BA Combined Honours,

Institution

Swansea University

Level

undergraduate

Subject

Combined Honours, BA (Hons)

Duration

3 years

UCAS code

Y100

About this course

BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, a combined humanities programme spanning literature, media, languages, and cultural studies. Core topics include Research Methods and Fieldwork. Students choose modules from three menus—Cultural Studies, Past and Present, and Languages—with the first two required. Welsh-medium modules are available within the programme.

Modules

• Humanities Essentials
• The Sound system of English
• Clasuron Cymru
• Trin a Thrafod Testunau
• Fundamentals of Creative Writing I
• Theorising Gothic Texts
• Discovering Literature
• Introduction to Media and Communication
• Introduction to Film Studies
• Cyflwyniad i Astudiaethau Ffilm
• Delivering and Decoding the News
• Pitch Invasion: Sport and its Impact on Society
• Fundamental Issues in Philosophy
• Introduction to Visual Culture
• Grammar and Meaning
• Who Sings America? Literature and Culture of the United States
• Ieithoedd Lleiafrifol: Pwer a Pholisi
• Byw Brwydr: Llenyddiaeth Wleidyddol
• Approaches to Gender in English Literature
• Reel Lives: Framing the Human Condition in European Film
• Principles of Mediation
• Public Relations: Strategic Communications
• Cysylltiadau Cyhoeddus: Cyfathrebu Strategol
• Creative Media Platforms
• Platfformau Cyfryngau Creadigol
• Hollywood: A History of American Film
• Locating American Studies
• Of Gods and Mortals - Introduction to Greek Mythology
• Introduction to Ancient Egyptian History, Culture and Society
• Beginning Greek 1
• Intermediate Greek 1
• Further Greek 1
• History of the Mediterranean World (c.1000 BCE – c. 500 CE)
• Beginning Latin 1
• Intermediate Latin 1
• Further Latin 1
• From Facts to Fake News: Being a Historian in the Twenty-First Century
• O Ffeithiau i Newyddion Ffug: Bod yn Hanesydd yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
• Making Modern Europe, 1789 to the Present
• Creu Ewrop Fodern, 1789 hyd y Presennol
• Forging a Nation: US History and Politics
• Why the ancient world matters today
• Ovid's Metamorphoses: Transformations of Mythology
• Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and Rhetoric
• Voices of the Nile: 3000 years of storytelling in ancient Egyptian literature
• Beginning Greek 2
• Intermediate Greek 2
• Further Greek 2
• Pompeii and beyond
• Beginning Latin 2
• Intermediate Latin 2
• Further Latin 2
• The Past in its Place: History and Heritage Field Trip
• The Early Modern World, 1500-1800
• Y Byd Modern Cynnar, 1500-1800
• Gramadeg a Geirfa
• Meistroli’r Iaith
• Beginners French 1
• Intermediate French 1
• Beginners German 1
• Intermediate German 1
• Beginners Spanish 1
• Intermediate Spanish 1
• Defnyddio'r Iaith
• Beginners French 2
• Intermediate French 2
• Beginners German 2
• Intermediate German 2
• Italian for Starters
• Beginners Spanish 2
• Intermediate Spanish 2
• Global Humanities, Local Dialogues
• Sociolinguistics
• Child Language and Literacy
• Y Gweithle Dwyieithog
• Llenyddiaeth Taith
• Technegau Dysgu Iaith
• Debating Texts: Theory in Literature
• Revolution of the Word: Modernism
• Introduction to Writing Poetry
• Introduction to Writing Fiction
• Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern
• Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives
• Capital(ising) Culture: Reimagining the city
• Digital Content Creation
• Creu Cynnwys Digidol
• Misinformation, Fake News and Fact-Checking
• Techniques of Seeing
• Discourse Analysis
• World Englishes
• Amlddiwylliannedd a'r Gymraeg
• Creu a Chyhoeddi yng Nghymru
• Introduction to Writing Drama
• Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain
• Contentious Shakespeare
• American Word / American Image
• Medieval Encounters
• Writing a Short Film
• Cinema in a World Context
• Social Media Cultures
• Pop Culture and Alternative News Genres
• Pitch Perfect: Sports Commentary and Punditry
