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HIS1015 – Blood and Iron: Europe, 1815-1914
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Jim Beach
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Blood And Iron: Europe, 1815-1914, Coursework: 100% STDFF - Blood And Iron: Europe, 1815-1914 (4 Year Programme), Coursework: 100% SAM09 - Blood And Iron: Europe, 1815-1914 (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA History; BA History (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to explore the Origins of the First World War and their Nineteenth-Century roots. It examines the Great Powers and their conflicts, both internal and external. Using a mixture of chronological and thematic studies, the module provides the student with an understanding of why this seminal war occurred.
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HIS1021 – Themes and Perspectives in History
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Mark Rothery
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Themes And Perspectives In History, Coursework: 100% STD - Themes And Perspectives In History, Coursework: 100% SAM09 - Themes And Perspectives In History (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA History;
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce History students to their discipline and to the nature of university study. It therefore gives them the knowledge, skills and experiences that will enable them to succeed in their degree. Rather than focusing on subject knowledge, the module develops understanding about the nature of the subject.
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HIS1023 – Health and Healers: Histories of Disease and Disability
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Caroline Nielsen
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Health And Healers: Histories Of Disease And Disabilities, Coursework: 100% STD - Health And Healers: Histories Of Disease And Disability, Coursework: 100% SAM09 - Health And Healers: Histories Of Disease And Disability (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA History; BA History (4 Year Programme); BSc Health Sciences;
Description: The purpose of this module is to explore and contextualise the history of the body, health and healing and its contemporary parallels and relevance. The module will investigate how ideas about body and healing interacted with, and were embedded within, historical understandings of gender, society and culture.
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HIS1024 – The Medieval World, 1200 – 1500
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Rachel Moss
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - The Medieval World, 1200 - 1500, Coursework: 100% STDFF - The Medieval World, 1200 - 1500, Coursework: 100% SAM09 - The Medieval World, 1200 - 1500 (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA History; BA History (4 Year Programme);
Description: This module focuses on the high and late Middle Ages in global context. Taking a thematic approach, students study politics, society, culture and religion to gain an understanding of the events and cultural mindset of the period. Using historiography, primary documents and material culture students examine medieval institutions and systems, but also learn about women and men at all social levels, including marginalised groups such as queer people and immigrants who are excluded from some historical narratives.
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HIS1028 – United States: War & Society, 1610-2020
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Jim Beach
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - United States: War & Society, 1610-2020, Coursework: 100% STD - United States: War & Society, 1610-2020, Coursework: 100% SAM01 - United States: War & Society, 1610-2020 (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA History; BA History (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to explore the history of the United States through the interaction of war and society. The student will thus gain an understanding of the interplay between conflict, ideologies, and societal development prior to, during, and after the foundation of the Republic. This will be executed in a series of segments in chronological sequence.
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HIS1029 – The Early Modern World, 1500-1800
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Tim Reinke-Williams
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - The Early Modern World, 1500-1800, Coursework: 100% STDFF - The Early Modern World, 1500-1800, Coursework: 100% SAM01 - The Early Modern World, 1500-1800 (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA History; BA History (4 Year Programme);
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the key cultural, religious, economic and political developments which occurred in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth-centuries. Students will engage with ongoing historiographical debates about the early modern period and will investigate various forms of surviving textual and visual evidence.
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HIS1030 – The Holocaust and the Politics of Race
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Paul Jackson
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - The Holocaust And The Politics Of Race, Coursework: 100% STD - The Holocaust And The Politics Of Race, Coursework: 100% SAM01 - The Holocaust And The Politics Of Race (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA History; BA History (4 Year Programme);
Description: This module will introduce students to the main developments of the Holocaust, and will allow them to contextualise genocide in a wider historical awareness of race and politics in Europe. It will explore the ways the Holocaust unfolded in different parts of the continent, and will critically examine how forms of genocide impacted on a range of target communities. It develops a critical understanding of important historiographical debates, and source analysis skills.
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HIS1032 – Politics and Society in Britain since 1945
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Daniel Jones
Credit Value: 20
Level: 4
Timetable Slot: Semester 2
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STDFF - Politics And Society In Britain Since 1945, Coursework: 100% STD - Politics And Society In Britain Since 1945, Coursework: 100% SAM01 - Politics And Society In Britain Since 1945 (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: BA History; BA History (4 Year Programme);
Description: This module will introduce students to how British politics and society developed after the end of the Second World War, and the historical debates surrounding these developments. It will explore how and why ideas and experiences of class, gender, sexuality and race altered in relation to the broader political and social changes in Britain during this period. Students will develop the ability to engage critically with important historiographical debates, and to analyse both diverse kinds of primary sources.