Modules for course V100 | BA/H
BA History
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
History Modules The student must take a minimum of 40
credits from the modules in History Modules. The student
must take at least 2 of the modules in History
Modules.
HPS-1002
Power, Freedom & the State
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXH-1012
Britain: Blitz to Brexit
(20)
(Semester 2)
Medieval The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in Medieval. The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Medieval.
HXC-1011
Ewrop yn y Canol Oesoedd Uchel
(20)
(Semester 2)
HXH-1011
Europe in the High Middle Ages
(20)
(Semester 2)
Early Modern The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in Early Modern. The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Early Modern.
HXC-1003
Chwech Oes Harri’r VIII
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 2)
HXH-1002
The Six Lives of Henry VIII
(20)
(Semester 2)
Modern Wales The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in Modern Wales. The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Modern Wales.
HXC-1006
Cymru yn y Byd Modern
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 2)
HXW-1010
Wales in the Modern World
(20)
(Semester 2)
Medieval Wales The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in Medieval Wales. The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Medieval Wales.
HXC-1007
Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXW-1007
Wales: Princes to Tudors
(20)
(Semester 1)
Modern History The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in Modern History. The student History.
may not take more than 1 of the modules in Modern
HXC-1004
Cyflwyniad Hanes Modern
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXH-1004
Intro Modern History1815-1914
(20)
(Semester 1)
Archaeology and Heritage modules
The student must take between 0
and 80 credits from the modules in Archaeology and Heritage
modules.
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
60 to 100 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)
- 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-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) or
HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (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) or
SCU-2001: Dulliau Ymchwil (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) or
SCS-2007: Theori Gymdeithasegol (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-2206: Sex and Society (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-2301: 20th Century Phil of Religion (20) (Semester 2) or
VPC-2301: Athroniaeth Crefydd 20f ganrif (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 or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) Core
Semester 2
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 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) 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)
- HSH-3040: Glorious Rev. in Eng. & Wales (20) (Semester 1)
- 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 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 2) or
VPC-3301: Athroniaeth Crefydd 20f ganrif (20) (Semester 1) - VPR-3400: Buddhism in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2)