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AM-118
Locating American Studies
This module provides an introduction to American Studies, with particular emphasis upon its interdisciplinary scope. It has been designed to help you make the transition to university-level study. As well as developing your critical engagement with film, literature, visual culture, history and popular culture, it establishes a theoretical framework that will form the basis for more specialised study of the United States in your second and third year. The module focuses on significant spaces or locations in US culture and history, such as the slave ship, the plantation, the suburbs and the shopping mall, which are explored using various disciplinary lens and theoretical approaches.
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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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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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HI-M39
Managing Historical Research
During this module you will be guided through the process of formulating a viable, original, and academically sound research proposal in the discipline of History. You develop your own research project idea with the guidance and support of your supervisor. Through a combination of seminars, independent research, and supervisory meetings, you will engage with historiography, methodology, source evaluation, and research ethics. By the end of the module, you will have produced a fully developed research proposal suitable for submission to support an MA dissertation.
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HIH283
The Story of America on Film and Television, 1607-1867
Award-winning on-demand series like Netflix¿s THE CROWN and hit movies such as LITTLE WOMEN and 1917 testify not only to the continuing resonance of history as a popular subject with moviegoers, television and online viewers, but to the importance of visual media as a key access point for our construction and understanding of the past. This course explores how film and television has explained the evolution of North America, and it does so in two ways. Firstly, it examines major events and shifts that took place between the establishment of the first English and French colonies, and the end of the American Civil War and birth of Canada. Secondly, it explores how those changes have been communicated in cinema and on television to mass audiences over the past century. The questions it confronts are: what has been the impact of change upon the American and Canadian experiences? How has that change been interpreted for popular audiences on screen? And how have movies and television serials functioned as historiographic texts? The course embraces the themes of colonialism, imperialism, slavery, gender, liberty, and the rise of democracy through the lens of relationships with indigenous peoples, European conflict in North America, the American Revolution, expansion into the West, the Market Revolution, the rise of Abolitionism, the American Civil War and creation of Canada.
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HIH283C
Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607-1867
Mae cyfresi ar alw fel THE CROWN a ffilmiau poblogaidd fel LITTLE WOMEN a 1917, yn tystio nid yn unig i gyseinedd parhaus hanes fel pwnc sy¿n taro tant gyda gwylwyr yn y sinema, o flaen y teledu neu ar-lein, ond i bwysigrwydd cyfryngau gweledol fel pwynt mynediad allweddol ar gyfer ein hadeiladwaith a¿n dealltwriaeth o¿r gorffenol. Mae¿r cwrs hwn yn archwilio eblygiad Gogledd America ac mae¿n gwneud hynny mewn dwy ffordd. Yn gyntaf, mae¿n dilyn y digwyddiadau a sifftiau mawr yn y stori honno o sefydlu¿r trefedigaethau Seisnig a Ffrengig cyntaf i ddiwedd y Rhyfel Cartref Americanaidd a genedigaeth Canada. Yn ail, mae¿n archwilio sut mae¿r newdidadau hynny wedi cael eu cyfleu mewn sinema ac ar y teledu i gynulleidfaoedd torfol dros y ganrif ddiwethaf. Y cwestiynau y mae¿n eu hwynebu yw: beth fu effaith newid ar brofiad America a Chanada? Sut mae¿r newid hwnnw wedi¿i ddehongli ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd poblogaidd ar y sgrin? A sut mae ffilmiau a chyfresi teledu wedi gweithredu fel testunau hanesyddol? Mae¿r cwrs yn cynnwys themâu trefedigaethedd, imperialaeth, caethwasiaeth, rhyw, rhyddid, a thwf democratiaeth trwy lens y berthynas a phobloedd brodorol y cyfandir, gwrthdaro Ewropeaidd yng Ngogledd America, y Chwyldro Americanaidd, ehangu i¿r Gorllewin, Chwyldro¿r Farchnad, twf Diddymiad, y Rhyfel Cartref a chreadigaeth Canada.
