BA English Literature and History with a Year Abroad

Modules

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Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Degree / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameHIH122Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Making History

History Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 2x 20 credit modules. Overall you must select 60 credits per teaching block. You must select 60 credits in each of your joint honours subjects

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Medieval Europe: an introductionHIH118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Early Modern World, 1500-1800HIH121Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Europe of Extremes: 1789 - 1989HIH124Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Modern British History

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English Literature - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least 2x 20 credit modules from the list below. You may decide to select 3x 20 credit modules and not make a selection from the Optional Module Choices box below. 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 CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Monsters, Theories, TransformationsEN-119Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Stage Play WorldEN-120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20English Essentials

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English Literature - Optional Module Choices

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You may choose to select 1x 20 credit module from the list below. 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 CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying the English LanguageAM-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to American Literature and CultureEN-112Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Approaches to Gender in English LiteratureEN-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.EN-117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Writing: Fiction GenresEN-118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing: Styles of FictionHIH117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Medieval Europe: an introductionML-102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Modern European Film: Themes and PerspectivesMLE100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Modern European Fiction: Texts and Contexts

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Degree / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameHIH237Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Practice of History

History - Optional Module Choices

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 2 x 20 credit modules from the list below. Overall, you must have a balance of 60 credits per teaching block. You must select 60 credits in each of your joint honours subjects.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-253Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20New York City: History and Culture since 1945CY-234Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Hawliau Iaith yn y Cyd-destun RhyngwladolCY-236Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Amlddiwylliannedd a'r GymraegHIH2001Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ancient and Historic Places (Study-Trip/Field project: History)HIH2016Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20America in a Nutshell, A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump 1631-2016HIH2019Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gendering the Middle Ages: Power and ExclusionHIH202WSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Credoau'r Cymry: Astudio Athroniaeth ac Athrawiaeth Gymreig o Safbwynt RhyngwladolHIH2069Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Crusades and the Making of Latin Christendom, 1050-1300HIH222Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815HIH226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Post-War Reconstruction: Europe 1945 - 1956HIH235Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Golden Age of Spain and Portugal, 1450 - 1700HIH240Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Europe 1500-1650: Renaissance, Reformation and Religious WarHIH246Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Enlightenment and the Eighteenth-Century WorldHIH253Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Welsh Century: Politics, Nationality and Religion, 1847-1947HIH2690Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beyond Blood and Guts: Medicine from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern PeriodHIH272Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Cold WarHIH273Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Deformity, Deviance and Difference: Exploring Disability HistoryHIH274Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Conflict & Memory: Europe in the Twentieth CenturyHIH275Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Making Modern Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Society, 1800-2000HIH276Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age EnglandHIH277Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Whose Past Is It Anyway? Exploring the Heritage IndustryHIH278Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Revolutionary America, 1760 - 1791HUA206Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Contemporary Wars and ConflictsHUA207Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Business & EntrepreneurshipHUA208Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The First world War: Politics, Society and culture in Europe 1870 - 1933PO-256Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Genocide

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English Literature - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Choose at least 2x 20 credit modules from this list. You may choose 3x 20 credit modules and not make a selection from the optional module choices box below.Overall, you must select a balance of 60 credits per teaching block. You must select 60 credits from each of your joint honours subjects

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-206Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Debating Texts: Theory in LiteratureEN-207Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Revolution of the Word: ModernismEN-226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Conflict and the Gothic in the long nineteenth centuryEN-237Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to PostmodernEN-239Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20No-Man's Land: Literature of the Great WarEN-241Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of BritainEN-242Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Contentious ShakespeareEN-266Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Medieval Encounters

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English Literature - Optional Module Choices

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If required, choose 1x 20 credit module from this list to make up your 60 credits of 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 CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE200Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Theory and PracticeALE218Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discourse AnalysisALE224Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Vocabulary StudiesALE250Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20First Language AcquisitionAM-204Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Race and Ethnicity: American PerspectivesAM-215Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20American Word/American ImageAM-250Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ghettos, Streets, Suburbs: Cultural Representations of the American City, 1890 - presentEN-204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Creative Non-FictionEN-232Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing PoetryEN-234Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Writing FictionEN-236Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing DramaEN-260Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying DialectHUA207Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Business & EntrepreneurshipMS-219Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying Digital MediaMSS202Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The History of Screen Animation

Year 3 (Level 5 YR OUT)

FHEQ 5 Sandwich Year

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

None found.

Choose Exactly 120 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students will have the opportunity to study abroad at one of our partner institutions and to experience different cultures.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHI-R00Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)120Year Abroad (History)

Year 4 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Degree / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

None found.

