, film, history, translation and language teaching.

Studying this four-year BA degree course opens up a range of exciting career opportunities by helping you develop skills, which are highly valued by employers.

Why French and History at Swansea?

Based at our stunning Singleton Park campus, in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay on the edge of the Gower Peninsula, our French and History course at Swansea University is highly regarded by students and employers.

History at Swansea is ranked:

16th in the UK for Student Voice (NSS 2023*)
Top 25 for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2025)

*Based on the average positivity score across questions 22 to 25 in the NSS 2023 when ranked against 33 universities featured in the Times Good University Guide.

French at Swansea is ranked:

5th for Graduate Outcomes (Complete University Guide 2025)
6th for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2025)
Top 15 Overall (Complete University Guide 2025)

You’ll be taught by staff with expertise in British, European, and American history, from the middle ages to the modern day, on topics including gender, sexuality, and inequalities; heritage and history in the workplace; medicine, health, and disability; and war, violence, and peace.

You will spend your third year in France where you can either study at a University, teach in a school or work in a business.

Your French and History Experience

We offer an inclusive, student-focused learning environment and community. Modules are delivered and assessed in a variety of different ways and you will be encouraged to take responsibility for your own learning, to work independently as well as with others, to act professionally, and to master new skills.

Throughout your course you will have a personal tutor to support you in meeting your goals. The student-led History Society, which organises social events and cultural activities, is one of the many societies you’ll have access to as a Swansea student.

French and History Employment Opportunities

Studying French and History develops skills in critical thought, written and verbal communication, problem-solving, and information gathering and analysis.

Our graduates go on to work in a wide range of sectors including:

Education
Media and Public Relations
Heritage and Museums
Business and Management
Law and Public Services

93% of graduates in employment &/or study, or doing other activities, such as travelling, 15 months after leaving Swansea University (HESA 2023)

Modules

Your early studies will introduce you to modern British History, French for beginners and the early modern world. You will then choose your pathway with modules to suit your own interests.

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Making History	September-January	20	HIH122
Introduction to Culture and Linguistic Traditions A	September-January	10	ML-100A
Introduction to Culture and Linguistic Traditions B	January-June	10	ML-100B

Optional Modules

History - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select two modules. Student must not exceed 70 credits in any one semester

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Medieval Europe: An Introduction	September-January	20	HIH117
Europe of Extremes, 1789-1989	September-January	20	HIH121
Fieldtrip module: The Past in its Place	January-June	20	HHC100
The Early Modern World, 1500-1800	January-June	20	HIH118
Britain and the World 1800 to 2000	January-June	20	HIH124

AND

French Compulsory Selective - Beginner

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits in language modules at the appropriate level (advanced or beginner) Choose English-medium or Welsh-medium modules as appropriate. BEGINNER Modules listed below.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
French for Beginners I	September-January	20	MLF101
French for Beginners II	January-June	20	MLF102

French Compulsory Selective - Advanced

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits in language modules at the appropriate level (advanced or beginner) Choose English-medium or Welsh-medium modules as appropriate. ADVANCED Modules listed below.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
French Language 1A	September-January	20	MLF160A
Iaith Ffrangeg 1A	September-January	20	MLF160AW
French Language 1B	January-June	20	MLF160B
Iaith Ffrangeg 1B	January-June	20	MLF160BW

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The Practice of History	January-June	20	HIH237

Optional Modules

History Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select two modules from the list below. At least one of these modules must have a HIH-code.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The Making of Transatlantic America	September-January	20	AM-217
The Heirs of Rome: The Making of Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages, 400-800	September-January	20	CLH230
America in a Nutshell: A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump, 1631-2016	September-January	20	HIH2016
Rhyfel Cartref America	September-January	20	HIH201W
Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain	September-January	20	HIH284
The Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1225	September-January	20	HIH287
Refugees in the Twentieth Century	September-January	20	HIH290
The Global First World War	September-January	20	HIH293
Philosophy of the Enlightenment	September-January	20	HUP243
Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955	January-June	20	AM-218
The Past in the Present: Exploring Heritage Practice and Debates	January-June	20	HHC200
History, Heritage and Classics Study Trip	January-June	20	HHC2001
Britain in the Early Middle Ages: Slaves, Dragons, Queens and Vikings	January-June	20	HIH276
History Work Placement	January-June	20	HIH281
Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607-1867	January-June	20	HIH283W
The Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire	January-June	20	HIH289
Britain, Slavery and the Slave Trade, c. 1500 -1833.	January-June	20	HIH292
The Colour Line: Race and Racism in World Politics	January-June	20	PO-253

AND

French General Language Compulsory Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits of language modules at the appropriate level (20 credits in each TB).

