2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HIST3270 The Third Reich, 1933-1945

40 creditsClass Size: 16

Module manager: Dr Lorna Waddington
Email: l.l.waddington@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Students will have the opportunity to engage with and evaluate a wide range of primary sources which will be made available in translation. In their assessed essays and Final Year Project they will be able to explore in greater detail aspects of the Third Reich which particularly interest them. No knowledge of German is required.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

1) Show a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the domestic issues within Nazi Germany.
2) Display an analytical understanding of the determinants of German foreign policy under the National Socialist regime.
3) Display knowledge and understanding of the role of Nazi ideology in both domestic and foreign issues.
4) Display advanced historical skills of interpretation and argument.

Learning outcomes
Further enhances Common Skills listed below:
1. High-level skills in oral and written communication of complex ideas
2. Independence of mind and self-discipline and self-direction to work effectively under own initiative.
3. Ability to locate, handle and synthesize large amounts of information.
4. Capacity to employ analytical and problem-solving abilities.
5. Ability to engage constructively with the ideas of their peers, tutors and published sources.
6. Empathy and active engagement with alternative cultural contexts.
7. Skills in interpretation and analysis of complex documentary-based material.

Skills outcomes
Further 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.

Plus:
- Skills in interpretation and analysis of complex documentary-based material.

Syllabus

In this module students will examine the domestic and foreign policies of the Third Reich between 1933 and 1945. Central topics will include the formative years of the NSDAP and the development of its ideology; Hitler's accession to and consolidation of power; terror, repression and resistance; the escalation and radicalisation of racial and eugenics policies; the determinants and course of Nazi foreign policy; the 'New Order' - Nazi Germany's war of racial conquest in Eastern Europe and the 'Final Solution'; the defeat and collapse of the Third Reich.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	4	1.00	4.00
Seminar	22	2.00	44.00
Private study hours			352.00
Total Contact hours			48.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			400.00

Private study

Reading to prepare for seminars (120 hours)
Further self-directed reading (66 hours)
Preparing and researching [assignment 1, specify], including formative elements (80 hours)
Preparing and researching [assignment 2, specify], including formative elements (80 hours)
Reflection on feedback (6 hours).

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

SEM1: Students should receive a 15-minute one-to-one meeting with the module tutor during the semester (around Week 9/10), in which students should do a short presentation (5 minutes) on the essay plan and arguments on which they can receive oral feedback from the module tutor.
SEM 2: Appropriate formative feedback to students in preparing for the exam during the semester, including written feedback of at least two sample gobbet answers.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	4,000 words	50.00
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
Online Time-Limited assessment	48 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: 18/10/2024

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