Undergraduate Catalogue of Courses 2013/2014
HISTORY
All Level 4 courses were revalidated with effect from 2012/2013. Course information for History can be found in the appropriate Level 4 section of the 2012/2013 Catalogue of Courses.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr C Dartmann
Pre-requisite(s): Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above.
Note(s): This module is available to students on all non-History degree programmes as a Discipline Breadth course for the enhanced study requirement. However, the admission of students with a non-History degree intention will be at the discretion of the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy. This course may not be included in a graduating curriculum with HI 30XX / HI 35XX (The Holocaust).
To study the on-going historical debates on the Third Reich. In this course we will study political, social, and economic aspects of the history of Germany between 1933 and 1945, and put them into a historical, comparative, and European background. Recent historiographical trends and conceptual attempts to grasp the history of the Third Reich will form an integral part of this course.
1 two-hour and 1 one-hour seminar per week (time to be arranged).
1st Attempt: Continuous assessment
summative assessment (100%): Essay ca. 4,500 words (60%), annotated bibliography (20%), 10 items; class presentation (10%); handout based on presentation (10%).
Resit: Continuous assessment
resit (100%): Essay ca. 4,500 words (60%); annotated bibliography 10 items (20%); book review, ca. 1,000 words (20%).
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
Informal feedback, in particular on general expectations at level 3, at beginning of course; informative feedback on individual performance during meeting roughly half way through the course at occasion of essay progress discussion.
Written feedback, individually discussed, on essays, presentations and annotated bibliographies.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr A Macdonald
Pre-requisite(s): Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above.
Note(s): This course is available to all degree programmes as a Discipline Breadth option for the enhanced study requirement. However, admission of students with a non-History degree intention will be at the discretion of the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy.
After the death of the Scottish king Alexander III in a famous equestrian mishap in 1286 the relations of Scotland and England were radically transformed and featured a prominent new edge in English attempts to assert dominance and Scottish resistance to this. Warfare became a highly significant factor in relations between the realms and the oscillating patterns of war and peace over the centuries are carefully examined to seek an understanding of the forces driving Anglo-Scottish political interaction. The impact of regular war on the borderlands of the two kingdoms will be examined carefully as will a range of less violent international encounters, in the spheres of religion, culture and economy. Themes like cross-border pilgrimage and saintly cults, the experience of migrants from Scotland to England and the dynamics of Anglo-Scottish trade are given close attention.
1 one-hour lecture and 1 two-hour seminar per week.
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour examination (50%); one 3,000-word essay (40%); seminar contribution (10%).
Resit: 1 three-hour examination (60%); one 3,000-word essay (40%).
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
Primary source exercises are completed by students and formative assessment is offered by the course co-ordinator.
Verbal feedback is given on all aspects of student performance in individual meetings. Specific written (via essay feedback forms) and verbal feedback is given on essays and primary source exercises.