Form C4
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
1. Course
Code
C47EH
2. Course
Title
Introduction to European History and Culture
3. SCQF
Level
5. School
Management and Languages
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Approved Learning Partner
Sem 2
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Name…………………….....Sem..…...
Name …………………………………Sem………..
6. Course
Co-ordinator
7
4. Credits
15
Dr Pablo La Porte
8. Pre-requisites
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
10. Excluded Courses
11. Replacement Courses
Code:
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
13. The course may be
delivered to:
UG only
PG only
UG & PG
Language Interpreting and Translating (LINT), Applied
Languages and Translating (ALT), Foreign Languages and
Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (FLTESOL), MA (Hons) BSL (Interpreting, Translating and
Applied Language Studies)).
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
15. Aims
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To provide students with an overview of the nineteenth and twentieth century history of Europe.
To familiarise them with the main features of the same period in the history of Germany, France, Spain, the UK and British and other Deaf communities as appropriate.
To complement their historical understanding through the study of selected written and audio-visual material in the FL or BSL signed material as appropriate.
To familiarise students with the main developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as they have shaped individual countries of Europe in their present form, and, as
appropriate, with the main historical developments that shaped Deaf communities.
To enable students to consolidate and broaden this historical and cultural knowledge by engaging with a variety of sources from selected historical periods
To provide a framework of understanding for students’ work with their foreign or signed language and their study of other European cultures
To consolidate students’ ability to construct an argument in line with academic text conventions
16. Syllabus
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Weekly lectures will outline the major events and changes which have shaped the history of France, Germany, Spain, the UK and the UK and other Deaf communities. Three lectures
in week 6 of the Semester will consider national history in its European framework.
The lectures will be complemented by a prescribed programme of self-study which includes a variety of illustrative materials.
A series of seven workshops will address specific historical and cultural issues in greater detail and practice critical engagement with these issues. A list of topics and source
materials will be provided at the start of the Semester.
These tutorials will be based on written and audio-visual material which reflects the history of the country of study. Classes will be dedicated to a discussion of this material and
provide students with practice and guidance on how to analyse these sources and how to construct a coherent written argumentation on a question relating to them. Students will
prepare for classes by reading texts of a historical or literary nature as well as viewing films. Classes will involve group and pair work.
Detailed reading lists will be provided by individual lecturers at start of the academic year
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Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive Skills
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Personal Abilities
Demonstrate a broad knowledge and understanding of European history
and culture.
Show critical understanding of key historical theories, concepts and
principles.
Use a wide range of routine skills and some advanced skills associated
with academic essay writing. (data selection, argumentation,
referencing, editing).
Industrial, Commercial & Professional Practice
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Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
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Autonomy, Accountability & Working with Others
Work with others, taking account of own and
others’ roles.
Demonstrate ability to gather and sort
information
Structure and make simple presentations
Learn appropriate historical register and
vocabulary
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Exercise initiative and independent thinking.
Participate in teamwork, peer conversation and
group activities (lectures and tutorials).
Self-management skills fostered by the need to be
committed to a purpose, to manage self-study
effectively and to work to deadlines.
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Present information, complex
ideas and arguments in a wellstructured and coherent form
(written/oral).
Use presentation software to
make simple presentations.
Ability to understand and
appropriate diagrams and charts.
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19. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
(if applicable)
Coursework & Continuous
assessment
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
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18. Assessment Methods
Method
Acquire an awareness of the changing nature of history.
Ability to apply a systematic and critical assessment of historical texts
and movies.
Ability to identify and analyse historical problems and issues and to
evaluate
related arguments.
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
100%
None
Submission
Coursework &
Continuous
assessment
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
Version
Number
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Diet(s)