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Programme Specifications

Programme Specification

BA (Hons) History and Geography (Pre 2018 Entry)

Academic Year: 2018/19

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 Terms and Conditions of Study.

This specification should be read in conjunction with:

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

Programme summary

Awarding body/institution Loughborough University
Teaching institution (if different)
Owning school/department School of Social Sciences - pre 2019
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body
Final award BA (Hons)/BA (Hons)+DPS/BA (Hons)+DIntS
Programme title History and Geography
Programme code EUUB07
Length of programme The duration of the programme is either 6 semesters (three-year programme), or 8 semesters (four-year programme, including a placement year).
UCAS code VF18/VF1V
Admissions criteria

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

Date at which the programme specification was published Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:33:06 BST

1. Programme Aims

  • To provide students with an intellectually-stimulating environment within which they can develop knowledge, understanding and skills in both History and Geography.
  • To encourage a sense of enthusiasm for History and Geography; to foster critical, creative and independent thinking; and to develop a sensitive and disciplined approach.
  • To stimulate productive reflection on the similarities and differences between modes of study in both subjects.
  • To develop competence and practical skills which are transferable to a wide range of professions and employment as well as life experiences.

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

  • QAA History Benchmark Statement
  • QAA Geography Benchmark Statement

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:

  • the idea of academic disciplines as dynamic, plural and contested; developed within the broader framework of the social sciences and humanities;
  • the potential applications of concepts within a broader critical framework;
  • the main methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of texts, other sources and data;

and within the History portion of the programme:

  • past societies and historical processes over a chronological and geographical range;
  • the use of primary evidence in historical argument;
  • History as an academic discipline, its schools of interpretations, and the variety of methodological approaches and theoretical foundations;

and within the Geography portion of the programme:

  • a range of environments, in the broadest sense, of environmental processes and the impacts of these processes on human activities and vice versa;
  • the ways in which representations and interpretations of the world are socially-constructed, and the forms of geographical difference;
  • the determinants of temporal and spatial variation in the physical, social, economic and political worlds; and the significance of spatial and temporal scale on physical processes, human processes and on their interactions;
  • past patterns of environmental and social changes, and of the processes and conditions that have determined those changes, and the implications for the future.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

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

  1. demonstrate a reflexive approach to learning;
  2. abstract and synthesise information;
  3. assess the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and arguments;
  4. critically evaluate and interpret a range of evidence, including texts, other sources and data;
  5. undertake problem-solving and decision-making;
  6. develop a reasoned argument;
  7. solve problems with imagination and creativity;

additionally, within the History portion of the programme:

  1. appreciate the complexities and diversity of past events and mentalities;
  2. show a critical awareness of the problems inherent in historical sources and in interpreting the past;

and within the Geography portion of the programme:

  1.  recognise and critically debate the moral and ethical issues underpinning particular geographical debates or enquiries;
  2.  appreciate the importance of geographical scale to understanding physical, natural and social environments.
b. Subject-specific practical skills:

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

  1. combine and interpret different types of evidence;
  2. design and execute a piece of research and produce a report;

additionally, within the History portion of the programme:

  1. present cogent and persuasive arguments in oral, written and practical form;
  2. critically assess the effectiveness and value of a wide range of oral, written and performed communications;
  3. locate and retrieve information using a variety of research methods;

additionally, within the Geography portion of the programme:

  1. undertake safe and effective field and laboratory work;
  2. employ a range of survey skills for the collection of qualitative and quantitative data and to use appropriate methods for the analysis of these data;
  3. prepare effective maps and diagrams using a range of appropriate technologies.
c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should have:

  1. Verbal and written communication skills.
  2. Numeracy and computational skills.
  3. Field and laboratory skills.
  4. Spatial awareness and observational skills.
  5. IT and information handling and retrieval.
  6. Independent study and group work.
  7. Time management
  8. Creativity and intellectual maturity. 

4. Programme structure

4.1

(1)       Modules with a total modular weight of 60 must be studied in each academic year (Parts A, B and C) from both History and Geography.

(2)       Candidates must take at least 20 credits in History and 20 credits in Geography in each Semester.

(3)       Candidates must take a total modular weight of 120 in each Part with a minimum module weight of 50 in each semester, taking into account both compulsory and optional modules.

(4)        Due to timetabling constraints, not all option combinations may be available.

4.2       Content

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

(1) Part A – Introductory Modules

History Component

(i) Compulsory Modules (total modular weight 60 Credits)

 Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUA001

Introduction to Academic Studies

1

10

EUA701

Modern Europe: From the Enlightenment to the Present

1

20

EUA703

Modern World History: New Perspectives (20 credit)

2

20

EUA704

What is History?

2

10

(ii)  Optional Modules

 None

Geography Component

(i) Compulsory Modules (total modular weight 60 Credits)

 

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

GYA004

Geographies of Global Economic Change

1

10

GYA007

Cartography, Digital Mapping and GIS

1

10

GYA101

Earth System Science

1

10

GYA003

Quantitative Methods in Geography

2

10

GYA104

Geographies of Identity

2

10

GYA110

Environmental Hazards: from mitigation to management

2

10

(ii)  Optional Modules

 None

 

(2) Part B – Degree Modules

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

History Component

(i)  COMPULSORY MODULES

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

One module from:

 

 

EUB800

Research Design

2

10

GYB327

Geographical Research: Design and Practice

1 & 2

20

EUB800 and GYB327 are mutually exclusive.  If module EUB800 is chosen, this forms part of the 30-credit History modular weight in Semester 2.  If module GYB327 is chosen, this forms part of the 60-credit combined Part B Geography modular weight.  

(ii)  OPTIONAL MODULES (total modular weight 60 Credits, 30 in each semester)

 Candidates should note that combinations of modules of the same titles but with different credit-weightings are mutually exclusive.

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUB634

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

1

20

EUB706

Twentieth Century Britain (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB707

Twentieth 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

Geography Component

(i)  COMPULSORY MODULES

None

(ii)  OPTIONAL MODULES

 Candidates must choose a combined modular weight of 60 from Geography modules over Semesters 1 and 2 (which may include GYB327 - see History component above), of which a minimum of 40 must be from Group 1 (20 if GYB327 is selected).  Fieldcourse modules are mutually exclusive.

 Geography - Group 1 

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

GYB201

Remote Sensing and GIS

1 & 2

20

GYB210

Globalization

1 & 2

20

GYB220

Geographies of Social Difference

1 & 2

20

GYB230

Earth Surfaces Processes and Landforms

1 & 2

20

GYB240

Environmental Systems and Resource Management

1 & 2

20

 Geography – Group 2

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

GYB311

River Ecology

1

10

GYB322

Lake Systems Dynamics

1

10

GYB328

Physical Geography Fieldcourse

1

20

GYB901

Human Geography Fieldcourse

1

20

GYB110

Sustainable Urban Geographies

2

10

GYB113

Geographies of Culture, Media and Representation

2

10

GYB308

Forest Ecology

2

10

GYB320

Global Migration

2

10

GYB400

Exploring the Ice Ages

2

10

 (3)          Part I

Candidates following the four-year programme are required to undertake a Part I placement, which occurs between Parts B and C and may be EITHER (i) an academic year abroad 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; OR (ii) an academic year abroad on 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; OR (iii) an approved Teaching 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 (iv) an approved placement in the UK or abroad leading to the Diploma in Professional Studies in accordance with Senate Regulation XI.  Participation in a Part I study abroad or placement is subject to School 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 for the Dissertation module EUC800 must be split equally (20:20) across both semesters.  Credits for the Geography Dissertation module GYC400 may be split between Semesters in the ratio of either 20:10 or 10:20 depending on the balance of other modular weights selected.

(i)           COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 30 or 40 Credits)

Code

Title

Semester

Module Weight

EITHER:

 

 

EUC800

Dissertation

1 & 2

40

OR:

 

 

GYC400

Geography Dissertation

1 & 2

30

(ii)          History Modules (total modular weight 20 or 60 Credits)

Candidates must choose a combined modular weight of 60 from History modules over Semesters 1 and 2 (20 if Dissertation module EUC800 is selected).

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUC679

1968 - World Revolution?

1

20

EUC703

Revolution in the Head: The Beatles and Sixties Britain

1

20

EUC713

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

1

20

EUC716

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

1

20

EUC665

Postwar Britain: The Start of the Decline

2

20

EUC684

War in the 21st Century

2

20

EUC705

From Weimar to Hitler: Politics, Economics and Society in Germany, 1918-1934

2

20

EUC719

Convicts and Kangaroos: Australia 1788-1868

2

20

EUC720

After Empire: South Asia since 1945

2

20

Geography Modules (total modular weight 30 or 60 Credits)

Candidates must choose a combined modular weight of 60 from Geography modules over Semesters 1 and 2 (30 if Dissertation module GYC400 is selected).  GYC400 and GYC401 (instances 1 & 2) are mutually exclusive, as are fieldcourse modules.

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

GYC104

Glacial Environments and Landscapes

1

10

GYC208

Aeolian Processes and Landforms

1

20

GYC211

Snow, Ice and Society

1

10

GYC212

Globalised Urbanisation

1

20

GYC226

Geographies of Work and Life

1

10

GYC308

Global Cities Fieldcourse

1

20

GYC309

Feminist Geographies of Home

1

10

GYC315

Environmental Change and Ecological Response

1

10

GYC401

Independent Geographical Essay (instance 1)

1

20

GYC904

Island Biogeography Fieldcourse

1

20

GYC905

Livelihoods of the Global South Fieldcourse

1

20

GYC907

Arctic Glaciers Fieldcourse

1

20

GYC107

Regional Worlds

2

20

GYC108

Climate and Society

2

10

GYC110

GIS, Modelling and Flood Risk Management

2

10

GYC200

Conservation: Principles and Practice

2

10

GYC214

Geographies of Children and Youth

2

10

GYC300

River Dynamics and the Environment

2

10

GYC325

Geographies of Transnational Immobility and Diaspora

2

20

GYC401

Independent Geographical Essay (instance 2)

2

20

 

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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