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Combined Honours with a Year Abroad

Course details
  • BA (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time with time abroad
  • 22/09/2025
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Singleton Park Campus
Awarded by:
Swansea University (Prifysgol Abertawe)

Course summary

Tailor your studies across literature and culture, heritage and history, media and modern languages to explore the influence of the Humanities upon the world in which we live. 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.

You will have one compulsory module each year which will serve as the foundation for your exploration of the different disciplines of the humanities.

You can then choose from a wide range of elective modules across subjects including, English Language, English Literature and Creative Writing, Media and Film and Visual Culture, American Studies, Ancient History, Egyptology, Classics, History, Modern Languages and Welsh.

During your third year, you will undertake a Year Abroad. This is an exceptional opportunity to gain further skills and cultural experiences.

This interdisciplinary degree programme is as individual as you are. It will allow you to create your own, personalised degree programme. You will have the opportunity to delve into diverse disciplines and examine political, social, cultural, economic, and ideological influences on societies past and present.

Students graduating with a degree in Combined Honours boast a multidisciplinary skill set including exceptional research, organisational and critical thinking skills, as well as confidence in conveying information from a wide range of subjects and sources.

This programme will open a diverse range of career options, enabling you to follow your passions and shape your own future.

Modules

Students can choose modules from: Literature, Media and Language, History, Heritage and Classics, and Modern Languages.

In Year 3, you undertake a Study Abroad Placement.

You can find more details about the modules on our website.

How to apply

Apply by
29 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
Y10A
Institution code:
S93
Campus name:
Singleton Park Campus
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

International applicants

If you are an International Student, please visit our International pages for more information about entry requirements: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/international/students/requirements/

Open days

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 120 points

A level - ABB - BBC

WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales

Swansea University accepts the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales as fully equivalent to x1 A-Level.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3, H3

English language requirements

For applicants whose first language is not English we require a minimum overall IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent) and no less than 5.5 in each component.

English Language Requirements at Swansea University https://www.swansea.ac.uk/admissions/english-language-requirements/

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

UK applicants who meet course requirements are guaranteed a conditional offer. We assess applications on individual merit. We consider making reduced offers, eg. to Care Leavers or students with extenuating circumstances. We encourage you to disclose any relevant circumstances.

The Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales is considered as equivalent to one full A-Level and students can take x2 A-levels alongside this. EPQ students predicted Grade B or above will receive a one-grade offer reduction.

Learn more on the Swansea University website

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

For the latest fee information, please check the individual course page on our website. Our full range of programmes are listed here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/

Further information on tuition fees can be found here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/tuition-fees/

Sponsorship information

It will also be possible to study some modules across the subject areas of Cymraeg, Media, History and Modern Languages through the medium of Welsh and a range of Welsh language bursaries may be available.

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