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
French Language 2A	September-January	20	MLF260A
Intermediate French Language 2A	September-January	20	MLF270A
French Translation Workshop 2	January-June	10	MLF210
French Language 2B	January-June	10	MLF260B
Intermediate French Language 2B	January-June	20	MLF270B

AND

French Culture Compulsory Module

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : MLT207 is offered in French, Spanish and Chinese, subject to demand; ML-250 is placement-based – DBS required.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Paris	September-January	20	MLF220
Cinema in a World Context	January-June	20	ML-206
Teaching Modern Foreign Languages to Young Learners 2	January-June	20	ML-250
Dialogue Interpreting	January-June	20	MLT207

Year 4 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

History Dissertation

Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : To pursue a History dissertation select HIH3300. Only ONE dissertation is allowed.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
History Dissertation	September-June	40	HIH3300

AND

History Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students pursuing HIH3300 select one module from this box or the Special Subject box below. Students not pursing HIH3300 select two modules from this box PLUS a special subject from the box below. Credits must be balanced across semesters.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Monarchy: Ancient and Medieval	September-January	20	HHC372
The Placing of History: Digitally Mapping the Historic Past	September-January	20	HIH3357
The Story of the USA on Film and Television, 1865-2008	September-January	20	HIH3378
Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008	September-January	20	HIH3378W
The Rise and Fall of Wales? Politics, Culture and Society, 1847-1939	September-January	20	HIH3383
From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and Society in Western Political Thought	September-January	20	HIH396
The Russian Civil War	September-January	20	WS-305
The American Civil War in History and Memory	January-June	20	AM-335
History on Screen: Television, Cinema & Gaming	January-June	20	HIH3379
Deformity, Deviance and Difference: Exploring Disability History	January-June	20	HIH3380
The Cold War	January-June	20	HIH3382
Africa in International Relations	January-June	20	PO-3339
Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy, 1944	January-June	20	WS-306

AND

Special Subject modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students must select a special subject if they are not pursuing HIH3300. It is optional for those who are pursuing HIH3300. Credits must be balanced across semesters.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The Great War for Empire, 1754-1764	September-January	20	HIH3304
Towns and Cities in Modern Britain	September-January	20	HIH3360
The First Crusade: Devotion, Piety and Power in the Latin Christian World	January-June	20	HIH3353
The Great Depression and New Deal America, 1929-1941	January-June	20	HIH3364

AND

French General Language Compulsory Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
French Translation Workshop 3	September-January	10	MLF310
French General Language 3A	September-January	10	MLF330A
French for Professional Purposes 3	January-June	10	MLF300
French General Language 3B	January-June	10	MLF330B

AND

French Culture - Compulsory selective

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : • MLT330 is offered in French and Spanish, subject to demand. • ML-308 is placement-based – DBS might be required depending on the placement.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Teaching tools and materials - Design, evaluation and practice.	September-January	20	ML-308
France and the Second World War: Legacies of the Dark Years	September-January	20	MLF325
Ffrainc a'r Ail Ryfel Byd: Hanes yr Oesoedd Tywyll	September-January	20	MLF325W
Interpreting - Local Government Option	September-January	20	MLT330
Intersectional Identities in Contemporary French Cinema	January-June	20	MLF305

Entry Requirements

We have vacancies across a variety of subjects for September 2024 entry – please call our Clearing Helpline on 0808 175 3071.

We also welcome enquiries from candidates researching starting a course in 2025 - please see our Entry Requirements Page to find out typical offer ranges or get in touch by email or by telephone 01792 295111.

Are you an international student, waiting on exam results or an English Language test score? If so, we'd encourage you to apply through our free and easy to use direct application system, as you may be eligible for a conditional offer.

How You're Taught

We are proud to provide an outstanding educational experience, using the most effective learning and teaching approaches, carefully tailored to suit the specific needs of your course. Apart from a small number of online-only courses, most of our courses consist of in-person, on-campus teaching, enabling full engagement with your lecturers and fellow students.

