Modules for course VP23 | BA/WHFS
BA Welsh History and Film Studies
These were the modules for this course in the 2019–20 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- HXW-1010: Wales since 1789 (20) or
HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) - UXS-1063: Film History (20)
- UXS-1065: Film Criticism (20)
Semester 2
- HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) or
HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (20) - UXS-1062: Film Language (20) or
UXC-1062: Iaith y Ffilm (20)
Optional Modules
20 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)
- HPS-1006: Ess. Skills for Ac. Success (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-1006: Ess. Skills for Ac. Success (20) (Semester 1) - HXA-1006: Intro. to British Prehistory (20) (Semester 2)
- HXA-1008: Intro. to Historic Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
- HGW-2003: Re-igniting the Dragon (20) or
HGC-2003: Ail Danio'r Ddraig (20) - UXS-2064: Film Theory (20)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- LXG-2008: The German Film (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-2024: Alfred Hitchcock (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2025: Stanley Kubrick: Auteur (20) (Semester 1)
- LXS-2033: The Cinema of Spain (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2050: Race & Gender (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2059: Understanding Documentary (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2046: Y Ffilm ddogfen:Theori (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-2062: Film Distribution & Marketing (20) (Semester 1)
- LXF-2104: French Cinema 1895-1950 (20) (Semester 1)
40 credits from:
- HAC-2002: Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes (20) (Semester 1)
- HAC-2009: Cymdeithas, Iaith a Phrotest (20) (Semester 2)
- HCG-2011: Dehongli'r Gorffennol (20) (Semester 1) or
HCH-2050: Debating History (20) (Semester 1) - HGH-2112: Civil War: Eng & Wal 1558-1660 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2117: Roman Frontier Society (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2118: The United States, 1877-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- 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-2163: Nazi Germany 1933-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2164: Violence in Early Mod Britain (20) (Semester 1)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
- HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) or
HPS-3006: Dissertation (40)
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 EITHER take the Dissertation OR choose a Special Subject (to be taken over both semesters)
20 credits from:
- 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) - HGH-3112: Civil War: Eng & Wal 1558-1660 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-3123: Owain Glyndwr a'i Fudiad (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-3143: The Reign of King Stephen (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)
0 to 40 credits from:
- UXB-3900: Research Dissertation (40) (Semester 2)
- UXB-3901: Creative Practice Dissertation (40) (Semester 2)
- UXB-3902: Enterprise Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
Optional Modules
20 to 60 credits from:
- LXI-3011: Adaptations in European Cinema (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3025: Stanley Kubrick: Auteur (20) (Semester 1)
- LXS-3041: Iberian Identities on Screen (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3050: Race & Gender (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3062: Film Distribution & Marketing (20) (Semester 1)
- LXF-3106: French Cinema since 1960 (20) (Semester 2)
- If Dissertation/Project is taken in Film Studies, choose 20 credits from Film Studies options. If Dissertation is taken in other subject, choose 60 credits from list above.