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Programme and Module Handbook

Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

Module HIST54430: Culture and Society in Modern Europe: France, Germany or Russia II

Department: History

HIST54430: Culture and Society in Modern Europe: France, Germany or Russia II

Type Open Level 4 Credits 30 Availability Available in 2007/08

Prerequisites

  • HIST54330

Corequisites

  • HIST50130

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • Further study of leading issues in the history of the culture; and society of Modern Europe at an advanced level, extending work undertaken in Culture and Society in Modern Europe: France, Germany or Russia I, and normally leading to a dissertation in this field.

Content

  • The module will address selected aspects of the cultural and social history of Modern Europe, reflecting current debate on the subject, and the particular interests of the student. Students may choose to focus all their work on an individual country, or to study a particular theme from a comparative perspective.

Learning Outcomes

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

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

        • Objectives are to be met through a programme of intensive directed reading, regular discussion of issues arising from the reading, and the production of an extensive piece of writing on an agreed subject.

        Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

        Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
        Tutorials 5 fortnightly 1.5 7.5
        Other: Unscheduled meetings as requested by the student. Variable Variable Variable 2.5
        Preparation & Reading 290
        Total 300

        Summative Assessment

        Component: Essay Component Weighting: 100%
        Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
        Essay 5000 words 100%

        Formative Assessment:

        Discussion of work in progress, including drafts of the 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