Undergraduate Course: Introducing Modern European History (Credit Plus) (LLLE07011)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (HCA) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
Explore four key periods in modern European history. Examine pivotal events such as the Reformation, the French Revolution and the unification of Germany. Discuss conflicting historical theories, analyse historical texts and develop the skills required to study history. Learn how to study for credit on a course with study and essay writing skills built in.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 16 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
23/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
100 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
¿ evaluate, critically discuss and interpret primary sources.
¿ understand, discuss and make use of conflicting historical arguments.
¿ discuss the interaction between different European states since the sixteenth century and the process of state formation.
¿ compare, contrast and draw parallels between four key periods in European history.
¿ account for the political development of modern Europe.
¿ students will also have developed study and essay writing skills for history, including taking notes and planning and writing essays.
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Assessment Information
| The assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark. |
Special Arrangements
This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
Content of course
1. Introduction: the making of modern Europe
2 & 3. The European Reformation: sixteenth-century Europe
4 & 5. Absolutism and revolution: seventeenth-century Europe
6 & 7. Revolution and war: Europe before 1815
8 & 9. Nationalism and state formation: nineteenth-century Europe
10. Review session: the making of modern Europe
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Essential
Cameron, E., ed., 2001. Early Modern Europe: an Oxford history. Oxford: OUP.
Gildea, R., 1987. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford: OUP.
Hobsbawn, E. J., 1973. The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789-1848. London: Cardinal.
Marshall, P., 2009. The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: OUP.
Munck T., 1989. Seventeenth Century Europe: state conflict and the social order in Europe, 1598-1700. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Study skills text:
Northedge, A., 2005. The Good Study Guide. Milton Keynes: OUP.
Smith, P., 1996. Writing an Assignment. Plymouth: How to Books Ltd.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Miss Loura Brooks
Tel: (0131 6)51 3200
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Course secretary | Mrs Diane Mcmillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
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