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Students completing this module will have developed:
• Their understanding of post-war American history, and the ability to identify key historical debates and issues.
• Their ability to give presentations, and to engage in informed and constructive seminar debate on the major themes and events of post-war US history.
• Their ability to synthesize historiographical issues in post-war US history.
• Their ability to present independent conclusions in essay form based on secondary reading and a limited exposure to primary sources.
Week 1: Challenges to the Liberal Consensus
Week 2: Suburban Warriors
Week 3: The Draft Goldwater Movement
Week 4: White Flight and the Myth of Southern Exceptionalism
Week 5: The Rise of the Sunbelt
Week 6: READING WEEK
Week 7: The Vietnam War
Week 8: The New Right
Week 9: Evangelicals in Politics
Week 10: Challenges to Détente and Human Rights
Week 11: Ronald Reagan
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 10 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 20 |
Specified Learning Activities | 95 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 95 |
Total | 220 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Contribute to seminars/group discussion; weekly journal (200 words) | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Presentation: Book review and presentation | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Essay: End-of-semester research paper | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 35 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.