Module manager: Professor James Harris
Email: j.r.harris@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is approved as a discovery module
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In the course of this module students should further develop their skills of historical enquiry, interpretation and synthesis.
By the end of the module a student should show:
- knowledge of key issues in the social, political and economic history of inter-war Europe;
- an awareness of the varieties of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes;
- an understanding of the sources of social support for and resistance to these dictatorships, and the nature of every-day life under them.
Further enhances Common Skills listed below:
- High-level skills in oral and written communication of complex ideas.
- Independence of mind and self-discipline and self-direction to work effectively under own initiative.
- Ability to locate, handle and synthesize large amounts of information.
- Capacity to employ analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to engage constructively with the ideas of their peers, tutors and published sources.
- Empathy and active engagement with alternative cultural contexts.
- Knowledge of key issues in the social, political and economic history of inter-war Europe.
- An awareness of the varieties of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes.
- An understanding of the sources of social support for and resistance to these dictatorships, and the nature of every-day life under them.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| e-Lecture | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Tutorial | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Private study hours | 178 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
- Exam preparation;
- researching, preparing, and writing assignments;
- undertaking set reading; and
- self-directed reading around the topic.
- Contributions to class discussions,
- an assessed exercise or exercises worth 10% of module marks,
- an assessed essay.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 5x400 word VLE postings to be submitted to the relevant seminar | 40 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 40 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Online Time-Limited assessment | 48.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 60 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 10/18/2024
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