Module Identifier | HY12320 | ||||||||||||||
Module Title | THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION | ||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | ||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Matthew Rendle | ||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 18 x 50 minute lectures | |||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 5 x 50 minute seminars 1 x 10 minute essay tutorial | ||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Seminars
1: War, Revolution and Civil War
2: Stalin's Revolution
3: The Impact of the Great Patriotic War
4: The Anatomy of a Superpower
5: Was the USSR reformable?
1 x 15 minute essay return tutorial
Problem solving | Identify problems and factors which might influence potential solutions; develop creative thinking approaches to problem solving; evaluate advantages and disadvantages of potential solutions. | ||
Research skills | Read a wide range of both primary and secondary texts; understand a range of research methods and plan and carry out research; produce academically appropriate pieces of written work. | ||
Communication | Improve their listening skills during the lectures, and consequently develop skills in note taking; demonstrate and develop the ability to communicate ideas in the written work; skills in oral presentation will be developed in seminars. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Show awareness of own learning styles, personal preferences and needs; devise and apply realistic learning and self management strategies; devise a personal action plan to include short and long-term goals and to develop personal awareness of how to improve on these. | ||
Team work | Understand the concept of group dynamics; contribute to the setting of group goals; contribute effectively to the planning of group activities; play an active part in group activities (e.g. short group presentations in seminars); exercise negotiation and persuasion skills; evaluate group activities and own contribution. | ||
Information Technology | Students will be encouraged to locate suitable material on the web and to access information on CD-Roms and to apply it appropriately to their own work. Students will also be encouraged to word-process their work. These skills will not be formally assessed. | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | Develop awareness of personal skills, beliefs and qualities in relation to course in progression; plan and prepare for future course / career. |
This module is at CQFW Level 4