Modules for course V103 | BA/HA
BA History and Archaeology
These were the modules for this course in the 2020–21 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
60 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)
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII (20) (Semester 2)
- HXH-1004: Intro Modern History1815-1914 (20) (Semester 1)
- HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) (Semester 1)
- HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2)
- HXH-1011: Europe in the High Middle Ages (20) (Semester 1)
- HXH-1012: Modern Politics in Action (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).
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
20 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- HTA-2106: Early Medieval Wales WLH (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2124: Graffiti: Marking Space & Time (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2125: Time and Tide (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2156: Museum - management, curation (20) (Semester 2)
60 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 20fed ganrif (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-2007: Raving in the 1990's (20) (Semester 1)
- HCH-2050: Debating History (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2106: Early Medieval Wales WLH (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2112: Reformation & Counter-Reforma. (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2120: Rethinking Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2125: Time and Tide (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-2127: Wales, Renaissance & Europe (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2133: The Tudors 1485-1603 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2137: USA, 1945-2001 (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2139: Norman Sicily (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2156: Museum - management, curation (20) (Semester 2)
- HGW-2161: Under the Hammer: Edward I (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2167: Hot Wars of the Cold War (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.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
40 credits from:
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- Students can take their dissertation either in History or Archaeology.
0 to 20 credits from:
- HSH-3040: Glorious Rev. in Eng. & Wales (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3041: Country House Life (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3042: The Radical 1960s in Europe (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3142: Going to the Devil (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3150: Conquest and Culture (20) (Semester 1)
- Students taking the Archaeology dissertation must choose a Special Subject module from this section. Students taking the History dissertation do not take anything from this section.
Optional Modules
20 to 60 credits from:
- HTH-3110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3125: Time and Tide (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3156: Museums - managment/curation (20) (Semester 2)
- Students taking the History dissertation take 60 credits from this section. Students taking the Archaeology dissertation take 20 credits from this section.
20 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-3003: Race democracy * pol ideology (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-3004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- HGC-3007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen 20fed ganrif (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-3007: Raving in the 1990's (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3112: Reformation & Counter-Reforma. (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-3127: Wales, Renaissance & Europe (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3133: The Tudors 1485-1603 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3137: USA, 1945-2001 (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3139: Norman Sicily (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3156: Museums - managment/curation (20) (Semester 2)
- HGW-3161: Under the Hammer: Edward I (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3167: Hot Wars of the Cold War (20) (Semester 1)
- Students must take a general module (those beginning HGH/HGC/HGW) at level 6 if they did not take one at level 5