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Aims, Objectives, and Assessment

Aims and Objectives

  • To develop study, writing and communication skills.
  • To develop a critical understanding how social movements come into being and the relationship between ideas, social action, and changing attitudes to gender.
  • To develop an awareness of methodological questions about the relationship between intellectual, social, oral and cultural history.
  • To develop the ability to employ a broad range of primary and secondary historical sources alongside theories of identity, subjectivity and political agency.

Assessment

  • Final Year Advanced Option 2 (Assessed)

    • Oral participation/engagement (10%) The marking criteria for how seminar participation/engagement is assessed in the student handbook.
    • 1500 word essay (10%) [See here for some tips on what is expected for this module]
    • 3000 word source based essay (40%) [See here for some Tips on what is expected for this module]. For an example of a first class source based essay see here.
    • 3000 word essay (40%) [See here for some tips on what is expected for this module]
    • For assessment deadlines see Tabula and all other marking and assessment criteria can be found in the UG Handbook hereLink opens in a new window

Sample Essay Questions

  • Please see seminar Qs. All can be used as essay titles. If you want to make up your own essay title you must run it by me first.

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