Modules for course V100 | BA/H
BA History
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2021–22.
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Year 1 Modules
Optional Modules
0 credits from:
- HPS-1002: Power, Freedom & the State (20) (Semester 1)
- HXH-1012: Britain: Blitz to Brexit (20) (Semester 2)
0 to 20 credits from:
- HXC-1011: Ewrop yn y Canol Oesoedd Uchel (20) (Semester 1)
- HXH-1011: Europe in the High Middle Ages (20) (Semester 1)
0 to 20 credits from:
- HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII (20) (Semester 2)
- HXC-1003: Chwech Oes Harri?r VIII (20) (Semester 2)
0 to 20 credits from:
- HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 2)
- HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2)
0 to 20 credits from:
- HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (20) (Semester 1)
- HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) (Semester 1)
0 to 20 credits from:
- HXC-1004: Cyflwyniad Hanes Modern (20) (Semester 1)
- HXH-1004: Intro Modern History1815-1914 (20) (Semester 1)
0 to 80 credits from:
- HXA-1005: Archaeological Principles&Tech (20) (Semester 1)
- HXH-1005: Intro to History and Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HXA-1006: Intro. to British Prehistory (20) (Semester 2)
- HXA-1008: Intro. to Historic Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
60 to 100 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-2004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2)
- HGC-2007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen yn yr Ugeinf (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2008: Stori America 1607-1867 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2112: Reformation and Counter-Reform (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HTA-2116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2120: Rethinking Archaeology (20) (Semester 1)
- HTW-2123: Owain Glyndwr and his Movement (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2125: The Prehistoric Archaeology of (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-2127: WALES AND EUROPE IN THE RENAIS (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-2132: Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cym. (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2133: THE TUDORS: POLITICS, SOCIETY, (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2139: The Kingdom in the Sun: Norman (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2149: Britannia Rule the Waves: The (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1)
- Over Levels 5 and 6 (Year 2 and 3) students must take 2 General Modules - those with a code beginning HGH, HGW or HGC.
Optional Modules
0 to 40 credits from:
- SXU-2001: Social & Political Research (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-2001: Criminological Theory (20) (Semester 1)
- SXU-2002: Analys. Social & Political Deb (20) (Semester 2)
- SXP-2010: Poverty and Inequality (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2016: The Atlantic Slave Trade (20) (Semester 2)
- SXS-2035: Classical Social Theory (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-2206: Sex and Society (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-2301: 20th Century Phil of Religion (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-2400: Buddhism in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2)
- Students may take 20 credits offered by another School as an elective module in place of a module from this section (providing that they have selected at least 60 credits of modules from the above list of general and topic modules)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) Core
Semester 2
20 credits from:
- HSH-3041: Country House Life, 1750-1914 (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3045: Nationalism in the UK (20) (Semester 1)
- HSC-3050: Cymru'r Tywysogion (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3137: Ruled by an Orange: England an (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HSH-3150: Princely Wales (20) (Semester 1)
- Students must also take ONE Special Subject from the above list
Optional Modules
40 to 60 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGC-3007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen yn yr Ugeinf (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-3008: Stori America 1607-1867 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3112: Reformation and Counter-Reform (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HTA-3116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-3123: Owain Glynd?r a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3125: The Prehistoric Archaeology of (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-3127: WALES AND EUROPE IN THE RENAIS (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-3128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-3132: Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cym. (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3133: THE TUDORS: POLITICS, SOCIETY, (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3139: The Kingdom in the Sun: Norman (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1)
- Students must ensure that the requirement to take 2 general modules over Level 5 and 6 has been met.
0 to 20 credits from:
- HPS-3003: Race democracy * pol ideology (20) (Semester 2)
- SXS-3003: Theorizing Society & Politics (20) (Semester 1)
- SCS-3010: Hawliau Ieithyddol (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-3016: The Atlantic Slave Trade (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-3021: Perspectives on Youth Crime (20) (Semester 1)
- SXS-3030: Globalisation & Social Change (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-3032: Power, Crime & Punishment (20) (Semester 2)
- SXS-3040: Gender Perspectives (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-3206: Sex and Society (20) (Semester 2)
- SXP-3210: Housing Policy (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-3331: 20th Century Phil of Religion (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-3400: Buddhism in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2)