Modules for course VV12 | BA/WHH
BA Welsh History/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
- HPS-1006: Ess. Skills for Ac. Success (20) or
HAC-1006: Ess. Skills for Ac. Success (20) - HXW-1010: Wales since 1789 (20) or
HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20)
Semester 2
40 to 60 credits from:
- HXH-1002: Birth of Modern Europe (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1003: Genedigaeth yr Ewrop Fodern (20) (Semester 2) - HXH-1004: Intro Modern History1815-1914 (20) (Semester 1) or
HXC-1004: Cyflwyniad Hanes 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) - 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, Ealry Modern, Modern)
Optional Modules
0 to 20 credits from:
- HAC-1001: Y Wladwriaeth Les (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-1002: Power, Freedom & the State (20) (Semester 2)
- HXA-1005: Archaeological Principles&Tech (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 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
80 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)
- HAC-2009: Cymdeithas, Iaith a Phrotest (20) (Semester 2)
- 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)
- HTH-2124: Heritage and Identity (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)
- HTH-2142: Americanisation (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2149: Britannia Rule the Waves (20) (Semester 1)
- 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)
- Students should take at least 40 credits of modules that involve Welsh History. Students must also take at least one general module (code beginning HGH, HGC, or HGW) at either level 5 or 6.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
40 credits from:
- HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) (Semester 2) or
HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 2) - Students choose to do their dissertation either in History or Welsh History.
60 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 take a Special Subject from this list. Students taking the History dissertation must take HSH-3139 from this section.
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HAC-3002: Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-3003: Race democracy * pol ideology (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3112: Civil War: Eng & Wal 1558-1660 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3117: Roman Frontier Society (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3118: The United States, 1877-1945 (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-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)
- Students must take a general module (codes beginning HGH, HGC, HGW) at level 6 is they did not take one at level 5.
20 credits from:
- HGW-3003: Re-igniting the Dragon (20) (Semester 2) or
HGC-3003: Ail Danio'r Ddraig (20) (Semester 2)