Module Identifier | WH36130 | ||||||||||||||
Module Title | CIVIL WAR & REVOLUTION IN STUART WALES, 1603-1714 | ||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | ||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr David Ceri Jones | ||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 18 x 1 hour lectures | |||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 seminars plus individual essay tutorials | ||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Seminars
1. Introduction: the historiographical context
2. Wales under James I: government, society and economy
3. The birth of Puritanism
4. The War of the Three Kingdoms: Context
5. Wales and the Civil War
6. The Interregnum and the Propagation of the Gospel
7. The Restoration and the Glorious Revolution
8. From Puritanism to Nonconformity
9. Jacobitism and Welsh loyalism
10. The Contribution of Pietism
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 plan and carry out research; produce academically appropriate pieces of written work. | ||
Communication | Read a wide range of both primary and secondary texts; improve their 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. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Show awareness of own learning styles, personal preferences and needs; devise and apply realistic learning and self management strategies; | ||
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 | Use a range of commonly used software packages; prepare and input data; manage storage systems; present information and data; use the internet appropriately and effectively. | ||
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