Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)
Module HIST40730: Racial Dynamics and Identity in North America Since 1619, I
Department: History
HIST40730:
Racial Dynamics and Identity in North America Since 1619, I
| Type |
Tied |
Level |
4 |
Credits |
30 |
Availability |
Available in 2007/08 |
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Excluded Combination of Modules
Aims
- The module aims to enable students to engage on high level of sophistication with contemporary historical concepts and interpretations relating to a significant area of North American history, in support of the intended learning outcomes of the MA in Modern History.
Content
- Slavery and race
- Whiteness and other forms of colour consciousness
- Race and gender
- Race and labour
- Race and consumption
- Racial violence
- Race and the law
Learning Outcomes
- By the end of the module the student will have gained a detailed knowledge of important aspects of the history and significant of race in the North American colonies and United States. The student will have developed the capacity to evaluate critically both a wide range of types of contempoprary historical data and the writings of modern scholars relating to the interaction of race with other key historical themes, which include migration, industrialisation, politics and ideology.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to
the learning outcomes of the module
- Appropriate specialised areas for focus are identified in discussion between the module leader and individual students in weekly tutorials. These are also the means by which the module leader directs and monitors the on-going, directed reading of each student. In addition , they provide the framework within which each student plans, researches and writes, under the module leader's supervision, an extended essay, making use both of original sources and of the fruits of modern scholarship.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity |
Number |
Frequency |
Duration |
Total/Hours |
|
| Tutorials |
9 |
Weekly |
1 |
9 |
| Preparation & Reading |
|
|
|
291 |
| Total |
|
|
|
300 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Essay |
Component Weighting: 100% |
| Element |
Length / duration |
Element Weighting |
Resit Opportunity |
| Essay |
5000 word |
100% |
|
Module leader reads and comments on preliminary draft of student's 5000-word essay.
■ 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
