University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 60

ECTS credits : 30

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: Full Year

Availability restrictions: Available only to students in the second year of the Honours programme.

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

This module will cover America in the 1960s, through the careers of John, Robert and Edward Kennedy, in the process demonstrating how the political landscape which brought John Kennedy to the White House in 1961 was destroyed by 1969.

Relationship to other modules

Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take MO3513

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 3-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours: 66

Guided independent study hours: 534

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 2 x 3-hour Written Examinations = 60%, Coursework = 40%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 60%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 40%

Re-assessment: New Coursework: 1 x source exercise (2,000 - 2,500 words) and 1 x 4,000- to 5,000-word essay = 100%

Personnel

Module teaching staff: Prof G De Groot