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Module HXC-1006:
Cymru yn y Byd Modern

Module Facts

Run by School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences

20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits

Semester 2

Organiser: Dr Lowri Ann Rees

Overall aims and purpose

Yn y modiwl hwn cyflwynir rhai o brif nodweddion hanes Cymru yn y cyfnod modern i'r myfyrwyr. Mae’n dangos sut mae datblygiadau cymdeithasol, diwylliannol, gwleidyddol ac economaidd Prydeinig a rhyngwladol wedi dylanwadu ar Gymru. Mae’n olrhain trawsnewidiad Cymru o gyfnod y chwyldro diwydiannol ymlaen i ddyfodiad datganoli ddiwedd yr ugeinfed ganrif, a thu hwnt i hynny.

Course content

Wythnos 1: Darlith: Deall Cymru fodern ac amcanion y modiwl Dim seminar Wythnos 2: Darlith: Meithrin Cymru fodern (i): Diwydiant ac economi Seminar: Siartiaeth a Beca Wythnos 3: Darlith: Meithrin Cymru fodern (ii): Trosedd, cosb a moesoldeb Seminar: Y Gymru fywgraffiadol: David Lloyd George fel astudiaeth achos Wythnos 4: Darlith: Themâu (i): Mewnfudo ac allfudo
Seminar: Mewnfudo Wythnos 5: Darlith: Themâu (ii): Iaith, addysg a chrefydd yn y 19eg ganrif
Seminar: Cenedlaetholdeb, Tynged yr Iaith Wythnos 6: Darlith: Themâu (iii): Effaith y ddau ryfel byd
Seminar: Y Gymru Lafurol Gweithdy: Eidalwyr yng Nghymru

Wythnos 7: WYTHNOS DDARLLEN

Wythnos 8: Darlith: Themâu (iv): Merched a llunio Cymru fodern Seminar: Cerddoriaeth boblogaidd Wythnos 9: Darlith: Themâu (v): Diwylliant poblogaidd a newid cymdeithasol
Seminar: Merched mewn llenyddiaeth Gymreig Wythnos 10: Darlith: Themâu (vi): Chwaraeon a hunaniaeth Seminar: Hunaniaeth Wythnos 11: Darlith: Materion (i): Y frwydr am hunan-reolaeth Seminar: Y Cwestiwn Cenedlaethol Wythnos 12: Darlith: Materion (ii): Creu Cymru newydd? Seminar: Sesiwn adolygu

Assessment Criteria

threshold

Ffiniol Bydd myfyriwr ffiniol (yng ngwaelodion y 40au) yn dangos gwybodaeth sylfaenol o rannau o'r maes perthnasol o leiaf, a bydd yn gallu llunio dadl sydd o leiaf yn rhannol lwyddiannus yn cydnabod y gwahaniaethau yn y ffyrdd y deholnglir hanes.

good

Da Bydd y myfyriwr da (yn y 60au) yn arddangos camp sicr ym mhob un o'r nodweddion a nodir yn y paragraff uchod.

excellent

Ardderchog Bydd y myfyriwr ardderchog (70au ac uwch) yn arddangos camp sicr ym mhob un o'r nodweddion ynghyd â gwybodaeth arbennig o sylweddol yn ogystal / neu a dadansoddiad cywrain.

Learning outcomes

  1. Dangos gwybodaeth sylfaenol am rai o’r prif ddigwyddiadau, cysyniadau a phroblemau yn hanes Cymru fodern;

  2. Dangos ymwybyddiaeth y gellir dehonglir hanes mewn gwahanol ffyrdd;

  3. Dangos meistrolaeth dros sgiliau astudio sylfaenol, yn arbennig y gallu i ddilyn cwrs o waith darllen, gwneud nodiadau effeithiol a manteisio oddi wrth drafodaethau seminar;

  4. Cyflwyno dadleuon hanesyddol mewn traethodau ac arholiadau a’u hategu â thystiolaeth.

Assessment Methods

Type Name Description Weight
Blog 30.00
Cyflwyniad 30.00
Aseiniad i wneud adref 40.00

Teaching and Learning Strategy

Hours
Lecture

Dysgir y cwrs hwn drwy gyfuniad o ddarllen dan gyfarwyddyd, darlithoedd, seminarau a thraethodau.

