Modules for course V140 | BA/MCH
BA Modern & Contemporary History
These were the modules for this course in the 2019–20 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
40 credits from:
- HXH-1004: Intro Modern History1815-1914 (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1004: Cyflwyniad Hanes Modern (20) (Semester 1) - HXW-1010: Wales since 1789 (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 1) - HXH-1012: Modern Politics in Action (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1012: GweithreduGwleidyddiaethFodern (20) (Semester 2) - Students on this programme must take 40 credits from the modules listed above
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HAC-1001: Y Wladwriaeth Les (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-1002: Power, Freedom & the State (20) (Semester 2)
- HXH-1002: Birth of Modern Europe (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1003: Genedigaeth yr Ewrop Fodern (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)
- HXA-1006: Intro. to British Prehistory (20) (Semester 2)
- HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (20) (Semester 2) - HXA-1008: Intro. to Historic Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HXW-1010: Wales since 1789 (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 1) - HXH-1011: Europe in the High Middle Ages (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1011: Ewrop yn y Canol Oesoedd Uchel (20) (Semester 1) - Students are encouraged to select modules from Archaeology and Heritage as well as History to gain increased breadth of knowledge and understanding of how History is informed by these and other disciplines. In addition, students may take up to 40 credits form modules offered outside the School
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Optional Modules
100 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HAC-2002: Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes (20) (Semester 1)
- HGW-2003: Re-igniting the Dragon (20) (Semester 2) or
HGC-2003: Ail Danio'r Ddraig (20) (Semester 2) - HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) - HAC-2009: Cymdeithas, Iaith a Phrotest (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2011: Paradoxes of Self: Nietz./Jung (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2111: Ancestral Landscapes (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2112: Civil War: Eng & Wal 1558-1660 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2114: Experimental Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2117: Roman Frontier Society (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2118: The United States, 1877-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2118: Field Archaeology in Britain (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2120: Rethinking Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2123: Owain Glyndwr a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 2)
- 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)
- HTH-2154: Holy Wars 1095-1197 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2156: Rhyfel Cartref America (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 2) or
HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 2) - HTH-2163: Nazi Germany 1933-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2164: Violence in Early Mod Britain (20) (Semester 1)
- VPR-2301: 20th Century Phil of Religion (20) (Semester 2)
- Over Level 5 and 6 students must take 2 General Modules - those with a code beginning HGH, HGW or HGC and they may take only 20 credits of modules that cover the period before 1750. In addtion students may take a 20 credit module offered from outside the School as an elective module
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) Core or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) Core
40 credits from:
- HSH-3139: Nationalism in the UK 1916-97 (40) (Semester 2)
- HSH-3147: Politics&Culture in the 1960s (40) (Semester 2)
- Students must take 1 special subject modules over semester 1 and 2
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - 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) - HPS-3003: Race democracy * pol ideology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3111: Ancestral Landscapes (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3112: Civil War: Eng & Wal 1558-1660 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3114: Experimental Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3117: Roman Frontier Society (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3118: The United States, 1877-1945 (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3118: Field Archaeology in Britain (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-3123: Owain Glyndwr a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3124: Heritage and Identity (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-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)
- Select 40 credits from the remaining modules: 20 credits in each semester. Students must ensure that the requirement to take 2 general modules over Levels 5 and 6 has been met. Students may only take 20 credits of modules that cover the period before 1750 over Levels 5 and 6 as a whole.