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HISM019 – Dissertation
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Mark Rothery
Credit Value: 60
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: HISM041
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DL - Dissertation (Ft, September Cohort, 3 Terms) Distance Learning, Coursework: 100%
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Description: The dissertation is an opportunity for students to carry out historical research over a sustained period of time, probing issues of interest to them which have arisen out of previous historical study and interests. It affirms and tests the capabilities of students to engage with history relatively independently, although the research for and production of the dissertation is supported by supervision.
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HISM041 – History Research Methods
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Matthew McCormack
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPRDL - History Research Methods, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MA History;
Description: The module offers training in advanced research methods for historians. This includes critical reflection on the nature of the history, as well as developing the high-level archival and project-planning skills required to complete a dissertation at Masters level. History Research Methods prepares students for the History MA dissertation by: critically reflecting on the nature of the academic discipline; providing training on source types and archival collections; and providing guidance about the process of planning and executing a project of this scale. It is the core module for the MA in History, but will also be taken by postgraduate research students in History.
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HISM044 – Exploring English Society, 1500-1750
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Tim Reinke-Williams
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUTDL - Exploring English Society, 1500-1750, Coursework: 100%
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Description: The purpose of this module is to examine how understandings and experiences of community, social rank, wealth, gender, age, sexuality, race and ethnicity shaped the everyday lives of people in England between the start of the sixteenth and the mid eighteenth century.
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HISM046 – Violence and the Law in English Society
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Drew Gray
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPRDL - Violence And The Law In English Society, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MA History;
Description: Violent crime is a key component of any analysis of criminality across time. This module will explore the use of violence by different types of individual as well as that used by the state. By studying changing attitudes towards violence and how violence is dealt with by society this module will also contribute to a wider understanding of social and cultural history.
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HISM050 – Narrating the Nation: Rethinking Modern British History
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Matthew McCormack
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPRDL - Narrating The Nation: Rethinking Modern British History, Coursework: 100%
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Description: The purpose of this module is to explore new developments in historical writing about Modern Britain. The approach is historiographical and the focus is on social, political and cultural history. As it provides background knowledge and fosters critical skills, it will be of particular value to students planning dissertations in this area.
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HISM058 – History and Theory
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Tim Reinke-Williams
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUTDL - History And Theory, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MA History;
Description: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the scholarship of key theorists whose arguments have shaped the discipline of History in recent decades. Students will be required to evaluate how the approaches proposed by these scholars can be used to study different types of history in various locations and epochs.
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HISM059 – Western European Sexualities, 1200-1700
Field: HISTORY
Co-ordinator: Rachel Moss
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot: Semester 1
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUTDL - Western European Sexualities, 1200-1700, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MA History;
Description: The purpose of this module is to allow students to investigate how the inhabitants of Western Europe conceptualised and experienced sexual activities and identities in the half-millenium prior to the alleged `sexual revolution? at the end of the seventeenth century. Using age, gender and race alongside sexual orientation as categories of historical analysis, students will assess how religious and political authorities as well as customary beliefs and social structures shaped how sexual intimacy was understood and practised in the distant past.