Module overview
Linked modules
HIST3054
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The origins and development of National Socialist rule in Germany between 1933 and 1945
- the key historiographical debates that have centred on the history of National Socialism and the range of sources scholars use to interpret this history
- the impact of National Socialism on occupied Europe, and particularly on its Jewish populations, between 1933 and 1945
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- locate and use effectively textual, visual and material culture sources in the library and on-line
- research and communicate your findings convincingly and concisely in written reports
- utilise and develop your time-management skills
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse a variety of primary sources relating to the emergence of National Socialism, its history, and its interpretation
- actively engage with the secondary literature on the history of National Socialism, its history and its interpretation
- understand and critically evaluate the different ways in which the period of National Socialism continues to resonate through the contemporary world
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 36 |
Independent Study | 264 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Jeremy Noakes and Geoffrey Pridham (1988). Nazism a Documentary Reader Vol 3 Foreign Policy, War and Racial Extermination.
Saul Friedlaender (1997). Nazi Gemany and the Jews The Years of Persection 1933-1939.
Jeremy Noakes (1998). Nazism a Documentary Reader Vol 4 The German Home Front 1939- 1945.
Omer Bartov (2002). Hitler’s War and the Holocaust Disputed Histories.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 50% |
Timed Assignment | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Timed Assignment | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External