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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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HIH3378
The Story of the USA on Film and Television, 1865-2008
Hit movies such as OPPENHEIMER, and award-winning on-demand series like Netflix¿s THE CROWN and BRIDGERTON testify not only to the continuing resonance of history as a popular subject with moviegoers, television, and online viewers, but to the importance of visual media as a key access point for our construction and understanding of the past. This course explores how film and television has told The American Story, and it does so in two ways. Firstly, it examines major events and shifts in that story between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the election of Barack Obama in 2008. Secondly, it explores how those changes have been communicated in cinema and on television to mass audiences over the past century. The questions it confronts are: what has been the impact of change upon the American experience? How has that change been interpreted for popular audiences on screen? And how have movies and television serials functioned as historiographic texts? The course explores the themes of freedom, democracy, imperialism, politics, race, class, gender and sexuality, and the Presidency. It examines these through the lens of Reconstruction, the closing of the West and fate of native Americans, Populism and Progressivism, the Depression and 1950s, the Cold War, the battle for Civil Rights, Vietnam, Watergate, and the sexual and gender revolutions of the 1960s onwards.
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HIH3378C
Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
Mae ffilmiau arobryn fel OPPENHEIMER, a chyfresi ar alw fel THE CROWN a BRIDGERTON ar Netflix yn tystio nid yn unig i gyseinedd parhaus hanes fel pwnc poblogaidd gyda gwylwyr yn y sinema, o flaen y teledu neu ar-lein, ond i bwysigrwydd cyfryngau gweledol fel pwynt mynediad allweddol ar gyfer ein hadeiladwaith a¿n dealltwriaeth o¿r gorffenol. Mae¿r modiwl hwn yn archwilio Stori yr Unol Daleithiau, ac mae¿n gwneud hynny mewn dwy ffordd. Yn gyntaf, mae¿n dilyn y digwyddiadau a sifftiau mawr yn y stori honno o ddiwedd y Rhyfel Cartref yn 1865 i ethol Barack Obama yn 2008. Yn ail, mae¿n archwilio sut mae¿r newdidadau hynny wedi cael eu cyfleu mewn sinema ac ar y teledu i gynulleidfaoedd torfol dros y ganrif ddiwethaf. Y cwestiynau y mae¿n eu hwynebu yw: beth fu effaith newid ar brofiad America? Sut mae¿r newid hwnnw wedi¿i ddehongli ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd poblogaidd ar y sgrin? A sut mae ffilmiau a chyfresi teledu wedi gweithredu fel testunau hanesyddol? Mae¿r cwrs yn archwilio themâu rhyddid, democratiaeth, imperialaeth, hil, dosbarth, rhywedd a rhywioldeb, a¿r Arlywyddiaeth. Mae¿n gwneud hyn drwy drafod Adluniad, cau¿r Gorllewin a ffawd Americaniaid brodorol, Poblyddiaeth a Blaengariaeth, y Dirwasgiad a¿r 1950au, y Rhyfel Oer, y brwydr dros Hawliau Sifi, Fietnam, Watergate, a¿r chwyldroadau rhywiol a rhywedd o¿r 1960au ymlaen.
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HIH396
From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and Society in Western Political Thought
This module offers a guide to the history of ideas on government and society which continue to influence political thought and action in the 21st century. The lectures will start by looking at the origins of democratic thinking in Athens, 5th Century BC, and will then give a brief account of medieval political thought and the impact of Christian-Muslim encounters. The main part of the course will deal with modern ideas on government as developed by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, the political authors of the Enlightenment and American Revolution, and Marx and Lenin. The final part will focus on the Italian and German national socialists' assault on the liberal state and Western democratic tradition. Students will have the opportunity to read and discuss a representative selection from the 'classics' of Western political thought and reflect on their contemporary political relevance. As will be shown, some of today's best-known early modern texts on the nature of state power were misinterpreted by contemporaries and brought into disrepute by fascist ideologues who claimed them in defence of dictatorship.
