Modules for course VVR2 | BA/PRG
BA Philosophy and Religion and German
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2020–21 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the years: 2018–19; 2019–20.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
40 credits from:
- LZG-1001: Advanced German 1 (20) (Semester 1) Core
- LZG-1002: Advanced German 2 (20) (Semester 2) Core
- LZG-1003: German for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1) Core
- LZG-1004: German for Beginners II (20) (Semester 2) Core
- With A-Level German Select Advanced Without A-Level German Select Beginners
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- LZC-1003: Chinese for Beginners 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- LZF-1003: French for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1) or
LCF-1003: Ffrangeg i Ddechreuwyr I (20) (Semester 1) - LZI-1003: Italian for Beginners I (20) (Semester 1)
- LZS-1003: Spanish Begin./Intermed. 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
LCS-1003: Sbaeneg i Ddechreuwyr 1 (20) (Semester 1) - QXL-1110: Introduction to Language (20) (Semester 1)
- QXL-1112: Language, Literature & Culture (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-1600: Transnational Cultures (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-1700: Creating National Histories (20) (Semester 1)
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
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- LZG-2040: Gegenwartssprache I (40) Core
Semester 2
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- LXG-2008: The German Film (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-2011: Discovering Cities (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-2025: Reading Fantastic Literatures (20) (Semester 1)
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 4 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- LZG-3030: Gegenwartssprache II (30) Core
Semester 2
Optional Modules
30 credits from:
- LXG-3016: East Germany and its Legacy (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- LXG-3036: Performing Germany (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-3101: Approaching Translation (10) (Semester 2) or
LCE-3101: Trin a Thrafod Cyfieithu (10) (Semester 2) - LXE-3102: Culture and the Body (10) (Semester 1)
- LXE-3103: Wales: A European Contact Zone (20) (Semester 1)
- LXE-3210: Press Dossier (10) (10) (Semester 1) or
LCE-3210: Astudio'r Cyfryngau (S1) (10) (Semester 1) - LXE-3400: Joint Hons Diss (English) (10) (Semester 1 + 2) or
LCE-3400: Traethawd Hir Cyd-A (Cym) (10) (Semester 1 + 2) - LXE-3444: Joint Hons Diss (Target Lang) (10) (Semester 1 + 2)
- Joint Hons. Students may only take ONE 10-credit LXE module (does not include the dissertation). A dissertation must be taken in ONE joint honours subject.
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