BA English and History (Full-time) (
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
About this course
BA (Hons) in English and History. Core topics include Social & Cultural Analysis and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme is taught through small-group seminars focused on discussion and analysis. Students select from optional modules including creative writing and complete an Independent Creative Project in their final year.
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Entry requirements
96-112 UCAS Tariff Points
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What students say
Based on about 5 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 78%
- Learning opportunities: 64%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 50%
- Learning resources: 77%
- Student voice: 63%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 16 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 20%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 35%
- Customer service occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 80 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 9%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 6%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 8%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 4%
- South East: 16%
- South West: 8%
- Wales: 32%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 45%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
- Other qualifications: 5%
- No formal qualifications: 35%
Modules
- Exploring the Humanities
- Historicising Texts
- Introduction to the Craft of Writing
- Myths and Mythology: How Stories Shape the World
- Popular Fiction
- The Study of Literature: Text and Theory
- People’s worlds: Interactions with the Environment
- The Modern World
- Doing History: Past in Practice
- Everyday Life in Athens and Rome
- The Medieval World
- What makes civilisation?
- Psyche, Text, and Society: Critical and Cultural Theory
- Green to the very door: Ecocriticism and Romanticism
- Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy
- The Book, the Body, and the World: Renaissance Humanism, Medicine, and Exploration
- Writing for TV, Film and Radio
- Independent Creative Project
- A troubled unity: Philosophy, Society and Civil War in the Literature of the Seventeenth Century
- Novel writing
- Armies and Navies: Studies in Ancient Warfare
- Confessing with Saint Augustine: God and Religion in the Twilight of the Roman Empire
- Activism, Protest and Campaigning for Global Justice
- (Re)presenting and (Re)constructing the Past
- Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints' Cults
- Difficult Heritage/ Dark Tourism
- Identity and Myth: The Normans and their World
- Medicine and Miracles: Health, Illness, and Cure
- The Irish Question 1886-1998: from Charles Parnell to the Good Friday Agreement
- Britain and the Great War
- Classical Mythology and Legends in Roman and Medieval Times
- Cold war, hot wars. Global perspectives on post-war history
- Exhibiting the Past: Ancient Egypt, death and modern representation
- From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
- Global Governance
- Gwlad, gwlad: Aspects of Welsh History 1200 to the present
- Heritage and Archaeology of Conflict
- Medieval Prose in Wales
- Pompeii: The life, death and rediscovery of a Roman town
- Special Collections Research: The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
- Women and Religion
- Religions in Africa
- Rome Transformed: The World of Late Antiquity
- The World of Han China (206 BCE to 220 CE)
- Medieval Britain from Edward the Confessor to Richard II, 1042 -1399
- Medieval Europe from Charlemagne to the Hundred Years War, 800 -1453
- Museums, Heritage and Representation
- Global Genocides
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Understanding the Enlightenment
- ‘War made the State and the State made War’: Politics and Warfare in the Modern Age
- From the Death of Stalin to the Oil Crises. Life in the Shadow of the Iron Curtain
- Looking at the Age of Extremes: The Cultural History of 20th century Europe
- Make it New: Aspects of 20th and 21st Century Writing
- The Well-Tempered Reader: Renaissance Poetics
- African Modernities
- Ancient Lives in Death
- Gender, Violence and Empire, 1800-2020
- Thinking Through History - Independent Project
- Heritage Project
- Independent Project
- Psyche, Text, and Society: Critical and Cultural Theory
- The Book, the Body, and the World: Renaissance Humanism, Medicine, and Exploration
- Novel writing
- Special Collections Research: The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
- The Well-Tempered Reader: Renaissance Poetics
- Armies and Navies: Studies in Ancient Warfare
- Confessing with Saint Augustine: God and Religion in the Twilight of the Roman Empire
- Activism, Protest and Campaigning for Global Justice
- (Re)presenting and (Re)constructing the Past
- Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints' Cults
- Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy
- Difficult Heritage/ Dark Tourism
- Identity and Myth: The Normans and their World
- The Irish Question 1886-1998: from Charles Parnell to the Good Friday Agreement
- Britain and the Great War
- Classical Mythology and Legends in Roman and Medieval Times
- Cold war, hot wars. Global perspectives on post-war history
- Exhibiting the Past: Ancient Egypt, death and modern representation
- From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
- Global Governance
- Gwlad, gwlad: Aspects of Welsh History 1200 to the present
- Heritage and Archaeology of Conflict
- Medieval Prose in Wales
- Pompeii: The life, death and rediscovery of a Roman town
- Women and Religion
- Religions in Africa
- Rome Transformed: The World of Late Antiquity
- The World of Han China (206 BCE to 220 CE)
- Medieval Britain from Edward the Confessor to Richard II, 1042 -1399
- Medieval Europe from Charlemagne to the Hundred Years War, 800 -1453
- Museums, Heritage and Representation
- Medicines and Miracles: Health, Illness, and Cure
- Global Genocides
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Understanding the Enlightenment
- ‘War made the State and the State made War’: Politics and Warfare in the Modern Age
- From the Death of Stalin to the Oil Crises. Life in the Shadow of the Iron Curtain
- Looking at the Age of Extremes: The Cultural History of 20th century Europe
- Green to the very door: Ecocriticism and Romanticism
- Ancient Lives in Death
- African Modernities
- Gender, Violence and Empire, 1800-2020
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and History (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David earn?
The median salary is £18,000 after 3 years, £22,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £18,500 and £27,500. The £22,000 median after five years is £7,000 less than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English and History (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and History (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David?
78% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English and History (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David?
The average entrant had 91 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English and History (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.