Module Identifier | IP10520 | ||
Module Title | INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Mick Cox | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Mutually Exclusive | GW10520 | ||
Course delivery | Seminars / Tutorials | 8 Hours (8 x 1 hour) | |
Lecture | 20 Hours (20 x 1 hour) | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
Semester Assessment | 1 x 2,500 word essay | 40% | |
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. |
- Discuss contending views on the origins of the Cold War;
- Examine the impact of the Cold War on the United States, Europe and the Third World;
- Assess the roles played by US and Soviet foreign policies in shaping the Cold War;
- Identify the origins of detente and reasons for its decline;
- Assess competing explanations for the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War,
- Effectively deploy skills of: identification and location of appropriate sources; independent study; writing (essays and examinations); IT skills plus time-management.
10 ECTS credits