HIS42040 UNICA: Hist Methods

Academic Year 2021/2022

Students will acquire knowledge about methods, theory building, history of science and history of the discipline. The main study goals are to learn scientific self-reflection, the acquisition and development of judgement skills, and methods of historical practice (archives, museums, conveyance of history in education and in the media). Students will obtain the ability to analyse historical arguments and rhetoric from the past and in the present. Students with a first degree in a non-historical subject will acquire basic knowledge in methodology, working methods and resources, and will be given an introduction to the object of research and the level of source analysis.
In order to approach these generic historical skills, the module will focus on the First World War, a period with a rich and deeply contested history. We will discuss different historical approaches to the study of the war, the use of different sources, including fictional accounts, and some of the major debates about the war and its legacies.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module students are able to use primary and secondary sources to ascertain at independent judgements and assessments, support their conclusions, undertake original research on a designated topic in European history and present their results in an appropriate academic (oral and written) form.

Indicative Module Content:

1: Introduction: international relations in the early twentieth century
2: The debate during the war
3: War guilt and peace-making
4: Revisionism in the inter-war period
5: The impact of the Second World War
6: Fritz Fischer and his critics
7: The legacies of the Fischer debate
8: The British revisionists
9: Sleepwalkers? Where are we now?
10: The end of inevitability

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

20
Specified Learning Activities

90
Autonomous Student Learning

90
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module will be based on seminar discussions. Prior to seminars, students will post comments. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: See module handbook: book review Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

30
Essay: See module handbook Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded Yes

70

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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