This degree offers the opportunity to study a wide range of periods with a specialism in Welsh History. This course enables you to understand the evolution of Wales, its politics, society, industry and religion through the centuries, and to place this in the context of developments in British, European and American History from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Internships

Bangor University runs a paid internship scheme within the university’s academic and service departments.

Career

This degree combines sound historical knowledge with a range of transferrable analytical and presentation skills. This course also provides specialist knowledge of Wales within a European context. With these you will be able to tackle a variety of career options centring on administration and public leadership especially, but not exclusively, in Wales. In, for example, the personnel departments of private companies, the Civil Service and local government, as well as a range of directly transferrable vocations. Graduates have in recent years, gained careers in political research, archives, the welfare services, teaching and the heritage industry.