Cynlluniau Astudio

Politics and Modern History


1 : Awarding Institution / Body
Aberystwyth University


2a : Teaching Institution / University
Aberystwyth University


2b : Work-based learning (where appropriate)


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3a : Programme accredited by
Aberystwyth University


3b : Programme approved by
Aberystwyth University


4 : Final Award
Bachelor of Arts


5 : Programme title
Politics and Modern History


6 : UCAS code
V135


7 : QAA Subject Benchmark


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8 : Date of publication


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September 2023



9 : Educational aims of the programme


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- This Single Honours programme aims to develop learners’ interest in Modern History and Politics, and to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the subject.  Core modules focus on the acquisition of fundamental research skills along with an understanding of historiographical issues and core theories and concepts in the study of Politics.  The programme also offers learners a wide range of choice with regard to historical periods and themes from 1750 to the present, which include opportunities to study aspects of political, social, cultural or economic history, and Politics option modules which allow students to engage with issues that capture their interest.  This programme aims to produce students who possess high-level research and interpretative skills, which will, we hope, be valuable for future employers and the wider society.

 



10 : Intended learning outcomes


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The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, skills, qualities and other  attributes in the following areas:

 



10.1 : Knowledge and understanding


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A1 Knowledge and understanding of human societies in the past through the study of a range of historical periods and themes in more than one country, and in different cultural contexts 

A2 The ability to frame historical questions, and to search for and locate appropriate secondary and primary evidence in diverse forms, including the electronic. 

A3 The ability to read and use, critically and empathetically, a range of secondary texts and primary sources 

A4 The appreciation of the complexity and diversity of situations, events and ways of thinking in the past.  

A5 The understanding of the difficulties inherent in historical interpretation, and the means whereby historians deal with ambiguity, incomplete evidence and differences of viewpoints 

A6 The appreciation of the basic critical skills of the historian in establishing and using rules of evidence and testing the validity of statements by developing a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to produce and interpret historical knowledge 

A7 Intellectual independence in the setting and solving of problems, the acquisition of bibliographical skills, the ability to gather, sift, select, organise and synthesise historical evidence, and the ability to formulate appropriate questions and to provide answers to them using valid and relevant evidence and argument. 

A8 Reflexive and critical awareness of the forces of historical change and the ways in which they are explained in historiographical debates 

A9 The marshalling of lucid and coherent arguments in written and oral forms. 

A10 The ability to listen and to respond to the arguments of others. 

A11 The understanding of the social value of History, and the fostering of a life-long enjoyment of History as a subject. 

Learning/teaching methods and strategies:

Acquisition of 1 is through lectures, seminars (which include formal presentations, directed and student-led discussions), assessed coursework and individual essay tutorials. Additional support is provided by the resources of the University Library and the National Library of Wales. Acquisition of 2-11 is through a combination of Option and Survey modules with a range of skills and historiographical modules in Year 2 and Special Subject, Dissertation and general Historical Problems modules in Year 3. Throughout, learners are required to consolidate and broaden their knowledge by means of independent reading. 

Assessment:

Assessment is by coursework (1, 3, 4-9), for which learners are offered regular feed-back, and by a combination of closed unseen examinations (1, 4-10), take-away examination (8) and where appropriate, projects (6) and dissertation (1-9). Trials are currently being conducted for oral assessment by means of formal presentations (9). 



10.2 : Skills and other attributes


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10.2.1 Intellectual (thinking) skills – able to:

B1 engage with the complexity and diversity of the subject

B2 reason critically

B3 apply historical methods and concepts

B4 demonstrate independence of mind

B5 communicate knowledge and ideas to others, in written and spoken form

Learning/teaching methods and strategies

Intellectual skills are developed throughout the Programme in a variety of ways. These include the development of listening skills in lectures and comprehension skills in reading and note-taking (1), seminars, tutorials, dissertations and coursework (1-5)

Assessment

All forms of assessment measure learners’ abilities in each of the 5 intellectual skills by means of written responses in a variety of formats. Oral presentation is not yet formally assessed, but is developed in seminar and tutorial work.

