Modules for course V130 | BA/MEMH
BA Mediaeval and Early Modern His
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Pre-modern modules
The student must take a minimum of
40 credits from the modules in Pre-modern modules. The
student must take at least 2 of the modules in Pre-modern
modules.
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.
HXW-1007
Wales: Princes to Tudors
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXC-1007
Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid
(20)
(Semester 1)
Early Modern History The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in Early Modern History.
HXH-1002
The Six Lives of Henry VIII
(20)
(Semester 2)
HXC-1003
Chwech Oes Harri’r VIII
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 2)
Medieval History The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in Medieval History. The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Medieval History.
HXC-1011
Ewrop yn y Canol Oesoedd Uchel
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXH-1011
Europe in the High Middle Ages
(20)
(Semester 2)
Optional modules
The student must take between 20
and 60 credits from the modules in Optional modules. The
student must take between 1 and 3 modules from Optional
modules.
History The student must take between 0 and 40 credits from the modules in History. The student must take between 0 and 2 modules from History.
HPS-1002
Power, Freedom & the State
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXH-1012
Britain: Blitz to Brexit
(20)
(Semester 2)
Archaelogy and Heritage The student must take between 0 and 80 credits from the modules in Archaelogy and Heritage.
HXA-1005
Archaeological Principles&Tech
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXH-1005
Intro to History and Heritage
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXA-1008
Intro. to Historic Archaeology
(20)
(Semester 2)
HXA-1006
Intro. to British Prehistory
(20)
(Semester 2)
Modern History The student must take between 0 and 20 credits from the modules in Modern History. The student must take between 0 and 1 modules from Modern History.
HXH-1004
Intro Modern History1815-1914
(20)
(Semester 1)
HXC-1004
Cyflwyniad Hanes Modern
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 1)
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.
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
Optional Modules
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 (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) - Over Level 5 and 6 students must take 2 General Modules - those with a codes beginning HGH, HGW or HGC, and they may take only 20 credit of modules that cover the period after 1750. 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)
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)
- 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) - 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 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)
- 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) - Select 40 credits from the remaining modules: 20 credits from each semester. Students must ensure that the requirement to take 2 general modules over Levels 5 and 6 has been met, and may take only 20 credits of modules that cover the period after 1750.