Module Details
Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures to orientate students will be given each week during the course of the module.
There will be one-hour weekly seminars, supplemented by student-led discussion on the current topics in a module forum.
Students are expected to give seminar presentations and to participate regularly in the forum discussion which will be closely monitored.
Workload and Assessment
Students will submit two non-assessed 2,000 word essays, in week 7 of both terms.
They will also submit a timed exam-practice essay.
For details of examination and assessment, see: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/undergraduate/assessment/
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
- critically engage with historiographical debates regarding the treatment of minorities and marginal groups in a broad geographical and chronological context
- have an appreciation of the possibilities and limitations of analysing primary sources relating to marginal groups in pre-modern society
- develop an extensive knowledge and understanding of pre-modern European society through its treatment of minority and marginal groups
- demonstrate sophisticated written and verbal communication skills within a group context, as well as ability to work both as part of a team and independently