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University of Wales,
Lampeter
The University Lampeter is distinctive in a number of ways. After Oxford and Cambridge, it is the oldest degree-awarding institution in England and Wales. Lampeter had a university before London! Situated amid the rolling hills and valleys of West Wales, some 13 miles from the unspoilt coastline of Cardigan Bay, it offers a beautiful and safe environment in which to live and study. With approximately 1300 undergraduates, mainly in arts and social sciences, it is one of the smallest universities in Europe (whilst being a member of one of the largest universities in the UK, the federal University of Wales). It is this human scale, within the broader academic environment, which is one of its most attractive features. Set around the early nineteenth-century St. David’s Building, so reminiscent of an Oxbridge College, the university provides up to date teaching, library and computing facilities. Accommodation is not a problem, with most students living on campus (if they so wish) in small halls of residence with some of the lowest charges in the country. Accommodation, teaching, library, sporting and Student Union facilities are all within a few minutes’ walk. A strong sense of community exists and as staff-student relations are more informal and relaxed here than in most universities, this provides a friendly atmosphere conducive to study. In an age of ever expanding institutions, Lampeter is able to offer a distinctive and enriching experience both in personal and academic terms. There are approximately 30-35 History students every year with an equal mix male/female. History at Lampeter Founded in the 1880s by the distinguished Medievalist, T.F. Tout, the History Department is one of the oldest in the UK. Small group teaching flourishes, individual tutorials are provided on all written work and students have personal tutors. There is a wide-ranging syllabus in British, European, American and Commonwealth history, comparable to that offered in many larger departments. A nucleus of core modules apart, students are free to construct their own programmes – whether of a traditional or more innovatory nature (including the study of literature, films and the visual arts) – and to specialise as they wish in areas or periods of History. All lecturers are research-active and this ensures that Options and Special Subjects are taught by experts in the field. Inculcating the skills of the historian is one of the main features of the History syllabus. The department also possesses its own library, video room and computing facilities, and the university’s antiquarian library of medieval manuscripts and over 20,000 volumes published between 1470 and 1850 is regularly used in teaching. In addition there are field trips and conferences, and an active student History Society caters for academic and non-academic needs. In all, the unique nature and size of this small university, and the close and harmonious relationship between staff and students within the department, creates a friendly atmosphere in which it is possible to learn the skills of the historian in a more relaxed and personal way than is possible in larger institutions. Applications Entry requirements guidelines (2000): A Level grades 14-16 points
UCAS application course codes.
Load the free UCAS CD-Rom. UCAS address: Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ Department website: http://www.lamp.ac.uk/history/ The details: History degree courses and options Course Codes for 2001/2002 Entry
History V100 / V100 Modern Historical Studies V140 / V130 Ancient and Medieval History V115 / V115 Medieval Studies V130 / V120 American Studies T700 / Q400 Church History V331 / V161 Victorian Studies V148 / V128 Main study options Part One. Year One Perspectives on the Past The Past in Practice Study Skills/Skills for Life Culture & Society in Barbarian Europe Knights and Castles: the Feudal World, 900-1250 Life and Leisure in the British City in the Industrial Revolution The Zulu War, 1879: Image and Reality Conflict and Change: Europe in the Age of the Great War The Soviet Union, 191-1991 From Beveridge to Thatcher: the Welfare State, 1939-90 American Histories: Representations of a National Past Victorian Values Medieval Studies Australian Cultural Histories The Druids Arthur of the Welsh
Part Two . Year TwoHistorical Research
Years Two and Three The Archaeology of the Celtic Churches Britain and Ireland in the Early Middle Ages Medieval England, 1042-1215 The Medieval Church, 1050-1300 Stuart Britain: Political Crisis and Social Change, 1629-1714 The Making of an American nation: U.S. History to 1877 Nineteenth-Century Britain, 1793-1906: Politics, Society and the Industrial Revolution The Victorians Overseas: the Imperial Experience, 1837-1907 The Making of Modern America: U.S. History, 1877 to the Present Europe in the Age of Armageddon, 1890-1929 Twentieth-Century Britain, 1906-1979: Change or Decline? Retreat from Empire: The Commonwealth Experience, 1907-1971 The Long Second World War: Europe 1929-1990 Hollywood Thomas Becket: Archbishop, Martyr, Saint Women in the Middle Ages The Tudor and Stuart Town Victorian Social Reform Victorian Images of Empire The Scramble for Africa, 1879-99 Women in Twentieth-Century Britain Cinema, Literature and Society in Post-war Britain Culture, Society and the Cinema in Britain since 1968
Year Three Special Subjects Medieval Monasticism: the Cistercians and their World The Georgian Town, 1690-1760 Disraeli and the British Empire, 1867-1880 Great Britain and the Origins of the Second World War The Home Front: Britain, 1939-1945 Dissertation Module
Contacts Institution web address: http://www.lamp.ac.uk Department web address: http://www.lamp.ac.uk/history/ |
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