10.2.2 Practical skills – able to:

C1 search out, sift, assimilate and deploy bodies of historical evidence from a variety of sources

C2 demonstrate self-discipline in time-management and an ability to work both independently and collaboratively

C3 read secondary sources critically

C4 analyse primary sources in complex ways, including an ability to establish their provenance, analyse their content and language, and cross-reference them with other primary and secondary sources

Learning/teaching methods and strategies

All learners are introduced to these practical skills in the Year 1 core modules, and each is further developed in Years 2 and 3 in all modules. Module handbooks and Year Guides provide further guidance, especially in relation to essay writing and preparation. Skills modules in Year 2 introduce students to a set of particular historical skills, such as oral testimony, IT, statistical analysis, and the use of a wide range of evidence from field monuments to journalism. A separate Dissertation Handbook is distributed to all Year 3 students, while the Dissertation Module provides detailed advice on how to select a topic, search for sources, and structure and present the completed dissertation.

Assessment

Skills 1-3 are assessed primarily by means of coursework and examinations, whereas 4, though an important element in the assessment of all modules, is assessed principally by means of essays, projects and seen and unseen examinations in the Skills, Special Subject and Dissertation modules.



10.3 : Transferable/Key skills


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- Transferable skills – able to:

D1 demonstrate initiative, self-direction and self-motivation
D2 demonstrate flexibility and independence of mind
D3 demonstrate effective presentation and communication skills, orally and in writing
D4 manage time and work to deadlines
D5 search for and locate information in a wide variety of sources
D6 contextualise, evaluate and cross-reference diverse forms of (often incomplete) information
D7 work constructively in groups, and to assess the value and relevance of the ideas and arguments of others.

Learning/teaching methods and strategies
The Programme develops these qualities cumulatively, and in a number of ways. 1 and 2 are learned principally in essay and seminar preparation and individual essay tutorial and seminar discussion, while 3 and 4 are learned in essay/project writing, tutorial and seminar presentation. 5 is developed in all research-based exercises, from essay and seminar preparation to the Dissertation. 6-7 feature strongly in all aspects of the Programme.

Assessment
The Programme’s marking criteria reward quality demonstrated in 1-3 and 5 and 6. 4 is not formally assessed, but penalties are imposed on coursework delivered after the agreed submission date. 7 is not formally assessed.


11 : Program Structures and requirements, levels, modules, credits and awards




BA Politics and Modern History [V135]

Blwyddyn Academaidd: 2023/2024Cynllun Anrhydedd Sengl - ar gael ers 2000/2001

Hyd (astudio Llawn Amser): 3 blwyddyn

Rheolau Rhan 1

Blwyddyn 1 Craidd (40 Credyd)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HY12120

Introduction to History

Semester 2
HY10420

'Hands on' History: Sources and their Historians

Blwyddyn 1 Craidd (40 Credyd)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
IP12420

Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills

Semester 2
IP12920

Politics in the 21st Century

Blwyddyn 1 Opsiynau

In addition to the core/compulsory modules, Politics students must take 20 credits (1 module) of optional modules from the list below..

Semester 1
GW12620

Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau

IP12620

Behind the Headlines

IP12820

The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789

Semester 2
GW12520

Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang

IP10320

War, Strategy and Intelligence

IP12520

Globalization and Global Development

Blwyddyn 1 Opsiynau

Students must take a further 20 credits in the Department of History & Welsh History:

Semester 1
HC11120

Concwest, Uno a Hunaniaeth yng Nghymru 1200-1800

HY11420

Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe, 1000-1800

HY11820

The Modern World, 1789 to the present

Semester 2
HA11420

Ewrop a'r Byd, 1000-2000

HC11820

Cymdeithas, Pobl a Gwleidyddiaeth: Cymru, 1800-1999

HY12420

Europe and the World, 1000-2000

WH11720

People, Power and Identity: Wales 1200-1999

Rheolau Rhan 2

Blwyddyn 2 Craidd (20 Credyd)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
HY20120

