Module Descriptors
MODERN WORLD HISTORY
HIPO40349
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
30 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 252
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- GROUP PRESENTATION weighted at 50%
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
AS1 Assignment (50%) Learning Outcomes 1 - 4
GP5 Group Presentation (50%) Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Key Information Set Data:
50% Coursework
50% Practical Exam
GP5 Group Presentation (50%) Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Key Information Set Data:
50% Coursework
50% Practical Exam
Module Indicative Content
The aim of the module is to provide students with a chronological 'survey' framework for understanding major events and themes in modern world history from c.1750 to the present day. Themes include revolution, war, empire, nationalism, societal development and interaction, globalisation. The module will serve to scaffold other history modules on particular periods and areas of modern history, and provide a chronological underpinning for the more conceptual questioning posed in the Level 5 cores 'Interrogating the Modern' (Modern History) and `Development of the Global System- (Modern & International History). The academic skills required for the study of modern history will be included, and also reflection on the purpose and value of the study of modern history.
Module Resources
Library books, journals and online subscription resources such as Oxford Reference Online and Blackwell Reference Online.
Access to university Study Skills centre materials.
Access to university Study Skills centre materials.
Module Texts
Bayly, C.A. The Birth of the Modern World 1780-1914 (Blackwell, Oxford, 2004)
Black, Jeremy & Macraild, Donald Studying History (Palgrave Study Skills) (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 3rd edn. 2007)
Hobsbawm The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 (Abacus, London, 1995)
Tosh, John (with Lang, Sean) The Pursuit of History: Aims, methods and new directions in the study of modern history (Longman, Harlow, 5th edn. 2009)
Tosh, John Why History Matters (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2008)
Black, Jeremy & Macraild, Donald Studying History (Palgrave Study Skills) (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 3rd edn. 2007)
Hobsbawm The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 (Abacus, London, 1995)
Tosh, John (with Lang, Sean) The Pursuit of History: Aims, methods and new directions in the study of modern history (Longman, Harlow, 5th edn. 2009)
Tosh, John Why History Matters (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2008)
Module Learning Strategies
The module will be delivered through lectures, seminars and tutorials. It is envisaged that there will be contributions on academic study skills from the university study skills centre and/or use of materials provided by the centre. Blackboard will also be used to support the delivery of the module.
Key Information Set Data:
16% Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities
84% Guided Independent Learning
Key Information Set Data:
16% Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities
84% Guided Independent Learning