BA History and English Literature

at Bangor University

Year 1 Modules

Compulsory Modules

Semester 1
 

• QXE-1013: Reading, Thinking, Writing (20)

Optional Modules

40 credits from:
 

• QXE-1003: Intro. to Medieval Literature (20) (Semester 2)

• QXE-1004: The Literature of Laughter (20) (Semester 2)

• QXE-1014: The Gothic in Literature/Film (20) (Semester 1)

• QXE-1016: Children's Fiction (20) (Semester 2)

• LXE-1600: Transnational Cultures (20) (Semester 2)

• LXE-1700: Creating National Histories (20) (Semester 1)

60 credits from:
 

• HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII (20) (Semester 2) or
  HXC-1003: Chwech Oes Harri’r VIII (20) (Semester 2)

• HXH-1004: Intro Modern History1815-1914 (20) (Semester 1) or
  HXC-1004: Cyflwyniad Hanes Modern (20) (Semester 1)

• HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) (Semester 1) or
  HXC-1007: Cymru: Tywysogion i Duduriaid (20) (Semester 1)

• HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2) or
  HXC-1006: Cymru yn y Byd Modern (20) (Semester 2)

• HXH-1011: Europe in the High Middle Ages (20) (Semester 1) or
  HXC-1011: Ewrop yn y Canol Oesoedd Uchel (20) (Semester 1)

• HXH-1012: Britain: Blitz to Brexit (20) (Semester 2)

• Students are encouraged to select modules that cover more than one of the generally recognised periods of History: Medieval (c500-1500), Early Modern (1500-1750), and Modern (post 1750).

Year 2 Modules

Compulsory Modules

60 credits from:
 

• QXE-2003: Jonson to Johnson (20) (Semester 2)

• QXE-2005: Victorian Literature (20) (Semester 2)

• QXE-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 2) or
  QXP-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 2)

• QXE-2020: The Romantic Period in Britain (20) (Semester 1)

• QXE-2024: Alfred Hitchcock (20) (Semester 2)

• QXE-2101: Beowulf to Malory (20) (Semester 1)

Optional Modules

60 credits from:
 

• HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
  HAC-2001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)

• HPS-2004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)

• HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2) or
  HAC-2005: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2)

• HGC-2007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen yn yr Ugeinf (20) (Semester 2)

• HTC-2008: Stori America 1607-1867 (20) (Semester 2)

• HPS-2055: Making History (20) (Semester 1)

• HTH-2110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)

• HTH-2112: Reformation and Counter-Reform (20) (Semester 1 + 2)

• HTA-2116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)

• HTA-2120: Rethinking Archaeology (20) (Semester 1)

• HTC-2123: Owain Glynŵr a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 1)

• HTW-2123: Owain Glyndwr and his Movement (20) (Semester 1)

• HTA-2125: The Prehistoric Archaeology of (20) (Semester 2)

• HTA-2126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)

• HTW-2127: WALES AND EUROPE IN THE RENAIS (20) (Semester 2)

• HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1) or
  HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1)

• HTC-2132: Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cym. (20) (Semester 2)

• HGH-2133: THE TUDORS: POLITICS, SOCIETY, (20) (Semester 1)

• HGH-2138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 1)

• HGH-2139: The Kingdom in the Sun: Norman (20) (Semester 2)

• HTH-2149: Britannia Rule the Waves: The (20) (Semester 2)

• HTH-2150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)

• HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1) or
  HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1)

• Over Levels 5 and 6 (Year 2 and 3) students must take 2 General Modules - those with a code beginning HGH, HGW or HGC.

Year 3 Modules

Compulsory Modules

60 credits from:
 

• QXE-3022: Shakespeare and Early Modern L (20) (Semester 1)

• QXE-3031: Welsh Writing in English (20) (Semester 1)

• QXE-3099: The English Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)

• QXE-3107: EM Lit: Sex, Sects and Scandal (20) (Semester 1)

• QXE-3109: Victorian Networks (20) (Semester 2)

• QXE-3110: Neo-Victorian Fiction (20) (Semester 1)

• QXE-3113: The Monstrous Middle Ages (20) (Semester 2)

• Students may not take a dissertation in both English Literature and the other discipline of the Joint Honours program

20 to 40 credits from:
 

• HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2) or
  HAC-3006: Traethawd Hir (40) (Semester 1 + 2)

• HSH-3041: Country House Life, 1750-1914 (20) (Semester 1)

• HSH-3045: Nationalism in the UK (20) (Semester 1)

• HSC-3050: Cymru'r Tywysogion (20) (Semester 1)

• HSH-3137: Ruled by an Orange: England an (40) (Semester 1 + 2)

• HSH-3150: Princely Wales (20) (Semester 1)

• Students must take EITHER the Dissertation OR a Special Subject, while ensuring that they have taken 60 credits in History in total during Year 3.

Optional Modules

20 to 40 credits from:
 

• HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1) or
  HAC-3001: Lleoliad Gwaith - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)

• HGC-3007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen yn yr Ugeinf (20) (Semester 2)

• HTC-3008: Stori America 1607-1867 (20) (Semester 2)

• HTH-3110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)

• HTH-3112: Reformation and Counter-Reform (20) (Semester 1 + 2)

• HTA-3116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)

• HTC-3123: Owain Glyndŵr a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 1)

• HTA-3125: The Prehistoric Archaeology of (20) (Semester 2)

• HTA-3126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)

• HTW-3127: WALES AND EUROPE IN THE RENAIS (20) (Semester 2)

• HTC-3128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1) or
  HTH-3157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1)

• HTC-3132: Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cym. (20) (Semester 2)

• HGH-3133: THE TUDORS: POLITICS, SOCIETY, (20) (Semester 1)

• HGH-3138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 1)

• HGH-3139: The Kingdom in the Sun: Norman (20) (Semester 2)

• HTH-3150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)

• HTH-3157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1) or
  HTC-3128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1)

• Please note that students must take a general module (those with a code beginning HGH/HGC/HGW) at level 6 if they did not take one at level 5

Offers are tariff based, 96 - 112 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:
 

• A Levels (History and English Literature/English Language/English preferred but not required)

• International Baccalaureate Diploma (including grade H5 in English Literature or English Language)

• BTEC National/Extended Diploma and Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM - DMM

• City & Guilds Advanced Technical/Extended Diploma: case by case   

• Access

• Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted

• T-levels: considered on a case-by-case basis. 

General University Requirements
 

• We accept students with a wide range of qualifications and backgrounds and consider each application individually.

• All students need to have good basic skills and the University also values IT and communication skills.

• As part of the University’s policy, we consider applications from prospective disabled students on the same grounds as all other students.

• We also consider applications from mature students who can demonstrate the motivation and commitment to study a university programme. Each year we enrol a significant number of mature students.

Home (UK) students
 

• The cost of a full-time undergraduate course is £9,000 per year

International (including EU) students
 

• International Tuition Fee For Full Year is £15,750

Joint honours degrees are very versatile. This degree will enable you to tackle a variety of career options in administration, commerce, management, and other professions. Graduates have in recent years gained careers in museum work, law, teaching and the cultural industries. Many former students have followed these degrees with postgraduate study in History or English Literature, and there are opportunities to pursue your research interests at Bangor. By studying for a degree in History and English Literature you will acquire a wide range of transferable skills, be they academic or personal. History and English Literature graduates are desirable employees due to the variety of skills they develop during the course of their degree.