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Programme and Module Handbook

Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

Module HIST54530: Nations and Nationalism I

Department: History

HIST54530: Nations and Nationalism I

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

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • HIST50130

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • Introduction to the advanced study of the origins and development of nations and nationalism.

Content

  • The module will address key issues and debates in the historical study of nations and nationalism. Topics will include theories of nationalism, the relationship between nationalism and ethnicity, nationalism, memory and the 'invention of tradition', the construction of the nation-state and nationalism in colonial and post-colonial contexts.

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.

        ■ 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