Module Identifier | HY36430 | |||||||||||||||||
Module Title | THE BRITISH TOWN 1349-1700 | |||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Professor Peter N Borsay | |||||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 18 x 50 minute lectures | ||||||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 50 minute seminars | |||||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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1. Introduction
2. Before the Black Death
3. Population
4. Urban Systems
5. Economy I
6. Economy II
7. Social structure
8. Standards of Living
9. Power: Internal Relations
10. Power: External Relations
11. Beliefs: Sacred Culture
12. Beliefs: Secular Culture
13. Public Landscapes
14. Private Landscapes
15. Catastrophe: Plague and Disease
16. Catastrophe: Fire and War
17. The Monstrous City: London
18. A Crisis?
Seminars:
1. Urban definition
2. Can we know the population?
3. The occupational profile
4. Wealth and poverty
5. Who ruled towns?
6. Reformation
7. Guild hall and town hall
8. The Great Plague of London
9. The Great Fire of London
10. Medieval or modern, continuity or change?
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 | Understand a range of research methods and plans and carry out research; produce academically appropriate pieces of written work | ||
Communication | Read a wide range of both primary and secondary texts; improve listening skills during the lectures, and consequently develop skills in note taking; demonstrate and develop the ability to communicate ideas in two essays; skills in oral presentation will be developed in seminars but not assessed. | ||
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 6