Modules for course LVK1 | BA/SPWH
BA Polisi Cymdeithasol/Hanes
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2020–21 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- SCY-1002: Cyflwyniad i Gyf Troseddol (20) (Semester 1) or
SXY-1007: Intro to Criminal Justice (20) (Semester 1) - SCS-1004: Cymdeithaseg a'r Byd Cyfoes (20) (Semester 1) or
SXU-1003: Understanding Society (20) (Semester 1) - SCY-1004: Cyflwyniad i Droseddeg (20) (Semester 2) or
SXY-1005: Introduction to Criminology (20) (Semester 2) - HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 2) or
HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2) - VPC-1303: Cyflwyniad i Gristnogaeth (20) (Semester 1)
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, Early Modern, and Modern)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HCG-2011: Dehongli'r Gorffennol (20) (Semester 1) or
HCH-2050: Debating History (20) (Semester 1) - 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-2124: Graffiti: Marking Space & Time (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2125: Time and Tide (20) (Semester 1)
- HTW-2127: Wales, Renaissance & Europe (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2133: The Tudors 1485-1603 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2156: Museum - management, curation (20) (Semester 2)
- Students should chose 60 credits of modules, they do not have to take Dehongli'r Gorffennol but it does remain an option. They do have to take at least one general module (code beginning HGH/HGC/HGW) over level 5 and 6 as a whole.
20 credits from:
- HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - SCY-2001: Deall Trosedd (20) (Semester 1)
- HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) - SCY-2005: Yr Heddlu a Chymdeithas Gyfoes (20) (Semester 2)
- SCS-2007: Theori Gymdeithasegol (20) (Semester 1)
- SCU-2012: Cymdeithaseg Cerddoriaeth (20) (Semester 2)
- VPC-2400: Bwdhaeth yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 1) or
VPR-2400: Buddhism in the Modern World (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) - HGC-3007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen 20fed ganrif (20) (Semester 2)
- 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-3133: The Tudors 1485-1603 (20) (Semester 1)
- 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)
- 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.
40 credits from:
- SCY-3004: Yr Heddlu a Chymdeithas Gyfoes (20) (Semester 2)
- SCU-3005: Cymdeithaseg Cerddoriaeth (20) (Semester 2)
- SCS-3007: Theori Gymdeithasegol (20) (Semester 1)
- SCS-3010: Hawliau Ieithyddol (20) (Semester 2)
- VPC-3400: Bwdhaeth yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 1) or
VPR-3400: Buddhism in the Modern World (20) (Semester 1)