Module Descriptors
THE USA AND THE WORLD FROM WASHINGTON TO BUSH JR
HIPO40347
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Peter Lamb
Email: P.H.Lamb@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 40
Independent Study Hours: 260
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 40%
- COURSEWORK - SECOND ESSAY weighted at 50%
- RESEARCH REPORT weighted at 10%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
Essay (40%) 1500 Words [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Research Report (10%) 500 Words [Learning Outcomes 2 and 3]
Second Essay (50%) 2000 Words [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Key Information Set Data:
100% Coursework
Research Report (10%) 500 Words [Learning Outcomes 2 and 3]
Second Essay (50%) 2000 Words [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Key Information Set Data:
100% Coursework
Module Indicative Content
The course examines relations between the USA and the rest of the World, including the changing nature of the Anglo-American relationship. The course is focused around the period between US independence and the early twenty-first century. Social, political, economic and foreign policy themes are all covered. Lecture topics include the War of 1812; Industrialisation and Competition; Religion; Imperialism(s); US/UK cooperation in the First and Second World Wars; the early Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Vietnam War; the late Cold War; and relations between particular US presidents and British prime ministers.
Module Texts
Kathleen Burke, Old World, New World: The Story of Britain and America (2009)
George C Herring, From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign relations since 1776 (2009)
Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley, Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, eighth revised edition (1997)
Bruce W. Jentleson, American Foreign Policy: the Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century, fourth edition (2010)
George C Herring, From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign relations since 1776 (2009)
Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley, Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, eighth revised edition (1997)
Bruce W. Jentleson, American Foreign Policy: the Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century, fourth edition (2010)
Module Resources
Recommended Library books and journals in the University library, and use of online resources.
Data projection suitable slides and short video presentations (with audio) in both lecture and seminar rooms.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Data projection suitable slides and short video presentations (with audio) in both lecture and seminar rooms.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Module Learning Strategies
The module incorporates three inter-dependent learning strategies. The lecture programme introduces themes, developments, events and relationships in US foreign affairs including Anglo American relations. The seminars provide for follow up discussion and clarification of the themes, developments and events. Independent learning will be focused on directed reading and note-taking in preparation for lectures, an assessed presentation during the term and a final essay.
Key Information Set Data:
13% Scheduled Teaching & Learning Activities
87% Guided Independent Study
Key Information Set Data:
13% Scheduled Teaching & Learning Activities
87% Guided Independent Study