Modules for course V100 | BA/H
BA History
These were the modules for this course in the 2019–20 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
40 to 100 credits from:
- HXH-1002: Birth of Modern Europe (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1003: Genedigaeth yr Ewrop Fodern (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 2) or
HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (20) (Semester 2) - HXW-1010: Wales since 1789 (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 1) - 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: Modern Politics in Action (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1012: GweithreduGwleidyddiaethFodern (20) (Semester 2) - Level 4 students on this programme must take AT LEAST 40 credits from the above modules and in addition are required to choose modules that cover at least two of the three major periods of history: Medieval (c500-1500), Early Modern (1500-1750) and Moder (post 1750)
Optional Modules
0 to 60 credits from:
- HAC-1001: Y Wladwriaeth Les (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-1002: Power, Freedom & the State (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-1004: Death of God (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-1005: Existentialism (20) (Semester 1)
- 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)
- Students are encouraged to select modules from Archaeology and Heritage as well as History to gain increased breadth of knowledge and understanding of how History is informed by these and other disciplines. In addition, students may take up to 40 credits of modules offered from outside the School.
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Optional Modules
100 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HAC-2002: Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes (20) (Semester 1)
- HGW-2003: Re-igniting the Dragon (20) (Semester 2) or
HGC-2003: Ail Danio'r Ddraig (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) - HAC-2009: Cymdeithas, Iaith a Phrotest (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2011: Paradoxes of Self: Nietz./Jung (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2111: Ancestral Landscapes (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2112: Civil War: Eng & Wal 1558-1660 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2114: Experimental Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2117: Roman Frontier Society (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2118: The United States, 1877-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2118: Field Archaeology in Britain (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2120: Rethinking Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2123: Owain Glyndwr a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2124: Heritage and Identity (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2127: Europe, Early Middle Ages (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 2) or
HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 2) - HGH-2135: Victorian Britain 1837-1901 (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2142: Americanisation (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2149: Britannia Rule the Waves (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-2156: Rhyfel Cartref America (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 2) or
HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 2) - HTH-2163: Nazi Germany 1933-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2164: Violence in Early Mod Britain (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-2301: 20th Century Phil of Religion (20) (Semester 2)
- Over Levels 5 and 6 students must take 2 General Modules - those with a code beginning HGH, HGW or HGC. Students may take 20 credits offered by another School as an elective module in place of a module from this section.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) Core or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) Core
40 credits from:
- HSH-3139: Nationalism in the UK 1916-97 (40) (Semester 2)
- HSH-3144: The Norman Conquest (40) (Semester 2)
- HSH-3146: Sex&Power in Early Mod England (40) (Semester 2)
- HSH-3147: Politics&Culture in the 1960s (40) (Semester 2)
- Students must take a Special Subject.
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HAC-3002: Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes (20) (Semester 1)
- HGW-3003: Re-igniting the Dragon (20) (Semester 2) or
HGC-3003: Ail Danio'r Ddraig (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-3003: Race democracy * pol ideology (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-3011: Paradoxes of Self: Nietz..Jung (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3111: Ancestral Landscapes (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3112: Civil War: Eng & Wal 1558-1660 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3114: Experimental Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3117: Roman Frontier Society (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3118: The United States, 1877-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3118: Field Archaeology in Britain (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-3123: Owain Glyndwr a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3124: Heritage and Identity (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3127: Europe Early Middle Ages (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3135: Victorian Britain 1837-1901 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3142: Americanisation (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3149: Britannia Rule the Waves (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-3156: Rhyfel Cartref America (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 2) or
HTC-3128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 2) - HTH-3163: Nazi Germany 1933-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3164: Violence in Early Mod. Britain (20) (Semester 1)
- Select 40 credits from the remaining modules: 20 credits from each semester. Students must ensure that the requirement to take 2 general modules over Level 5 and 6 has been met.