Modules for course L20F | BA/POLF
BA Politics [with Foundation Year]
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2021–22 academic year.
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Year 0 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- KAH-0001: Essential Skills for Arts& Hum (20)
- KAH-0002: Arts, Humanities & the future (20)
- KAH-0003: Intro to Research & Inquiry (20)
Semester 2
- HPS-0001: Debating the disciplines (20) Core
- KAH-0004: Foundation Project (20)
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- CXC-0001: Ysgrifennu Hyderus (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- QXL-0001: Intro to English Lit & Lang (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-0001: Digital Communication (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-0002: Transnational Cultures (10) (Semester 2)
- WXM-0002: Language of Music (20) (Semester 2)
- LXN-1001: Beginners' German (10) (Semester 1)
- LXN-1012: Beginners' Spanish (10) (Semester 1)
- LXN-1021: Beginners' French (10) (Semester 1)
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- HPS-1001: Social Policy and the State (20)
- HPS-1002: Power, Freedom & the State (20)
- HXH-1004: Intro Modern History1815-1914 (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- UXS-1000: Issues in Media and Journalism (20) (Semester 2)
- HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII (20) (Semester 2)
- SXU-1003: Introduction to Sociology (20) (Semester 1)
- SXU-1006: Social Divisions (20) (Semester 2)
- HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
80 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- SXU-2001: Social & Political Research (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-2002: Crime & Justice in Mod Britain (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-2004: Crime & the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- SXP-2010: Poverty and Inequality (20) (Semester 2)
- SXS-2035: Classical Social Theory (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2038: Journalism & Risk Society (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2046: Media, Politics & Society (20) (Semester 2)
- SXP-2050: Social Issues (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2160: The Age of Reform 1770-1835 (20) (Semester 1)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
0 to 60 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-3003: Race democracy * pol ideology (20) (Semester 2)
- SXS-3003: Theorizing Society & Politics (20) (Semester 1)
- SXS-3030: Globalisation & Social Change (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-3032: Power, Crime & Punishment (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3038: Journalism & Risk Society (20) (Semester 2)
- SXS-3040: Gender Perspectives (20) (Semester 2)
- SXP-3050: Social Issues (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 2)
- SXP-3210: Housing Policy (20) (Semester 1)