Modern Languages and History (Thai)

The list shown below represents typical modules/components studied on your chosen language pathway.

For information on typical modules for History, please check the course page.

These modules may change from time to time. Read more in our terms and conditions.

Year 1

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST1450 Foundations of East Asia 20 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  
HIST1000 Exploring History 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
MODL1070 World Histories 20 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  

 

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study ONE of the following modules:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST1060 Faith, Knowledge and Power, 1500-1750 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST1065 Diverse Histories of Britain 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST1310 The Medieval World in Ten Objects 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST1320 Medieval Lives: Identities, Cultures and Beliefs 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST1510 Global Empires 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST1520 Global Decolonization 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST1530 The Making of the Twentieth Century 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  

 

Students with no prior knowledge of Thai will be required to study the following modules

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST1703 Basic Thai Language and Culture 1 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST1704 Basic Thai Language and Culture 2 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) PFP

 

Students with prior knowledge of Thai will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST1510 Introduction to East Asian Religions and Philosophies 20 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  
EAST1704 Basic Thai Language and Culture 2 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) PFP

 

Year 2

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules: - History in Practice (20 Credits)

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST2008 The Making of Modern Thailand 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
EAST2704 Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 1 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST2705 Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 2 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) PFP

 

Optional Modules

Students may study up to 20 credits of the following optional modules

- Civil Society and the Non-profit Sector in Contemporary China (20 Credits)

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST2006 China Since 1979 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST2127 Society and Culture of Early Modern China 20 Not running in 202425  
EAST2128 Contemporary East Asian Culture 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
EAST2480 Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World 20 Not running in 202425  
EAST2605 Topics in Contemporary Asia Pacific Societies 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  

 

Students will be required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up a maximum of 40 credits from the following optional modules. Students may not take more than one option from each basket.

MEDIEVAL HISTORY OPTIONAL MODULES

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST2030 The Crusades and the Crusader States in the 12th Century 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST2045 Transformations of the Roman World 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST2110 The Cult of Saints in Medieval Europe c.400-c.1500 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST2112 Jewish Communities in Medieval Europe 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST2170 Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages 20 Not running in 202425  
MEDV2085 Medieval Narratives in the Modern World: Nationalism, Terrorism, Popular Culture 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  

 

EARLY MODERN HISTORY OPTIONAL MODULES

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST2065 The Tudors: Princes, Politics, and Piety, 1485-1603 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST2073 Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-1715 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST2090 Sin in Spanish America, 1571-1700 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST2135 Britain and the Industrial Revolution 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST2315 Mughals, Merchants and Mercenaries: 'Company Raj' in India 1600-1857 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST2434 The Global Caribbean, 1641-1848 20 Not running in 202425  

 

MODERN HISTORY OPTIONAL MODULES
Modern basket 1

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST2152 Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST2310 Russia under the Romanovs, 1812-1917 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST2360 Bass Culture in Modern Britain 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST2432 Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-1939 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST2442 Black Politics from Emancipation to Obama 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST2595 Curiosities and Monstrosities: Stuff on Display in Britain, c. 1753-1851 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  

 

Modern Basket 2

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST2077 Colonial Encounters: France and its Empire, 1830-1945 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST2103 Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST2320 The Lucky Country? The Social History of Australia in the Twentieth Century 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST2353 America and the Sixties 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST2435 The Popular Caribbean: A History 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST2441 Race, Gender and Cultural Protest in the US since 1865 20 Not running in 202425  

 

Students may study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST2260 Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
MODL2001 Linguists into Schools 20 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  
MODL2015 Black Europe 20 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  
MODL2070 Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature 20 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  
MODL2075 Global Environmental Humanities 20 Not running in 202425  
MODL2250 Digital Communications Across Cultures 20 Not running in 202425  

 

Discovery Modules

Students may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules

 

Year 3

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
MODL9500 LCS Year Abroad 120 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) PFP

 

Year 4

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Students are required to take a minimum of 60 credits in History and 40 credits in Thai. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project module, which can be taken in – and count towards - either of their two subjects.

We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory module

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST3710 Advanced Thai Language and Culture 20 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) PFP

 

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST3500 History Dissertation 40 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) PFP
MODL3300 Final Year Project: Dissertation 40 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) PFP
MODL3340 Final Year Project: Extended Translation 40 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) PFP
MODL3350 Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast) 40 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) PFP

 

All students must take a Special Subject module in History. If they take their dissertation in History, they will take 80 credits in History and 40 credits in Thai.

Students who take their Final Year Project in Thai must take at least one further option in History.
Students who take their dissertation in History will have no further space for History options beyond
the Special Subject.


Students will be required to study 40 credits from the following Special Subject modules:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST3025 History of the Manuscript Book in the Digital Age 40 Not running in 202425  
HIST3290 Popular Belief in the Medieval West 1000-c.1500 40 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  
HIST3440 The Photographic Age: Photography, Society and Culture in Britain, 1839-1945 40 Not running in 202425  
HIST3550 Exploration, Conflict and Cultural Encounter in Early European Expansionism 40 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  
HIST3590 White Africans: Intimacy, Race and Power 40 Not running in 202425  
HIST3760 A Revolutionary Century: Resistance, Reform, and Repression in Central America, 1900- present 40 Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)  

 

Students can take up to 20 credits from the following optional modules.

Level 3 History options, Semester 1

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST3453 The Body in Australian History, 1788-2007 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST3723 Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST3726 In the Shadow of Franco: Terror and its Legacy in Spain, 1936-Present Day 20 Not running in 202425  
MEDV3411 Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  

 

Level 3 History options, Semester 2

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST3100 Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-1900 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST3493 War, Regicide and Republic: England, 1642-1660 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST3530 Mapping the Middle Ages: space and representation from the Pacific to the Atlantic 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST3689 Order and Disorder in Early Modern France: Understanding the French Wars of Religion 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST3724 Caribbean Identity, Society and Decolonisation 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST3790 Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-1888 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  

 

Cross Listed with INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND POLITICS

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
HIST3251 Twentieth Century Southeast Asia: From Empire to Independence 20 Not running in 202425  
HIST3710 Nazism, Stalinism and the Rise of the Total State 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST3728 The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST3877 The World of Terror 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
HIST3880 'Parasites' and 'Cockroaches': Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Modern World 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
HIST3999 Doomed to Failure? European Great Power Politics from Bismarck to the Outbreak of World War I 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  

 

Students will be required to study between 40 credits in Thai. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Thai or your dissertation in History.

Students who take the Final Year Project in History will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules (EITHER Basket 1 or Basket 2):

Basket 1:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST3015 Religion in China 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
EAST3035 Energy Security: Global and Asian Perspectives 20    
EAST3155 Nature, Culture and Technology in Japan 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)  
EAST3707 Buddhism: A Lived Tradition 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  

 

Basket 2:

Code Title Credits Semester Pass for Progression
EAST3020 Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST3271 East Asia's Regional Political Economy 20 Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)  
EAST3355 Death and Religion in Japan 20 Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)