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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module EAST2171: MODERN JAPANESE HISTORY

Department: EAST ASIAN STUDIES

EAST2171: MODERN JAPANESE HISTORY

Type Open Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2006/07 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To consider the emergence of Japan as a super-state in terms of its progression from alliance to hostility with the West, and subsequently of its post-War economic and political recovery.

Content

  • Emperor; "wealthy nation, strong army"; People and Politics; Western perspectives; US and Japan; Japan and War.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      Lectures 18 1 Per Week 1 Hour 18
      Tutorials 3 1 Per Term 1 Hour 3
      Seminars 4 2 Each in Michaelmas and Eiphany Terms 1 Hour 4
      Preparation and Reading 175
      Total 200

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Examination Component Weighting: 50%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      two-hour written examination 100%
      Component: Essays Component Weighting: 50%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      2000 word essay 1 50%
      2000 word essay 2 50%

      Formative Assessment:

      Practice essays and seminar presentations.


      Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University