Modern Languages and Cultures |
The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module. |
Title | LIVING THE GLOBAL EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | ||
Code | HLAC200 | ||
Coordinator |
Prof MRM Towsey History M.R.M.Towsey@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2019-20 | Level 5 FHEQ | Second Semester | 15 |
Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements): |
Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite: |
Co-requisite modules: |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
10 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
26 | ||
Timetable (if known) | |||||||
Private Study | 124 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 150 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
Presentation There is a resit opportunity. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 | 15 minutes | 15 | ||||
Coursework 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 | 1000 words | 35 | ||||
Coursework 2 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2 | 3000 words | 50 |
Aims |
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To offer students an introduction to some key aspects of European culture and society in the eighteenth century; To make students who come from a range of major subject areas aware of the ways in which study of that period is approached by and can enrich a range of disciplines.; To help students to grasp and reflect on the historical dimensions of their own shared and contested culture(s) and the contemporary political and global order.; To develop students' capacity for asking questions (curiosity) as well as for answering them (research skills) by engaging them in active and interactive learning. |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) A sound knowledge of key aspects of European culture, society and politics in the eighteenth century and insight into the historical dimensions of European and global modernity |
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(LO2) An understanding of the ways in which study of the eighteenth century is approached by scholars in a range of disciplines and in working with people from disciplinary backgrounds different from their own |
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(LO3) Ability to analyse and respond to primary texts critically in terms of their historical and geographical context |
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(LO4) Ability to devise and carry out an independent research project, deploying both data and imagination |
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(LO5) A sound knowledge of aspects of material culture of the eighteenth century and ability to analyse artefacts of material culture critically and in their geographical historical context |
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(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - visual |
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(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral |
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(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills) |
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(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis |
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(S5) Research skills - All Information skills |
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(S6) Global citizenship - Cultural awareness |
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(S7) Personal attributes and qualities - independence |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method 1 - Lecture Teaching Method 2 - Seminar Teaching Method 3 - Field Work Teaching Method 4 - Workshop |
Syllabus |
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Topics covered during the module may include: Introductory / presentation training; Introductory seminar: Choosing a character; Field trip in 18 th -century Liverpool; Museum workshop: Consumption and taste ( material culture and its production; the reception of antiquity ); Seminar: Our hero/heroine goes shopping; Background session: Reading and reflecting ( ideas about human nature and their circulation in print ) [Athenaeum]; Seminar: Our hero/heroine chooses reading matter / gets the news; Background session: Britain, Europe and the wider world ( globalising modernity ); Seminar: Our hero / heroine travels (merchant, tourist, soldier, trafficked, transported); Museum workshop: Progress ( dissent, reform and revolution ); Seminar: Our hero / heroine takes a stand. |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |