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Programme Specifications

Programme Specification

BA(Hons) History

Academic Year: 2017/18

This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if full advantage is taken of the learning opportunities that are provided.

This specification applies to delivery of the programme in the Academic Year indicated above. Prospective students reviewing this information for a later year of study should be aware that these details are subject to change as outlined in our .

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  • Summary
  • Aims
  • Learning outcomes
  • Structure
  • Progression & weighting

Programme summary

Awarding body/institution 天堂视频
Teaching institution (if different)
Owning school/department Department of Politics, History and International Relations - pre 2018
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body
Final award BA(Hons)/BA(Hons)+ DPS/DIntS
Programme title History
Programme code EUUB09
Length of programme The duration of the Programme is 6 Semesters (three-year Programme) or 6 Semesters plus one academic year (four-year thick sandwich Programme). The three-year Programme allows, at Part B (Semester Two) for a course of study to be taught in English at a foreign University
UCAS code V100/V101
Admissions criteria

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/departments/phir/history/

 

Date at which the programme specification was published Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:18:11 GMT

1. Programme Aims

      

·         To equip students with knowledge, understanding and skills in Modern History.

·         To develop an understanding of the value of history both as an area of study and a tool for analysing the contemporary world by fostering critical, creative and independent thinking and a sensitive and disciplined approach to the subject

·         To stimulate students' enthusiasm for history through the deployment of cutting-edge teaching technologies and pedagogies designed to encourage student engagement.

·         To foster, enhance and advance students' personal development through a range of individual and team based learning activities.

·         To develop competence and practical skills which are transferable to a wide range of professions and careers as well as life experiences.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

  • QAA Subject Benchmarking Statement – History   
  • Framework for Higher Education Qualifications  
  • Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services, Careers Education Benchmark Statement
  •  University Learning and Teaching Strategy

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

1.    the idea of academic disciplines as dynamic, plural and contested; developed within the broader framework of the social sciences and humanities;

2.    the potential applications of concepts within a broader critical framework;

3.    the main methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of texts, other sources and data;

4.    past societies and historical processes over a chronological and geographical range, encompassing the modern history of Britain, Europe, and the World;

5.    the use of primary evidence in historical argument;

6.    History as an academic discipline, its schools of interpretations, and the variety of methodological approaches and theoretical foundations.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

 

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

1.    demonstrate knowledge of cultural, political and social difference, through the analysis of the past;

2.    abstract and synthesise information in order to discuss changes in ways of thinking, cultural practices and behaviours over time;

3.    assess the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and arguments;

4.    critically evaluate and interpret a range of evidence, including texts, oral histories, visual materials other virtual sources and data;

5.    critically assess the construction of history as a political, cultural and social practice;

6.    appreciate the complexities and diversity of past events and mentalities;

7.    show a critical awareness of the problems inherent in historical sources and in interpreting the past.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

 

1.    locate and retrieve information using a variety of research methods;

2.    select, combine, and interpret different types of source material;

3.    recognise and critically debate moral and ethical issues underpinning particular debates or enquiries;

4.    deploy bibliographic skills, including accuracy in the citation of sources and the use of proper conventions in the presentation of scholarly work

5.    present cogent and persuasive arguments in oral, written and practical form;

6.    undertake independent learning and research.

c. Key transferable skills:

1. undertake problem-solving and decision-making;

2. develop a reasoned argument;

3. solve problems with imagination and creativity;

4. communicate effectively in speech and writing;

5. work individually and in collaboration with others, demonstrating initiative and self-management;

6. use information and communication technologies for the retrieval and presentation of information.

 

4. Programme structure

4.1

Modules with a total modular weight of 100 must be studied in each Academic Year (Parts A, B and C) from History.  Candidates may take 20 credits of elective modules in each Part.  Candidates choose modules derived from a list provided by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on the candidates' previous qualifications.  Due to timetabling constraints, not all option combinations may be available. 

 

4.2          Content

(1) Part A – Introductory Modules

Students must be registered for a minimum of 50 credits and a maximum of 70 credits in each Semester

(i)           COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 100 credits)

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUA001

Introduction to Academic Studies

1

10

EUA701

Modern Europe: From the Enlightenment to the Present

1

20

EUA705

The Atlantic World: The Americas, Europe and Africa since the 15th Century

1

20

EUA703

Modern World History: New Perspectives

2

20

EUA704

What is History?

2

10

EUA706

History Fieldtrip

2

20

 

(ii)          OPTIONAL MODULES (total modular weight 20 credits)

Candidates must choose 20 credits from one elective subject group which must be followed through Part A from:

 

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

Economics

 

 

ECA001

Principles of Macroeconomics

1 & 2

20

English

 

 

EAA777

Narrative Forms and Fiction

1

20

French

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1 & 2

20

German

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1 & 2

20

Geography

 

 

GYA004

Geographies of Global Economic Change

1

10

GYA104

Geographies of Identity

2

10

International Relations

 

 

EUA620

The Contemporary World Arena (10 Credits)

1

10

EUA617

Approaches to International Relations

2

10

Business

 

 

BSA505

Organisational Behaviour

1

10

BSA506

Management of Human Resources

2

10

Mandarin Chinese

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1 & 2

20

Politics

 

 

EUA607

Introduction to Democratic Government

1

10

EUA614

Political ideologies (10 Credit)

2

10

Social Sciences

 

 

SSA001

Introduction to Sociology: Identities and Inequalities

1

10

SSA002

Introduction to Sociology: Global, Social and Cultural Change

2

10

SSA201

Introduction to Criminology & Social Policy A

1

10

SSA202

Introduction to Criminology & Social Policy B

2

10

SSA301

Introduction to Communication and Media Studies: Contemporary Trends and Issues

1

10

SSA302

Introduction to Communication and Media Studies: Historical Debates and Perspectives

2

10

Spanish

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1 & 2

20

 

(2) PART B – Degree Modules

 

EITHER –

(a) STANDARD ROUTE

Students must be registered for a minimum of 50 credits and a maximum of 70 credits in each Semester

Semesters 1 and 2

(i) COMPULSORY MODULE (total modular weight 10 credits)

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUB708

Crafting a Dissertation

2

10

 

(ii) OPTIONAL MODULES (total modular weight 110 credits)

In addition to the compulsory module EUB708, candidates may choose a modular weight of 90 credits in Group 1 modules over Semesters 1 and 2, and the remaining 20 credits from Groups 1 or 2.

 Group 1

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUB706

20th Century Britain (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB707

20th Century Britain (10 Credit)

1

10

EUB714

Modern China in a Global Perspective (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB715

Modern China in a Global Perspective (10 Credit)

1

10

EUB724

Slavery in Global History (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB728

Victorian Values: Sex, Race, Religion and Deviance in 19th Century Britain (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB729

Victorian Values: Sex, Race, Religion and Deviance in 19th Century Britain (10 Credit)

1

10

EUB633

Enterprise, Employability and Personal Development

2

10

EUB702

Cold War Europe (20 Credit)

2

20

EUB703

Cold War Europe (10 Credit)

2

10

EUB712

Modern Germany: From Racial Dictatorship to Recivilization (20 Credit)

2

20

EUB713

Modern Germany: From Racial Dictatorship to Recivilization (10 Credit)

2

10

EUB732

Modern Russia from Emancipation to Revolution (20 Credit)

2

20

EUB733

Modern Russia from Emancipation to Revolution (10 Credit)

2

10

 

Group 2

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

Business

 

 

BSB530

Accounting for Business

1

10

BSB555

Organisation Studies

1

10

BSB560

Principles of Marketing

1

10

BSB580

Operations Management

1

10

BSB532

Accounting for Managers

2

10

BSB562

The Marketing Mix

2

10

BSB590

The Contemporary Business Environment

2

10

Economics

 

 

ECB037

Microeconomics

1 & 2

20

English

 

 

EAB008

Victorian Literature

1

20

EAB039

Nineteenth-Century American Literature

1

20

EAB113

Introduction to Linguistics

1

20

EAB710

Renaissance Writings

1

20

EAB012

African American Culture

2

20

EAB110

Introduction to Multimodality

2

20

EAB114

Elephants and Engines: An Introduction to Creative Writing

2

20

EAB711

Eighteenth Century Literature

2

20

French

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1 & 2

20

German

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1 & 2

20

Geography

 

 

GYB210

Globalization

1 & 2

20

GYB220

Geographies of Social Difference

1 & 2

20

GYB211

Globalization

1

10

GYB222

Geographies of Social Difference

1

10

GYB110

Sustainable Urban Geographies

2

10

GYB113

Geographies of Culture, Media and Representation

2

10

GYB320

Global Migration

2

10

International Relations

 

 

EUB619

Security Studies

1

20

EUB632

Third World Politics

1

20

EUB634

The American Century: US Politics and Society in the 20th Century

1

20

EUB612

Foreign Policy Analysis

2

20

EUB615

Challenges to International Governance

2

20

Mandarin Chinese

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1 & 2

20

Politics

 

 

EUB628

History of Political Thought

1

20

EUB630

British Politics

1

20

EUB604

Comparative European Politics

2

20

EUB631

Protest and Resistance

2

20

Social Sciences

 

 

SSB034

Surveillance Society

1

10

SSB216

Women and Crime: Victims, Offenders and Survivors

1

10

SSB360

The Media in Global Context

1

10

SSB023

Religion and Society

2

10

SSB234

Media, Culture and Crime

2

10

SSB239

Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy

2

10

Spanish

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1 & 2

20

 

OR –

(b)  INTERNATIONAL SEMESTER ROUTE

Candidates may replace the modules required for Part B Semester Two with an approved course of study taught in English at a foreign University. Candidates will undertake assessed work equivalent to 50 credits, as required by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, along with a Distance Learning Research Design module.  Candidates who opt for this route must ensure that they have taken a total of 60 credits in Semester One.

(i)           COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 60 credits)

Code

Title

Semester

Module Weight

EUB001

International Semester

2

50

EUB709

Crafting a Dissertation (Distance learning)

2

10

 

(ii)          OPTIONAL MODULES (total modular weight 60 credits)

Candidates should choose 50 credits from Group 1 and 10 Credits from Groups 1 or 2

Group 1

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUB634

The American Century: US Politics and Society in the 20th Century

1

20

EUB706

20th Century Britain (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB707

20th Century Britain (10 Credit)

1

10

EUB714

Modern China in a Global Perspective (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB715

Modern China in a Global Perspective (10 Credit)

1

10

EUB724

Slavery in Global History (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB728

Victorian Values: Sex, Race, Religion and Deviance in 19th Century Britain (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB729

Victorian Values: Sex, Race, Religion and Deviance in 19th Century Britain (10 Credit)

1

10

 Group 2

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

Business

 

 

BSB530

Accounting for Business

1

10

BSB555

Organisation Studies

1

10

BSB560

Principles of Marketing

1

10

BSB580

Operations Management

1

10

French

 

 

A 10 credit module from Semester 1 from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1

10

German

 

 

A 10 credit module from Semester 1 from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1

10

Geography

 

 

GYB211

Globalization

1

10

GYB222

Geographies of Social Difference

1

10

Mandarin Chinese

 

 

A 10 credit module from Semester 1 from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1

10

Social Sciences

 

 

SSB034

Surveillance Society

1

10

SSB216

Women and Crime: Victims, Offenders and Survivors

1

10

SSB360

The Media in Global Context

1

10

Spanish

 

 

A 10 credit module from Semester 1 from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

1

10

 

(3)          Part I

Candidates following the four-year programme are required to undertake an academic year abroad (Part I) which occurs between Part B and Part C at a French-, German- or Spanish-speaking university, following an approved course of study leading to the Diploma in International Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI.  Candidates may also follow an approved course of study at a foreign university where teaching is in English leading to the Diploma in International Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI.

Candidates following the four-year thick sandwich programme are required to spend the third academic year (Part I) EITHER undertaking an approved Assistantship at a school or other approved placement in a French-, German- or Spanish-speaking country, leading to the Diploma in International Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI, OR undertaking an approved placement in the UK or abroad leading to the Diploma in Professional Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI.  Participation in study abroad or a placement is subject to Departmental approval and satisfactory academic performance during parts A and B.

 

(4)          Part C – Degree Modules

Students must be registered for a minimum of 50 credits and a maximum of 70 credits in each Semester.  Credits from the Dissertation in History module must be split equally (20:20) across both Semesters

 (i)           COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 40 credits)

 

Code

Title

Semester

Module Weight

EUC701

Dissertation in History

1 & 2

40

 

(ii)          OPTIONAL MODULES (total modular weight 80 credits)

In addition to the compulsory module EUC701, candidates must choose a minimum modular weight of 60 from Group 1 modules over semesters 1 and 2.  The remaining 20 credits may be chosen from Groups 1 or 2.  Choices of modules from Part 2 will be subject to satisfying any prerequisites set out in individual module specifications.

Group 1

Code

Title

Semester

Module Weight

EUC715

Fear of East Asia and the Global Order

1

20

EUC716

Empire, War and Popular Culture in Britain c.1880-1930

1

20

EUC718

Soviet Visual Culture

1

20

EUC655

Post-War British Politics: The Start of the Decline

2

20

EUD681

Small Wars

2

20

EUC703

Revolution in the Head: The Beatles and Sixties Britain

2

20

EUC705

The Rise of the Nazis

2

20

EUC713

Jim Crow, Bootleggers and Okies: American Cultural History 1890-1930

2

20

 Group 2

Code

Title

Semester

Module Weight

Business

 

 

BSC520

Business Systems

1

10

BSC522

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

1

10

BSC524

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Planning

2

10

BSC575

Leadership and Interpersonal Skills

2

10

Economics

 

 

ECC012

Introduction to Finance

1 & 2

20

ECC013

International Economic Relations

1 & 2

20

ECC014

Economics of the Financial System

1 & 2

20

ECC017

Economics of the Welfare State

2

20

English

 

 

EAC002

The Return of the King, Literature 1660-1714

1

20

EAC016

Cruel and Unusual

1

20

EAC314

Maps and Motors

1

20

EAC440

The Modern Poet

1

20

EAC024

Writings of Intimacy

2

20

EAC001

Radicals and Reactionaries: Writing Women in the 1890s

2

20

EAC109

Romantic Writings

2

20

EAC300

Rare Shakespeare

2

20

EAC701

Global America

2

20

French

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

 

 

Geography

 

 

GYC212

Globalised Urbanisation

1

20

GYC226

Geographies of Work and Life

1

10

GYC309

Feminist Geographies of Home

1

10

GYC107

Regional Worlds 2 20

GYC214

Geographies of Children and Youth

2

10

GYC325

Geographies of Transnational Mobility and Diaspora

2

20

German

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

 

 

International Relations/Politics

 

 

EUC602

Nationalism: Blood, soil and war

1

20

EUC604

State Violence and Terrorism

1

20

EUC628

The Asia Pacific in Global Politics

1

20

EUC660

Contemporary Political Philosophy

1

20

EUC666

Gender and Politics

1

20

EUC658

Art, Politics and Society

2

20

EUC665

Post-War British Politics: The Start of the Decline

2

20

EUC677

Britain and the European Union

2

20

EUC678

No Gods! No Masters! Anarchism Past and Present

2

20

EUC680

The Populist Challenge to Western Democracies

2

20

EUC681

Small Wars

2

20

Mandarin Chinese

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

 

 

Social Sciences

 

 

SSC024

Gender, Sex and Society

1

20

SSC031

History of Ideas: Stereotyping the ‘Other’

1

20

SSC130

The Social Psychology of Everyday Life

1

20

SSC138

Forensic Psychology

1

20

SSC238

Youth Justice

1

20

SSC357

Producing the News

1

20

SSC022

The Body, Health and the Digital

2

20

SSC239

Green Criminology

2

20

SSC237

Sex Work and Sex Industries

2

20

SSC316

Media, Memory and History

2

20

Spanish

 

 

A 10 credit module from each Semester from a list produced by the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, depending on candidates’ previous qualifications.

 

 

 

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

 

5.1 In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C, and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must not only satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX but also achieve a module mark of at least 30% in all modules in each Part.

5.2 Provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of reassessment in any Part of the programme to undergo re-assessment in the University's special assessment period.

 

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40%, Part C 60% to determine the final programme percentage mark.

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