20
Seminar 10
Private study 170

Transferable skills

  • Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
  • Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
  • Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
  • Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
  • Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sensitevely with others
  • Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
  • Presentation - Able to clearly present information and explanations to an audience. Through the written or oral mode of communication accurately and concisely.
  • Teamwork - Able to constructively cooperate with others on a common task, and/or be part of a day-to-day working team
  • Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting
  • Self-awareness & Reflectivity - Having an awareness of your own strengths, weaknesses, aims and objectives. Able to regularly review, evaluate and reflect upon the performance of yourself and others

Subject specific skills

  • problem solving to develop solutions to understand the past
  • understanding the complexity of change over time; in specific contexts and chronologies
  • being sensitive to the differences, or the "otherness" of the past, and the difficulty to using it as a guide to present or future action
  • being sensitive to the role of perceptions of the past in contemporary cultures
  • producing logical and structured arguments supported by relevant evidence
  • planning, designing, executing and documenting a programme of research, working independently
  • marshalling and critically appraising other people's arguments, including listening and questioning
  • demonstrating a positive and can-do approach to practical problems
  • demonstrating an innovative approach, creativity, collaboration and risk taking
  • presenting effective oral presentations for different kinds of audiences, including academic and/or audiences with little knowledge of history
  • preparing effective written communications for different readerships
  • making effective and appropriate forms of visual presentation
  • making effective and appropriate use of relevant information technology
  • making critical and effective use of information retrieval skills using paper-based and electronic resources
  • collaborating effectively in a team via experience of working in a group
  • appreciating and being sensitive to different cultures and dealing with unfamiliar situations
  • critical evaluation of one's own and others' opinions
  • engaging with relevant aspects of current agendas such as global perspectives, public engagement, employability, enterprise, and creativity

Resources

Reading list

DARLLEN CYCHWYNNOL John Davies, Hanes Cymru/A History of Wales (2007). Russell Davies, Hope and Heartbreak: a social history of Wales and the Welsh, 1776-1871(2005). D. G. Evans, A history of Wales, 1815-1906 (1996) and 1906-2000 (2000). Vaughan Hughes, Cymru Fawr: pan oedd gwlad fach yn arwain y byd (2014). M. Johnes, Wales since 1939 (2012). G. E. Jones, Modern Wales: A Concise History (Cambridge, 1984; 2nd edn 1994). K. O. Morgan, Rebirth of a Nation: A history of modern Wales (1982). R. Merfyn Jones, Cymru 2000 (2000). Gwyn A. Williams, When Was Wales? (1985).

Courses including this module

Compulsory in courses:

  • V100: BA History year 1 (BA/H)
  • VV41: BA Herit, Archae & Hist year 1 (BA/HAH)
  • VV42: BA Heritage, Archaeology & History with International Exp year 1 (BA/HAHIE)
  • VW23: BA Hanes Cymru a Cherddoriaeth year 1 (BA/HCAC)
  • V10F: BA History [with Foundation Year] year 1 (BA/HF)
  • V1W6: BA History with Film Studies year 1 (BA/HFS)
  • V1W7: BA History with Film Studies with International Experience year 1 (BA/HFSIE)
  • 8B03: BA History (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/HIE)
  • V1P5: BA History with Journalism year 1 (BA/HJ)
  • 8S11: BA History with Journalism (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/HJIE)
  • V1PM: BA Hanes gyda Newyddiaduraeth year 1 (BA/HN)
  • V140: BA Modern & Contemporary History year 1 (BA/MCH)
  • WV33: Music & Hist & Welsh Hist (IE) year 1 (BA/MHIE)
  • VVV2: BA Philosophy and Religion and Welsh History year 1 (BA/PRWH)
  • LVL1: BA Pol Cymd/Han Cymru year 1 (BA/SPWWH)
  • LVH1: BA Cymdeithaseg/Hanes Cymru year 1 (BA/SWWH)
  • V104: BA Welsh History and Archaeology year 1 (BA/WHAR)
  • VP23: BA Welsh History and Film Studies year 1 (BA/WHFS)
  • VV12: BA Welsh History/History year 1 (BA/WHH)
  • VW2H: BA Welsh History and Music year 1 (BA/WHMU)
  • LVH2: BA Welsh History/Sociology year 1 (BA/WHS)
  • QVM2: BA Welsh History/Cymraeg year 1 (BA/WHW)
  • V102: MArts History with International Experience year 1 (MARTS/HIE)
  • V101: MArts History year 1 (MARTS/HIST)