• Cyfathrebu Digidol
• Llygad y Gwir – Archwilio Dogfen
• The History of Screen Animation
• The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex
• Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology
• Language of the Pharaohs: An Introduction to Hieroglyphic Literacy
• Intermediate Greek 1
• Beginning Greek 1
• Further Greek 1
• Advanced Greek 1
• Archaic Greece
• The Heirs of Rome: The Making of Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages, 400-800
• Gender in the Roman World
• Intermediate Latin 1
• Beginning Latin 1
• Further Latin 1
• Advanced Latin 1
• Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955
• Roman Love Poetry
• Plato's Republic
• Intermediate Greek 2
• Beginning Greek 2
• Further Greek 2
• Advanced Greek 2
• The Imperial Image: Roman Emperors and Imperial Women in History, Literature and Art.
• Alexander and the Hellenistic world
• Intermediate Latin 2
• Beginning Latin 2
• Further Latin 2
• Advanced Latin 2
• The Past in the Present: Exploring Heritage Practice and Debates
• Britain in the Early Middle Ages: Slavery, Dragons, Queens and Vikings
• The Story of America on Film and Television, 1607-1867
• Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607-1867
• The Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire
• Beginners French I
• Upper-Intermediate French 1
• Intermediate French 1
• Beginners German 1
• Upper Intermediate German 1
• Intermediate German 1
• Beginners Spanish 1
• Upper-Intermediate Spanish 1
• Intermediate Spanish 1
• Beginners French 2
• Upper Intermediate French 2
• Intermediate French 2
• Beginners German 2
• Upper-Intermediate German 2
• Intermediate German 2
• Beginners Spanish 2
• Upper-Intermediate Spanish 2
• Intermediate Spanish 2
• Dissertation/Project
• Media Linguistics
• Prifeirdd a’u Problemau
• Further Fiction Writing
• Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales
• Graphic Novel
• African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance
• Further Creative Non Fiction
• France and the Second World War: Legacies of the Dark Years
• Narrating Crises in the Spanish-Speaking World
• Media and Identities
• Reporting the 21st Century
• Cynllunio Cynhyrchiad Aml-blatfform
• Forensic Linguistics
• Stylistics
• Creu a Chyhoeddi yng Nghymru
• Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes
• The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module
• Beyond Shakespeare
• Philosophy and Literature
• Further Poetry Writing
• Intersectional Identities in Contemporary French Cinema
• Creu Cynhyrchiad Aml-Blatfform
• Contemporary Film and Television
• The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex
• Intermediate Greek 1
• Further Greek 1
• Culture and Control in Roman Britain
• Archaic Greece
• Intermediate Latin 1
• Further Latin 1
• Monarchy: Ancient and Medieval
• The Placing of History: Digitally Mapping the Historic Past
• The Story of the USA on Film and Television, 1865-2008
• Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
• From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and Society in Western Political Thought
• The American Civil War in History and Memory
• Roman Love Poetry
• Plato's Republic
• The Archaeology of Ancient Nubia - Egypt's Neighbour in Africa
• Intermediate Greek 2
• Further Greek 2
• Pagans, Christians, and the "Falls" of Rome
• Alexander and the Hellenistic world
• Intermediate Latin 2
• Further Latin 2
• Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cymry
• The Cold War
• The Rise and Fall of Wales? Politics, Culture and Society, 1847-1939
• Cyfieithu
• French Translation Workshop 3
• French General Language 3A
• German General Language 3A
• Translation Workshop (German/English)
• Spanish General Language 3A
• Translation Workshop (Spanish into English)
• French for Professional Purposes 3
• French General Language 3B
• German General Language 3B
• German for Professional Purposes 3
• Spanish General Language 3B
• Spanish for Professional Purposes 3