BA History (3 year)
Postgraduate
In Singleton Park
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Postgraduate
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Singleton park (Wales)
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From the Crusades to the Cold War and from Renaissance to Russian Revolutionaries, discover history in all its variety at Swansea University. Our staff are especially strong in the history of political thought, welfare and conflict, maritime and imperial history, gender and sexuality, religious history, science and medicine, and travel and migration. History recently achieved an excellentoverall satisfaction rating of 94% in the National Student Survey (NSS).
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- Mandarin
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- Greek
- Welsh
- Latin
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Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Degree / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory ModulesModule CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameHIH118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Early Modern World, 1500-1800HIH122Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Making HistoryHIH124Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Modern British History
Optional ModulesCompulsory Selective modules
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students MUST either take both History modules or one History module plus a Greek or Latin pair (CLL101 and CLL102 must be taken together; CLL105 and CLL106 must be taken together; CLG101 and CLG102 must be taken together; CLG105 and CLG106 must be taken together)
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLG101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Greek Language ICLG102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Greek Language IICLL101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Latin Language ICLL102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Latin Language IICLL105Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) ICLL106Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) IIHIH117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Medieval Europe: an introductionHIH121Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Europe of Extremes: 1789 - 1989
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Optional Modules
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select one 20 credit module or a Language Module Pair (2x 10 credit modules) if you have not chosen to study Latin or Greek.
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLC102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ovid's Metamorphoses. The Transformations of MythologyCLC103Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and RhetoricCLH150Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Rome from Village to Empire: An Introduction to Roman HistoryCY-124Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Statws y GymraegCY-140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 1CY-141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 2EN-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.HUA102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20War and Warfare in the Modern WorldMLA140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Arabic 1MLA141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Arabic 2MLF140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - French 1MLF141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - French 2MLG140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - German 1MLG141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - German 2MLI140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Italian 1MLI141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Italian 2MLS140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Spanish 1MLS141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Spanish 2MLZ140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Mandarin 1MLZ141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Mandarin 2
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Degree / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory ModulesModule CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameHIH237Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Practice of History
Optional ModulesGroup A
Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must take at least one module from Group A and one module from Group B and one module from Group C over the course of the year. Students must select 60 credits in each teaching block. Please note it is your responsibility to make sure that the requirements of the Programme have been fulfilled. Failure to comply may result in you being compelled to rectify your modules choices at the start of teaching.
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH2001Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ancient and Historic Places (Study-Trip/Field project: History)HIH2019Semester 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, 1050-1300HIH2690Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beyond Blood and Guts: Medicine from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern PeriodHIH276Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age England
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Group BChoose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must take at least one module from Group A and one module from Group B and one module from Group C over the course of the year. Students must select 60 credits in each teaching block. Please note it is your responsibility to make sure that the requirements of the Programme have been fulfilled. Failure to comply may result in you being compelled to rectify your modules choices at the start of teaching.
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH222Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815HIH235Semester 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 WorldHIH273Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Deformity, Deviance and Difference: Exploring Disability HistoryHIH278Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Revolutionary America, 1760 - 1791
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GROUP CChoose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must take at least one module from Group A and one module from Group B and one module from Group C over the course of the year. Students must select 60 credits in each teaching block. Please note it is your responsibility to make sure that the requirements of the Programme have been fulfilled. Failure to comply may result in you being compelled to rectify your modules choices at the start of teaching.
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 GymraegHIH2016Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20America in a Nutshell, A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump 1631-2016HIH226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Post-War Reconstruction: Europe 1945 - 1956HIH253Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Welsh Century: Politics, Nationality and Religion, 1847-1947HIH272Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Cold WarHIH274Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Conflict & Memory: Europe in the Twentieth CenturyHIH275Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Making Modern Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Society, 1800-2000HIH277Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Whose Past Is It Anyway? Exploring the Heritage IndustryHUA206Semester 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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Language Optional ModulesChoose Maximum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students may select EITHER 20 credits of Absolute Beginners Modern Language Modules, that is ONE PAIR of 10 credit modules e.g MLA140 and MLA141 OR 20 credits of Further Beginners Modern Language, that is ONE 20 credit module in Teaching Block 2. (This option is exclusively for students who have already completed an Absolute Beginners language pair in their first year) OR 40 credits of Ancient Language, that is ONE PAIR of 20 credit modules e.g CLL101 and CLL102.
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLG101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Greek Language ICLG102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Greek Language IICLG105Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) ICLG106Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Greek Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) IICLL101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Latin Language ICLL102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Latin Language IICLL105Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) ICLL106Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) IICY-140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 1CY-141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 2MLA140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Arabic 1MLA141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Arabic 2MLF102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20French for Beginners IIMLF140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - French 1MLF141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - French 2MLG109Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20German for Beginners IIMLG140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - German 1MLG141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - German 2MLI112Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Italian for Beginners IIMLI140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Italian 1MLI141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Italian 2MLS131Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Spanish for Beginners IIMLS140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Spanish 1MLS141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Spanish 2MLZ101Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Mandarin Chinese for Beginners 2MLZ140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Mandarin 1MLZ141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Mandarin 2
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Degree / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory ModulesModule CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameHIH3300Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40History Dissertation
Optional ModulesHistory Special Subjects
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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)
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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)
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3239Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Sport and British Society (i)HIH3240Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Sport and British Society (II)
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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)
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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)
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceHIH3344Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Hungry WorldHIH3346Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Hungry World
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Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select ONE Special Subject pair
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)
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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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Optional Module Choices
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select 1x 20 credit module in TB1 and 1x 20 credit module in TB2. You must have A Level French to take MLF325 or MLF325W
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
BA History (3 year)
