This course is compulsory on the BA in History and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available on the BSc in Politics and History. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BA in History and BSc in International Relations and History. This course is available on the BSc in Politics and History. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
Lectures will be online. The School aims to run in-person classes, subject to circumstances, with some online provision as and where necessary. There will be a reading week in the week 6 of the Michaelmas and the Lent Terms.
Students will be expected to produce 2 essays and 5 short pieces of group coursework across the MT and LT. Regular Moodle posts are a component of the coursework for this course.
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Exam (60%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period. Essay (40%, 2000 words) in the LT.