Modern History and Politics (BSc Econ)

The first year is an introductory year. It is the results of the second and final years of study that determine your degree classification. The degree is made up of compulsory modules as well as optional modules, allowing you to tailor your degree to reflect your specific interests.

A particular feature is the option of writing a dissertation in your final year. This is highly regarded by employers because it indicates that you can do original research.

Year one

The first year provides a graduated transition to studying history and politics at degree level, and offers instruction in the skills, techniques and arguments that you will use in your other courses. You can take further courses in the humanities and social sciences thereby developing the range of skills and knowledge required of the historian, and providing a broad based first year which equips you with a range of skills and knowledge.

Core modulesModule titleModule codeCreditsThe Making of The Modern World, 1750-1970HS110520 creditsIntroduction to GovernmentPL919920 creditsOptional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsModern WalesHS110420 creditsEarly Modern England and Wales 1500-1700HS110620 creditsIntroduction to International RelationsPL919520 creditsIntroduction to Political SciencePL919420 creditsIntroduction to GlobalisationPL919720 creditsIntroduction to European IntegrationPL919820 creditsIntroduction to Political ThoughtPL919620 creditsY Da, Drwg a'r Gwleidyddol - The Good, the Bad and the PoliticalPL919320 creditsMaking Global Histories: Asia and the WestHS110820 creditsYear two

In your second and final years you choose half your modules (in terms of credits) from Politics and half from History.

Optional modules

Module titleModule codeCreditsExploring Historical DebateHS170230 creditsApproaches To HistoryHS170130 creditsFrom King Coal To Cool Cymru: Society and Culture in Wales, 1939-2000HS175630 creditsHistory and ICT: A Guided StudyHS170530 creditsIndia and The Raj 1857-1947HS176530 creditsMedicine and Modern Society, 1750-1919HS179930 creditsBritish Politics since 1945PL928720 creditsInternational Security - Concepts and IssuesPL928820 creditsDemocracy in Crisis?PL928920 creditsPolitics and Policies of the European UnionPL929020 creditsGlobal JusticePL929220 creditsConducting Political ResearchPL929620 creditsInternational Law in a Changing WorldPL929920 creditsJustice & Politics: Contemporary Political TheoryPL929120 creditsPolitical Thought from Marx to NietzschePL929320 creditsO'r Groegiaid i GymruPL928520 creditsCredoau'r CymryPL928620 creditsInto The Vortex: Britain and The First World WarHS178730 creditsMaking Empires: Britain and the World, 1541 - 1714HS179330 creditsPolitical Thought from Machiavelli to RousseauPL929420 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 creditsYear three

In Year 3, you take 60 credits of Politics 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 codeCreditsDissertationHS180130 creditsCulture, Soc & I.D. in Wales 1847-1914HS186530 creditsClass, Protest and Politics: South Wales 1918-39HS186830 creditsRace, Sex and Empire & India, 1765-1929HS185530 creditsThe Dangerous City? Urban Society & Culture 1800-1914HS189630 creditsPolitics DissertationPL938620 creditsElections in the UKPL938720 creditsModern Welsh PoliticsPL938820 creditsEuropean Mind in the 20th CenturyPL939020 creditsCyfiawnder Byd-eangPL937720 creditsCenedlaetholdeb, Crefydd a Chyfiawnder: Hanes Athroniaeth yr 20fed Ganrif yng NghymruPL937820 creditsInternational Relations DissertationPL938520 creditsDeviants, Rebels and Witches in Early Modern Britain and IrelandHS182830 creditsFrom Bismarck To Goebbels: Biography and Modern German History, 1870-1945HS182930 creditsParliamentary Studies ModulePL938020 creditsUS Government and PoliticsPL937420 creditsInternational Politics of the Middle EastPL937520 creditsThe Limits of Ethics in International RelationsPL937620 creditsGlobal International Organisation in World PoliticsPL939120 creditsGender, Power and Subjectivity in Twentieth-Century BritainHS189430 creditsSlavery and Slave Life in North America, 1619-1865HS189030 creditsEurope and the Revolutionary Tradition in the Long Nineteenth CenturyHS188730 creditsViolence and Ideology in Inter-War Soviet RussiaHS188330 creditsGlimpses of the Unfamiliar: Travellers to Japan from 1860 to the Post-War EraHS185830 creditsThe History of Thought in International RelationsPL931120 creditsPolitical Economy and the Devolved UKPL931220 creditsFemale Voices in Political TheoryPL931320 creditsCity Lives: Urban Culture and Society, c.1550-1750HS182630 creditsCultures of Power: The Gentry of Tudor and Stuart EnglandHS182730 creditsConflict, Coercion and Mass Mobilisation in Republican China 1911-1945HS183830 creditsLatin American HistoryHS185930 creditsSocialism, Society and Politics in Britain 1880-1918HS186030 creditsLlafur, Sosialaeth a Chymru, 1880-1979HS186230 creditsWar and Violence in Modern Germany: Myth, Memory and MemorializationHS186330 creditsJustice and the Politics of International LawPL939720 creditsFree Speech in a Multicultural SocietyPL931420 creditsThe Politics of Violence and the Violence of PoliticsPL931520 creditsDevolution in Practice: Welsh Law and Politics Work PlacementPL931020 credits The University is committed to providing a wide range of module options where possible, but please be aware that whilst every effort is made to offer choice this may be limited in certain circumstances. This is due to the fact that some modules have limited numbers of places available, which are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, while others have minimum student numbers required before they will run, to ensure that an appropriate quality of education can be delivered; some modules require students to have already taken particular subjects, and others are core or required on the programme you are taking. Modules may also be limited due to timetable clashes, and although the University works to minimise disruption to choice, we advise you to seek advice from the relevant School on the module choices available.