2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HIST2800 Documents and Debates in International History

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Dr Matthew Frank
Email: m.frank@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

To introduce undergraduates to the study, use and assessment of primary source material in the discipline of international history; and to the nature, development and significance of historiographical debate through the critical assessment of associated secondary sources.

Skills outcomes
Enhances Common Skills listed below:
- High-level skills in oral and written communication of complex ideas.
- Independence of mind and self-discipline and self-direction to work effectively under own initiative.
- Ability to locate, handle and synthesize large amounts of information.
- Capacity to employ analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to engage constructively with the ideas of their peers, tutors and published sources.
- Empathy and active engagement with alternative cultural contexts.
- Ability to present complex ideas effectively in formal oral presentations.

Plus:
- Interpretation and analysis of documentary-based material.
- Ability at applying methods/theoretical models appropriate to the discipline.

Syllabus

The three strands running in 2014-15 are as follows:

1. The Catholic Church in a Dark Continent: 1939-45 (Dr Thomas Brodie)
2. Anglo-American Relations and International Crises, 1945-68 (Dr Matthew Thornton)
3. British Appeasement and Crisis Management during the 1930s (Dr Geoff Waddington)

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Exam preparation; researching, preparing, and writing assignments; undertaking set reading; and self-directed reading around the topic: 180 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Contributions to class discussions, oral presentation component, one assessed essay.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 2,000 word assessed essay to be delivered by 12 noon Monday of week 9	40.00
Oral Presentation	Oral contribution within class, may be re-sat with an equivalent written exercise	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 24/04/2017

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