American Studies and History, BA (Hons)

BA 3 Year Full-time

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

• Module Name

• The American Experience 1492-2000

• Introduction to American Studies

• Making History

• American Politics and Society

Optional Modules

History Optional Modules - semester 2 

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students must select TWO modules.

• Module Name

• Fieldtrip module: The Past in its Place

• The Early Modern World, 1500-1800

• Britain and the World, 1800–2000

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

• Module Name

• The Practice of History

Optional Modules

History - Optional Module Choices 

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select two modules from the list below. At least one of these modules must have a HIH-code. Students must not exceed 60 credits in any one teaching block.

• Module Name

• Rhyfel Cartref America

• The Golden Age of Spain and Portugal, 1450-1700

• Medicine and the Modern World, 1800 to the Present

• Revolutionary America, 1760–1791

• Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain

• The Anglo-Norman World 1066-1225

• Philosophy and the Enlightenment

• The First World War

• Credoau'r Cymry: Astudio Athroniaeth ac Athrawiaeth Gymreig o Safbwynt Rhyngwladol

• Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe, 1789-1815

• Medieval Britain 1250-1461

• Britain in the Early Middle Ages: Slaves, Dragons, Queens and Vikings

• Whose Past Is It Anyway? Exploring the Heritage Industry

• History Work Placement

• The Story of America on Film and Television, 1607-1867

• Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607–1867

• Ruin and Renewal: Europe, 1918-1968

AND

American Studies - Optional Module Choices 

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 60 credits from the list below. NOTE: Students will be expected to take 120 credits for the year: 60 credits in Semester 1 and 60 credits in Semester 2. 60 credits must be comprised American Studies modules 60 credits from the History Department. It is recommended that 40 credits should be modules with an AM code.

• Module Name

• Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives

• America in Crisis: Political Culture and Society from the Tet Offensive to Trump

• Philosophy and the Enlightenment

• The First World War

• American Word/American Image

• Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955

• New York City: History and Culture since 1945

• Contemporary Wars and Conflicts

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Optional Modules

History Dissertation Pathway 

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students have the option of selecting the History Dissertation or scrolling down to select the Dissertation in your joint honours subject American Studies. Students must select 60 credits per teaching block.

• Module Name

• History Dissertation

AND

History Optional Modules 

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students taking the History dissertation must select one module to fulfill 60 credits in History. Students must not exceed 60 credits in any one semester

• Module Name

• The Great War for Empire, 1754-1764

• Observing Britain: Everyday Life in the Mid 20th Century

• From Plague to Covid-19: Infections in Global History

• The Lights that Failed: the League of Nations and International Peace, 1919–1939

• 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

• Gunfighter Nation: the West in History, Mythology and Fiction

• The Russian Civil War

• Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cymry

• Merchants & Marvels. Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800

• The Reign of King John, 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta

• Towns and Cities in Modern Britain

• Histories of Empire

• A History of Sex and Gender

• Deformity, Deviance and Difference: Exploring Disability History

• Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy 1944.

AND

American Studies Optional Modules 

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 3x 20 credit modules from the list below. It is recommended that at least 40 credits should be modules with an 'AM' code. Overall, you must select 60 credits per teaching block and 60 credits from each of your joint honours subjects.

• Module Name

• African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance

• Clear and Present Danger: Terrorism and America

• Popular Music and the City

• Gunfighter Nation: the West in History, Mythology and Fiction

• The Aftermaths of War

• Contemporary American Fiction

• America and the Bomb

• The American Civil War in History and Memory

• Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy 1944.

OR

American Studies Dissertation Pathway 

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

• Module Name

• American Studies Dissertation

AND

American Studies Optional Modules 

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 1x 20 credit module from the list below. Overall, you must select a balance of 60 credits per teaching block.

• Module Name

• African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance

• Clear and Present Danger: Terrorism and America

• Popular Music and the City

• Gunfighter Nation: the West in History, Mythology and Fiction

• The Aftermaths of War

• Contemporary American Fiction

• America and the Bomb

• The American Civil War in History and Memory

• Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy 1944.

AND

History Optional Modules 

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select two modules. Students not must exceed 60 credits in any one semester

• Module Name

• From Plague to Covid-19: Infections in Global History

• 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

• Gunfighter Nation: the West in History, Mythology and Fiction

• The Russian Civil War

• Y Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cymry

• Histories of Empire

• A History of Sex and Gender

• Deformity, Deviance and Difference: Exploring Disability History

• Overlord: War, Societies, and the Battle for Normandy 1944.

AND

Special Subjects 

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one special subject module. Please note that modules are capped at 16 students. Do not exceed 60 credits in any one semester

• Module Name

• The Great War for Empire, 1754-1764

• Observing Britain: Everyday Life in the Mid 20th Century

• The Lights that Failed: the League of Nations and International Peace, 1919–1939

• Merchants & Marvels. Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800

• The Reign of King John, 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta

• Towns and Cities in Modern Britain