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Programme Specification

BA(Hons) History

Academic Year: 2016/17

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 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 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:19:13 BST

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)

 

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)

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

(i) COMPULSORY MODULE (total modular weight 10)

 

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUB708

Crafting a Dissertation

2

10

 

(ii) OPTIONAL MODULES (total modular weight 110)

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

 

Group 1

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUB702

Cold War Europe (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB703

Cold War Europe (10 Credit)

1

10

EUB724

Slavery in Global History (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB725

Slavery in Global History (10 Credit)

1

10

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

EUB712

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

2

20

EUB713

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

2

10

EUB714

Modern China in a Global Perspective (20 Credit)

2

20

EUB715

Modern China in a Global Perspective (10 Credit)

2

10

EUB726

British Social History, 1918-1979: Other Worlds of Labour (20 Credit)

2

20

EUB727

British Social History, 1918-1979: Other Worlds of Labour (10 Credit)

2

10

EUB730

Go West Young Man! North America 1785-1914 (20 Credit)

2

20

EUB731

Go West Young Man! North America 1785-1914 (10 Credit)

2

10

EUB732

Modern Russia from Emancipation to Revolution (20 Credits)

2

20

EUB733

Modern Russia from Emancipation to Revolution (10 Credits)

2

10

 

Group 2

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

Business

 

 

BSB530

Accounting for Business

1

10

BSB560

Principles of Marketing

1

10

BSB532

Accounting for Managers

2

10

BSB562

The Marketing Mix

2

10

Economics

 

 

ECB037

Microeconomics

1 & 2

20

English

 

 

EAB710

Renaissance Writings

1

20

EAB113

Introduction to Linguistics

1

20

EAB039

Nineteenth-Century American Writing

1

20

EAB008

Victorian Literature

1

20

EAB711

Eighteenth Century Literature

2

20

EAB012

African American Culture

2

20

EAB110

Introduction to Multimodality

2

20

EAB114

Elephants and Engines

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

GYB113

Geographies of Culture, Media and Representation

2

10

GYB110

Sustainable Urban Geographies

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

 

 

EUB630

British Politics

1

20

EUB628

History of Political Thought

1

20

EUB604

Comparative European Politics

2

20

EUB631

Protest and Resistance

2

20

Social Sciences

 

 

SSB020

Race and Racism

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)

 

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)

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

 

Group 1

Code

Title

Semester

Modular Weight

EUB702

Cold War Europe (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB703

Cold War Europe (10 Credit)

1

10

EUB724

Slavery in Global History (20 Credit)

1

20

EUB725

Slavery in Global History (10 Credit)

1

10

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

BSB560

Principles of Marketing

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

 

 

SSB020

Race and Racism

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)

 

Code

Title

Semester

Module Weight

EUC701

Dissertation in History

1 & 2

40

 

(ii)          OPTIONAL MODULES (total modular weight 60)

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 must be chosen from Group 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

EUC703

Revolution in the Head: The Beatles and Sixties Britain

1

20

EUC715

Fear of East Asia and the Global Order

1

20

EUC716

Popular Imperialism and Popular Culture in Britain

1

20

EUC655

Post-War British Politics: The Start of the Decline

2

20

EUC679

1968 – World Revolution?

2

20

EUC705

The Rise of the Nazis

2

20

EUC713

From Prohibition to the ‘Swinging Sixties’: The United States 1918 – 1969

2

20

EUC714

The Soviet Security State

2

20

 

Group 2

Code

Title

Semester

Module Weight

Business

 

 

BSB035

Sales Management

1

10

BSB555

Organisational Studies

1

10

BSB580

Operations Management

1

10

BSC105

International Human Resource Management

1

10

BSC520

Business Systems

1

10

BSC522

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

1

10

BSB590

Contemporary Business Environment

2

10

BSC124

Marketing Communications

2

10

BSC144

Project Management

2

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

 

 

EAC034

Narratives of American Sport

1

20

EAC042

Dimensions of Texts

1

20

EAC227

Myth and History: Milton’s Paradise Lost

1

20

EAC016

Cruel and Unusual

1

20

EAC014

Aphra Behn

1

20

EAC022

Ulysses

2

20

EAC103

Modernisms

2

20

EAC300

Rare Shakespeare

2

20

EAC109

Romantic Writings

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

 

 

GYC107

Regional Worlds

1

20

GYC212

Globalised Urbanisation

1

20

GYC205

Central America: Dependency and Development

2

10

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 citizens

1

20

EUC604

State Violence and Terrorism

1

20

EUC628

The Asia Pacific in Global Politics

1

20

EUC657

The Civil Rights Movement in the US

1

20

EUC660

Contemporary Political Philosophy

1

20

EUC677

Britain and the European Union

1

20

EUC664

Politics & Religion

2

20

EUC665

Post-War British Politics: The Start of the Decline

2

20

EUC666

Gender and Politics

2

20

EUC674

Power, Violence and Suffering

2

20

EUC679

1968 – World Revolution?

2

20

EUC714

Soviet Security State

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

SSC030

Debating Society

1

20

SSC128

Political Psychology

1

20

SSC138

Forensic Psychology

1

20

SSC238

Youth Justice

1

20

SSC316

Media, Memory and History

1

20

SSC022

The Body, Health and the Digital

2

20

SSC233

Crime and Deviance in Sport

2

20

SSC237

Sex Work and Sex Industries

2

20

SSC357

Producing the News

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

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.

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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