Modules for course VVV2 | BA/PRWH
BA Philosophy and Religion and Welsh History
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
Semester 1
- HPS-1006: Ess. Skills for Ac. Success (20) or
HAC-1006: Ess. Skills for Ac. Success (20) - HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) or
HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (20)
Semester 2
Optional Modules
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
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-2004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) - HGC-2007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen 20fed ganrif (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-2007: Raving in the 1990's (20) (Semester 1) or
HTC-2007: Rafio yn y naw degau (20) (Semester 1) - HCH-2050: Debating History (20) (Semester 1) or
HCG-2011: Dehongli'r Gorffennol (20) (Semester 1) - HTA-2106: Early Medieval Wales WLH (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2112: Reformation & Counter-Reforma. (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2120: Rethinking Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2125: Time and Tide (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-2127: Wales, Renaissance & Europe (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2133: The Tudors 1485-1603 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2137: USA, 1945-2001 (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2139: Norman Sicily (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2156: Museum - management, curation (20) (Semester 2)
- HGW-2161: Under the Hammer: Edward I (20) (Semester 2) or
HGC-2161: Edward Goncwerwr (20) (Semester 2) - HTH-2167: Hot Wars of the Cold War (20) (Semester 1)
- Students choose 60 credits of modules: they do not have to take Dehongli'r Gorffennol/Debating History but it does remain an option. Students must take at least one general module (code beginning HGH/HGC /HGW) over levels 5 and 6 as a whole. Students should take at least 40 credits of modules that involve Welsh Welsh History (code beginning HGW/HTW/HPS).
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 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-3150: Conquest and Culture (20) (Semester 1)
- Students must EITHER take the Dissertation OR choose a Special Subject.
20 to 40 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) - HPS-3004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- HGC-3007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen 20fed ganrif (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-3007: Raving in the 1990's (20) (Semester 1)
- 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-3116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3125: Time and Tide (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-3127: Wales, Renaissance & Europe (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3133: The Tudors 1485-1603 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3137: USA, 1945-2001 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 1)
- 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)
- The remaining 20 or 40 credits should come from the following options (at least 20 credits should come from a module with a code beginning HGW /HTW/HPS): Please note that 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.
Optional Modules
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