BA English Literature and History,
About this course
BA in English Language and Literature and History. Core topics include Research Methods and Fieldwork. This joint honours degree covers literature and history across more than 1,500 years. Students may take a Year Abroad, a Year in Industry, or spend a semester studying abroad in destinations including the USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong, or Singapore.
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What students say
Based on about 37 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 87%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 95%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 85%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 84%
- Gained a higher qualification: 2%
- Left higher education: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 21 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 45%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 245 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 7%
- East of England: 4%
- London: 8%
- South East: 11%
- South West: 16%
- Wales: 48%
Who gets in
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 97%
- Access course: 2%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
Modules
- Discovering Literature
- Premodern Voices
- From Facts to Fake News: Being a Historian in the Twenty-First Century
- O Ffeithiau i Newyddion Ffug: Bod yn Hanesydd yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
- Global Challenges and the Historian
- Heriau Byd-eang a'r Hanesydd
- Fundamentals of Creative Writing I
- Theorising Gothic Texts
- Who Sings America? Literature and Culture of the United States
- Approaches to Gender in English Literature
- Making Modern Europe, 1789 to the Present
- Creu Ewrop Fodern, 1789 hyd y Presennol
- Medieval Matters: Exploring the Middle Ages
- The Past in its Place: History and Heritage Field Trip
- The Early Modern World, 1500-1800
- Y Byd Modern Cynnar, 1500-1800
- The Practice of History
- America in a Nutshell: A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump, 1631-2016
- The Making of Transatlantic America
- The Heirs of Rome: The Making of Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages, 400-800
- Rhyfel Cartref America
- Europe 1500-1650: Renaissance, Reformation and Religious War
- Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain
- The Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1225
- Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955
- The Past in the Present: Exploring Heritage Practice and Debates
- Medicine and the Modern World, 1800 to the Present
- Britain in the Early Middle Ages: Slavery, Dragons, Queens and Vikings
- History Work Placement
- The Story of America on Film and Television, 1607-1867
- Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607-1867
- The Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire
- The Global First World War
- Debating Texts: Theory in Literature
- Revolution of the Word: Modernism
- Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern
- Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain
- Contentious Shakespeare
- Medieval Encounters
- Introduction to Writing Poetry
- Introduction to Writing Fiction
- Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives
- Techniques of Seeing
- Introduction to Writing Drama
- American Word / American Image
- Writing a Short Film
- Dissertation - English Literature
- History Dissertation
- Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales
- Written in Blood: Reading the Vampire
- Graphic Novel
- African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance
- Chaucer
- Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes
- The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module
- Beyond Shakespeare
- Philosophy and Literature
- Further Fiction Writing
- Further Creative Non Fiction
- Creative Writing Personal Project
- Further Poetry Writing
- The Lights that Failed: the League of Nations and International Peace 1919 -1939
- The Hungry World: Food, Famine and the End of Empire, 1880-1945
- The Reign of King John, 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta
- The First Crusade: Devotion, Piety and Power in the Latin Christian World
- Monarchy: Ancient and Medieval
- The Russian Civil War
- The Placing of History: Digitally Mapping the Historic Past
- The Story of the USA on Film and Television, 1865-2008
- Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
- From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and Society in Western Political Thought
- The American Civil War in History and Memory
- Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cymry
- A History of Sex and Gender
- The Cold War
- The Rise and Fall of Wales? Politics, Culture and Society, 1847-1939
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature and History, at Swansea University earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £21,500 after 3 years, £26,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,000 and £32,000. The £26,500 median after five years is £1,500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature and History, at Swansea University do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Literature and History, at Swansea University?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature and History, at Swansea University?
The average entrant had 119 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English Literature and History, at Swansea University?
84% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.