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AM-120
Forging a Nation: US History and Politics
Want to understand how the United States became the nation it is today, shaping global events and wrestling with complex internal issue s? This module explores the intertwined story of US history, society, and politics, tracing its dramatic journey from British colonies fighting for independence and building a new government, through the epic transformations of the nineteenth century--including civil war and expansion--to its rise as a global superpower. You'll explore how core US ideals were formed and contested, examine the forces that created a multicultural society shaped by race, class, and immigration, and understand the transformative impact of movements like Civil Rights. By connecting past struggles and foundational ideas to today's major political challenges and debates--from current elections to ongoing quests for equality--this module offers an essential, interdisciplinary perspective on the forces that built and continue to define the modern US.
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AM-2016
America in a Nutshell: A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump, 1631-2016
This module surveys the political, social, cultural and economic history of the State of Pennsylvania. It allows students to explore the rich history of America as it is researched and taught by American historians with the Unites States, that is, through the lens of `state¿ history. This module will allow students to explore the foundation of a key British colony in North America, to follow its trajectory of growth and interaction with other colonies before the American Revolution and its trajectory of growth and interaction with both other states and the United States Federal Government from 1776 to 2010. This module aims to help students capture the nature of `state identity¿ in America, so fundamental to American political and social history. Students will be encouraged to view America as most Americans see it, looking out from within a state context, with all of the historical and historiographical considerations that approach entails. Some core strands are political, social and cultural life against the backdrop of colonial life, revolution, civil war, industrialisation and deindustrialisation.
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AM-217
The Making of Transatlantic America
This multidisciplinary module seeks to offer a re-appraisal of early American history from the period c. 1607 through c. 1783 as well as understand other elements ¿ geography, economics, philosophy, literature, and politics ¿ that helped determine the shape of early American society. Students will examine some of the most dynamic topics of current early American scholarship and issues as they developed in an emerging world: the roles of race and gender; the changing nature of the colonial family; the sexual practices of early colonists; emigration and the `peopling¿ of empire; the role of the `frontier;¿ backcountry violence; crime; the formation of provincial elites; and uneasy international rivalries.
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DAF247
Self-Directed Learning
This module supports students to highlight and focus on an area of specific interest in their academic studies. Students will work with a supervisor to develop, agree and carry out a detailed exploration and discussion of an area of interest within the broad humanities umbrella.
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DAL369
Creating an 'Imagined' Empire: The British Atlantic World, 1550-1760
This module will provide an overview of central aspects of the social, cultural and political history of Britain and its American colonies between the mid-sixteenth and the mid-eighteenth centuries.
The module examines the formation of the American colonies and British Empire from attempts to settle Roanoke Island in the 1580s to the British conquest of Quebec in the French and Indian War in 1760 (the American theatre of the Seven Years¿ War of 1756-63). The first part of the module will explore concepts of `Empire¿ and Atlantic History¿. It will also delve into changing patterns of belief, social and economic structures and political participation in Britain¿all set against the backdrop of the Reformation and the political and ideological struggles that resulted in the civil wars of the seventeenth century.
After a brief examination of sixteenth-century exploration, trade, and plunder, and the origins of the idea of empire, the module will explore the development of British-American and African-American societies and cultures, and the effects of colonisation upon Native-American societies and cultures. It will then look at ideas of empire through the eyes of intellectuals, merchants, colonial founders, migrants (free and enslaved), and finally the monarchs and ministers who attempted to shape the politics and constitution of empire.
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DAM354
Undertaking Research
This module provides an exploration of common theory and approaches used in research in the humanities and social sciences. Students will gain a broad understanding of research and actively engage with some of these research approaches to support them in identifying and carrying out their dissertation in their final year of study. Students will work together and support each other in a community of practice developing their knowledge, understandings and skills in research.
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DAU300A
Dissertation
This module will equip students with the skills needed to produce a dissertation of between of 10,000 words. Students will conduct research upon a subject of their choice using the proposal developed within the `Undertaking Research¿ module from the previous year, devised in consultation with a supervisor with an interest in that area of study. Students will have an introductory series of lectures in semester one followed by group tutorials throughout semester one and two whilst having 6 compulsory hours of support from the supervisor.
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HHC100
The Past in its Place: History and Heritage Field Trip
The past is all around us, in places, in monuments, in landscapes, cities, towns and villages. In this module, you will develop skills in `reading¿ the historic landscape and evaluating how heritage sites and visitor attractions are managed for public benefits. Across three fieldtrips, you will engage with the historical and evidential significance of the sites visited, assess access, inclusivity, interpretation content, and attraction management.
You will deliver a professional-style `Desk-Based Assessment¿ briefing paper in advance and produce a visual and textual fieldwork record of the visit.
Each year a range of different sites reflecting different aspects of Wales¿s rich cultural history will be visited.
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HIH3300
History Dissertation
The History dissertation is a free-standing, 40-credit module that runs across both semesters of Level Three. Candidates conduct research upon a subject of their choice, devised in consultation with a member of staff teaching for the degrees in History, and concerning a topic that falls within staff research and teaching interests.
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HIY105
The Early Modern World, 1500-1800
Across the three centuries of the early modern period, from 1500 to 1800, the globe became increasingly connected as a consequence of what is often referred to as the European overseas expansion. Travellers, traders, missionaries, and colonists found their way from Europe to Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australasia, with profound and often tragic consequences for the native peoples, cultures, and ecosystems with which they came into contact. The lives of non-Europeans and Europeans became more closely intertwined than ever before; a truly global economic system began to emerge; empires rose and fell. In this module, you will explore the processes by which the world was transformed over the course of three centuries, and reflect on the long-term significance of the outcomes, many of which have shaped the world as we experience it today.
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HIY105C
Y Byd Modern Cynnar, 1500-1800
Ar draws tair canrif y cyfnod modern cynnar, o 1500 i 1800, daeth y byd yn fwyfwy cysylltiedig o ganlyniad i'r hyn y cyfeirir ato'n aml fel yr ehangiad tramor Ewropeaidd. Gwnaeth teithwyr, masnachwyr, cenhadwyr a gwladychwyr ddod o hyd i'w ffordd o Ewrop i Affrica, Asia, cyfandiroedd America, ac Awstralasia, gyda chanlyniadau dwys, a oedd yn aml yn drist iawn, i'r bobl, y diwylliannau a'r ecosystemau brodorol y daethant i gysylltiad â nhw. Daeth bywydau pobl nad oeddent yn Ewropeaidd a'r bobl Ewropeaidd yn fwy cydblethedig nag erioed; dechreuodd system economaidd fyd-eang go iawn ddod i'r amlwg; gwelwyd cynnydd a chwymp ymerodraethau. Yn y modiwl hwn, byddwch chi'n archwilio'r prosesau a drawsnewidiodd y byd dros gyfnod o dair canrif, yn ogystal â myfyrio ar arwyddocâd hirdymor y canlyniadau, y mae llawer ohonynt wedi llunio'r byd rydyn ni'n byw ynddo heddiw.
