Modules for course VVV1 | BA/PRH
BA Philosophy and Religion and History
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2020–21 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1003: Chwech Oes Harri’r VIII (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 1) or
HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (20) (Semester 1) - HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 2) - 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) - 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).
60 credits from:
- HPS-1004: Death of God (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-1005: Existentialism (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-1007: Islam:Hist, Soc and Beliefs (20) (Semester 1)
- HAC-1105: Moeseg: Agweddau Crefyddol (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-1106: Intro: Judaism & Christianity (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-1110: Themes - Eastern Religion/Phil (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-1300: Intro to Philosophy of Religio (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-1301: Introduction to Logic (20) (Semester 2)
- VPC-1303: Cyflwyniad i Gristnogaeth (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-1331: Living the Good Life (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2 Modules
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-2004: Modern 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 20fed ganrif (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-2007: Raving in the 1990's (20) (Semester 1) or
HTC-2007: Rafio yn y naw degau (20) (Semester 1) - HCH-2050: Debating History (20) (Semester 1) or
HCG-2011: Dehongli'r Gorffennol (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-2138: Europe 1945-1992 (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) or
HGC-2161: Edward Goncwerwr (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.
60 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-2009: The Mad, the Holy, and the Dem (20) (Semester 1)
- HAC-2016: Y Gaethfasnach Drawsatlantig (20) (Semester 2) or
HPS-2016: The Atlantic Slave Trade (20) (Semester 2) - VPR-2101: Early Modern Philosophy (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-2200: The Problem of Evil (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-2206: Sex and Society (20) (Semester 2)
- VPC-2207: Astudiaeth Annibynnol (20) (Semester 2) or
VPR-2207: Independent Study (20) (Semester 2) - VPR-2207: Independent Study (20) (Semester 2) or
VPC-2207: Astudiaeth Annibynnol (20) (Semester 2) - VPR-2217: Fundamentalism (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-2220: Political Philosophy (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-2400: Buddhism in the Modern World (20) (Semester 1) or
VPC-2400: Bwdhaeth yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 1) - VPC-2402: Yr Holocost: Ymatebion Crefydd (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-2408: Religious Education (20) (Semester 1) or
VPC-2408: Addysg Grefyddol (20) (Semester 1)
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
20 to 40 credits from:
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) (Semester 1 + 2) - 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 must take EITHER the Dissertation OR a Special Subject, while ensuring that they have taken 60 credits in History in total during Year 3.
Optional Modules
20 to 40 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - 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)
- HTA-3106: Early Medieval Wales WLH (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3112: Reformation & Counter-Reforma. (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3125: Time and Tide (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-3127: Wales, Renaissance & Europe (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3137: USA, 1945-2001 (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3138: Europe 1945-1992 (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) or
HGC-3161: Edward Goncwerwr (20) (Semester 2) - HTH-3167: Hot Wars of the Cold War (20) (Semester 1)
- Please note that students must take a general module (those with a code beginning HGH/HGC/HGW) at level 6 if they did not take one at level 5
60 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) (Semester 1 + 2) - HPS-3009: The Mad, the Holy, and the Dem (20) (Semester 1)
- HAC-3016: Y Gaethfasnach Drawsatlantig (20) (Semester 2) or
HPS-3016: The Atlantic Slave Trade (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-3016: The Atlantic Slave Trade (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-3101: Early Modern Philosophy (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-3200: The Problem of Evil (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-3206: Sex and Society (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-3217: Fundamentalism (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-3220: Political Philosophy (20) (Semester 2)
- VPR-3400: Buddhism in the Modern World (20) (Semester 1) or
VPC-3400: Bwdhaeth yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 1) - VPC-3402: Yr Holocost:Ymatebion Crefydd (20) (Semester 1)
- Students may choose whether to take the dissertation in Philosophy/Religion or their other subject