Making History

Semester 2

Blwyddyn 2 Craidd (20 Credyd)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 2
IQ23920

People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today

Blwyddyn 2 Opsiynau

Students MUST take a further 40 credits worth of modules in the Department of History & Welsh History from the SKILLS (semester two) and/or OPTION modules listed. Students may take one skills module and one option module OR two option modules. Skills modules are:

Semester 2
CY20720

Beirdd a Noddwyr: Llên a Hanes c.1300-1500

HY23120

Reading a Building

HY23420

History as myth-Making: the 'Myth of the Blitz'

HY24320

Interdisciplinary and decolonial history

HY24420

Seals in Their Context in Medieval England and Wales

HY24620

Victorian Visions: Exploring Nineteenth-Century Exhibitions

HY25020

Recounting Racism: Oral History and Modern American Race Relations.

Blwyddyn 2 Opsiynau

Students may take 40 credits (2 modules) of International Politics modules from the list of those made available at pre-registration.

Semester 1
GQ23820

Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?

GW25820

Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell

IP20720

Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene

IP23620

European Security in 21st Century

IP25320

Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918

IP26020

The Past and Present of US Intelligence

IP26720

Gender, Conflict and Security

IP29220

International Politics and Global Development

IP29620

Women and Global Development

IQ20920

The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present

IQ22620

Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: The Diplomacy of Decline

IQ23820

UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?

IQ24320

Economic Diplomacy and Leadership

IQ25520

Global Politics and the Refugee Regime

IQ26020

The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations

Semester 2
GW20120

Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau

GW29920

Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti

IP20120

International Relations: Perspectives and Debates

IP20420

International Politics and the Nuclear Age

IP21320

The Arab-Israeli Wars

IP21820

Russian Security in the 21st Century

IP22320

The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module

IP22720

The Long Shadow of the Second World War

IP28820

Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800

IP29820

China From the Opium War to the Present

IP29920

Nationalism in Theory and Practice

IQ20020

Race in Global Politics

IQ24420

Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics

IQ25120

Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics

IQ25620

Refugee Simulation

IQ27120

Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy

Blwyddyn 2 Opsiynau

Year Two OPTION modules in the Department of History & Welsh History:

Semester 1
HA29320

Diwylliant, Cymdeithas a'r Fictoriaid

HC23520

Cymru a'r Tuduriaid

HY25520

Famine in Medieval England

HY26720

War, Politics and People: England in Context in the Fourteenth Century

HY28520

Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800

HY28920

Roads to Modernity: Germany and Japan in the Age of Empires, 1860s-1930s

HY29120

Environmental History of the Neotropics (Latin America and the Caribbean) in the Capitalocene

HY29320

Culture, Society and the Victorians

WH23520

Wales under the Tudors

Semester 2
HA21820

Concro'r Byd: Twf a Chwymp Ymerodraethau Prydain a Ffrainc

HA24520

Stori America, 1607-1867, ar Ffilm a Theledu

HY22020

The British Isles in the Long Eighteenth Century

HY25620

Medieval England and Germany, c. 1050-1250

HY26520

The European Reformation

HY29220

From Poor Law to Welfare State: Poverty and Welfare in Modern Britain, 1815-1948

HY29420

The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945

WH20120

Wales and the Kings of Britain: Conflict, Power and Identities in the British Isles 1039-1417

Blwyddyn Olaf Opsiynau

Final year students must take 20 credits of optional module in the Department of International Politics if taking the dissertation in International Politics OR 60 credits of optional modules in International Politics if taking the dissertation in the Department of History and Welsh History.

Semester 1
GQ33820

Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?

GW35820

Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell

IP30720

Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene

IP33620

European Security in the 21st Century

IP36020

The Past and Present of US Intelligence

IP36720

Gender, Conflict and Security

IP39620

Women and Global Development

IQ30920

The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present

IQ32620

Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: the Diplomacy of Decline:

IQ33820

UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?