Practical skills sessions, lab work seminars, and workshops predominantly take place in person, allowing for group working and demonstrations. We also operate virtual labs and Simulated Learning Environments which will facilitate greater access to training opportunities in the future. However, our approach also includes the use of some online learning to support and enhance traditional face-to-face teaching.

Online learning may take place ‘live’ using software such as Zoom, allowing you to interact with the lecturer and other students and to ask questions. Lecture recordings also allow for more flexibility to revisit material, to revise for assessments and to enhance learning outside of the classroom. Some modules have extra resources in Canvas, such as videos, slides and quizzes enabling further flexible study.

This course may offer some modules taught through the medium of Welsh or bilingually for students who consider themselves to be fluent Welsh speakers. For more details on the provision available see the Welsh Provision expander below.

Welsh Provision

At least 40 credits

There are opportunities for Welsh speakers to study at least 40 credits of this course through the medium of Welsh. Academi Hywel Teifi is here to support you throughout your time at Swansea University. We can offer you:

Access to generous Welsh-language study scholarships or bursaries.
Access to modules taught wholly or partly in Welsh.
Access to the Arwain mobile app for the latest information about Welsh-medium courses and modules available to download free on the App Store and Google Play.
A Welsh-speaking Personal Tutor.
An opportunity to gain an additional free qualification that serves as evidence of your Welsh language ability for future employers.
Opportunity to be a member of the Swansea University Branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

To learn more about the above and all the opportunities available to you through the medium of Welsh, visit Academi Hywel Teifi's undergraduate pages.

If you study at least 40 credits in Welsh and it is listed as an eligible course on the webpage, you can apply for the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarship (£300 for 1 year), or the Coleg Cymraeg Incentive Scholarship (£500 per year for 3 years).

Meet Your Lecturers

Our degrees are taught by experts, who have a wealth of knowledge to pass on to our students.

You can find out more about our academic expertise on our staff pages.

Tuition Fees

Start Date	UK	International
September 2023	£ 9,000	£ 18,300
September 2024	£ 9,000	£ 19,200

Fees for full time Undergraduate UK students may be increased in subsequent years of study by an inflationary amount determined by Welsh Government.

During a sandwich year (e.g. year in industry, year abroad or placement year) a lower fee will apply. For more information visit our tuition fees page.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University. Access to wifi in your accommodation will also be essential to allow you to fully engage with your programme. See our dedicated webpages for further guidance on suitable devices to purchase, and for a full guide on getting your device set up.

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but not limited to):

Travel to and from campus
Printing, photocopying, binding, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
Purchase of books or texts
Gowns for graduation ceremonies

Careers and Employability

Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.

Our career support services include:

Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
Advice and guidance on postgraduate study and funding
Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.

We also provide help and advice for Swansea University Alumni up to two years after you graduate.

Academic Support

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal tutor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as:

Academic writing
Maths and statistics
Critical thinking
Time management
Digital skills
Presentation skills
Note taking
Revision, memory and exam techniques
English language skills (if English is not your first language).

In addition, if you have a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), disability, mental health or medical condition, the Centre for Academic Success have Specialist Tutors to support your learning, working alongside the Disability Office and Wellbeing Service to support all your needs and requirements whilst studying at Swansea University.

Study Abroad and Global Opportunities

To learn more about study abroad, visit our Go Global webpages. Enrolment on a programme with a semester/year abroad does not guarantee you a semester/year abroad placement. Spaces are limited and subject to a competitive selection process. In the event you do not secure a semester/year abroad placement, you will be transferred to the standard variant of your degree scheme without a semester or year abroad.

International summer programmes are open to students from all schools. Programmes typically range from 2 to 6 weeks, across destinations such as China, Zambia, South Korea, Japan, Canada and across Europe. For more information about programmes and eligibility visit our Summer Abroad webpages.

How to Apply

Apply now – UK, EU and international students.

For further information please see our Guide to Clearing.

EU students - visa and immigration information is available and will be regularly updated on our information for EU students page.

Application Deadlines

We recommend that you submit your application to our courses as early as you can in advance of our application deadlines. Courses will close earlier than the application deadlines listed if all available places are filled. You can find further information on our Application Deadlines webpage.