HIS-10044 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module will introduce students to a series of key moments in world history, c.1000-2000. Through lectures and seminars, students will learn about specific moments of history, while the core skills needed to study History at university will be embedded in the teaching. The focus on particular moments will allow staff to introduce students to a range of different kinds of history, and help students begin to understand change over the past 1000 years of global history. This will also introduce students to the range of historical research undertaken by History staff at Keele - the questions asked; the techniques used; the historical writing produced and its relevance to today. Key moments may include the Mongol Invasion of Europe, 1237-40, the 1720 South Sea Bubble in Britain, the 1791 Haitian Revolution, and the 1933 Bauhaus movement.

The module introduces students to a series of linked `defining moments¿ in the history of the world over the last thousand years. These key `moments¿ have been selected so as, taken together, (a) to offer an engaging historical survey of the last millennium and (b) to help students gain a deep understanding of both continuity and change in history. The module also aims to acquaint students with different kinds of history, different types of historical sources, and different skills (embedded into seminar teaching) that are central to the discipline and will prepare them for their more advanced study of the subject.

Intended Learning Outcomes

begin to critically engage with secondary sources: 1,3
begin to critically analyse primary sources: 1,3
present a creative argument orally and in written formats: 2
develop the discipline-specific skills of literature search and framing an argument in essay form: 3
reflect on what makes a moment historically `defining¿ (ie important): 2,3

Study hours

23 one-hour lectures, 23 two-hour seminars, 3 one-hour special training and feedback sessions;
80 seminar preparation;
40 research and write source analysis
40 prepare creative nonfiction pieces
68 research and write reflective essay.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment