The Third Reich 1

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• how the Nazi regime came to power
• the ways in which the Nazi regime maintained its hold over German society
• why German society produced the National Socialist movement
• the links between the development of the Nazi polity and its pursuit of radical policies
• the impact the Nazi regime had on the main groups in German society after 1933.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• reflect on contentious issues in modern German history
• identify and engage critically with the major historiographical texts on the subject
• analyse the relevance of a range of primary sources, with regard to the conditions in which they were produced

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate effectively in group discussions, both as a leader of those discussions and a respondent
• gather information and synthesise it
• co-operate with others in identifying and solving problems
• display effective time management in planning and completing tasks set.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• perform electronic bibliographical searches to support your essay work in relevant historical databases
• identify extracts from primary sources and draw out the methodological problems in their use as well as their significance to the module
• collate and analyse primary and secondary information to produce coherent and relevant essay work
• argue persuasively in informal oral and written exercises and engage with the opinions of others

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.