Modules for course VV41 | BA/HAH
BA Herit, Archae & Hist
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
The student must take 120 credits from
the modules in Year 1.
HXH-1005
Intro to History and Heritage
(20)
(Semester 1)
Compulsory - 20-40 credits
selection The
student must take between 20 and 40 credits from the modules
in Compulsory - 20-40 credits selection.
HXA-1005
Archaeological Principles&Tech
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXA-1006
Intro. to British Prehistory
(20)
(Semester 2)
HXA-1008
Intro. to Historic Archaeology
(20)
(Semester 2)
Compulsory - 60-80 credits
selection The
student must take between 60 and 80 credits from the modules
in Compulsory - 60-80 credits selection.
HXH-1012
Britain: Blitz to Brexit
(20)
(Semester 2)
The Six Lives of Henry VIII The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in The Six Lives of Henry VIII.
HXC-1003
Chwech Oes Harri’r VIII
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 2)
HXH-1002
The Six Lives of Henry VIII
(20)
(Semester 2)
Intro to Modern History 1815-1914 The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Intro to Modern History 1815-1914.
HXC-1004
Cyflwyniad Hanes Modern
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXH-1004
Intro Modern History1815-1914
(20)
(Semester 1)
Wales: Princes to Tudors The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Wales: Princes to Tudors.
HXC-1007
Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXW-1007
Wales: Princes to Tudors
(20)
(Semester 1)
Wales in the Modern World The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Wales in the Modern World.
HXC-1006
Cymru yn y Byd Modern
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 2)
HXW-1010
Wales in the Modern World
(20)
(Semester 2)
Europe in the High Middle Ages The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Europe in the High Middle Ages.
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 to 80 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-2004: 20th Century Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - 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)
- HTC-2123: Owain Glyn?r a'i Fudiad (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, Renaissance & Europe (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1) or
HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1) - HTC-2131: Rhyfeloedd Sanctaidd 1095-1197 (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 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1) or
HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1) - Students must take at least one general history module over levels 5 and Level 6 as a whole (beginning with HGH/HGW/HGC). Students must take at least 40 credits, but not more than 80 credits, of Archaeology modules over Levels 5 and 6 as a whole. In addtion, students may take up to 20 credits from modules offered outside the School In addition, students may take up to 20 credits from modules offered either as elective modules in the School or from outside the School.
0 to 20 credits from:
- SXU-2001: Social & Political Research (20) (Semester 1) or
SCU-2001: Dulliau Ymchwil (20) (Semester 1) - HAC-2002: Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes (20) (Semester 2)
- SXU-2002: Analys. Social & Political Deb (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-2004: Crime & the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-2007: Investigating Complex Crimes (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HPS-2009: Exorcism (20) (Semester 1)
- 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) or
SCS-2007: Theori Gymdeithasegol (20) (Semester 1) - VPR-2202: Applied Ethics (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2206: Sex and Society (20) (Semester 2)
- SCS-2213: Pwer, Cyfalaf a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-2305: Hinduism in the Modern World (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-2307: Tales of Might and Morality (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-2404: Judaism in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2) or
VPC-2404: Iddewiaeth yn Byd Modern (20) (Semester 2)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
20 credits from:
- HSH-3040: Glorious Rev. in Eng. & Wales (20) (Semester 1)
- 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-3150: Princely Wales (20) (Semester 1)
- Students must take a Special Subject from this section.
40 credits from:
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) (Semester 1 + 2) - Students can choose to do their dissertation in either History or Archaeology.
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - 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)
- HTW-3123: Owain Glyndwr and his Movement (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3125: The Prehistoric Archaeology of (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-3127: Wales, Renaissance & Europe (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-3128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1) or
HTH-3157: The Age of the Castle (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) or
HTC-3128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1) - Students must take at least one general history module (beginning HGH/HGW/HGC) if they didn't take one at level 5. Students must take at least 40 credits, but no more than 80 credits, of Archaeology modules over Levels 5 and 6 as a whole.