History - Compulsory Modules - Selective

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must select either the History Dissertation OR a pair of History Special Subject modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3300Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40History Dissertation

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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3368Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Medieval Natural World: Environments, Explorations and Encounters (i)HIH3369Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Medieval Natural World: Environments, Explorations and Encounters (ii)

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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3353Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Devotion Piety & Power: The First Crusade & the Worlds of Latin Christendom, Byzantium & the Islamic Near East, Part 1HIH3354Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Devotion Piety & Power: The First Crusade & the Worlds of Latin Christendom, Byzantium & the Islamic Near East, Part 1

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3229Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Reign of King John 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta (I)HIH3230Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Reign of King John 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta (II)

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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3227Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Merchants & Marvels. Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800 (I)HIH3228Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Merchants & Marvels. Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800 (II)

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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3231Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Science, Magic, and Medicine in Early Modern Europe (i)HIH3232Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Science , Magic and Medicine in Early Modern Europe (ii)

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3304Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Great War for Empire, 1754-1764: The Americas and IndiaHIH3306Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Great War for Empire II, 1754-1764: Europe

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3339Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Internationalism, War and Peace: Europe 1900-1933, Part IHIH3340Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Internationalism, War and Peace: Europe, 1900-1933, Part II

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3253Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Fear, Conformity and Oppression in Fascist Italy (1)HIH3254Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fear, Conformity and Oppression in Fascist Italy (II)

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3239Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Sport and British Society (i)HIH3240Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Sport and British Society (II)

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3219Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Britain at War, 1939-45: The Home Front (I)HIH3220Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Britain at War, 1939-45: The Home Front (II)

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3343Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20War, Photography and Visual Culture: Britain, 1914-89 (Part 1)HIH3345Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20War, Photography and Visual Culture: Britain, 1990-2008 (Part 2)

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3344Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Hungry WorldHIH3346Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Hungry World

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3364Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20New Deal America, 1933-1939 (Part 1)HIH3365Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20New Deal America, 1933-1939 (Part 2)

OR

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3221Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Long 1968: Protest in a Global Perspective, 1960-1980 (I)HIH3222Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Long 1968: Protest in a Global Perspective, 1960-1980 (II)

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History Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 20 credits from the list below to make up your 60 credits in History. You must have studied A Level French to select MLF325 or MLF325W. Overall, you must select a balance of 60 credits in each teaching block

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCY-353Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Cyfraith HywelHIH300WSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Concro'r Byd: Twf a Chwymp Ymerodraethau Prydain a FfraincHIH303WSemester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y CymryHIH3178Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20European Empires in the East. A comparative analysisHIH3181Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Cathars and the Albigensian CrusadesHIH3216Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Prisoners of War in Twentieth Century ConflictsHIH3319Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20A History of ViolenceHIH3326Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Britain since 1945HIH3335Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Infections in Global History, 1500-2000HIH3349Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The British Atlantic World c.1550-1760HIH3357Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Mapping Medieval LandscapesHIH3358Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Changed Utterly? The Irish Revolution, 1912-23HIH3361Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Vikings, Monks and Conquest: Britain in Europe, 1000-1200 A.D.HIH3366Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Cultural Encounters, Globalism and Identities From 1945HIH396Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and society in Western political thoughtHUA300Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Rise of BrazilHUA301Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gunfighter Nation: the West in History, Mythology and FictionHUA305Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Spanish Civil War - Its Origins, Course and LegacyHUA306Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Aftermaths of WarHUA309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Russian Civil WarMLF325Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20France and the Second World War: Legacies of the Dark YearsMLF325WSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Ffrainc a'r Ail Ryfel Byd: Hanes yr Oesoedd Tywyll

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English Literature - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You must choose a minimum of 40 credits from this list. You may decide to choose 60 credits and not make a selection from the Creative Writing optional modules below. If you have selected HIH3300 you cannot also select EN-3031. Overall, you must select a balance of 60 credits per teaching block.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-316Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Contemporary American FictionAM-333Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem RenaissanceEN-3011Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-3027Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20William Blake: Poetry and DesignsEN-3029Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Postmodernist and Post-war FictionEN-3031Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40Dissertation - English LiteratureEN-3037Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Exodus: Moses and Minority LiteratureEN-3040Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Gothic / Gothic WalesEN-3042Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Postcolonial LiteratureEN-3043Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry in the Twentieth CenturyEN-3046Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Stuff: Victorian Literature and Material CultureEN-3047Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Other Tongues: Multilingualism in English Language LiteratureEN-3048Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Professional Development: Preparing for WorkEN-3050Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Written in Blood: Reading the VampireEN-3051Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to GenomesEN-3052Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Sex and Death: Jacobean Drama EN-314Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20ChaucerEN-374Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Theorising Texts: Shakespeare, Bronte, JamesEN-376Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Prehistory, History and LanguageEN-394Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Reading/Writing TraumaEN-398Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Masculine and Monstrous in the Middle Ages

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Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You may select 20 credits from this list to make up your 60 credits of English Literature. Students must have completed a Creative Writing module is they wish to select EN-3026. If you have selected EN-3031 or HIH3300 you cannot select EN-3026. Students are only permitted to select one dissertation/personal project module. Overall, you must select a balance of 60 credits per teaching block