Module HIST56030: The British Colonial Rule II

Department: History

HIST56030: The British Colonial Rule II

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To further study the nature of administration in the British empire and the engagement between structures of authority in the colonial context, normally leading to a dissertation in this field and which will enable students to acquire specific learning outcomes of the programe as whole including:
• a specialist knowledge of imperial history
• bibliographic skills
• an understanding of historical debates
• advanced skills in writing history
• general skills of the historian

Content

• The module will cover selected aspects of the history of the British Empire in relation to additional selected aspects of the nature of British colonial rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, reflecting current debate on the subject, and the particular interests of the student. Topics may include the study of protectorates of various kinds, to colonies, to mandates, contrasting case studies, the circumstances which created these very differing systems, and the way such structures were associated with real differences in the nature of governance.

Learning Outcomes

• Students should build up a critical understanding of the history of this aspect of imperial rule and should become aware of other boundaries of current knowledge relating to the subject.
• Students should acquire detailed knowledge and critical understanding of one topic chosen in conjunction with the supervisor.

• Students should be able to undertake a programme of intensive reading directed at a number of topics.
• Students should be able to participate in regular discussion of issues arising from the reading with their supervisor.
• Students should then be able to produce an extensive piece of writing on this agreed subject.

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

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Discussion of work in progress. Written or oral comments on any other agreed written assignment, such as a book review or exploratory essay. In addition, supervisors will normally read and provide written comments on not more than one draft of work being prepared for summative assessment.