Entry requirements
A level
Pass in Access qualification in a relevant subject with Merit in 50% of units at level 3.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
Aberystwyth University welcomes the Welsh Baccalaureate as a valuable qualification in its own right and considers completion of the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate to be equivalent to an A level grade.
About this course
Wrth ddewis astudio’r cwrs gradd Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Adran Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth byddi’n dewis astudio yn y ganolfan orau yn y Deyrnas Gyfunol ar gyfer astudio cysylltiadau rhyngwladol. Mae’r adran hefyd yn gartref i Sefydliad Gwelidyddiaeth Cymru. Mae’r cyfuniad o ddysgu rhagorol ac ymchwil cyffrous yn creu profiad unigryw ac eithriadol yma, a hynny mewn awyrgylch gyfeillgar.
Ceir cyfleoedd yma i ddatgblygu sgiliau trosglwyddadwy a fydd yn cynyddu dy gyfle am yrfaoedd, ac rydym yn cynnig cynllun lleoliadau yn Nh?’r Cyffredin a’r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol, yn ogystal â rhaglenni cyfnewid gyda gwledydd Ewropeaidd, Canada ac Awstralia i’n myfyrwyr.
Rydym yn rhoi cyfle i’n myfyrwyr efelychu argyfyngau gwleidyddol ar gyrsiau maes cyffrous, ac mae hyn oll wedi’i leoli mewn amgylchedd bywiog a chosmopolitaidd yng nghalon campws y Brifysgol. Diben astudio gwleidyddiaeth yw edrych yn fanwl ar waith a phatrymau llywodraeth, ac yn bwysicach fyth, ar ganlyniadau’r gwaith a’r patrymau rheiny .
Wrth astudio’r cwrs gradd Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol a Gwleidyddiaeth Cymru byddi’n cyfuno’r astudiaeth o Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol â sylw arbennig i Wleidyddiaeth Cymru. Bydd elfen ryngwladol y cwrs yn amlwg yn delio â phob math o newidiadau byd-eang, yn economaidd, diwylliannol a gwleidyddol. Mae Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol yn bwnc cyffrous a rhyngddisgyblaethol sy’n cynnwys Gwleidyddiaeth, Hanes, Athroniaeth, y Gyfraith, Daearyddiaeth a Chymdeithaseg er mwyn ceisio deall y byd o’n cwmpas a’r problemau sy’n ei wynebu.
Yn ogystal ag edrych ar waith a phatrymau llywodraeth, astudio’r syniadau sy’n sail i bob agwedd o rym a chymdeithas a chysyniadau sylfaenol megis rhyddid, cymuned, cyfiawnder, cydraddoldeb a hawliau, ceir cyfle hefyd ar y cwrs gradd hwn i ganolbwyntio ar ddatblygiadau gwleidyddol yng Nghymru, effaith datganoli ar Gymru ac ar ei sefyllfa o fewn y Deyrnas Gyfunol ac Ewrop.
Sefydlwyd yr Adran Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol yn 1919 ar ddiwedd y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, a dyma’r adran brifysgol gyntaf o’i bath, ac mae’n parhau i fod yn un o’r adrannau gwleidyddiaeth a chysylltiadau rhyngwladol mwyaf yn Ewrop, a chanddi dros 40 o staff academaidd.
Mae rhai graddedigion wedi dilyn gyrfa yn y gwasanaeth sifil (yn enwedig y Swyddfa Dramor, y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn, a’r Adran Datblygu Rhyngwladol); sefydliadau rhyngwladol (NATO, yr Undeb Ewropeaidd a’r Cenhedloedd Unedig); mudiadau anllywodraethol (Amnest Rhyngwladol, Oxfam); ac ymchwil gwleidyddol, gyda chwmnïau preifat yn ogystal ag yn San Steffan, Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru a Senedd Ewrop. Mae eraill yn dilyn gyrfa yn y lluoedd arfog, y cyfryngau (fel newyddiadurwyr neu gyflwynwyr radio neu deledu), y gyfraith a byd addysg.
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Mae Prifysgol Aberystwyth yn cynnig pecyn gwerthfawr o ysgoloriaethau a bwrsariaethau i gynorthwyo myfyrwyr. Mae ein cystadleuaeth Ysgoloriaeth Mynediad hirsefydlog yn golygu y gallech gael hyd at £2,000 y flwyddyn tuag at eich costau byw a’ch costau astudio. Gallwch gyfuno Ysgoloriaeth Mynediad gydag unrhyw un, neu â’n holl wobrau eraill, i wneud eich pecyn ariannol yn fwy gwerthfawr. Mae’n ein gwobrau’n cynnwys Bwrsariaeth Aberystwyth, sy’n dibynnu ar brawf modd, yr Ysgoloriaethau Chwaraeon a Cherddoriaeth, bwrsariaethau i rai sy’n gadael gofal/gofalwyr ifainc ac ystod o wobrau adrannol-benodol. Ewch i’n gwefan i gael y manylion llawn.
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Department of International Politics
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