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HIY101
From Facts to Fake News: Being a Historian in the Twenty-First Century
What does it mean to be a historian in the Twenty-First Century? From the toppling of statues, to fears about the rise of fascism, reckoning with the legacies of colonialism, observing the anniversaries of past conflicts, or historical comparisons used to support or oppose certain political positions, public discourse is full of discussions of the past. We also live in an age of `fake news¿, where claims to what is or is not true are debated in public, and facts themselves are contested. Whether in the past or the present, historians have always been concerned with the analysis of different forms of evidence to determine the truth of how and why past events happened as they did. This module will equip you with these essential research and critical thinking skills which are crucial to understanding the modern world where, whether in the popular media, political discourse, social media, or artificial intelligence, the truth has never been more contested.
On this module you will learn about how historians approached the study of the past in different ways, focusing in particular on how they have addressed key challenges and controversies in the past. You will consider how the study of history has developed in the past and continues to do so in the present, as well as the many ways in which historians communicate their work to wider audiences. You will also begin developing the key research, writing, and communication skills that are essential to studying history at university. You will build on many of these skills and ideas in the Global Challenges module which runs in the second semester of your first year. This module will equip you for your history journey at Swansea University but it will also help you think critically about the wider world.
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HIY101C
O Ffeithiau i Newyddion Ffug: Bod yn Hanesydd yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
Beth mae'n ei olygu i fod yn hanesydd yn yr unfed ganrif ar hugain? O ddymchwel cerfluniau, i ofnau am gynnydd ffasgiaeth, trin a thrafod etifeddiaeth gwladychiaeth, arsylwi pen-blwyddi gwrthdaro yn y gorffennol, neu gymariaethau hanesyddol a ddefnyddir i gefnogi neu wrthwynebu rhai safbwyntiau gwleidyddol, mae disgwrs gyhoeddus yn llawn trafodaethau o'r gorffennol. Rydym hefyd yn byw mewn oes o 'newyddion ffug', lle mae honiadau i'r hyn sy'n wir neu nad yw'n wir yn cael eu dadlau yn gyhoeddus, a ffeithiau eu hunain yn cael eu herio. Boed yn y gorffennol neu'r presennol, mae haneswyr bob amser wedi bod yn ymwneud â dadansoddi gwahanol fathau o dystiolaeth i benderfynu ar y gwir sut a pham y digwyddodd digwyddiadau'r gorffennol fel y gwnaethant. Bydd y modiwl hwn yn rhoi i chi¿r sgiliau ymchwil hanfodol a meddwl yn feirniadol sy'n hanfodol i ddeall y byd modern lle mae¿r gwir yn fwy dadleuol nag erioed o¿r blaen, boed yn y cyfryngau poblogaidd, disgwrs wleidyddol, cyfryngau cymdeithasol, neu ddeallusrwydd artiffisial.
Yn y modiwl hwn byddwch yn dysgu am sut mae haneswyr yn mynd i'r afael ag astudio'r gorffennol mewn gwahanol ffyrdd, gan ganolbwyntio'n benodol ar sut maent wedi ymdrin â heriau a dadleuon allweddol yn y gorffennol. Byddwch yn ystyried sut mae astudio hanes wedi datblygu yn y gorffennol ac yn parhau i ddatblygu yn y presennol, yn ogystal â'r nifer o ffyrdd y mae haneswyr yn cyfleu eu gwaith i gynulleidfaoedd ehangach. Byddwch hefyd yn dechrau datblygu'r sgiliau ymchwil, ysgrifennu a chyfathrebu allweddol sy'n hanfodol i astudio hanes yn y brifysgol. Byddwch yn adeiladu ar lawer o'r sgiliau a'r syniadau hyn yn y modiwl Heriau Byd-eang a gynhelir yn ail semester eich blwyddyn gyntaf. Bydd y modiwl hwn yn eich paratoi ar gyfer eich taith hanes ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe ond bydd hefyd yn eich helpu i feddwl yn feirniadol am y byd ehangach.
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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.
