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UndergraduateCourse summary
The Heritage MA is an opportunity to explore heritage studies from multiple perspectives, including archaeology and history. This course provides a critical understanding of heritage as a concept, covering both tangible and intangible heritage aspects, including landscapes, art, buildings, and cultural spaces. With a global focus, the program gives students insights into how heritage is understood today. Heritage is explored as both a legacy and a living field shaped by present and future needs. Students study cultural heritage as it intersects with modern society’s needs, including heritage theory and practice. The course also examines heritage’s role as an economic resource and how conservation and preservationdecisions impact cultural heritage sites. This includes how political, legal, and institutional aspects in heritage shape the industry and how heritage organisations work within these structures. By examining global heritage, students gain an understanding of heritage management and how the field provides heritage sector careers that involve public history and community heritage engagement. The program also explores the use of heritage for social, economic, and cultural purposes, helping students develop skills to work on heritage projects that preserve and promote shared memories, social practices, and unique places. The MA invites students to view heritage as both a resource and responsibility, blending heritage theory and practice with real-world applications. Whether through heritage projects or heritage organisations, this program equips graduates to navigate the sector’s challenges and shape its future.
Modules
Our Heritage MA programme is built on an engaging, interdisciplinary approach to learning and teaching. We combine academic exploration with hands-on experiences, giving students a foundation in theory, practical skills, and critical analysis, all essential for succeeding in today’s heritage sector. Students gain in-depth knowledge of the heritage sector, including heritage theory, political contexts, and hands-on skills. Courses cover historical methods, museum skills, media engagement, and digital humanities, allowing students to tailor their studies with specialised modules and a dissertation to deepen their unique understanding of heritage. Compulsory Heritage in the Political World: Communities and Comparative Aspects (30 credits) Unravelling Heritage: History, Theory, Methods (30 credits) MA Dissertation (History and Heritage) Optional Work Placement (20 credits) Welsh History and Heritage (30 credits) Heritage and the Media (15 credits) Skills in the Museum (15 credits) Writing for Heritage (15 credits) Introduction to Digital Humanities Screening the Past: Film and History - Ancient, Medieval, Modern Environmental Philosophy Treftadaeth a'r Cyfryngau (15 credits) Heritage Education (15 credits)
Assessment method
The programme draws upon a wide range of assessment techniques, which aim to produce historians with a multifaceted set of skills and knowledge. Modules concentrate in particular on essay-writing, but also include the following assessments: book reviews; reflective journals; posters and source commentaries.
Qualified teacher status (QTS)
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
- Course does not award QTS
How to apply
International applicants
Visa and funding requirements If you are not from the UK and you do not already have residency here, you may need to apply for a visa. For courses of more than six months’ duration you will require a Student visa. International students who require a Student visa should apply for our full-time courses as these qualify for Student visa sponsorship. For full information read our visa application and guides. Please note students receiving US Federal Aid are only able to apply for in-person, on-campus programmes which will have no elements of online study.
Entry requirements
2:2 honours degree or UWTSD recognised equivalent.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.0, with not less than 5.5 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.
Acceptable Evidence of English
https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/apply/international-applications/english-language-requirements
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £6800 | Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | £6800 | Whole course |
| Scotland | £6800 | Whole course |
| Wales | £6800 | Whole course |
| Channel Islands | £6800 | Whole course |
| Republic of Ireland | £6800 | Whole course |
| EU | £10500 | Whole course |
| International | £10500 | Whole 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
Students may spend up to £300 per year on books and additional related materials.
Provider information
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
College Road
Carmarthen
SA31 3EP