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BA History and Politics, /

Swansea University

Institution
Swansea University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
History and Politics, BA (Hons) / BA
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
LV21

About this course

BA in Politics and International Relations and History. Core topics include Research Methods and Policy Analysis. At each stage of the programme, core modules sit alongside optional modules drawn from different themes, allowing students to personalise their pathway. Several modules are taught in both English and Welsh.

Modules

  • Interpreting Politics: The Faces and Uses of Power
  • Freedom Justice and Equality: Key Debates in Political Philosophy
  • 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
  • Global Challenges and the Historian
  • Heriau Byd-eang a'r Hanesydd
  • Disinformation, Ideology, and Bias: Researching and examining political data
  • The Colour Line: Race and Racism in World Politics
  • Critical Reasoning
  • The State and Political Institutions
  • The Practice of History
  • The History of Political Thought
  • America in a Nutshell: A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump, 1631-2016
  • The Making of Transatlantic America
  • The Heirs of Rome: The Making of Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam in the Early Middle Ages, 400-800
  • Rhyfel Cartref America
  • Europe 1500-1650: Renaissance, Reformation and Religious War
  • Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain
  • The Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1225
  • Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955
  • The Past in the Present: Exploring Heritage Practice and Debates
  • Medicine and the Modern World, 1800 to the Present
  • Britain in the Early Middle Ages: Slavery, Dragons, Queens and Vikings
  • History Work Placement
  • 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
  • The Global First World War
  • Philosophy of the Enlightenment
  • Anarchy and Order: Theories in International Relations
  • America in Crisis: From the Tet Offensive to Trump
  • Global Justice and Human Rights in the Age of Globalisation
  • Investigating Gender
  • Devolution, Policy Making and Social Change
  • Poverty and Social Justice
  • A Matter of Life and Death: Exploring Existential Philosophy
  • Contemporary Moral Controversies
  • International Security
  • Global Summit Simulation
  • Contemporary Wars and Conflicts
  • British Politics and Public Policy
  • The Global South in International Relations: Diplomacy, Development, and Resistance
  • Researching Politics 1
  • History Dissertation
  • Monarchy: Ancient and Medieval
  • The Russian Civil War
  • The Lights that Failed: the League of Nations and International Peace 1919 -1939
  • The Hungry World: Food, Famine and the End of Empire, 1880-1945
  • 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
  • Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cymry
  • The Reign of King John, 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta
  • The First Crusade: Devotion, Piety and Power in the Latin Christian World
  • A History of Sex and Gender
  • The Cold War
  • The Rise and Fall of Wales? Politics, Culture and Society, 1847-1939
  • Philosophy, Mental Health and Illness
  • Parliamentary Studies
  • Capitalism and Justice
  • Genocide
  • Clear and Present Danger: America and Terrorism
  • The Philosophy and Politics of Identity
  • Digital Futures
  • Shadow Wars: US Presidents and covert action from the Cold War to Trump
  • Researching Politics 2
  • America and the Bomb
  • Global Environmental Politics
  • Dissertation
  • Senedd Cymru/The Welsh Parliament