Cultural Heritage Studies: Libraries, Archives and Museums V700 BA

Program Overview

Combining historical knowledge with practical skills, the program prepares students for careers in these cultural organizations and administrative roles involving record keeping. It is professionally accredited by CILIP, the library and information association, and offers a unique learning environment in an information-rich town.

Program Outline

Aberystwyth University - Cultural Heritage Studies: Libraries, Archives and Museums V700 BA

Degree Overview:

The BA in Cultural Heritage Studies at Aberystwyth University aims to introduce students to the cultural heritage aspects of the library, archive, and heritage professions. It is designed for individuals interested in various aspects of library, archive, or museum work. The degree is professionally accredited by CILIP: the library and information association.

Outline:

The Cultural Heritage Studies course has a strong history component, combining historical knowledge with practical and theoretical understandings of information utilization in various contexts. It is offered jointly by the Department of History and Welsh History and the Department of Information Studies.

Year 1:

• Core Modules:
• Effective Communication (IL10520) - 20 credits
• Foundations of Information Studies (IL10120) - 20 credits
• The Archival Inheritance (IL11120) - 20 credits
• The Cultural Heritage Landscape (IL10320) - 20 credits
• Introduction to History (HY12120) - 20 credits
• Optional Modules:
• 'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians (HY10420) - 20 credits
• Europe and the World, 1000-2000 (HY12420) - 20 credits
• People, Power and Identity: Wales 1200-1999 (WH11720) - 20 credits

Year 2:

• Core Modules:
• Making History (HY20120) - 20 credits
• Information in a Changing World (IL20220) - 20 credits
• Museums in the 21st Century (IL20320) - 20 credits
• Record Revolutions: A Cultural History of Record Keeping (IL20420) - 20 credits
• Resource Discovery and Digital Information Management (IL20620) - 20 credits
• Optional Modules:
• Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800 (HY28520) - 20 credits
• Culture, Society and the Victorians (HY29320) - 20 credits
• Environmental History of the Neotropics (Latin America and the Caribbean) in the Capitalocene (HY29120) - 20 credits
• Famine in Medieval England (HY25520) - 20 credits
• From Poor Law to Welfare State: Poverty and Welfare in Modern Britain, 1815-1948 (HY29220) - 20 credits
• Medieval England and Germany, c. 1050-1250 (HY25620) - 20 credits
• Roads to Modernity: Germany and Japan in the Age of Empires, 1860s-1930s (HY28920) - 20 credits
• The British Isles in the Long Eighteenth Century (HY22020) - 20 credits
• The European Reformation (HY26520) - 20 credits
• The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945 (HY29420) - 20 credits
• Wales and the Kings of Britain: Conflict, Power and Identities in the British Isles 1039-1417 (WH20120) - 20 credits
• Wales under the Tudors (WH23520) - 20 credits
• Optional Modules:
• Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800 (HY38520) - 20 credits
• Culture, Society and the Victorians (HY39320) - 20 credits
• Environmental History of the Neotropics (Latin America and the Caribbean) in the Capitalocene (HY39120) - 20 credits
• Famine in Medieval England (HY35520) - 20 credits
• From Poor Law to Welfare State: Poverty and Welfare in Modern Britain, 1815-1948 (HY39220) - 20 credits
• Medieval England and Germany, c. 1050-1250 (HY35620) - 20 credits
• Roads to Modernity: Germany and Japan in the Age of Empires, 1860s-1930s (HY38920) - 20 credits
• The British Isles in the Long Eighteenth Century (HY30120) - 20 credits
• The European Reformation (HY36520) - 20 credits
• The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945 (HY39420) - 20 credits
• Wales and the Kings of Britain: Conflict, Power and Identities in the British Isles 1039-1417 (WH30120) - 20 credits
• Wales under the Tudors (WH33520) - 20 credits
• War, Politics and People: England in Context in the Fourteenth Century (HY36720) - 20 credits

Teaching:

• The Department of Information Studies lecturers are either qualified to PhD level or work in areas of the subject where professional practices are the focus.
Many of the staff engage in research relevant to the theoretical and practical development of the discipline and the associated professions.
• Staff in the Department of History and Welsh History are active researchers and experts in their field of History.
Most are qualified to PhD level and hold PGCHE.

Careers:

Graduates of this degree are well-prepared for careers within cultural organizations or in administrative positions with responsibility for record keeping. The program is relevant for those considering work as a graduate archive assistant or postgraduate professional training in archive administration and records management.

Other:

• The program is taught in a historically "information rich" town that includes the National Library of Wales, the Welsh Books Council, the Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments, Ceredigion Museum, the University libraries and archives, and a range of other relevant resources and organizations.
• Students are taught by experts in their field.
• The program promotes research, investigation, analysis, and articulation of ideas.