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 Academic Year: | 2017/8 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 12 [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 240 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 10%, ES 45%, EX 45% |
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| Description:
| Aims: The first aim of the unit is to explore the historical and cultural identity of Europe and the socio-economic, political and cultural factors which have shaped it since the French and Industrial Revolutions at the end of the 18th century. The second aim is to help first-year students develop university-level skills in active learning and communication, including note-taking, seminar participation, oral presentations, teamwork and essay-writing. Learning Outcomes: A student who completes the unit successfully will: * have begun to reflect upon the question of European identity and the issues which unite and divide Europeans; * be familiar with the main contours of European history since the French Revolution and the social, cultural, geopolitical and ideological divisions which characterised the continent in the 19th and 20th centuries; * have been introduced to some basic concepts and techniques of political, economic and cultural analysis and applied them in a European historical and cultural context; * have developed important basic skills in oral and written communication. Skills: Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument, teamwork and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are taught and assessed in this unit. Skills in effective learning are developed in this unit. Content: Defining Europe - history, languages and culture; industry, nations and empires in 19th Century Europe; the First World War; communism, fascism and democracy in interwar Europe; the Second World War; images of war in 20th Century Europe; the impact of the Cold War; politics, culture and integration in post-war Western Europe; economic and social change in Western Europe; the rise and fall of communist states and command economies in Eastern Europe; the economic and political problems of a reunited Europe in the age of globalisation; modernism and postmodernism in European culture. |
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PL10952 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
PL10952 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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