Modules for course VV41 | BA/HAH
BA Herit, Archae & Hist
These were the modules for this course in the 2019–20 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- HXH-1005: Intro to History and Heritage (20)
- HPS-1006: Ess. Skills for Ac. Success (20) or
HAC-1006: Ess. Skills for Ac. Success (20)
20 to 40 credits from:
- 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)
- Students must take AT LEAST one of the above modules in Archaeology
40 to 60 credits from:
- HAC-1001: Y Wladwriaeth Les (20) (Semester 2)
- 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) - HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (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) - HXH-1012: Modern Politics in Action (20) (Semester 2) or
HXC-1012: GweithreduGwleidyddiaethFodern (20) (Semester 2) - Level 4 students on this programme must take AT LEAST 40 credits from the above modules and in addition are required to choose modules that cover at least two of the three major periods of history: Medieval (c500-1500) Ealry-Modern (1500-1750) and Modern (post 1750)
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Students must take at least one general history module over levels 5 and Level 6 as a whole (beginning with HGH/HGW/HGC). Students must take at least 40 credits, but not more than 80 credits, of Archaeology modules over Levels 5 and 6 as a whole. In addtion, students may take up to 20 credits from modules offered outside the School
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
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 take a Special Subject from this section.
40 credits from:
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 2) or
HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) (Semester 2) - Students can choose to do their dissertation in either History or Archaeology.
Optional Modules
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) - 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Students must take at least one general history module (beginning HGH/HGW/HGC) if they didn't take one at level 5. Students must take at least 40 credits, but no more than 80 credits, of Archaeology modules over Levels 5 and 6 as a whole.