IQ34320

Economic Diplomacy and Leadership

IQ35520

Global Politics and the Refugee Regime

IQ36020

The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations

Semester 2
GW39920

Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti

IP30420

International Politics and the Nuclear Age

IP31320

The Arab-Israeli Wars

IP31820

Russian Security in the 21st Century

IP32720

The Long Shadow of the Second World War

IP38820

Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800

IP39820

China From the Opium War to the Present

IP39920

Nationalism in Theory and Practice

IQ30020

Race in Global Politics

IQ34420

Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics

IQ35620

Refugee Simulation

IQ37120

Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy

Blwyddyn Olaf Opsiynau

Final Year students should take the dissertation module (through the medium of English or Welsh) in either the Department of International Politics or the Department of History and Welsh History.

Semester 1
GW30000

Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig

IP30000

Dissertation

Semester 2
GW30040

Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig

IP30040

Dissertation

Blwyddyn Olaf Opsiynau

Students should take the DISSERTATION module in either the Department of History and Welsh History or the other named Department:

Semester 1
HA30300

Traethawd Estynedig

HY30300

Dissertation

Semester 2
HA30340

Traethawd Estynedig

HY30340

Dissertation

Blwyddyn Olaf Opsiynau

Students MUST take 60 credits in the Department of History and Welsh History therefore a further 20 credits worth of History/Welsh History option modules (if taking the HA/HY Dissertation) OR 60 credits worth of History/Welsh History option modules (if taking the Dissertation module from the other named Department) from the OPTION module list below:

Semester 1
HA39320

Diwylliant, Cymdeithas a'r Fictoriaid

HC33520

Cymru a'r Tuduriaid

HY35520

Famine in Medieval England

HY36720

War, Politics and People: England in Context in the Fourteenth Century

HY38520

Between Revolution and Reform: China since 1800

HY38920

Roads to Modernity: Germany and Japan in the Age of Empires, 1860s-1930s

HY39120

Environmental History of the Neotropics (Latin America and the Caribbean) in the Capitalocene

HY39320

Culture, Society and the Victorians

WH33520

Wales under the Tudors

Semester 2
HA31820

Concro'r Byd: Tŵf a Chwymp Ymerodraethau Prydain a Ffrainc

HA34520

Stori America, 1607-1867, ar Ffilm a Theledu

HY30120

The British Isles in the Long Eighteenth Century

HY35620

Medieval England and Germany, c. 1050-1250

HY36520

The European Reformation

HY39220

From Poor Law to Welfare State: Poverty and Welfare in Modern Britain, 1815-1948

HY39420

The Nazi Dictatorship: Regime and Society in Germany 1933-1945

WH30120

Wales and the Kings of Britain: Conflict, Power and Identities in the British Isles 1039-1417


12 : Support for students and their learning
Every student is allocated a Personal Tutor. Personal Tutors have an important role within the overall framework for supporting students and their personal development at the University. The role is crucial in helping students to identify where they might find support, how and where to seek advice and how to approach support to maximise their student experience. Further support for students and their learning is provided by Information Services and Student Support and Careers Services.


13 : Entry Requirements
Details of entry requirements for the scheme can be found at http://courses.aber.ac.uk


14 : Methods for evaluating and improving the quality and standards of teaching and learning
All taught study schemes are subject to annual monitoring and periodic review, which provide the University with assurance that schemes are meeting their aims, and also identify areas of good practice and disseminate this information in order to enhance the provision.


15 : Regulation of Assessment
Academic Regulations are published as Appendix 2 of the Academic Quality Handbook: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/aqro/handbook/app-2/.


15.1 : External Examiners
External Examiners fulfill an essential part of the University’s Quality Assurance. Annual reports by External Examiners are considered by Faculties and Academic Board at university level.


16 : Indicators of quality and standards
The Department Quality Audit questionnaire serves as a checklist about the current requirements of the University’s Academic Quality Handbook. The periodic Department Reviews provide an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of quality assurance processes and for the University to assure itself that management of quality and standards which are the responsibility of the University as a whole are being delivered successfully.