📖Program Curriculum
BA 3 Year Full-time
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
The Practice of History January-June 20 HIH237
Optional Modules
History - Optional Module Choices
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select two modules from the list below. At least one of these modules must have a HIH-code. Overall students must select 60 credits in each joint honours subject and not exceed 60 credits in any one teaching block.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
The Heirs of Rome: The Making of Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages, 400-800 September-January 20 CLH230
Medieval Britain 1250-1461 September-January 20 HIH227
The Golden Age of Spain and Portugal, 1450-1700 September-January 20 HIH235
Revolutionary America, 1760–1791 September-January 20 HIH278
Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain September-January 20 HIH284
The Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire September-January 20 HIH289
Philosophy and the Enlightenment September-January 20 HUP243
The First World War September-January 20 WS-201
Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955 January-June 20 AM-218
The Past in the Present: Exploring Heritage Practice and Debates. January-June 20 HHC200
Ancient and Historic Places (Study-Trip/Field project: History) January-June 20 HIH2001
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815 January-June 20 HIH222
Britain in the Early Middle Ages: Slaves, Dragons, Queens and Vikings January-June 20 HIH276
History Work Placement January-June 20 HIH281
The Story of America on Film and Television, 1607-1867 January-June 20 HIH283
Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607–1867 January-June 20 HIH283W
The Anglo-Norman World 1066-1225 January-June 20 HIH287
Ruin and Renewal: Europe, 1918-1968 January-June 20 HIH288
AND
Modiwlau Gorfodol Dewisol - 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.
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
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
Dissertation
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must select one Dissertation from below. Students selecting the Welsh Dissertation CY-356 MUST ALSO SELECT CY-354 and must go on to select a History Special Subject. Students selecting the History Dissertation HIH3300 must select ONE History optional module and THREE Welsh optional modules. Students must select 60 credits per teaching block and 60 credits in each of their joint honours subjects
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Blas ar Ymchwil September-January 20 CY-354
History Dissertation September-June 40 HIH3300
Traethawd Estynedig January-June 20 CY-356
AND
History Special Subjects
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : If you have selected to take a dissertation in Welsh you MUST select a History Special Subject.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
The Great War for Empire, 1754-1764 September-January 20 HIH3304
The Lights that Failed: the League of Nations and International Peace, 1919–1939 September-January 20 HIH3340
Towns and Cities in Modern Britain September-January 20 HIH3360
Merchants & Marvels. Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800 January-June 20 HIH3228
The First Crusade: Devotion, Piety and Power in the Latin Christian World January-June 20 HIH3353
The Great Depression and New Deal America, 1929–1941 January-June 20 HIH3364
AND
Modiwlau Dewisol - Optional Modules - Welsh
Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must select enough modules to fulfil 60 credits in Welsh. If pursuing CY-356 (dissertation) and CY-354 select ONE module. If not, select THREE modules. Students must not exceed 60 credits in any one semester.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Gwlad Beirdd a Storiwyr September-January 20 CY-352
Cyfraith Hywel September-January 20 CY-353
Prifeirdd a’u Problemau September-January 20 CY-361
Cyfieithu January-June 20 CY-335
Drama'r Gymraeg: Saunders Lewis a Gwenlyn Parry January-June 20 CY-357
Y Gymraeg, Datganoli a'r Gyfraith January-June 20 CY-358
AND
History Optional Modules
Choose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students pursing a History dissertation may select one module either from this box or the special subject box above. Students pursuing a dissertation in Welsh select two modules and a special subject ensuring overall no more than 60 credits are selected in any one semester.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Popular Music and the City September-January 20 AM-339
The Placing of History: Digitally Mapping the Historic Past September-January 20 HIH3357
The Story of the USA on Film and Television, 1865–2008 September-January 20 HIH3378
Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865–2008 September-January 20 HIH3378W
The Cold War September-January 20 HIH3382
The Rise and Fall of Wales? Politics, Culture and Society in Wales, 1847-1939 September-January 20 HIH3383
From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and Society in Western Political Thought September-January 20 HIH396
The American Civil War in History and Memory January-June 20 AM-335
Concro'r Byd: Twf a Chwymp Ymerodraethau Prydain a Ffrainc January-June 20 HIH300W
History on Screen: Television, Cinema & Gaming January-June 20 HIH3379
Deformity, Deviance and Difference: Exploring Disability History January-June 20 HIH3380
The Russian Civil War January-June 20 WS-305
Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy 1944. January-June 20 WS-306
