Modules for course MVX1 | BA/HCR
BA History/Criminology
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2021–22 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1003: Chwech Oes Harri’r VIII (20) (Semester 2) - HXH-1004: Intro Modern History1815-1914 (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1004: Cyflwyniad Hanes Modern (20) (Semester 1) - HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (20) (Semester 1) - HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 2) - HXH-1011: Europe in the High Middle Ages (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1011: Ewrop yn y Canol Oesoedd Uchel (20) (Semester 1) - HXH-1012: Britain: Blitz to Brexit (20) (Semester 2)
- Students are encouraged to select modules that cover more than one of the generally recognised periods of History: Medieval (c500-1500), Early Modern (1500-1750), and Modern (post 1750).
20 credits from:
- HPS-1001: Social Policy and the State (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-1001: Y Wladwriaeth Les (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-1002: Power, Freedom & the State (20) (Semester 1)
- SXU-1003: Introduction to Sociology (20) (Semester 1) or
SCS-1004: Cymdeithaseg a'r Byd Cyfoes (20) (Semester 1)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- SXU-2001: Social & Political Research (20) or
SCU-2001: Dulliau Ymchwil (20) - SXY-2001: Criminological Theory (20) or
SCY-2001: Deall Trosedd (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HGW-2003: Re-igniting the Dragon (20) (Semester 2) or
HGC-2003: Ail Danio'r Ddraig (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-2004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-2008: Sociology of Religion (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2008: Stori America 1607-1867 (20) (Semester 2)
- HCG-2011: Dehongli'r Gorffennol (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-2015: Serial Killers (20) (Semester 2)
- HCH-2051: Making History (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2111: Royal Propaganda (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2112: Civil War: Eng & Wal 1558-1660 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2114: Experimental Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2117: Roman Frontier Society (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2120: Rethinking Archaeology (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2124: Heritage and Identity (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2135: Victorian Britain 1837-1901 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2145: The Lion of Justice - Henry I (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2154: Holy Wars 1095-1197 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-2156: Rhyfel Cartref America (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2160: The Age of Reform 1770-1835 (20) (Semester 1) or
HTC-2160: Oes Y Digwyddiad: 1770-1835 (20) (Semester 1) - HTH-2229: Sea Kings & Pirates (20) (Semester 2) or
HTC-2129: Morladron a Brenhinoedd y mor (20) (Semester 2) - Over Levels 5 and 6 (Year 2 and 3) students must take 2 General Modules - those with a code beginning HGH, HGW or HGC.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
20 to 40 credits from:
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) (Semester 1 + 2) - HSH-3044: Anarchism in Europe (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3045: Nationalism in the UK (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3144: The Norman Conquest (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3150: Princely Wales (20) (Semester 1)
- Students must take EITHER the Dissertation OR a Special Subject, while ensuring that they have taken 60 credits in History in total during Year 3.
Optional Modules
20 to 40 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HGW-3003: Re-igniting the Dragon (20) (Semester 2) or
HGC-3003: Ail Danio'r Ddraig (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-3004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-3008: Stori America 1607-1867 (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-3015: Serial Killers (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3111: Royal Propaganda (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3114: Experimental Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3117: Roman Frontier Society (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3124: Heritage and Identity (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3135: Victorian Britain 1837-1901 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3145: The Lion of Justice - Henry I (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3154: Holy Wars 1095-1197 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-3156: Rhyfel Cartref America (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3160: The Age of Reform 1770-1835 (20) (Semester 1) or
HTC-3160: Oes y Digwyddiad 1770-1835 (20) (Semester 1) - HTH-3329: Sea Kings & Vikings (20) (Semester 2) or
HTC-3129: Morladron a Brenhinoedd y Mor (20) (Semester 2) - Please note that students must take a general module (those with a code beginning HGH/HGC/HGW) at level 6 if they did not take one at level 5
40 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - PSP-3001: Forensic Psychology (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-3004: Crime and the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-3015: Serial Killers (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-3021: Perspectives on Youth Crime (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-3023: Organised Crime and Counter-Te (20) (Semester 1)
- SXS-3040: Gender Perspectives (20) (Semester 2)
- SXP-3050: Social Issues (20) (Semester 1)