Course summary
The MA in Public History and Heritage is ideal if you are directly aiming for a career in that field. We offer a flexible programme designed to offer academic training and relevant employability skills. You will have the chance to engage with external heritage organisations and gain practical, hands-on experience with staff projects in heritage and public history. A range of stimulating and relevant modules are available to choose, covering topics from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome to contemporary local history. Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at Swansea University.
Modules
Modules may include: Debates and Approaches in Heritage and Public History; Heritage Work Placement; Research Methodologies in Ancient History; Roman houses and households; Postgraduate Beginning Latin I & II; Understanding Ancient Egyptian Culture; Royal Space: The King and His Palace in the Ancient World; Reaching the Public: Museums and Object Handling; Discovering Old English; The Queer Middle Ages: Bodies, Textuality and Objects; Historical Methods and Approaches; New Departures in the Writing of History; The Forging of the Portuguese Overseas World, 1415-1808; Swansea and the Sea, 1791-1898; Wales since 1945; Communicating History; The Normans in Western Europe and the Mediterranean: Memory, identity and diaspora, c.900-1150; Directed Reading in History; Reading Medieval Manuscripts; Fascism and Culture; Gender and Humour in Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
Entry requirements
Our preferred offer is a 2:1 degree in History, Heritage Studies, Archaeology, Classics, Egyptology, Geography, Cultural Studies, Sociology or a 2:1 degree in other arts, humanities or social science subjects, or a science-based archaeology or conservation degree. We will also consider applications from candidates with significant professional or volunteering experience in the heritage/public history sector.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £2900 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £2900 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £2900 | Year 1 |
Wales | £2900 | Year 1 |
EU | £6150 | Year 1 |
International | £6150 | Year 1 |
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
Provider information
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP