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On completion of this module students should be able to:
1) Ability to process source materials and develop original arguments through focused case-studies. Students will also learn to categorise these studies under thematic groupings to build upon in their own original research
2) Critically engage with diverse primary and secondary sources, including unconventional sources under multidisciplinary methodologies
3) Gain experience focusing the skills of historians: such as how to research, synthesise readings and lecture content, meet deadlines, and present historical findings through written work and small group discussions
4) Write and research an analytical essay to the standards of a third level history student
5) Hone transferable skills such as critical engagement with materials, self-reflection, clear communication, speaking to a group, an assessment of tone, attention to authorial intent, and the shaping effect of audiences play
6) Explore detailed connections and collisions between settler societies, colonial rule and resistance movements on a global scale
7) Evaluate settler colonialism under political, economic, social, and cultural historical approaches. In addressing these topics, students are encouraged to reflect on diversity and inclusion and the continuing role of colonial legacies in contemporary terms
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Settler Colonialism and Settler Colonial Studies
Week 3: Economics and Exploitation
Week 4: Educating and Othering
Week 5: Settlers and Surveillance
Week 6: Settler Colonial Discipline and Punish(ment)
[End of Wednesday lectures. Thursday seminars only]
Week 7: Gender, Race, and Place
Week 8: Reading week NO SEMINAR
Week 9: Islands as Colonies
Week 10: Environmental and Ecological Histories
Week 11: Resistance and (W)reckonings
Week 12: NO SEMINAR- Final essay due
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 22 |
Specified Learning Activities | 95 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 95 |
Total | 223 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Students will be graded on their participation during the seminars (note: this is not based on attendance, but rather active discussion and participation). | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Essay: A semester-long research project comprising an extended essay of 4000 words. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Journal: Learning Journal and Leading Seminar Discussion. Students are required to submit a total of 5 learning journals. They are to also lead/co-lead 1 seminar discussion. |
Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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Repeat | Within Two Trimesters |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback on the combined presentation/written assessment will be provided in writing post-submission, either on the hard copy or via brightspace. Oral feedback will be provided on an ongoing basis in seminars in response to student contributions. Feedback on the end-of-semester research project assessment will be provided in writing post-submission, either on the hard copy or via brightspace. Students will also have opportunity to book a one-to-one consultation to discuss their progress either pre- or post-assessment.
Name | Role |
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Dr Jeremiah Garsha | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |