Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 10 hours |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 hours |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 1 X 3,500 WORD ESSAY | 75% |
Semester Assessment | 2 ORAL PRESENTATIONS | 25% |
Supplementary Assessment | ESSAY TO BE RESUBMITTED IF FAILED | 75% |
Supplementary Assessment | PIECE OF WRITTEN WORK IN LIEU OF ORALS, IF FAILED | 25% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
demonstrate a godd, detailed knowledge of the key interpretations of Spanish history developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centureis;
demonstrate a good knowledge of examples of cultural outputs (mostly written) that reflect different interpretations of the Spanish past;
demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the ways in which history is reinterpreted in the light of current events and how such acadmeic debates have a wider impact on culture;
demonstrate that they have mastered advanced skills as critical readers of culture;
demonstrate that they have a solid foundation for further postgraduate work;
demonstrate that they have mastered sophisticated analytical skills;
use secondary literature critically;
express themselves clearly, coherently and in a logical fashion, both orally and in writing;
demonstrate that they can relate the general theoretical issues to particular case studies in a critical fashion.
Brief description
This course will examine a range of interpretations and views of medieval and modern Spanish history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as examples of cultural output that reflect those interpretations. Students will acquire knowledge of the events in contemporary Spanish culture that shaped those particular visions of the past. They will gain an understanding of the interaction between historiogrphy and culture as a whole as well as the workings and changing views of history itself as an academic discipline.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | n/a |
Communication | participating in seminars and writing of essay will require student to express their ideas clearly, coherently and cogently |
Improving own Learning and Performance | independent preperation for essay and seminars; independent research for essay and seminars |
Information Technology | requried to access bibliographical information and to submit word processed essays |
Personal Development and Career planning | expected to show an ability to manage their own time effectively and to engage in independent lines of research in preparing their essays |
Problem solving | selection of reading material, answering questions posed by written assessment, seminar work |
Research skills | researching for essay and for seminars |
Subject Specific Skills | required to read most of the bibliography provided in Spanish in order to prepare for seminars and/or essays. |
Team work | this will apply in the seminars |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7