Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Option: Pandora’s Box: Europe and the First World War, 1900-1930
School	History and Cultures
Department	History
Module Code	09 38265
Module Lead	Jonathan Gumz
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This class is a general history of Europe from 1900 to 1930, which uses the First World War as a fulcrum through which to investigate the European continent at the height of its power, examining the tremendous political, economic, military, social, and cultural transformations wrought by the war, and the resulting fractured aftermath of the war across the continent. We will examine the military, social, cultural, and political histories of these wars with a particular focus on how these histories interacted. That interaction is visible, for example, in the concept of total war, an elusive, but important concept for our understanding of this period in European history. In this sense, this class is an emphatically general history of this era that is marked in particular by the conflict both between states and within them. The class also places Europe in its broader global context, examining how the interaction between Europe and the broader world as it existed in 1900 was altered and shaped over the first 30 years of the 20th century.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Analyse and explain key events and historical processes relevant to the subject under scrutiny. Analyse and explain reasons for and implications of these events and processes. Identify the main scholarly views on the subject under investigation. Work with an appropriate degree of learner independence to explain and analyse the material under scrutiny . Communicate explanation and analysis of the subject clearly and effectively in writing.
Assessment	38265-01 : 3,000 word essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: S1 = 1 x 3,000 word essay (100%)
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