HR100-4-FY-CO:
The Making of the Modern World 1776-1989
2015/16
History
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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08 November 2002
Requisites for this module
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BA VV31 Art History and History,
BA VV3C Art History and History (Including Year Abroad),
BA MV91 History and Criminology,
BA MV9C History and Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
BA QV21 History and Literature,
BA QV2C History and Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA VQ12 History and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV31 History and Sociology,
BA LV3C History and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA V1W6 History with Film Studies,
BA V1WP History with Film Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA V1L2 History with Human Rights,
BA V1LF History with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA V140 Modern History,
BA V144 Modern History (Including Foundation Year),
BA V149 Modern History (Including Year Abroad),
BA VL12 Modern History and International Relations,
BA VL1F Modern History and International Relations (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV21 Modern History and Politics,
BA LV2C Modern History and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA VV15 Philosophy and History,
BA VV51 Philosophy and History (Including Foundation Year),
BA VV5C Philosophy and History (Including Year Abroad)
This survey offers fresh perspectives on the origins of today's world of global interdependency. It examines how the ideas, cultures, and economies of different peoples intersected, and changed, through the conflicts brought on by capitalism, imperialism, war, and revolution. Topics considered will include the demise of slavery in the Atlantic world, imperialism in India and Africa, the spread of communist-inspired revolutions in China, Russia and Latin America, and the origins and consequences of the Cold War. Students will be encouraged to view these events from the internal perspective of the participants and from the standpoint of the outside world.
The primary aim of the module is to provide students with the background and preparation that will enable them to pursue more specialised courses in modern history at the university level. It will train students in some basic skills necessary to pursue a history degree, such as note-taking, essay writing, and using the library. When appropriate, the module will acquaint students with major historiographical debates. It will also familiarise students with the use of primary sources.
The purpose of this module is to provide a foundation for the study of modern history. It will present a chronological overview of key events in western history from the last two hundred years, while introducing students to particular themes regarding social, political, ideological, and cultural dimensions of the modern past. Students will be encouraged to explore the relationship between today's "modern" world, which assumes the great significance of political liberty, global interdependence, and sexuality (for example), with events and ideas that originated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Compulsory for:
BA Modern History
BA American History
BA Modern History and International Relations
BA History and Criminology
One hour lecture and one hour seminar per week.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Historical analysis of 500 words |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Essay of 2500 words on a topic taught in the Autumn term |
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35% |
| Coursework |
Document analysis of 1000 words |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Essay of 3000 words on a topic covered in the Spring term |
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45% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Belinda Waterman, Student Administrator, Phone: 01206 872313
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Dr Stefan Goebel
The University of Kent
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
History
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