📖Program Curriculum
BA 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Cymraeg Proffesiynol 1 September-January 20 CY-143
Optional Modules
English Literature Compulsory Modules - Selective
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select at least two modules. Overall, students must select 60 credits (3 modules) per semester and 3 modules in each joint honours subject.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Monsters, Theories, Transformations September-January 20 EN-100
English Essentials September-January 20 EN-120
The Stage Play World January-June 20 EN-119
AND
English Literature - Optional Module Choices
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : You may choose to select One module from the list below. Overall, you must select a balance of 60 credits (3 modules) per semester and 3 modules in each of your joint honours subjects
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
The sound system of English September-January 20 ALE121
Approaches to Gender in English Literature September-January 20 EN-112
Creative Writing: Fiction Genres September-January 20 EN-117
Introduction to American Literature and Culture January-June 20 AM-113
Literature and Society in Medieval Europe. January-June 20 EN-113
Creative Writing: Styles of Fiction January-June 20 EN-118
Cinema in a World Context January-June 20 ML-106
Hollywood: A History of American Film January-June 20 MSS106
AND
Modiwlau Gorfodol Dewisol - Compulsory Selective Welsh
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Rhaid dewis cyfanswm o 40cr. Rhaid dewis cyfanswm o 60 cr ym mhob bloc dysgu Select 40 credits (2 modules) from the following. Overall, you must select 60 credits (3 modules) from each teaching block.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Sgiliau Beirniadol September-January 20 CY-136
Statws y Gymraeg January-June 20 CY-124
Trawsieithu January-June 20 CY-138
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
Modiwlau Dewisol - Optional Modules - Welsh
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Rhaid dewis cyfanswm o 60cr. Rhaid dewis cyfanswm o 60 cr ym mhob bloc dysgu. / Select 60 credits from the following. Overall, you must select 60 credits from each teaching block.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Cymraeg Proffesiynol 2 September-January 20 CY-235
Canu Gwleidyddol September-January 20 CY-245
Cyflwyniad i Ysgrifennu Creadigol January-June 20 CY-229
Amlddiwylliannedd a'r Gymraeg January-June 20 CY-236
Testunau Trawsgyfryngol January-June 20 MSW204
AND
English Literature - Compulsory Modules Selective
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select at least Two modules from this list. Students may select three modules and not make a selection from the optional module choices box below. Students must select three modules in each joint honours subject and not exceed three modules in any one teaching block.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Debating Texts: Theory in Literature September-January 20 EN-206
Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern September-January 20 EN-237
Medieval Encounters September-January 20 EN-266
Revolution of the Word: Modernism January-June 20 EN-207
Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain January-June 20 EN-241
Contentious Shakespeare January-June 20 EN-242
AND
English Literature - Optional Module Choices
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select one module if needed to make up 60 credits in English Literature. To select ALE250 or ALE218 students must have passed ALE121 in year 1. Students must select three modules in each joint honours subject and not exceed three modules in any one teaching block.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Language Teaching in Context September-January 20 ALE200
History of the English Language September-January 20 ALE229
Child Language and Literacy September-January 20 ALE250 ALE121 must have been completed in Year 1
Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives September-January 20 AM-204
The Roman Comic Novel: Excrement and Sacrament September-January 20 CLC204
Introduction to Writing Poetry September-January 20 EN-232
Introduction to Writing Fiction September-January 20 EN-234
Discourse Analysis January-June 20 ALE218 ALE121 must have been completed in Year 1
World Englishes January-June 20 ALE231
American Word/American Image January-June 20 AM-215
Introduction to Writing Drama January-June 20 EN-236
Writing a Short Film January-June 20 EN-270
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
English Literature Optional Modules
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select at least 40 credits from this box . Students must select 60 credits in each joint honours subject and not exceed 60 credits in any one semester. NOTE .** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2. To select ALE308 students must have completed ALE200 in Year 2. To select ALE316 students must have completed ALE218 in Year 2.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Issues in current ELT September-January 20 ALE308 ALE200 must have been completed in Year 2
Language in the Media September-January 20 ALE316 ALE218 must have been completed in Year 2
Language Policy and Planning September-January 20 ALE322
African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance September-January 20 AM-333
Dissertation - English Literature September-June 40 EN-3031 ** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2.
Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales September-January 20 EN-3040
Poetry in the Twentieth Century September-January 20 EN-3043
Written in Blood: Reading the Vampire September-January 20 EN-3050
Graphic Novel September-January 20 EN-3055
Beyond Shakespeare September-January 20 EN-3058
Reading/Writing Trauma September-January 20 EN-394
Contemporary American Fiction January-June 20 AM-316
Roman Satire: Ranting and Bantering January-June 20 CLC316
Crime Fiction since 1920 January-June 20 EN-3045
Professional Development: Preparing for Work January-June 20 EN-3048
Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes January-June 20 EN-3051
The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module January-June 20 EN-3053
Haunted Spaces/Haunting Texts: ghost stories and contemporary women's writing January-June 20 EN-3059
Philosophy and Literature January-June 20 EN-3060
Science Fiction and Media January-June 20 MS-345
AND
Creative Writing Optional Modules
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : You may take a maximum of 20 credits to make up your total 60 credits in English Literature. Overall, you must select a balance of 60 credits per teaching block. You must select 60 credits in each of your joint honours subjects.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Further Fiction Writing September-January 20 EN-3014
Writing for Radio and Screen September-January 20 EN-306
Further Creative Non Fiction January-June 20 EN-309
Further Poetry Writing January-June 20 EN-319
AND
Modiwlau Gorfodol Dewisiol - Compulsory Modules Selective - Welsh
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Rhaid dewis cyfanswm o 60cr. Rhaid dewis cyfanswm o 60 cr ym mhob bloc dysgu. / Select 60 credits from the following. Overall, you must select 60 credits from each teaching block. Joint honours students are permitted to select a dissertation in ONE of their joint honours subjects only.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Gwlad Beirdd a Storiwyr September-January 20 CY-352
Cyfraith Hywel September-January 20 CY-353
Blas ar Ymchwil September-January 20 CY-354
Prifeirdd a’u Problemau September-January 20 CY-361
Cyfieithu January-June 20 CY-335
Traethawd Estynedig January-June 20 CY-356
Drama'r Gymraeg: Saunders Lewis a Gwenlyn Parry January-June 20 CY-357
Y Gymraeg, Datganoli a'r Gyfraith January-June 20 CY-358
