War and Society, BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Singleton Park

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Singleton park (Wales)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Description
The scope and scale of the BA (Hons) War and Society degree is unique. The structure of the degree has been designed to offer a broad base of knowledge, across the disciplines of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in Year One and then in Year Two and Three to open into a wealth of module choices to allow for more focus and specialisation in a particular academic direction or historical period. An important feature of the degree is the opportunity to undertake a dissertation under the supervision of a specialist area of specific interest.

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Location

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Singleton Park (Swansea)
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University Of Wales Swansea, SA2 8PP

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About this course

Entry Requirements
Our standard entry requirement is BBB (UCAS tariff points 120) or equivalent. All offers are made following a review of the application form, predicted/achieved grades and subjects, the reference and personal statement. We also accept a range of advanced level qualifications including BTEC Diploma DMM; International Baccalaureate 32; Welsh Baccalaureate - grade equivalent to A-level; Access to Higher Education and Open University qualifications, and Extended Project.

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Subjects

  • Mandarin
  • Arabic
  • Welsh
  • Latin
  • Politics

Course programme

Modules

Disclaimer: Module selection options may change.

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Degree / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameHUA101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Theories of WarHUA102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20War and Warfare in the Modern WorldPO-118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

Optional Modules

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students should select two modules from TB1 and one module from TB2 from the list below. Students may take one pair of corresponding Languages for All modules (10cr each) as an alternative to one 20cr module.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-111Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The American Experience 1492-2000AM-112Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20American Politics and SocietyCLC101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Of Gods and Heroes - Greek MythologyCLC102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ovid's Metamorphoses. The Transformations of MythologyCLC103Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and RhetoricCLH100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Greek History and SocietyCLH150Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Rome from Village to Empire: An Introduction to Roman HistoryCY-140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 1CY-141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 2HIH117Semester 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 HistoryMLA140Semester 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 2MS-120Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Media HistoryPO-125Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20What is Politics and International Relations?

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Degree / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameHUA206Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Contemporary Wars and ConflictsHUA208Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The First world War: Politics, Society and culture in Europe 1870 - 1933

Optional Modules

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students should select two modules from TB1 and two modules from TB2. Students may take one pair of corresponding Languages for All modules (10cr each) as an alternative to one 20cr module.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-245Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20John F. Kennedy and AmericaCLH216Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Armies and Enemies of Imperial RomeCY-140Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 1CY-141Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)10Languages for All - Welsh 2EN-239Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20No-Man's Land: Literature of the Great WarHIH2001Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ancient and Historic Places (Study-Trip/Field project: History)HIH2069Semester 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 - 1956HIH240Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Europe 1500-1650: Renaissance, Reformation and Religious WarHIH274Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Conflict & Memory: Europe in the Twentieth CenturyHIH278Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Revolutionary America, 1760 - 1791HUA207Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Business & EntrepreneurshipML-227Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20War and Conflict in European Film (Modern Languages route)MLA140Semester 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 2MS-219Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying Digital MediaMS-232Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Social Media CulturesPO-232Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Empire Strikes Back: War, Strategy and the Use of Force in the Post Cold War EraPO-239Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Moralities of War and PeacePO-256Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Genocide

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Degree / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameHUA303Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Research PortfolioHUA304Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Dissertation

Optional Modules

Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 80 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : select 2 x 20cr modules in TB1 and 2 x 20cr modules in TB2 except when selecting HIH3219/20, HIH3353/4, HIH3304/6 which count as two co-requisite 20 credit modules split between TB1 and TB2

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-330Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20America and the BombAM-335Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The American Civil War in History and MemoryAM-338Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Clear and Present Danger: Terrorism and AmericaHIH3181Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Cathars and the Albigensian CrusadesHIH3216Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Prisoners of War in Twentieth Century ConflictsHIH3358Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Changed Utterly? The Irish Revolution, 1912-23HUA300Semester 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 WarHUA308Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Real War, Imagined War: War in Literature, Art, Cinema and MusicHUA309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Russian Civil WarMS-306Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Digital FuturesPO-3114Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The International Politics of SpacePO-3316Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Shadow Wars: US Presidents and covert action from the Cold War to ObamaPO-392Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Contemporary Security

OR

History Special Subjects

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 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 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 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

War and Society, BA (Hons)

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