University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 20

ECTS credits : 10

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: To be arranged.

This module introduces students to a variety of key debates in early modern history through studying different scholars' approaches to the period. Considering political, social, and cultural aspects of the era, students will evaluate studies informed by social science techniques and changing historiographical approaches. Encompassing Western Christendom and the emerging 'Atlantic world' from the mid fifteenth to mid eighteenth centuries, the module provides a broad based thorough grounding in the major historiographical and historical controversies of the era. Participants will review questions of agricultural, industrial, scientific, and military change; absolutism, power relationships, and intellectual authority; and issues of identity and identities forged through awareness of gender, race, national, and global relationships and connections.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2 hours per fortnight

Scheduled learning hours: 12

Guided independent study hours: 187

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%

Re-assessment: New coursework: 3,000-word essay

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr A L Blakeway
Module coordinator email alb31@st-andrews.ac.uk