University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 2

Planned timetable: See http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/infoug/ugtimetable

This course provides an introduction to one of the major topics in modern history. It will situate the Enlightenment in a global context, showing how the Enlightenment not only offered remedies for a Europe traumatised by the early modern wars of religion, but also encouraged a way of looking at the new worlds and civilisations beyond the old boundaries of Christendom, whether geographically, in India and China especially, or chronologically in the paganisms of classical antiquity. Special attention will also be paid to the more local significance of the Enlightenment in England, Scotland and Ireland.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): You must pass at least 60 credits from MO1007, MO1008, MO2008, HI2001 and MH2002

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours: 22

Guided independent study hours: 278

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 40% Coursework, 60% Written Exam

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 60%
Practical examinations : 10%
Coursework: 30%

Re-assessment: 4000-word essay =100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Professor C C Kidd
Module teaching staff: Professor C Kidd
Module coordinator email cck3@st-andrews.ac.uk