Optional in courses:

  • X316: BA Astudiaethau Plentyndod ac Ieuenctid a Chymdeithaseg year 1 (BA/APIC)
  • X318: BA Astudiaeth Plentyndod ac Ieuenctid a Pholisi Cymdeithasol year 1 (BA/APIPC)
  • LM3Y: BA Cymdeithaseg&CriminologyCrimJ year 1 (BA/CCCJ)
  • M930: BA Criminology & Criminal Justice year 1 (BA/CRIM)
  • X315: BA Childhood and Youth Studies and Sociology year 1 (BA/CYSS)
  • LL13: BA Sociology/Economics year 1 (BA/ECS)
  • LL2B: BA Sociology & Economics (4 yr with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/ECS1)
  • 3QV1: BA History and English Literature year 1 (BA/ELH)
  • LQ3J: BA English Lang. & Sociology year 1 (BA/ELSOC)
  • P3V1: BA Film Studies and History year 1 (BA/FSH)
  • V103: BA History and Archaeology year 1 (BA/HA)
  • V1V9: BA History with Archaeology with International Experience year 1 (BA/HAIE)
  • V1V4: BA History with Archaeology year 1 (BA/HAR)
  • MVX1: BA History/Criminology year 1 (BA/HCR)
  • LV11: BA History/Economics year 1 (BA/HEC)
  • RV11: BA History/French year 1 (BA/HFR)
  • RV21: BA History/German year 1 (BA/HG)
  • RV31: BA History/Italian year 1 (BA/HIT)
  • RV32: BA History and Italian (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/HITIE)
  • VW13: BA History and Music year 1 (BA/HMU)
  • VW14: BA History and Music with International Experience year 1 (BA/HMUIE)
  • RV41: BA History/Spanish year 1 (BA/HSP)
  • LVJ1: BA Cymdeithaseg/Hanes year 1 (BA/HSW)
  • V130: BA Mediaeval and Early Modern His year 1 (BA/MEMH)
  • LP33: BA Media Studies and Sociology year 1 (BA/MSSOC)
  • L401: Polisi Cymdeithasol year 1 (BA/PC)
  • LM4X: BA Polisi Cymdeithasol & Criminology and Criminal Justice year 1 (BA/PCCCJ)
  • L200: BA Politics year 1 (BA/POL)
  • L202: BA Politics and Economics year 1 (BA/POLEC)
  • L20F: BA Politics [with Foundation Year] year 1 (BA/POLF)
  • L201: BA Politics with Placement Year year 1 (BA/POLP)
  • VVV1: BA Philosophy and Religion and History year 1 (BA/PRH)
  • L300: BA Sociology year 1 (BA/S)
  • L31B: BA Sociology (4 year with Incorporated Foundation) year 1 (BA/S1)
  • 3L3Q: BA Sociology and English Literature year 1 (BA/SEL)
  • L30F: BA Sociology [with Foundation Year] year 1 (BA/SF)
  • LV31: BA Sociology/History year 1 (BA/SH)
  • 8Y70: BA Sociology (with International Experience) year 1 (BA/SIE)
  • LQ31: BA Sociology/Linguistics year 1 (BA/SL)
  • L402: BA Social Policy year 1 (BA/SOCPOL)
  • L40F: BA Social Policy [with Foundation Year] year 1 (BA/SOCPOLF)
  • LM49: BA Social Policy/Criminology year 1 (BA/SPCR)
  • LV41: BA Social Policy/History year 1 (BA/SPH)
  • LVK1: BA Polisi Cymdeithasol/Hanes year 1 (BA/SPWH)
  • LQK5: BA Polisi Cymdeithasol a Chymraeg year 1 (BA/SPWW)
  • LVL1: BA Pol Cymd/Han Cymru year 1 (BA/SPWWH)
  • L3LK: BA Cymd gyda Phol Cymd year 1 (BA/SSPW)
  • LQH5: BA Cymdeithaseg a Chymraeg year 1 (BA/SWW)
  • LVH1: BA Cymdeithaseg/Hanes Cymru year 1 (BA/SWWH)
  • QV51: BA Cymraeg/History year 1 (BA/WH)
  • M1V1: LLB Law with History year 1 (LLB/LH)
  • M1V2: LLB Law with History (International Experience) year 1 (LLB/LHI)

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