Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | Seminar. 1 x two hour seminar per week |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 4,000 words | 50% |
| Semester Exam | 3 Hours | 50% |
| Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- That students become familiar with broad outlines of the international history of the century as a whole
- That they be able to develop soundly-based comparative generalizations about trends and developments over relatively long periods of time
- That they be able to integrate knowledge about the political, economic, social and strategic aspects of international history
- That they engage with the problems in trying to write large-scale thematic history
Brief description
The module will trace the development of processes of globalization throughout the twentieth century. In particular, it will investigate the nature of the pre-1914 international economy and balance of power, the impact of the two world wars, the reasons for the apparent disintegration of the inter-war period, the association between globalization and the development of the cold war, and the evidence for a distinctive form of globalization since the 1980s.
Aims
The module aims to provide a thematic overview of twentieth century international history around the organizing concept of globalisation. It will explore the utility of this concept to determine whether it is a helpful theme around which to construct a 'macro' interpretation of the century.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7