History with a Foundation Year (Full-time) (BA Hons, Foundation)
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
About this course
BA Hons in History with a Foundation Year. Core topics include Communication & Writing and Global & Comparative Perspective. The foundation year provides introductory modules in academic skills and humanities before progression to the main programme. The final year includes an Independent Investigation research project.
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Entry requirements
0-32 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
- Academic Survival Skills
- Introduction to University Life
- Independent Investigation
- Introduction to the Humanities
- Academic Writing
- Understanding Literature
- Talking to the Dead
- Being Human
- Understanding Democracy
- The Humanities
- Knowledge and Belief
- People across time
- Language and Culture
- Death, Burial and the Afterlife
- Myths and Mythology: How Stories Shape the World
- Everyday Life in Athens and Rome
- Historicising Texts
- What makes civilisation?
- The Modern World
- Exploring the Humanities
- Doing History: Past in Practice
- The Medieval World
- People's Worlds: Interaction with the Environment
- (Re)presenting and (Re)constructing the Past
- Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy
- From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
- Britain and the Great War
- Classical Mythology and Legends in Roman and Medieval Times
- Cold war, hot wars. Global perspectives on post-war history
- Gwlad, gwlad: Aspects of Welsh History 1200 to the present
- Medieval Prose in Wales
- Special Collections Research: The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
- Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints' Cults
- 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
- Exhibiting the Past: Ancient Egypt, death and modern representation
- Heritage and Archaeology of Conflict
- The Book, the Body, and the World: Renaissance Humanism, Medicine, and Exploration
- Women and Religion
- Professional Placement
- African Modernities
- Ancient Lives in Death
- International Political Economy
- Gender, Violence and Empire, 1800-2020
- (Re)presenting and (Re)constructing the Past
- Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy
- Britain and the Great War
- Classical Mythology and Legends in Roman and Medieval Times
- Cold war, hot wars. Global perspectives on post-war history
- From Desert Myths to Sheep Tales: The Cistercians in the Middle Ages
- Gwlad, gwlad: Aspects of Welsh History 1200 to the present
- Medieval Prose in Wales
- Special Collections Research: The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
- Independent Project
- Confessing with Saint Augustine: God and Religion in the Twilight of the Roman Empire
- Celtic Sanctity and Spirituality: Hagiography and Saints' Cults
- 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
- Exhibiting the Past: Ancient Egypt, death and modern representation
- Heritage and Archaeology of Conflict
- The Book, the Body, and the World: Renaissance Humanism, Medicine, and Exploration
- Women and Religion
- Ancient Lives in Death
- International Political Economy
- African Modernities
- Gender, Violence and Empire, 1800-2020
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of History with a Foundation Year (Full-time) (BA Hons, Foundation) 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 £8,500 less than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of History with a Foundation Year (Full-time) (BA Hons, Foundation) 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 History with a Foundation Year (Full-time) (BA Hons, Foundation) 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 History with a Foundation Year (Full-time) (BA Hons, Foundation) at University of Wales Trinity Saint David?
The average entrant had 91 UCAS points.
How many students continue on History with a Foundation Year (Full-time) (BA Hons, Foundation) at University of Wales Trinity Saint David?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.