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2021/22 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
HIST3740 Alliance Without Backbone: Germany, its Allies and Satellites Before and During World War Two
40 creditsClass Size: 13
Module manager: Dr G T Waddington
Email: g.t.p.waddington@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2021/22
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
- To develop knowledge of the immediate origins and course of the Second World War as viewed primarily from Berlin;- to challenge traditional interpretations of the so-called 'Axis conspiracy' and
- to analyse the nature and extent of Hitler's foreign political ambitions.
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
- To examine the relations between Nazi Germany, its principal partners in the Anti-Comintern Pact, Japan and Italy, and those Central European Powers associated with the Tripartite Pact of September 1940;
- to examine the aims of German foreign and alliance policy on the eve of and during the Second World War.
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
- Exam preparation;- researching, preparing, and writing assignments;
- undertaking set reading; and
- self-directed reading around the topic.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Contributions to class discussions,- two assessed exercises,
- an exercise or exercises worth 10% of module marks.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Oral Presentation | Format to be determined by tutory. | 10.00 |
| Essay | 4,000 word essay to be submitted by 12 noon of exam week 2 in January | 40.00 |
| 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 | 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
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