History and Religious Studies (BA)

This is a three-year degree programme comprising some core modules that provide essential skills and training as well as a wide variety of optional modules for you to select from to tailor your degree to meet your interests.

Year one

In Year 1, you take 60 credits of Religious Studies modules and 60 credits of History modules.

Students of this course can choose to study modules outside of their allocated School(s) core and optional modules. These can be chosen from modules from participating Academic Schools.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsIntroduction To Biblical HebrewRT210420 creditsFurther Biblical HebrewRT210520 creditsIntroduction To The BibleRT210320 creditsThe Story of ChristianityRT410320 creditsIntroduction to New Testament GreekRT310720 creditsFurther New Testament GreekRT310820 creditsIntroduction To ArabicRT110920 creditsFurther Elementary ArabicRT111020 creditsMedieval EuropeHS110120 creditsModern WalesHS110420 creditsThe Making of The Modern World, 1750-1970HS110520 creditsEarly Modern England and Wales 1500-1700HS110620 creditsIntroduction To The Study of Religion 1RT111120 creditsIntroduction To The Study of Religion 2RT111220 creditsIntroduction To SanskritRT110620 creditsFurther Elementary SanskritRT110720 creditsMaking Global Histories: Asia and the WestHS110820 creditsMind, Thought and RealitySE410120 creditsHistory in Practice: Fury, Folly and FootnotesHS110720 creditsYear two

In Year 2, you take 60 credits of Religious Studies modules and 60 credits of History modules.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsElementary Sanskrit IRT120120 creditsElementary Sanskrit IIRT120220 creditsClassical Hebrew 1RT220120 creditsClassical Hebrew IIRT220220 creditsHellenistic Greek IRT320120 creditsHellenistic Greek IIRT320220 creditsBeliefs in the CrucibleRT520420 creditsChristian 'Church' Today: Its Meaning, Life and MissionRT520520 creditsTheology On The Edge: Christian Thought in A Changing WorldRT531520 creditsChristian Social Ethics TodayRT731720 creditsUnderstanding Christian WorshipRT432020 creditsElementary Arabic IRT120320 creditsElementary Arabic IIRT120420 creditsArabic Texts IRT131020 creditsArabic Texts IIRT131120 creditsApproaches To HistoryHS170130 creditsExploring Historical DebateHS170230 creditsFrom King Coal To Cool Cymru: Society and Culture in Wales, 1939-2000HS175630 creditsMajority World Voices: Global South TheologiesRT734220 creditsHistory and ICT: A Guided StudyHS170530 creditsMedicine and Modern Society, 1750-1919HS179930 creditsIndia and The Raj 1857-1947HS176530 creditsWar, Peace and Diplomacy, c.900-c.1250HS170730 creditsHeresy & Dissent 1000-1450HS171030 creditsInto The Vortex: Britain and The First World WarHS178730 creditsMaking Empires: Britain and the World, 1541 - 1714HS179330 creditsBuddhism: The First Thousand YearsRT122720 creditsEarly Hindu Texts in SanskritRT132820 creditsThe Life of the BuddhaRT135220 creditsEarly HinduismRT133820 creditsOpen Choice TranslationRT134920 creditsPoverty and Relief in Medieval EuropeHS171430 creditsThe British Civil Wars and Revolution, C.1638-1649HS174230 creditsBuilding the Modern WorldHS174430 creditsBeing Human: Self and Society in Britain from Darwin to the Age of Mass CultureHS174830 creditsNations, Empire and Borderlands from 1789 to the presentHS174930 credits"An Empire for Liberty": Race, Space and Power in the United States, 1775-1898HS176030 creditsThe Search for an Asian Modern: Japanese History from 1800 to the Post-War EraHS176830 creditsThe Soviet Century: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-1991HS177630 creditsRevels and Riots: Popular Culture in Early Modern EnglandHS174330 creditsA Great Leap Forward China Transformed 1840-PresentHS175230 creditsDiwydiannaeth, Radicaliaeth a'r Bobl Gyffredin yng Nghymru a Phrydain mewn Oes Chwyldro, c. 1789-1880HS175730 creditsRadicalism and the Common People, 1789-1880HS175830 creditsLatin American HistoryHS176130 creditsA Jagged History: Germany in the 20th CenturyHS176330 creditsThe Later Roman Empire AD284 - 602HS331830 creditsEmotions, Symbols, and Rituals: Studying Societies Through FilmRT121520 creditsIslam in the Contemporary WorldRT132720 creditsBodies, Spirits, and Souls: The Person, Ethics, and ReligionRT133920 creditsReligion in the WorkplaceRT135420 creditsThe Most Famous Hindu Text: Bhagavadgita, Text & ContextRT135520 creditsFoundational EthicsRT135620 creditsGod, Good and the Ugly: Topics in Applied Islamic EthicsRT135720 creditsMedieval Church in the Latin WestRT135820 creditsExploring GnosticismRT135920 creditsUnderstanding Muslim ScripturesRT136020 creditsHebrew TextsRT230420 creditsAncient, Mediaeval and Modern JudaismRT230620 creditsNew Testament Gospels and ActsRT320720 creditsNew Testament Greek Texts IIRT332720 creditsHistory of Christian Spirituality 1550 - Present DayRT432120 creditsMoney, Sex and Power in the Early ChurchRT432520 creditsYear three

In Year 1, you take 60 credits of Religious Studies modules and 60 credits of History modules.

If you wish, you can write a dissertation on a topic of your choice in either discipline.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsElementary Sanskrit IRT120120 creditsElementary Sanskrit IIRT120220 creditsClassical Hebrew 1RT220120 creditsClassical Hebrew IIRT220220 creditsHellenistic Greek IRT320120 creditsHellenistic Greek IIRT320220 creditsBeliefs in the CrucibleRT520420 creditsChristian 'Church' Today: Its Meaning, Life and MissionRT520520 creditsTheology On The Edge: Christian Thought in A Changing WorldRT531520 creditsOpen Choice DissertationRT731620 creditsChristian Social Ethics TodayRT731720 creditsUnderstanding Christian WorshipRT432020 creditsElementary Arabic IRT120320 creditsElementary Arabic IIRT120420 creditsArabic Texts IRT131020 creditsArabic Texts IIRT131120 creditsDissertationHS180130 creditsCulture, Soc & I.D. in Wales 1847-1914HS186530 creditsClass, Protest and Politics: South Wales 1918-39HS186830 creditsMajority World Voices: Global South...