Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
HY36630
Module Title
WAR, FAMINE AND PLAGUE: ENGLAND IN THE 14TH CENTURY
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | Lectures: 18 x 50 minutes (2 per week) |
| Seminars / Tutorials | Seminars: 5 x 100 minutes (1 per fortnight) |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Semester Assessment | 40% |
| Semester Exam | 3 Hours Semester Examination | 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Supplementary Assessment Student should submit any failed or incomplete written work | 40% |
| Supplementary Exam | 3 Hours Supplementary Examination student must resit failed element | 60% |
Brief description
The fourteenth century was one of the most turbulent in English history: conflict within Britain, war with France, famine, disease, rebellion and regicide. But it also witnessed the development of parliament, significant social change and the virtual end of serfdom, and a flowering of vernacular literature. This module will address a number of key issues and questions relating to the period. Was it an ‘Age of Chivalry’? How did peasants cope with famine and men and women react to the death of half their neighbours? Did people really care about the military exploits of kings and nobles? What led labourers and craftsmen to behead an archbishop and threaten a king?
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | n/a |
| Communication | Written communication skills will be developed through the coursework and written examination; skills in oral presentation will be developed in seminars but are not formally assessed. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be advised on how to improve research and communication skills through the individual tutorial providing feedback on submitted coursework. |
| Information Technology | Students will be encouraged to locate suitable material on the web and to apply it appropriately to their own work. Students will also be encouraged to word-process their work and make use of Blackboard. These skills will not be formally assessed. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Students will develop a range of transferable skills, including time management and communication skills, which may help them identify their personal strengths as they consider potential career paths. |
| Problem solving | Students are expected to note and respond to historical problems and to undertake appropriate research for seminars and the essays. |
| Research skills | Students will develop their research skills by reading a range of texts and evaluating their usefulness in preparation for the coursework and the written examination. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Students will develop an awareness of appropriate sources the and historical literature associated with the study of fourteenth-century society. |
| Team work | Students will be expected to play an active part in group activities (e.g. short group presentations in seminars) and to learn to evaluate their own contribution to such activities |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6